Wednesday 10th February 2010

A very enjoyable evening, with a birthday party for Marlene going on in the background, Sandy started off the Open Mic Session with a couple of ballads - 'Flow' and 'Blackwaterside'. Michael Fagin was the first musician called up and he gave us a delightful rendition of a Neil Young song 'Heart of Gold' and then a Simon and Garfunkel song 'The Boxer', before rejoining the "party". Elspeth Durkin was up next singing Autumn Leaves with accompaniment on guitar from Bob Leslie, but accappella for 'Our Wedding Day'.

Jerry MacAtamany then sang 'Positively 4th Street' followed by 'What made Milwaukee famous'.

Sandy then gave us a version of 'Girl Talk' before getting Ger McDade up on stage to perform a couple of his own songs ' One day life got serious' and as he put it "the fourth in my trilogy of Decade songs" - 'the Nineties'.

Sandy then played for Annie Fagin to sing 'Ramona' before getting birthday girl Marlene up, with Michael, to sing 'Over the Rainbow' and then , joined by Annie and Michael, wonderful harmonies with - 'Kiss me mother'.

Sandy then sang a Jimmy Rogers number 'In the Jailhouse now' with some additional guitar by Bob,before getting Robbie, from Northern England, up to sing 'Dance me', 'Crazy', and 'Where the children play'.

Jerry then got back on stage singing 'American without tears'

followed by Sandy and Bob [& the audience] with 'Honky Tonk Women' before getting

Michael Fagin back up to give us 'The only living boy in New York' by Simon and Garfunkel.

Andy Login had appeared by this time and he took to the stage to sing 'Good-hearted Woman' with some help on the chorus from Sandy, and then 'Games people play'. Andy then introduced a couple of lads from the Battlefield area -

Tony on vocals and Micky on guitar who gave us 'Ring of Fire' and then Fulsom Prison Blues'. Tony has a wonderful baritone voice which impressed everyone there, we hope they come back again.

Big Bob Leslie then finally took the stage and finished the evening - starting with 'Who do you love' in his usual full of gusto style, before a duet with Elspeth

of the Little Feat song 'Dixie Chicken' and finishing off with 'How sweet it is to be loved by you'. A great evening,

A short Jam session followed at Marlenes table!

and finally

Many Happy Returns to Marlene!!

Bob's Open Mic; 17th December 2007

Bob started the evening off with a Little Feat song 'Willin' followed by a new song of his own 'Don't listen to the Ghosts again' and then 'Caledonia' and 'Hand Jive' and then another of his own songs 'It'll last another day'

First up for the evening was Chris Grant, who was back in Glasgow from Orkney, and he gave us 'Back round again' followed by 'Stay tonight'

Andy Lindsay was next with a Lindisfarne song 'Winter Song' and then a Lonnie Johnson blues song 'Tomorrow Night'.

Elspeth Durkin was next up with a seasonal song - complete with santa hat - 'Santa Baby' followed by 'Autumn Leaves' and then a Dolly Parton song 'Jolene'.

Then Kirsty got up and gave us a couple of beautiful ballads 'Old time memory' and 'Dirty Pennies'.

Denise McLaughlan then gave us some poetry 'Get tae bed', 'Bleedin love and bleedin Lust' and then 'The ba's burst (Bleedin Lust part 2)'

Joe MacAtamany was next with 'Broom of the Cowdenknowes' and 'Ride on'

He was followed by poet John McGarrigal with 'Sexist - wha me?', 'Write nice things', and ' Rent arrears'.

Chris then got back up with 'Teenage Amnesia' his own composition,

and then Andy Lindsay got back up with 'Summertime Blues'. Michael Fagin and Gerry McHugh had appeared then and they got onstage and performed 'Russian Lullaby', 'Buckfast blues' and 'America'.

Bob then got back onstage to perform 'Love the one you're with'

and then got Elspeth up to duet with him on 'You keep me hanging on' and 'Dixie Chicken'.

Finally Ian Adie with Michael Fagin performed 'Southern Man'

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with Ian wearing a type of wobbly hat which made him look a little like an Ewok!! Great laughs all evening - in all a good night!