12th December 2007

Sandy’s Open Mic at the Clutha Vaults
Sandy started the evening off with an old Beatles song ‘You’ve got to hide your love away’

before handing over to Bob Leslie who sang ‘The thrill has gone’ followed by one of his own songs ‘I love you more than Ice-cream’

Bob - the thorn between the roses??

Next up was Aaron Hewit who sang ‘The lakes of Pontchartrain’ and then ‘Knocking on heavens door’.

We had some Christmas revellers in this evening and one of them, Veronica , got up on stage, with Sandy on guitar, to perform ‘Sweet Loving’.

Andy Lindsay was back with us this evening and he performed a Lindisfarne number ‘Winter song’ followed by another Beatles number ‘All my loving’.

Then Stevie Osbourne got up with Bob Leslie on guitar, and gave us ‘Eastender Blues’ followed by his own song ‘Good to be alive’.

Jer McDade then got on stage and muttered that there was too much revelry going on and he would now bring the tone down “with two miserable laments” (his own words) and performed his songs ‘Vicky’ and ‘The Eighties’.

Kirsty then got up and gave us two beautiful ballads ‘Dirty Pennies’ and then a Gillian Walsh song ‘Bar-room Girls’.

Sandy then got Elspeth Durkin with Bob Leslie, up and she performed an Eartha Kit classic for this time of year, ‘Santa Baby’ - complete with Santa Claus hat! She then sang Bob's favourite, ‘Autumn Leaves’.

Stuart Workman, all the way from Edinburgh, then got on stage to sing ‘Been on the pinball’ and followed by a Steve Earle song, with Sandy on harmonies, ‘Come back Woody Guthrie’.

The next person called to the stage was - in the words of Sandy -" Don Curlywurly "- a.k.a. Andy Logan who gave us ‘Blue Christmas’ and ‘Games People play’.

Then Arthur got up and did ‘Green fields of France’.

Joe MacAtamany was then called to the stage, and he gave us ‘Haul Away’ and then ‘Galloway Hills’.

Duncan Adams then sang ‘There goes my heart’ followed by ‘Where am I gonna live ?’.

Stuart and Jenny from Edinburgh, then performed ‘The Eirie Canal’.

Willie Mathews was back in the house tonight and was finally persuaded to go on stage and perform a couple of swing songs - ‘The lady is a tramp’ followed by ‘They call me the breeze/White Christmas’

which had everybody in the place singing along - and a few up dancing too!

Final ‘act’ of the evening was the Buchanan Street Preachers

It was a very good evening on the whole, and starting to get into the Christmas Spirit!

10th December 2007

Bob’s Open Mic at The Clutha Vaults.

BOB LESLIE started off with a few songs while people arrived and had a few drinks, ‘Six days on the road’, ‘Caledonia’, ‘The Thrill has gone’, and ‘It’ll last another day’ his newest composition.
First up was ELSPETH DURKIN to sing a duet with Bob ‘Love hurts’ followed by ‘Autumn Leaves’.

Then Bob got JOHN McCORRIE up to play his drums

and they performed ‘Handjive’

Next up was WALDO who played two of his own songs - ‘St Cecilia’ and ‘Down by the waterside’
LYNN CARSON then got up on stage and performed three songs - ‘Only love can break your heart’ by Fleetwood Mac and then two of her own excellent compositions - ‘Westwind’ and ‘The Green room’

BOB then decided to carry on the own composition theme and sang ‘I love you more than Ice-cream’ from his cd “Songs from the Mine” recorded with his band THE OUTFIT.
A slight change of pace then followed with DENISE McLAUGHLAN getting up and reading some of her poetry to the assembled throng. Four poems entitled ‘Skint Mates’; ‘Nursing Love’; ‘pumpin the poems’; and ‘Scary Thought’, all of which were well received.

JOE McATAMANY followed with a Matt McGinn song ‘Coorie doon’.

ELSPETH and BOB were up next with a duet of one of Bob’s compositions ‘ Different World’. Bob then got JOHN and THE CHICKEN SUPREMES [ELSPETH & LYNN] back on stage and gave their first presentation of the Supremes hit ‘You keep me hanging on’ - which gave everyone a good boost - despite having to read the words off song sheets!

