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It  can be difficult some times  to engage an audience , I've  played  allsorts  of  venues , worst  thing  is  the  taverna/restaurant gig ,People  just  want  to  eat  and  talk ,they  may  be  listening  with   half an ear ,you  are  just  background music ,grin and  bear it  play  the  songs  take  the money .Sometimes bar gigs   can be  as  bad but  at least  you  can engage  with  the  audience make sure  you  grab em with  something  exiting every  few numbers  so  they  know  your  there ,festivals if  your  the  opening  act  make sure   your  better  than  who ever's  following   if  your following  some  one  make sure  your  better   than the  one  before give it 110%.Theaters If  there  paying  to  see you  you've probably  made it  cos  they're   paying  to  see you  give  the  audience  what  they  want  and  enjoy  your  self

Send me an email via the link  on here I might have some stuff you could be intrested in also my son is a bbc producer so we might have mutual intrests

yep clapham  just  up  from settle  on the  way  to  kendal .
The  conservatory  lighting thing  was a  bit  of  an experiment .
I'll be  doing  it   at  a  charity  do  in Blackburn on Saturday between 11am and  2 pm and  also  in Manchester  at   a bar  called Lass o Gowery  on Sunday  from about 8pm.

We play  a lot  of  out  door  gigs and Kev J of  this  forum often joins us  in the  show ,one  of  the  places we  played  regularly  was very  windy  and we  always  had  to  peg  the  sheets  to  the  stand on  several  occasions  Kev and  I  have  chased each  others  sheets  down the  beach  when there  has  been a  severe  gust .

I need one please can  we organise a benefit concert called lets buy graham a teleprompter cos he has the memory of a goldfish ....lol

Well played kev are you gonna do it when we play at Blackburn next month

Hey Bill I have  a memory  like  a  sieve ,I  have  played at  festivals  with  a  stand  on stage  Ive  seen this  more  and  more  recently  ,sure  40 yrs ago  I  might  have  remembered  the  full  set  but  now  I  haven't  a  chance  so  I use the  stand .It  is  a  thing  I  would  love  to  get away  from ,but  for me  and many  others  its  not  gonna happen .
Last  weekend  I  played in  Lancaster at  a  blues  club and  started off with  Ghost  blues  which I  do  know  all  the  way  with  out  a  promt  ,then I  started   my  second  number  Walkin my  blues away  an old  Sonny  Terry  /Brownie  Magee song which  I've  sung  for   what  feels  like  a hundred  years  ,guess what?  I  forgot  the  first  line ,Moral of the  story  ,if  you need  an aid  don't  be  afraid  to  use it, its  like  a  tuner  a tool of the trade. I  saw Peter Green a couple of  years  ago  use  a stand ,If its  ok  for  him its  ok  for  me . I  certainly  cant  remember  the  words  to  35 songs these days .

My deepest  sympathy's Joey .I  have  also lost  friends and relations  to cancer over  the past  few years .My  thoughts  are  with  you .

Thanks Jim /dino

I'll give  it  a go  Jim I'm doing  a gig  for the  homeless  on Feb 7th in Blackburn  ,If  thats  ok  with  you I''l put  it  into  my  set