Double gig Saturdays

I've missed doing this. I've missed doing this with this band. A two gig Saturday with my Fred's House chums, two festivals. We used to do this stuff all the time, but we're all so busy with other things these days. When we do get together it's a bit of a treat, though and that was the case at the weekend.

Two festivals; the first one a REALLY packed sold-out show in the afternoon. Whilst the rest of the line-up, particularly ours on the main stage, seemed to be on the heavier side of things, I like the fact that we never compromise - we play our nice, happy, summery, original tunes. 

We then headed over to Bedford to headline a festival there, which was a little smaller but really lovely. 

The gigs were fine; we were tight, we should be after all these years, and we're clearly still into it despite barely gigging. But it's not just about the gigs, is it? It's about the backstage chat, the catching up over grub, the long car chats. Lovely stuff.

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