This evening started quietly with a small audience in the bar. Sandy started with a couple of gentle ballads "Deportees" a Woody Guthrie song and then "Oh No" by Billy Connelly. Bob joined in with some lovely guitar harmonies.
John Alexander was in the bar and got up to perform "The train that carried Jimmy Rogers home" followed by "Further on up the road".
Bob Leslie then performed a new song he had written at the weekend whilst suffereing from food poisioning - although the song bore no relation to that fact whatsoever!! It was called"Can't wait another day". He followed that with an older song of his which he had not sung for a while "Mara".
Andy Lindsay then went on stage and sang a Jake Thackery song "On again,on again,on again" and then a Harry Hagan song "Sam the skull" - which is about a Glasgow cat, and includes then lines '.. the kind that can strangle a rat and even the occasional Dug!' Many of the audience were joining in with the chorus for this one!
Sandy then got back up and sang another Billy Connelly song "Seargeant, Where's mine?".
Martin from Manchester then got on stage, and after apologising for being English [not his fault!] said he had learnt a Glasgow song and he then sang a Paolo Nutini song "Tricks of the Trade" - and was a little non-plussed when we told him Paolo was from Paisley!!
Elspeth then got on stage and Bob played "Autumn Leaves" and then "After the goldrush" for her.
Blair McGinley then went onstage and sang his own songs "Ain't got the love" and "Coming home again".
Andy Logan then got onstage looking like a lumberjack, and performed "Two for a penny" into "Good-hearted Woman" with a little guitar harmony from Bob.
Sandy once again performed "Livin alright" in order to introduce Robbie from Sunderland who then sang a Tom Petty song"You're so bad" and then "Crazy".
George then got up and sang a couple of David Bowie songs "Star" and then "I'm only dreaming". Sandy then got Dennis to play "Another Saturday night" which he joined in with harmonies for - along with most of the audience. Andy Lindsay then got back up with a Bob Dylan song "Love minus zero" and Andy Logan with a request for "Games people play".
Final performer of the evening was Duncan Adams with "Little Runaway", "Where am I gonna live?" and "Let me be there".
There then followed a rather riotous jam session with lots of harmonising, guitars, mandolin [Blair], hand drum and tambourine!! It only finished when they started putting the lights out and 'turned us out on the street'. An extremely enjoyable evening!
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