WALDO was back up then with ‘Take a walk with me’. Bob named him king of the codis as it is sometimes difficult to know when Waldo has actually stopped playing his songs!!!
Next up was KATE McGEE another excellent female performer who gave us a Bob Marley song ‘I don’t want to wait in vain’ followed by another Fleetwood Mac song ‘Thunder only happens when its raining’.


DENISE was then back with another couple of poems - ‘Bleeding Lust’ written after hearing Leona Lewis’s new song on the radio and ‘Wha Me’s’


a poem about two-faced people.
JOE MAC was back up then with two songs - ‘Ride On’ and ‘Haul away’.
He was followed by DUNCAN ADAMS



who asked JOHN if he could help out on drums, and he sang ‘Trust you with my heart’ and then ‘No More’.






LYNN was then back up with ‘The Wake’.

Final performance of the evening was Bob, John and the
"Chicken Supremes" - firstly with a Little Feat number ‘Dixie Chicken’ and then ‘GLORIA’.
Next week Bob is hoping to have a few more Seasonal songs, along with some Jingle Bells !!!

28th November 2007 Clutha Vaults Open Mic Night {Sandy’s}

Arrived a little bit late this evening and so missed Sandy’s starting song. Oops! Aaron Hewit was up on stage singing ‘The Lake of Pontchartrain’ and he followed that with ‘Fulsom Prison Blues‘,

and then, as Sandy had temporarily gone missing, kept going with ‘The Devil’s Account’.

Aaron and friends.

Sandy then got back on stage to sing the Frankie Miller song ‘Drunken nights in the City’.

Bob Leslie was next up and he sang a couple of his own ballads - over the noise of the crowd of newcomers in the bar, ‘It’ll last another day’ and then ‘I love you more than Ice-cream’.

We then had a unique artiste brought to the stage in the form of Clem Doon - with his highly individual style of quips and comedy songs.

He was followed by John Coffey who was up visiting his old home town from the Channel Islands. He performed a John Pride song for Sandy [missed the title], and then a Bob Dylan song ‘Don’t think twice’, both of which went down well with the audience.

Alan Stewart then brought his mandolin to the stage and did a couple of tunes - ‘Goin home, over the hill’ and then a Rory Gallagher song ‘Goin’ to ma home town’

Next up were Izzy and Andy [Izzy has been busy running the charity Theatre Nemo ] Izzy sang a couple of old tunes ‘it’s a sin to tell a lie’ and then ‘You made me love you’.

Sandy then called on Shevaughn to sing ‘Summertime’, with Bob Leslie on guitar.

Then Elspeth Durkin got up to sing with Bob - ‘After the Goldrush’ and then [Bob’s favourite] ‘Autumn Leaves’.

Jer McDade was next on stage with his own compositions ‘Further on down the Road’ and ‘Sanctuary’.

Sandy then got back up to do another request ‘Pancho and Lefty’,

and he was followed by Eddie who sang ‘Falling’ and then ‘It takes a lot to laugh; it takes a train to cry.’

Then Stevie Osbourne was up, again with Bob on guitar, to sing ‘The Eastender Blues’ although he apologised in advance for having had a bit too much to drink, but gave a good performance.

Andy Logan was then back up with ‘St James’s Infirmary Blues’ and then ‘Good-hearted Woman’.

Joe MacAtamany then brought us all back to Scotland with ‘Broom of the Cowdenknowes’ and then ‘The Galloway Hills’.

Sandy then got Aaron back up and he gave us ‘Knocking on Heaven’s door’.

Final performer of the evening was Duncan Adams with ‘All you ever do is bring me down’ and then’ Where am I gonna live when I get home?’.

There was still a bit of time left, so whilst Sandy put away the stage equipment, there was a jam session ‘o the floor’ - with songs like ‘Dixie Chicken’, Willin’’ and ‘Back in the USSSR’ to name a few. With such a great mix of ages - the common denominator is simply great music!

Everyone was having a great time with until finally stopped by the bar staff clearing us all out!! A good evening!