Bob's Open Mic - 22nd November 2012

Avante Garde, King Street, Glasgow  =  8.30 - late

Host Bob Leslie 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 Sinclair 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 Collier, 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".

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.

Avante Garde Open Mic night - 23rd August 2012

 

Finally got back to Bob's Open Mic held in Avante Garde, in King Street Glasgow, on thursday evenings.

 It was quite a quiet evening with many people away on holiday I believe.  I was a bit late arriving anyway however.  There was the group "Tighnamara" [gaelic for 'House by the sea'], who were up a couple of times playing a variety of songs including Tambourine man.  Unfortunately my slightly drunken brother had grabbed my tambourine and was 'joining in' badly!!]

  

 

 

Bob then went up to sing again and got Elspeth Durkin up to 'help' him with some harmonies. 

Then she sang a couple of songs herself, before joining Bob in a couple of duets again, by which time it was the end of the evening.

Come along on a thursday night if you fancy getting up and performing, or just come along and enjoy some good live music!

 

12th May Open Mic - Clutha Vaults

This was a "Farewell to Sandy" evening, as well as being an Open Mic night.

Sandy and a few of his friends.

Kevin started the evening off with a Guy Clarke song 'Broken Hearted People' followed by 'Me and You'.

Bob Leslie had once again brought his electric guitar from the recording studio, and played along with many of the performers throughout the evening.

First up was Joe MacAtamany who gave us 'Jock Stewart' and then 'Ride On'.

Kevin then sang 'I can do better than that' and then got

Martin up onto the stage for a couple of numbers.

Gordon the took the mic to thank everyone who had come for Sandy's evening - and then Sandy gave a small thank you speech, saying he had felt it was a time to change some of the things in his life, but that he would still turn up occasionally, and keep in touch!

He then gave us a song, accompanied by Stuart on acoustic and Bob on electric, 'Start over again' - very appropriate!

Stuart Workman then gave us a Neil Young classic 'Harvest Moon'.
Kevin then did a short burst of a Bob Dylan song - 'It ain't me Babe' before getting the two guys

who called themselves Minor Detail up to sing - they did their own songs 'St. Andrew' and then 'Humdrum days'.

Andy Logan then got up to perform 'The Games people play' and then 'Fulsom Prison Blues'.

Sandy then came up to sing a happy song for some of the girls and started singing a John Denver classic 'Country Roads' but had trouble about half way through as he looked over to the audience ........to see a sea of his own faces staring back at him!!! He did manage to finish the song, and then made the comment - he never knew he was so handsome!!!

Kevin then got Duncan Adams up to sing 'Lay down Sally' and then 'Where am I gonna live?'

Jerry MacAtamany then sang a jaunty version of the Eagles 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' and then a Bob Dylan song 'Positively 4th street'

Gary [Light ?] then sang 'The Gambler' and then tried to give us a Pink Floyd song.

Next up was a chap who called himself Fly Glider sang a couple of songs whose titles I didn't catch.

Enjoying the music!

Jer McDade then gave us a couple of his own story songs, and managed to break a string towards the end of the second song, so whilst Stuart changed the string,

Kevin took the electric guitar and sang 'Hoochy Coochy Man'.

Stuart Workman then performed 'King of the Swingers' specially for Sandy, and then 'Manhatten'.

Bob Leslie then took the acoustic guitar and performed 'Heatwave' , and then

Elspeth Durkin joined him on stage and they sang the Little Feat number 'Dixie Chicken'.

Elspeth stayed on stage to sing backing vocals with Sandy [and Bob] on 'Glory glory' which finished off the main part of the evening, just as the bar closed.

There was a very short jam session before the staff moved everyone out.

5th May 2010 Clutha Vaults - Kevin's Open Mic

Kevin Young has taken over the task of running the Wednesday night Open Mic at the Clutha Vaults.

We wish him lots of luck and lots of musicians in the future!!

Stuart Workman and Bob Leslie started the evening off with Stuart on acoustic guitar singing Reflections, accompanied by Bob on electric guitar. They then performed Leonard Cohen's 'Manhatten'.

Joe MacAtamany was next up performing 'Ride On' and then 'Haul Away', before

Connor got on stage and gave us 'Teenage Kicks', 'The first time' and 'Let me hold on'.

Bob Leslie was next on the acoustic guitar singing his own songs 'The Devil ain't a friend of mine', 'Beans and Beer' and then 'It'll last another day' where he was accompanied by Kevin on electric guitar.

Kevin then did a Frank Ifield song 'Lovesick Blues' followed by a beautiful ballad 'Broken-hearted People'.

Stuart then got back up to sing 'Jersey Girl' [with Bob on the electric guitar]

and was then joined by Jenny who sang 'Smile'

followed by 'Eirie Canal' along with Stuart and Bob.

Kevin [& Bob] then gave us a good version of 'Hoochy Coochy Woman'.

Kevin then got Elspeth Durkin up to sing 'Autumn Leaves' 'After the Goldrush' and then 'Will you still love me tomorrow?', which had a few of the audience joining in on the chorus.

Joe MacAtamany the got up to the stage and sang 'Bonnie Heiland Lassie' and then 'Jock Stewart', and finally 'Will ye come to the dancin' wi' me?'

Kevin finished off the evening with 'Love me today', 'Five Years' and then 'Fulsom Prison/Mojo Working' combo with Bob on his electric guitar. A nice evening all round. Kevin mentioned at the end of the session that next weeks session would be a specially evening for Sandy Watson, to say thank you and good luck to him!