Matala beach festival again (Page 1 of 2)

May be the last time this festival happens sadly as the newly elected council are very anti festival which is pretty stupid as last year it generated six million euros income for the area.We are going to make the most of it we open the proceedings at five o'clock which is pretty good and we get an hour to play.I think the reason for the new council's feelings is the money generated by the event doesn't go into the council coffers, a bit narrow minded as the area needs tourism to survive and the sixty thousand that came last year is a hell of a lot by any standard.Any way enough ranting let's play some rock n roll.

Played our set at matala last night absolutely brilliant went like clockwork thanks to antonis on the desk and luigis stage management.we did nearly an hour finishing with bullfrog blues .only problem the camera failed but we did get one good vid which I will post soon .

Day 2 @ matala played in the streets for a couple of hours with my friend Cindy then watched the starlite Beatles and Tony sfinos band Tony was fantastic a real showman the starlite Beatles were mediocre but got a good reception

Ok I'll check him out dino it's good to find some different material to suit my voice.the thing with tribute bands is you've got to be as good as the act you pretend to be and sadly these guys couldn't do the voices ,I'm probably the only English guy who doesn't like the Beatles but l can appreciate a good cover .the Santana tribute that followed us on Friday were fantastic so it shows that it can be done.maybe I'm just being to picky about tribute acts and shouldn't criticize as there is obviously a demand for this stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0h84ohlFs0
this is  a  short  vid  sorry  about  the  quality   but  the  camera man was  Australian   and  part  Kangeroo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wB9ge-TX3s

This  is  a  Kinks  song  /To  the  bone  hope  you  like  this .

The sand was too hot to stand on ,my wife did this one ,at this point she was sober .later we  drank our selves stupid..'...hey isn't that the name of one of our songs!!!!!!!!!

Elpida is Australian Greek we have played together for a number of years she has a range of about 3 octaves and can sing almost any style .the local choir rate her as a star the maestro George papadakis who organises and trains them has worked on Broadway musicals in the past.I wish she had more time for what we do but we have to share her and get her to sing when she can for us.

Cheers H n S appreciate the comments ,it would be good if a bunch of Chordians  could make it next year if the festival happens again.

Grah1,  Some folks would take that as a standing invitation, and I'd personally love getting back into that part of the world for a visit..... How's the Council feel about West Coast Hippies camping on their beaches?   That is IF they decide to give it a go next year.

Take Care;
Doug

I might have to save up for a little gettaway next year I could use a vacation (a real one) just being retired is not a vacation as I am busy with projects and teaching and this may be what the doctor ordered