dods gigs + other things

AFTER THE BELLS WENT AT MIDNIGHT AT TOP OF THE MOUND, IT WAS A QUICK KISS WITH GIRLFRIENDS AND BEST WISHES TO EVERYONE, THEN OFF TO THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FOR SECOND GIG OF THE EVENING..THE CROWD THERE WAS QUITE WELL TANKED UP AND WAS A BIT NON RESPONDENT TO HAYSEED + ONE GUY ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE WAS THERE TO SEE A BEATLES TRIBUTE BAND, SO  GOT A SHOCK WHEN HAYSEED PLAYED ...THE GUYS PLAYED THERE BEST TO A CROWD OF PISSED SCOTS...

    SAL,ME MITZI + JASON...  MORE PHOTOS AT http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v680/dixiemania/assembly%20rooms%201-1-06/?start=all

AFTER A DAYS REST TO CATCH UP SLEEP AND HANGOVERS AFTER NEW YEAR...ME + SAL WENT TO VISIT EDINBURGH CASTLE WHERE WE RAN INTO JOHN WHO WAS STILL HERE. BUT THE REST OF THE GUYS HAD GONE HOME TO NASHVILLE... WE SAID WE WOULD SEE HIM LATER AT THE BB..

WE WENT TO BB AT NIGHT WITH SALS FRIEND JESS, WHO HAD MET THE BAND ON THE 30TH BUT HAD STILL YET SEE THEM PLAY..

      SAL,JW + ME ANGRY 

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ME SAL + MO MADE OUR WAY DOWN TO EDINBURGH AND HAD A WALK AROUND TOWN, EVEN GOING ON A BUNGEE BALL ( ME + MO) BEFORE HEADING TO THE BB...WE HAD BOUGHT JW A WHISKEY BOOK, A HIP FLASK + FRAMED PHOTO OF HIS BOY AND HIM ON STAGE AT THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS FROM NEW YEAR..THE USUAL CREW WAS THERE RACHEL, JEFF, GRANT + CO... JILL + MIKE WAS THERE TOO, WITH PRESSIES FROM THE OUTHOUSERS, WHICH WAS A PEICE OF LAND, A HIP FLASK TOO (I THINK) AND  A LOT OF GOOD WISHES FROM THE OUTHOUSERS..

AFTER A FEW DRINKS INTO THE EVENING, JOHN HAD HIS GUITAR WITH HIM SO HE DID A FEW ACOUSTIC SONGS INCLUDING ELLIE SCHAEFFER, I'VE GOT AIDS AND AFTER SALLY ASKING HIM FOR WISH I WAS YOU (CAUSE SHE HADN'T HEARD IT LIVE YET) JW DULY OBLIGED AND SAID YOU'VE HEARD IT NOW...HAVE SOME GREAT CLIPS FROM THIS NITE AS A MEMENTO..

WE WENT DOWN TO GLASGOW TO HANG OUT WITH KATE  + NICK ,SALS FRIENDS FROM BRISTOL WHO STAYED IN GLASGOW... WENT  TO THE BARROWLANDS MARKET ETC...

WENT TO A PUB ACROSS FROM THE VENUE FOR A DRINK AND GOT A CALL FROM JASON TO GO AND MEET HIM FOR SOUNDCHECK, GOT THERE AND JOHN WHIPPED OF HIS HAT AND BLOODY HELL HE HAD SHAVED OFF ALL HIS HAIR.......

SO WE WENT BACK TO THE PUB TILL THE GIG STARTED... WHEN WE WENT BACK WE HAD  A GOOD NITE TILL THE END WHEN KATES JACKET HAD DISSAPEARED FROM THE SIDE OF THE STAGE..BUT WE FOUND IT WHEN WE BACK TO THE CHANGING ROOM, SOMEBODY HAD MOVED ALL THE STUFF THERE...THEN WE PROCEEDED TO AN AFTER SHOW PARTY IN A HOTEL, WHICH WAS PRETTY COOL.. ME + SAL HAD AREAL GOOD TIME THEIR... STAYED TILL THE WEE HOURS + MADE OUR WAY HOME....

