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It's so good to hear from you Bill, I wish more of the people that used to frequent our little community would pop in occasionally. I'm so sorry to hear about your wife I know you were very close and to be honest I don't know how I would cope without my other half. I'm also so sorry to hear about your own personal difficulties and ailments, I've suffered with panic attacks and they're no joke. I hope they managed to sort out your prostrate problems?
Please don't be a stranger, I for one miss your witty repartee and your somewhat oblique outlook on life.

Phill     

Most disastrous gig? Hard to pick just one. The one I wish I'd never bothered to go to was in Swansea at a catholic club. I had to play with their organ and drummer who were iffy at best. I made a joke which the priest didn't like, it was clean, but got paid off anyway. I have a few choice words which I cant repeat on here.

Another was when I played a gig at a caravan holiday park in mid Wales, they booked me back without going through the agent. When I got there they denied all knowledge and refused to even give me petrol money after travelling for 2 hours!     

Thank you Brian for making me laugh first thing in the morning. Last two lines tickled me, though I recognise the rest of your work too as I swapped one load of disrupters for another over the years, what can you do? Stuck between a rock and a hard place, the devil and the deep blue sea.     

I've seen a few of these narrow boat sessions and I think they're a brilliant idea. These guys are great, loved the harmonies and the musicianship.     

I recently saw another video on youtube of the same people playing "Bohemian Rhapsody", same guy on the piano in a city square somewhere(?) with a drummer, choir and a very young guitarist playing the Brian May solo. These guys are brilliant.     

Brilliant Graham funny and giving a good account of an actual event? You sound a bit like Johnny Cash so it suited the song perfectly. Thanks for sharing.     

yeah Ozzy was a legend. Paranoid was one of the songs on my group's first gig. Forgot the last verse so we just played the riff for 5 minutes.     

You have my sympathy Graham. At 74 myself I've got aches and pains in places I never knew I had places! For about 10 years while I was still working and gigging I was suffering with knee pains in my left leg. I put it down to badminton and using my left leg to hold me up while using my pedals. Also realising now I played football in my 20s and when I was in my teens I gave that knee a hell of a knock with a sledgehammer. Anyway it all contributed to me giving up the gigs and so I have to take out my angst by writing and recording songs. There's no feeling like the buzz you get when an audience gets behind you and that's what I miss most of all apart from realising I can't hit that top C anymore.     

Wow Brian, that sounds like a personal message to Colin it sounds like? You performed that really well same genre as deck of cards, it's the type of spoken song I like. Really good with a message and story. Yes folks, we're all getting older so get your fingers to do the walking and post before it's too late.
Phill     

Why can I never find bargains like that? As I've retired now I have a load of gear to sell...according to my wife