The bar was quite busy when I arrived, almost all of the people there for the Open Mic night. Big Bob Leslie the host was up on stage doing a few introductory numbers including the Little Feat number 'Willin.' and a new song of his own.
He then got Elspeth Durkin up to do some harmonies with him on another Little Feat song 'Dixie Chicken'. First guest singer was Jerry McCue, an excellent guitarist, who gave us 'Drift Away' and 'The land under their feet'.
As most people were still enjoying their first drinks Bob got up to play again and he sang the Tom Paxton song 'Beg, steal or borrow'.
He was then requested to perform a spanish number for some spanish visitors in the bar, so he gave them 'Fragilidad' [Fragile].
Marlene then got up with Michael and they gave us 'Black is the colour' and then Michael gave us 'Duncan'.
Jer McDade was next with a couple of his own popular compositions, 'Modern World' and 'Bob Treetop'. Elspeth Durkin was next - accompanied by Bob, and gave us 'Autumn Leaves' [one of Bob's favourites!] and then the Hank Williams classic 'Cheatin heart'. Bob then performed another request - 'Hello Marylou'.
He was followed by Annie, with Jerry McCue, giving us the tale of 'Ramona'. Jerry then gave us 'A Russian Lullaby'.
Joe Macatamy had arrived a little earlier and he got up and sang 'Up the Northern Water'. Bob then got up to do another request of ' Love the one you're with' followed by his own love song 'It wasn't down in Texas'.
John then got up from the audience and sang a Leonard Cohen number 'Halleluia'. Jer McDade then got up for a second time and gave us 'One day life got serious'
followed by 'Sing Song'. Then Michael and Marlene did the Dolly Parton Classic 'Jolene' -
with many of the audience joining in with the chorus. Michael then performed 'Hey Mr Dreamseller'. Elspeth then got up with Michael to perform the Neil Young song 'After the Goldrush' but Michael had forgotten a lot of the words and was 'improvising, which threw Elspeth's harmonising right out! but they still had a laugh at the end!
[Michael did say he had probably drunk too much by then!'] Jerry, Annie and Marlene then got up and performed 'Will the circle be unbroken' and were joined by many members of the audience for a 'singalong'.
After that Jerry stayed on stage and performed the Glasgow adaptaion of the Simon and Garfunkel song Sound of Silence and gave us 'The Sound of Sirens' about the hazards of drinking Buckfast!
Ian Adie had arrived by this time to see how well the evening was going and got up, with Bob on guitar to perform 'Go Bonnie Scotland'. Bob then did another request 'Handbags and Gladrags' before Joe Mac got up and did his second song 'Ride On'. Bob finished off the evening - accompanied by 'The Chicken Supremes' [ie members of the audience] with the footstomping 'Take another piece of my Heart'.
An enjoyable evening, and we wish Bob every success for the future, in the Stockwell Triangle!
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