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WE STARTED THE DAY OFF WITH GOING TO THE GLASGOW BOTANICAL GARDENS, AND DOING SOME SHOPPING.. THEN LATER WE WENT TO THE GIG, KATE-WITH-CAKE, BRADWAN, BIG CASEY + CREW WERE ALL THERE..

JUST BEFORE THE GIG WAS DUE TO START WS GOING INTO THE FRONT AREA TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS WHEN THE BOUNCERS STOPPED US AND SAID UR NOT GETTING IN HERE, CAUSE THEY SAID SOMEONES BAG HAD GONE MISSING THE NITE BEFORE...AND WE EXPLAINED THAT IT WASNT A BAG BUT A JACKET AND WE HAD FOUND IT.. SO JASON SAID DOD JUST GET  IN THERE AND TAKE PHOTOS, SO I DID , THEN ONE OF THE BOUNCERS SAID CAN WE HAVE A WORD, SO WHEN I WALKED OVER TO HIM, HE GOT TWO OTHERS TO STAND BEHIND HIM AND THEY FROGMARCHED  ME AWAY FROM THE STAGE AND I THOUGHT, THEY GOING TO THROW ME OUT...THEY TOOK ME TO SOME OFFICE AND SAID TO SOMEONE WHO WAS THERE (PROMOTER I THINK) THIS GUY THINKS HE CAN STAND IN THE PIT AND TAKE SOME PHOTOS, THE GUY SAID YEAH HE IS WITH THEM IT IS OK... SO ON THE WAY BACK HE WAS STILL GIVING ME SHIT AND SAYING STUFF LIKE DIDNT YOU GET ENOUGH PHOTOS LAST NITE ,SURELY THEY ARE ALL THE SAME..WHICH I SAID I WILL PHOTO THEM AT ALL THE GIGS I GO TO AND NOT ALWAYS THE SAME AND I LOVES DOING IT TO SHARE WITH ALL THE GUYS ON THE WEBSITE..  SO WHEN HE GOT BACK HE HAD TO TELL ALL THE OTHER BOUNCERS IT WAS OK... SO THEY  STARTED SHINING THEIR TORCHES IN MY FACE WHEN I WAS TRYING TO TAKE PHOTOS...  ANYWAY UPSETTER 1 BOUNCERS 0....

I,VE ONLY EVER HAD ANY GREIF AT 2 HAYSEED GIGS FROM BOUNCERS BOTH AT THE GARAGE GLASGOW...

SO AFTERWARDS HANG ABOUT IN THE CHANGING ROOMS WITH THE GUYS + KATEWITHCAKE WITH SOME PRESSIES AS I THINK IT WAS DALES BIRTHDAY...AND AT THIS POINT I DIDNT KNOW THAT THIS WOULD BE MY LAST TIME DRINKING + PHOTO WITH JASON AS A FEW WEEKS LATER HE WOULD BE PHONING ME TO TELL ME HE HAD QUIT THE BAND...

     ME + KATE WITHOUT CAKE   MMM KATES CAKES

ALSO AT THIS POINT WE WERE  GETTING A LOAD OF SHIT FROM FELLOW OUTHOUSERS ABOUT BEING  IN LOVE. SO WE HAD A MESSAGE FOR THEM  ALL THIS HAS NOW BEEN RESOLVED... AND EVERYONE IS COOL..

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WELL THIS WAS GOING TO  BE A GREAT WEEKEND MY 40TH BIRTHDAY AND 2 HAYSEED GIGS.

WE WENT ON A HIGHLAND SAFARI, UP SOME MOUNTAINS IN A JEEP AND STAYED IN A RATHER FANCY HOTEL (THANX TO ALL THE FAMILY)  .....

WE WENT TO CATCH UP WITH FRIENDS IN GLASGOW KATE AND NICK, AND JESS HAD FINALLY MADE IT TO A HAYSEED GIG....

