Whitby Legends gig

Our 19th annual Lunchtime Legends rock & roll session ("the premier fringe event of Folk Week") in the Elsinore on Flowergate, Whitby, at Wednesday lunch time had a set of 32 songs, probably the longest set during the whole of Folk Week, and we're not even booked to play! It was packed out as ever and seemed to go down a storm. A charming young girl was giving me nice smiles while I played and bought one of our CDs, so I asked her her name. She told me, and mentioned her age was: "Five and three quarters."

Our opening act was the excellent Jim Causley, who got into the spirit of things with songs he associated with his mother (he is a lot younger than us!). For a change we were joined by a bass player, Joe Gannet (aka Jez Lowe), who joined us to good effect, giving the sound a bass presence it sometimes lacks.

The Whitby Gazette gave us an excellent write-up, almost as much coverage as there was for the whole of Folk Week, which is slightly embarrassing.  People are already asking what we're going to do for the 20th, so no pressure there, then!

Poster for Legends gig next week.