Hot and Cold

No. 1 FOG fan

It was really hot earlier this week practising in Chris' enormous spare room. Being just under the roof, in the heatwave it was pretty unbearable. However all was saved when our No. 1 fan showed up and stayed throughout the practise - real cool!

FOG at t'Mill
Nearly there - looks like a great weekend of entertainment at Wyre Mill Club. The only blot on their landscape (not ours) is the decision to ask us to play on Friday night (1st June at 7.30pm). Ray has just been round to tell me that "It's a sell-out". I think he means that all the tickets are sold, but he could mean he has sold out the members by hiring us!
Anyway, we've been practising like mad and have got a programme of two 45-50 minute slots all sorted out, each with eleven numbers. We even know how to play two of the numbers.
I think Chris asked the question "have we got a number for an encore". That was just before they carted him off in the white jacket 'till he regained his sanity.

Ken Collects His Pension

The band gave Ken a surprise party at the Anchor on 10th May to celebrate his 65th birthday and his retirement. The bad news is that he's not retiring from the band, but the good news is that now that he is not working we can actually make more time to practice! The party was all Malc's idea and he had the foresight to take a Camera - which is why he's not in the photo. That's Suzie, Ken's wife on Ken's left.

Peter's catching Ken up (slowly)

Say's something about the band, with Peter having a birthday a week after Ken's. That makes them both Taureans, but we always knew that the pair of them were a load of old Bull!

The rest of the band (jealous of Peter's youth, virility and energy) generously gave Peter a piece of paper bestowing the honour of being unpaid apprentice. That assumes they have some talents that Peter can learn from.

Meanwhile, Paul & Miranda, Peter's son and daughter-in-law, sent him this super leather bound book all the way from Australia (copy 2637 of a limited edition run of 3000). Legendary Bass Guitar Songs - heavily featuring Cream and McCartney.Who said that there is no culture in Australia.