BUT MY THOUGHTS WERE ON JAKE THE NEW BASS PLAYER AS THIS WAS GOING TO BE HAYSEED WITHOUT MY FRIEND JASON..AND THERE HAD BEEN A DEBATE ON THE OUTHOUSE AS TO AS THE BEST BASSIT WAS (JAKE HAD PLAYED WITH THE GUYS BEFORE)..WELL IT IS JASON ON ELECTRIC + JAKE ON ACOUSTIC BOTH ARE BRILLIANT AT WHAT THEY DO. ROB HICKS WAS THERE TOO.GREAT GIG AND THEN BACK TO THE FLAT BEFORE WE SET OF TO FIFE THE NEXT DAY..

 ME + JAKE     JAKE HAS A BLAST. MORE PHOTOS AT http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v680/dixiemania/qmu%20glasgow%2029-04-06/?start=all

WE TRAVELLED THROUGH TO FIFE AND STAYED AT MY COUSINS JEANETTE AND SANDYS.. WE LEFT THERE FOR THE GIG WHICH WAS ABOUT 3 MILES AWAY IN TAXI.. MET UP WITH KATEWITHCAKE B4 GIG AND HUNG AROUND WITH THE GUYS HAVING A LAUGH...

THE VENUE WAS A BIT WEIRD AS IT WAS A THEATRE A SIT DOWN GIG, MY 1ST AT HAYSEED WITH A BIG SPACE AT THE FRONT FOR DANCING..SO HAD FREEDOM TO TAKE LOT OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO GIG..EVENTUALLY  THE CROWD WARMED UP THEY CAME DOWN AND DANCED IN THE SPACE.

AFTER SAYING BYE TO THE GUYS WE TRIED TO GET A TAXI + COULDNT SO WE (MO,ME,SAL,KATE JEANETTE + SANDY) HAD TO WALK HOME FOR A LEAST 3 MILES IN THE FREEZING WEATHER + I ONLY HAD A T-SHIRT ON.. AND WAS BLOODY FROZEN BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK..

      MORE PHOTOS AT  http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v680/dixiemania/lochgelly%20fife%2030-04-06/?start=all

THE GUYS HAD PHONED US TO TAKE COLLECTION OF THERE DVDS AS THEY WERE IN THE STATES AND THE 1ST GIG WAS JUST OUTSIDE ABERDEEN.. SO WE DELIVERED THEM BEFORE THE GIG AT THE TOWN HALL AS IT WAS PART OF THE STONEHAVEN FOLK FESTIVAL..

 WE WERE HAVING DRINKS WITH THE GUYS WHEN JOHN TURNED UP IN HIS NEW MOTORBIKE WHICH HAD AQUIRED SINCE I LAST SAW HIM, AND IT WAS HIS 1ST JOURNEY ON IT 500+ MILES ALL THE WAY TO STONEHAVEN..IT WAS ALSO MY NEICES 1ST GIG TOO... THE GUYS WERE FRESH AND LOOKED THE LIKE THE BREAK HAD DONE THE THEM GOOD...

 MY NEICE + JW  

AFTER THE GIG IT WAS OFF TO THE KEBAB SHOP WITH DALE....

THEN HOME...NEXT DAY ME AND SAL MET UP WITH JW AT LUNCH TIME AS HE HAD TO TAKE HIS BIKE TO SHIRLAWS IN ABERDEEN..  MORE PHOTOS AT  http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v680/dixiemania/stonehaven%20town%20hall%206-7-06/?start=all

