13th December 2012

Avante Garde, King Street

A small number of performers this evening - but the weather WAS atrocious!
Bob Leslie; Elspeth Durkin; Ryan Morecombe; and Allan Stewart all performed during the evening.

Bob's Open Mic - 22nd November 2012

Avante Garde, King Street, Glasgow  =  8.30 - late

Bob started the evening with the ballad "Mr Beaujangles" then a John Morris song "Empire"  then "Me & Kenny" followed by two of his own songs "Rogues" and then "One size don't fit all".
Bob then got Alan and Marie from the group Penny Black who started with a Joan Armatrading song "Love and Affection" followed by a John Pride song "Sam Stone" and then they finished with a Credence Clearwater Revival song "As long as I can see the light".
Elspeth Durkin was asked up next and she sang "Come by the hills" then "Will you still love me tomorrow" and finishing with a duet with Bob of "Love Hurts".
Next up was Ryan Morecombe who sang one of his own songs then a Joan Baez song "Donna Donna" finishing with "Closer".
Arge was the next performer - giving us a performance of a couple of his own songs on his electric guitar.
Next up was Bernadette, with Bob joining in on "Angel from Montgomery", then "Dance me to the end of Love" and finishing with a Hazel O'Connor song "Will you".
Our next performer comes all the way from Graamsay in Orkney, Andrew Mowat who performed "Thw town I love so well" then "Scapa flow" and finally "Ring of Fire".
John Morrison had arrived by this time and he got up to perform three songs including "I never really wrote this song" and "Bourbon".
Bob then sang some one of his newest songs "Don't go climbing Everest" [aka the Mousie song], then "Stand up Caledonia" finally a Steve Earle song "(I can't remember) If we said goodbye".
 Andrew then gave us a shetland tune called "Margaret" then a song "Kirkwall Bay" and finishing with "The Gambler".
Bob then asked Elspeth back up to sing "Autumn Leaves" and "After the Goldrush", 
The evening finished off with Bob and Bernadette performing "White Flag".

29th November 2012

Avante Garde, King Street
Another pleasant evening, when I again did not record what songs were sung however the performers were Bob Leslie; Ryan Morecombe; Elspeth Durkin; Bernadette Collier; George Martin and Gordon.

8th October 2012

Avante Garde
Present : Bob Leslie; Ryan Morecambe;Elspeth Durkin;  Linda and Peter [keyboards] Alan & Marie [of Penny Black].

A pleasant evening, but I was enjoying it so much that I didn't record who sang what!

Bob's Open Mic 25th October 2012

I arrived late, so missed som of the artists.  When I got in Bob and Bernadette were performing "The devil's right hand"
Next up was Jim Morrison on his mandolin.  He sang a song called "The Dundee Ghost" - a comedic song with a little tale!  He also sang a Matt McGinn song "Camp Grenada" finishing with a satirical political song to the Gilbert & Sullivan song tune 'A modern major general'. 
Bob then sang a couple of songs " Hello Marylou, goodbye heart" and then "the weight song" [take a load off Annie!]  .
Next up on the stage was |Ryan Morecombe who gave us an amazing rendition of a Lady Gaga song "Born this way", one of his own songs, and then 'Mellow Yellow'.
Bob then asked Elspeth Durkin up to sing "After the Goldrush", then "Autumn Leaves" and then a duet with Bob of "Love hurts".
Next up was George Martin who sang "Days" by the Kinks in his own inimicable style followed by a Crowded House song "Fall at your feet" .  He finished with a request of  a Don Henley song "My wedding day".
John Morrison then got back up on stage and gave us a Mandolin version of "Light my fire" by the Doors, this was followed by a Canadian song "Saturday night in Bien Fait", and finishing with "It's a mad world".
Bernadette and her friend Pat then gave us a performance  of the Pogues song "Christmas in New York".  Bernadette and Bob then performed two songs together - "Only You" and then "Dance me to the end of Love"; she finished with "Bas me mucho"
Bob then sang "No regrets" with Bernadette doing some backing vocals.  Bob then asked Elspeth up to duet on a Little Feat song "Willin'", then he sang " Lonesome Blues before finishing the evening with a duet with Elspeth of anothe Little Feat song " Dixie Chicken".

Bob’s Open Mic at Avante Garde 15th November 2012

Bob’s Open Mic at Avante Garde

15th November 2012

Bob and Bernadette were just finishing off a small set when I arrived.

