I pulled a muscle in my back on the Friday – probably from too much coughing! Fortunately I was able to get an appointment with Louise, the local Osteopath, to check it out. With that, Nurafen and careful application of frozen peas I was feeling OK enough on the Saturday morning to load the gear. While I was laid up I took some time to set up the T1 mixer for 3 mics under a Checkmates setting. So we set off on Saturday morning in good partial cloud travelling weather, taking the A12 / M25 down to the Dartford crossing. Once over the river, we stopped at Clackets Lane Services for a stretch and then carried on in increasingly rainy conditions to Lindfield arriving about 1pm for lunch with old friends Jenny and Miles. I arrived at the hall at 5pm to meet up with Raye, Graham and his son Adam who I commandeered as my roadie for the night. Mercifully the rain held off until we got the gear in but as we were sorting ourselves out on the stage, the rain set in hard and wet for the night. I got Raye to set up slightly on Graham’s side. This allowed me to set up the Bose centrally next to Raye. Graham was using half his Trace Elliott rig and I was using my Mesa Lonestar. Setting up took a long time with a bad back, but equalising the mics was straightforward. Once set up, we had about an hour to run thru stuff and soundcheck. Then it was beers in and relax for a bit. Trevor from the Lindfield club was promoter for this event and told us it was well sold out! True to form the hall was pretty full by 8pm. We got changed into the green and took our places behind the curtain as Trevor did his intro; the curtain came back and it was showtime! We played and read the audience pretty well throughout the night and everything we did was very warmly received. They even got most of the jokey remarks (the clarity of the Bose paid off). This was how the sets outturned:
Set 1:
WHAT YOU WANNA MAKE THOSE EYES?
STAND BY ME
HEARTBEAT
WALK RIGHT BACK
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
MR SANDMAN
BE BOP A LULA
APACHE did the walk
WALKIN IN THE RAIN
SINGIN THE BLUES
IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
PUTTIN ON THE STYLE
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
RAINING IN MY HEART
I BELIEVE
WIPE OUT
Set 2
Lady Is A Tramp - Easy Pace
SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
I WONDER WHOSE KISSING HER NOW
RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET
THEM THERE EYES
MONA LISA
MOVE IT
RIP IT UP
ALRIGHT MAMA
ALL SHOOK UP
HALFWAY TO PARADISE
F B I – did another walk
SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL wrong key do it in A in future!
MAKE BELIEVE
LET THERE BE DRUMS went well – we all remembered it!
Set 3
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
WANDERER
SAW HER STANDING THERE
TWIST AGAIN
AMERICAN TRILOGY
ROUTE 66
JAILHOUSE ROCK did it in A Graham prefers B
UNCHAINED MELODY
JOHNNY B GOODE
LUCKY OLD SUN
EARLY IN THE MORNING
WHAT YOU WANNA MAKE THOSE EYES?
SHAKIN' ALL OVER
After 3 encores, we were pretty tired at the end. Pack up was very slow. Adam did a sterling job shifting my gear which I was thankful for ‘cos the back was aching a bit. Luckily the rain had abated for the load up and we shook hands and said goodbye about 12:30am. Only a short journey to Jenny and Miles house where we crept in like naughty teenagers and had a well deserved sleep. Next morning we elected to get off after breakfast as the weather was a bit wild and showery. We had a good run home via the M11, it only took about 2 and half hours.
Set 1:
WHAT YOU WANNA MAKE THOSE EYES?
STAND BY ME
HEARTBEAT
WALK RIGHT BACK
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED
MR SANDMAN
BE BOP A LULA
APACHE did the walk
WALKIN IN THE RAIN
SINGIN THE BLUES
IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE
PUTTIN ON THE STYLE
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
RAINING IN MY HEART
I BELIEVE
WIPE OUT
Set 2
Lady Is A Tramp - Easy Pace
SLOW BOAT TO CHINA
I WONDER WHOSE KISSING HER NOW
RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET
THEM THERE EYES
MONA LISA
MOVE IT
RIP IT UP
ALRIGHT MAMA
ALL SHOOK UP
HALFWAY TO PARADISE
F B I – did another walk
SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL wrong key do it in A in future!
MAKE BELIEVE
LET THERE BE DRUMS went well – we all remembered it!
Set 3
GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
WANDERER
SAW HER STANDING THERE
TWIST AGAIN
AMERICAN TRILOGY
ROUTE 66
JAILHOUSE ROCK did it in A Graham prefers B
UNCHAINED MELODY
JOHNNY B GOODE
LUCKY OLD SUN
EARLY IN THE MORNING
WHAT YOU WANNA MAKE THOSE EYES?
SHAKIN' ALL OVER
After 3 encores, we were pretty tired at the end. Pack up was very slow. Adam did a sterling job shifting my gear which I was thankful for ‘cos the back was aching a bit. Luckily the rain had abated for the load up and we shook hands and said goodbye about 12:30am. Only a short journey to Jenny and Miles house where we crept in like naughty teenagers and had a well deserved sleep. Next morning we elected to get off after breakfast as the weather was a bit wild and showery. We had a good run home via the M11, it only took about 2 and half hours.