WE SET OFF AFTER WORK, AND HAD TO PAST STIRLING TO EDINBURGH TO PICK UP JEFF + RACHEL.. WE GOT TO STIRLING AFTER THE GIG HAD STARTED. WE THOUGHT WE WILL BE STUCK AT THE BACK AS IT WAS A SMALL VENUE, BUT WE MANAGED TO GET TO THE FRONT WHERE THERE WAS A BIG SPACE BECAUSE "THIS WAS THE MOST POLITE CROWD IN SCOTLAND" TO QUOTE JOHN... STARTED TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN THIS GUY APPROACHED ME SAYING NO PHOTOS, SO I SHOWED HIM THE T-SHIRT THAT THE GUYS HAD GIVEN ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR "UPSETTER HAYSEED DIXIES UNOFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER" SO HE SAID OK..CHEEKY YES BUT HE SHOULD HAVE READ IT PROPERLY..GOOD GIG, ME + JEFF HAD OUR OWN LITTLE HOE-DOWN AT THE FRONT ..  AFTERWARDS SAL HELPED AT THE MERCH STALL.. AND I HUNG AROUND OUTSIDE WHILE PEOPLE GOT THINGS SIGNED BY THE GUYS..ESPECIALLY WHISKEY-O-NEIL.                   SAL.DW + RACHEL ON THE STALL.

THEN IT WAS BACK TO THE BLIND BEGGAR IN EDINBURGH FOR DRINKS.

 MORE PHOTOS AT  http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v680/dixiemania/stirling%20tolbooth%207-7-06/?start=all

WE HAD TO TRAVEL TO EDINBURGH TO PICK UP DALES FRIEND JEANNIE FROM THE AIRPORT AND TAKE HER BACK TO DUNDEE FOR WHEN THE GUYS ARRIVED...WE GOT TO DUNDEE AND CHECKED JEANNIE IN, THEN SAT BACK AND HAD SOME DRINKS TILL DALE ARRIVED.. SET OFF FOR SOUNDCHECK. WITH A WALK BY THE DISCOVERY SHIP  JAKE THE PIRATE ... WENT TO THE VENUE HAD A LOOK AROUND AND THIS VENUE MUST HAVE THE SMALLEST STAGE EVER.. THEN WE ALL WENT TO HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT, BY THIS TIME WE ALSO HAD BEEN JOINED NY JEFF,RACHEL, GRANT + HIS MUM + DAD TOO.. WHEN WE WENT BACK TO THE VENUE DALE SHOWED US A PAIR OF BOXER SHORTS JOHN HAD GOT HIM FROM ITALY WHICH HAD A DESIGN OF A CERTAIN PART MICHAEL ANGELOS DAVID ..THEN I REALISED WHY HE HAD WANTED US TO GET HIM A KILT FOR THE SCOTTISH TOUR (BORROWED FROM JEFF)..GREAT GIG WHICH FEATURED REMINGTON RIDE,HAND ME DOWN,BIG BALLS ..WHICH IS WHEN DALE SHOWED HIS BOXER SHORTS  ...ALSO THEIR WAS MRJOHNTHEHAT,DEBBIE + GAV.......     GIG WAS FILMED...THEN BACK HOME AS HAD WORK THE NEXT DAY IT WAS TAKING ITS TOLL, DRIVING TO A DIFFERENT PLACE EACH NITE AND NOT GETTING HOME TILL LATE, THEN WORKING AND STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN..

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SET OFF WITH MY DAUGHTER KAYLEIGH, THIS WAS GOING TO BE HER 1ST GIG...AFTER ABOUT  90 MINUTES DRIVE..WE ARRIVED AT THE LOFT AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, A RESTAURANT DOWN STAIRS AND A LOFT FOR ABOUT 150 PEOPLE UPSTAIRS, VERY SMALL BUT QAUINT.. WE WALKED UP TO THE HOUSE AS THIS IS WHERE THE GUYS WERE AS THE DRESSING ROOM WAS IN THERE TOO..WE HUNG AROUND THE GARDEN ON A BEAUTIFUL NITE, AND HAD A MESS ABOUT WITH A HOOLA-HOOP + TRAMPOLINE WHICH DW + JAKE HAD A GO ON..      GREAT GIG, DON WAYNE EVEN WANDERED INTO THE CROWD AND PLAYED TO A YOUNG LAD WHO WAS ALL SMILES.....IT WAS A PRETTY WARM VENUE, SO AFTER GIG WE ALL HUNG AROUND OUTSIDE+ HAS SOME PHOTOS WITH THE GUYS AND THE SUPPORT BAND..

