Bob's Open Mic Night - Monday 26th November 2007

Bob started the evening off with a rendition of ‘Caledonia’ followed by a song done by Leonard Cohen/Rufus Wainright/ Jeff Buckley/ and SHREK! - ‘Halleluiah’ and then one of his own ‘Adios to Rock & Roll’.

First up from the audience was Frank who gave us his own song ‘Strange People’ followed by ‘Ain’t that lonely yet’.

Andy Logan then got up with ‘St James Infirmary Blues’ and then ‘Time slips away’.

John McGarrigal then got up with a poem ‘Bigotry’ followed by ‘Humanitarian Bombing’.

Next was Joe MacAtamany with his unique style, singing ‘The Loch Tay boat song’ and then ‘Haul Away’.

Elspeth Durkin was next up, with Bob playing guitar giving us ‘Autumn Leaves’ and then ‘After the Goldrush’,

then Bob stayed up to sing a requested song of his -‘It’ll last another day’.

Then Lynn Carson got to the stage and gave us three of her own songs ‘It’s not me…’ , ‘September coming’ and ‘Follow you down’.

Denise McLaughlan foll0wed her with some poetry including ‘I need a p..’ ,’She’s no a wean…’ and ‘Whammies’.

Stevie Osbourne then went up with Bob and did the ‘Eastender Blues’.

Duncan Adams then performed ‘I don’t care if you love me anymore’ and then ‘Where am I gonna live when I get home’.

Frank then got back up with an instrumental leading into ‘Keep on Rocking in the free world’.

Andy Logan was then back up with ‘The games people play’ at which point DANCING broke out in the bar!! John McGarrigal then did another poem ‘That puppet theatre’ followed by ‘Non-judgemental, my arse!’ Stevie Osbourne then sang one of his own songs ‘Midnight’,

followed by Duncan singing ‘Please love me’!.

Denise was back up with an excellent poem all about assertiveness and confidence. Elspeth then got back up and did an accapella version of ‘The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood’.

Joe Mac then sang a song called ‘The Whaling game’ as a complaint against the Japanese fleet that set sail last week to go hunting Humpback whales again.

Lynn then got back up and sang another of her own songs [about leaving home] called ‘Westwind’. Bob then got back on stage with The Chicken Supremes [a.k.a. Elspeth, Lynn and guest , Alan] and they performed ‘Substitute’ and then ‘Gloria’ to finish off the evening.
Despite cries for more,

Bob had to pack up the equipment, so there was a short jam session on the ‘floor’, before the bar staff finally managed to ‘shoo’ everyone out of the bar at the end of a very enjoyable evening.