Bob then got Clare and guitarist Craig up.  Clare has an excellent voice and sang three songs beautifully. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Morrison was next up on stage and had decided to do a seasonal song because Avante Garde already have their Christmas tree up in the corner!! However it turned out to be a very, very humorous song about Hogmanay!!

Elspeth Durkin was next up, accompanied by Bob on guitar, and they started with a duet of ‘Love Hurts’ and then Autumn Leaves [one of Bob’s favourites] and finishing with ‘After the Goldrush’.  Bob then sang ‘ Tracks of my Tears’  and his own song ‘Cowboy in the heart of Glasgow’

Next up was Joseph Quinn for a few songs.  Joseph plays in a professional band, but had been out on the town with family.  He did ‘Sally; free and easy’, his own song ‘The Ligger’ and finally ‘Deil finds work for idle hands’.

John Morrison then joined John Condron and Mags Peters  and they performed ‘Ride On’, ‘Rocks off’ and finished with a mashup of  ‘Only Fools and Horses/Proud Mary’.

Mickey Reid was up next singing ‘Promised land’; ‘Stand by your man’ and  ‘Angry’.

Bob and Bernadette did one duet before she had to leave – ‘I can’t remember if we said goodbye?’.

Roddy McLachlan was up next and did a couple of his own songs.  He was a ‘quiet’ singer, but he had a good voice and sang very well. [just needs some more practise with a microphone].

John, John and Mags got back up again and performed ‘Hallelulia’ and then ‘Caledonia’ which Bob ended up joining in with [backing vocals and small drum].

Last up was Elspeth again, who did a new song [never done before] ‘Come by the hills’ with Bob picking it up on the guitar after the first verse. She finished with ‘Will you still love me tomorrow’.  Bob and Elspeth finished off with ‘Dixie Chicken’ before Bob finished the evening off.

18th October 2012 : Avante Garde, King Street, Glasgow

Bob's Open Mic Night [every Thursday night]

 

It was an EXTREMELY wet night outside which would put most people off going outdoors if they could help it, however there were quite a few souls who had braved the weather this evening!

Bob Leslie opened the evening with a few songs and then got newcomer Ryan Morcombe up to start.  He sang a song of his own and then did his own version of a Lady Gaga song 'Born this way'.






Next up was George Martin, and excellent guitar player who performed a David Gray song ' Sailawya' and then an Oasis song 'Stop crying your heart out' and finished with 'Never meant to cause you trouble'



John Morrison was next up to the stage, with a classic 'What have you done to the rain?' followed by an old Mungo Jerry song 'In the summertime' and finishing with the amusing little song 'You can never do a tango with an eskimo'!!




Bob then asked Elspeth Durkin to the stage and he played while she sang 'Autumn Leaves' and then 'After the goldrush' finishing with a duet with Bob to 'Love hurts'.

Bernadette Collier then took to the stage, with some extra accompaniment from Bob, where she performed a Hazel O'Connor song 'Will you....'; this was followed by 'Chasing Cars'.  She then asked George to go up and play guitar for her for the song 'Make you feel my love'.

Bernadette and Bob

Bernadette and George

Carmella and Jess

Next up was another new face Carmella [stage name], and her friend Jess who brought some drums.  She sang her own song 'Rocket Girl', and then her own version of a David Bowie classic 'Major Tom', and then another song of her own [sorry - missed the title]. 

After Carmella finished Bob had been going to get Andy Logan up on stage - but he had had to leave during Carmella's performance.   SO Bob asked Bernadette and George up to do some harmonies when he sang 'If we said goodbye'

Andy' the candy' Logan

Ryan then came back up doing one song of his own before he too had to leave.
John Morrison came back to the stage to sing , as HE put it an "Archie pelican" song by Matt McGinn - 'heidrum hodrum'!![?] Quite funny actually.

George Martin was next up again to sing a few songs 'Old Man; 'Something fine'; 'Wild horses' and then 'Santiago de Cuna'.
Bob then got up and sang 'Lonesome Blues' and then 'You're gonna miss me when I'm gone'.  He then got Elspeth back up on stage with him to do some harmonies  especially on 'Dixie Chicken' and then 'Tracks of my tears', 'Love the one you're with', and 'Who do you love' before finishing the evening off.