     JW + KAYLEIGH  ...

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Well what an entertaining nite if for all the wrong reasons... Crowd was well good but i knew before the start it was going to be hot + boy was i right, could only stay at the front for a short while before i went and stood at the side with rachel + co..
We were entertained by Dale singing Alabam (which i have on video) but the guys were so hot on stage that at one point Dale said i,m gonna pass out, i was sweating like a motherfucker at the side so god only knows how the guys were feeling..

Then DW,s monitor wasnt working properly, jakes totally cut out that he left the stage to get it fixed + while they were doing Poop in jar John lifted his bow in the air and it caught the fan above him and broke...could tell by his face he was gutted (hope he can get it fixed).
After the gig we all cooled off outside i the car park...once everyone had gone jake, i ,dw dale, sal, rachel, had a good laugh about smelly farts and some great stories were told .. plus there was the guy who ran off leaving his mate who was stranded in a wheelchair! and i ended up having to take the poor guy round the corner to his mates!
then we  had to head off as me and sal were working next day got home 4 am... but what a nite good + bad..

          THE HAPPY COUPLES TOGETHER.
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HAYSEED DIXIES LITTLE FEST IN THE WEST.. ULLAPOOL 22 + 23 SEPTEMBER... WILL LET MY DARLIN FIANCE DO THE WRITING FOR THIS ONE...THIS YEARS BANDS INCLUDED THE STRANGLERS, ALABAMA3 (ACOUSTIC SET), FAMILY MAHONE, THE VEIW , PEATBOG FAIRIES...

 just wanted to say thanks to everyone for making this weekend ace. I haven't laughed that much in ages!

Hayseed - You boys ROCK as ever, great gig, good laughs and it's been super meeting up again. DW watch out for those guy ropes! Dale you could win any burping competition! Jake get practising on that 'flip n fly'! John it's always a pleasure.

Rob (promoter) - Well done, good job, hope you can relax now! (not that you have time to read this but hey)

Outhousers - Fab to see all of you again, and meet those who I'd not seen before.
- Mr & Mrs Noved it was a pleasure to meet you and we owe you a pint! sorry that we didnt see you on the Saturday, hope you enjoyed yourselves.
- Yorkshirebelle it was nice chatting, apologies if I was a bit drunk!
- Kipling, I never thought I'd say this but you are a legend! Great to finally meet, and hopefully everyone will understand your 'humour' now!
- Jill and Mike I hope it doesnt take you too long to recover from your tent 'gatherings' and extended weekend!
- Katewith(out)cake and Big Casey, so glad u could make it on the Saturday, wouldn't have been the same without you.
- JohntheHat and Debbie you blew us all away with your tee shirts, good job!
- Dok and Mrs Dok you make a lovely couple.
- Kevy, I never knew that beer and ice cream went together!
- Buzz Lightyear we know your watching! Let us know how you're doing!
- Geordie you are very tall!
- Gavin love the yellow tee! (was that incase you forgot who you were?!)
- Jeff and Rachel good luck coping with Mo tomorrow!
- Grant well done on getting the blu tack for your posters!
- Bradwan hope that the reading went well, thanks for the book!
- Steve (petals) you were highly entertaining! Watch out for trees!
- Samsara Jade it was super to meet you at last. Will we be getting white sideburns made when your daughter grows out of her jacket?!
- Mo you are a nutter!
- Graham it was good to see you if brief

Catherine it's lovely chatting to you. Jason you too, sounds like you had a good weekend! Enjoy the rest of your stay. Rachel and Jeannie it was such a shame you guys couldn't make it. Dave - go eat some veggies!

If there's anyone I've forgotten/didnt meet then hello to you too! Hope you had a good time! Photos will be posted soon, there's quite a few in true Upsetter style.

Rock on, till next year! .

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FROM LOCAL PRESS IN ABERDEEN

AFTER A DAYS REST FROM ULLAPOOL, WE SET OFF TO AYR VIA EDINBURGH TO PICK UP JEFF + RACHEL..

