Trimingham Caravan Park

Had a good run on a cold night to meet up with Nigel and Martin (depping). Andy arrived to let us in about 7:10pm and we got set up with the conventional gear easily enough. I had removed the enhancer from the PA rack and Nige and I took our time to get the best result we could from the PA using just the Mackie EQ. It did seem punchier; but still limited by feedback mainly because we angled in the EV on Nige's side to give some foldback. Nige borrowed my long lead and went right out as we played “Brown Eyed Girl” for a sound check. He reported a good balance but quiet; even though it sounded pretty loud on stage! Andy got us a beer in and we got changed into the black 'n' black for an on time 9pm typical Foot Tapper start. Usual limited audience reaction so we worried less about continuity and put more effort into performing a good variety of set 1 material including "Rocking Around the Xmas Tree" (a bit fast) and finishing with “Words”. Set 2 was a bit more interesting as we peppered it with numbers for the Sky High show, including: “How Long Ace, How Long Eagles, How Sweet It Is and Sky High”. I elected to start on the 12 string with “Travel Lodge” which went well enough and I stayed on the 12 string through the Searchers. But as we had a few up and dancing, Nige called for “Do You Wanna Dance” which I had to play on the 12 string (solos and all) and then “Amarillo” before the dancers left exhausted and I could change guitar! Between sets I had a word with Dave the owner and it seems all the bookings are taken up for 2010 – he said he'd try and get Andy to book us for a party night though! Set 3 had some interesting pieces including, "White Xmas", "Merry Xmas Slade", “Honkey Tonk Women” and “Spencer Davis”. I elected to sing “Keep on Running” and the key suits me quite well – only trouble is I need to learn the words! Wrapped up with “Walk Alone” courtesy of Martin and packed up for the long run home getting in about 2:45 fairly tired.