SMALL TOWN WITH A ONE WAY SYSTEM SO AFTER A FEW PASSES OF THE VENUE WE FOUND SOMWHERE TO PARK + WENT FOR BEER + SOMETHING TO EAT..

WENT TO HANG AROUND WITH THE GUYS AND DISCUSS HOW GOOD LOOPALLU HAD BEEN..AND THEY HAVE ALREADY SOLD 600 TICKET FOR NEXT YEARS LOOPALLU..

Ayr was great... we had the banjo test,the mandolin test, the bass test + the boys at there best..fooking awesome....
have had a great weekend..thanx to Jeff + Rachel for putting us up..
+ to hayseed for there hospitality....thanx lads...

WHILE JAKE WAS PLAYING HIS SOLO, MANAGED TO HAVE A CHAT WITH JOHN, HE SAID TO ME YA,LL KEEP COMING BACK, YOU NOT HAD ENOUGH YET .. MY REPLY WAS "YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF A GOOD THING".. WHICH MAKES ME THINK OF SALLY.. EVERYDAY THAT I,M WITH HER I FEEL LIKE I,VE WON THE LOTTERY..

THE BANJO TEST

THE MANDOLIN TEST

THE BASS TEST

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WE WENT TO VISIT SALS FOLKS IN BRISTOL AND OF COURSE GOT TO SEE HAYSEED...

WE WENT TO THE HATCHET PUB ACROSS FROM THE VENUE, AND MET JOHN,JAKE AND DAVE...WE CHATTED FOR A WHILE AND THE GUYS WENT OFF TO DO THERE SOUNDCHECK..DALE CAME BACK OVER TO GET SOME GRUB + WE WENT BACK WITH HIM TO THE GIG, WHERE THE BOUNCERS CHECK YOUR BAGS FOR CHEWING GUM AND CHOCOLATE .. AFTER EVENTUALLY GETTING MY PHOTO PASS, AND SPEAKING TO RACHEL WHO WAS ON THE MERCHANDISE STALL,(WHICH SALLY WORKED ON)      WENT BACK TO SPEAK TO THE GUYS...WATCHED THE SUPPORT BAND DARKWATER WHO ARE DOING THE WHOLE TOUR WITH THEM....BY THIS TIME SALS PARENTS HAD ARRIVED...AND REALLY ENJOYED THE SHOW.

THE GUYS WERE GREAT AND DO DIFFERENT SET NOW, BUT STICK WITH MANY OF THE  REGULAR TUNES AND THE BANTER IS ALSO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT...RUNNING OUT SUPERLATIVES TO DESCRIBE HOW GOOD THESE GUYS ARE...

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THEN WE WAITED TILL EVERYONE HAD GONE, THEN ME ,SAL,DW ,RACHEL AND JAKE WENT TO GET SOME FOOD, BUT ENDED UP IN CHICAGO ROCK, WITH BUY 1 GET 1 FREE ON THE DRINKS...MANY DRINKS AND POLE DANCING ENSUED LOL FUNNY + GREAT TIME WAS HAD.. 

THEN WE WENT BACK TO HOTEL ABOUT 2AM WHEN JOHN AND CO TURNED UP WITH FOOD, THEM ME,JAKE  +SAL WENT BACK INTO TOWN TO GET SOME GRUB.. ROLL ON THE SCOTTISH GIGS...

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WE STARTED OFF TO EDINBURGH ON THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.AFTER WE HAD DROPPED OFF SALS MATE AT THE AIRPORT....

WE ARRIVED AT THE BLIND BEGGAR TO HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS + THEN HEADED TO OUR HOTEL,WHICH WAS ONLY YARDS FROM THE VENUE...WENT TO MEET JEFF AT THE SOUNDCHECK AND MEET UP WITH THE GUYS..THE CHANGING ROOM WAS SO SMALL JAKE JUST FITTED IN 

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WE WENT BACK TO THE GIG AND IT WAS A GREAT GIG,FULLY PACKED AS IT WAS THE GUYS 1ST GIG IN A EDINBURGH VENUE (APART FROM NEW YEAR) FOR OVER A YEAR..THE CROWD LOVED IT...     

SAL SPENT MOST OF THIS GIG HELPING RACHEL ON THE MERCH STALL.

THEN IT WAS BACK TO THE BLIND BEGGAR, FOR DRINKS WITH FELLOW OUTHOUSERS,DARK WATER AND THE GUYS..

  ....

LATE NITE + MANY DRINKS WAS HAD..

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WE TRAVELLED FROM EDINBURGH AFTER A HEARTY BREAKFAST TO CLYDEBANK WHERE WE WERE GOING TO STAY FOR THE GLASGOW GIG AT A FRIEND OF SALLYS... WE ARRIVED AT CLAIRES AND CHILLED TILL SHE GOT HOME FROM HER WORK (THANX TO CLAIRES MUM FOR ALL THE FOOD) THEN WE GOT A LIFT FROM MAC TO THE BARROWLANDS WHERE WE MET MO + JEFF WHO HAD BEEN THERE AWHILE GETTING THE PLACE SET UP.. THEN WENT TO THE DRESSING ROOM TO CATCH UP AND IT WAS THE BIGGEST DRESSING ROOM I,VE SEEN..

SO THE GUYS WERE GOING TO PLAY THE WORLD FAMOUS BARROWLANDS, IT WASNT A SELL-OUT BUT THOSE WHO WERE THERE REALLY DID ENJOY THEMSELVES WITH A SMALL MOSH PIT CROWD DOING A HOW-DOWN.

ON A WEE SOUR NOTE 2 PINTS OF BEER WERE THROWN AT THE GUYS ONE BEING  BEING FROM A WOMAN WHO WAS ESCORTED FROM THE VENUE.

THEN THE GUYS SET OFF BACK TO EDINBURGH AND WE WENT BAXK TO CLYDEBANK TO WATCH A EPISODE OF COLUMBO...

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TRAVELLED BACK FROM CLYDEBANK, TO GET A REST BEFORE TONITE SHOW..THIS WAS THE ONE I HAD BEEN WAITING FOR MY HOME TOWN..IT HAD BEEN 19 MONTHS SINCE HAYSEED HAD PLAYED ABERDEEN..

WE WENT DOWN TO THE BASSEMENT TO MEET UP WITH ROB HICKS AND THE GUYS AND HAD SOMETHING TO EAT AND DRINK.. THEM MY MUM AND BRO ARRIVED. MUM WAS WELL LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE GUYS PLAY..WE WENT UP THE CHANGING ROOM SO MUM CAN COULD MEET THE GUYS..WAS COOL..

THEN WE WENT TO WATCH THE SHOW. AND IT WAS GREAT WATCHING THE SELL-OUT CROWD GETTING INTO IT..BANTER FROM JOHN WAS GREAT ESPECIALLY BEFORE DUELLING BANJOS WHEN HE DOES THE DELIVERENCE SPEACH (WHICH I,VE ONLY HEARD TWICE BOTH IN ABERDEEN )..IN BETWEEN CHANGING THE TAPES ON MY CAMCORDER I HELPED RACHEL AT THE MERCH STALL..

              A STRAW HAT WAS PASSED TO JAKE WHO PUT IT ON DON WAYNES HEAD,WHO THEN PASSED IT ON TO JOHN...WHEN THE GIG WAS FINISHED THE GUYS CAME OUT TO SIGN STUFF AND CHAT..  ..

THEN WE HUNG OUT IN THE DRESSING ROOM BEFORE WE HEADED TO CAFE DRUMMONDS, ME SALLY,DAVE,JAKE,DON WAYNE,RACHEL,KEVYKAT,JONBOY,MO,MUM(SHE WAS STILL GOING STRONG) JEFF AND RACHEL..

  ...WE STAYED THERE TILL IT CLOSED 2AM..THEN SAID BYE TO THE GUYS AS THEY HAD TO DRIVE TO NEWCASTLE THE NEXT DAY...

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