Friday, 26 December 2008
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Sandy’s Open Mic 17th December 2008
Sandy started the ball rolling with a couple of songs - ‘Dollar Bill Blues’ and then ‘Snow on Route one’
First up to the stage this evening was Bert with his dobro guitar with a blues song ‘Fallin’ off a rock’ followed by a slide blues song ‘Walkin’ blues’.
Davy was next on stage with the Beatles song 'Hide your love away’.
Sandy then asked Elspeth Durkin up to the stage with Bob Leslie on acoustic and Johnny T Miller on Bass. Not having had any practise together at all she sang ‘Santa Baby’ [slightly marred by Bob and Johnny missing the Bridge and key change!!] followed by ‘Have a Merry little Christmas’ which none of them had done before either!! Still it was definitely in the spirit of the evening, especially with Elspeth dressed in red and white!
Bob and JT then performed Bob’s song ‘It wasn’t down in Texas’ then a Leapy Lee song ‘Don’t’ let me go’ merging into ‘Run,Hide’.
Jo then took to the stage singing ‘2 more measures’ and then ‘Love cats’ along with Bob and JT.
Alexander White then came to the stage and sang ‘Whisky Town’ and then ‘Come pick me up’ with some backing vocals from Sandy.
Martin was next with a couple of songs including ‘Someone like me’.
Joe Kidd was in the house and he performed ‘Good Day’ with Bob, JT and Sandy on harmonies.
Joe MacAtamany then got on stage to sing ‘A Powerful Song’ and then ‘Lily of the west’ in his own inimitable style. 
Stevie Osbourne along with Bob on acoustic, Carl Bridgeman on Bass, Pam on small drum, Elspeth on Tambourine and Sandy on harmonies then sang ‘Eastender Blues’ and then his own song ‘Good to be Alive’. 
Jer McDade was present and he decided to sing his songs ‘Bob Treetop’ which had everyone singing along on the chorus, and ‘On that Day’.
LP George then got to the stage to sing his own unique version of ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’ followed by ‘Oh, oh when I’m dead and gone’
Final act of the evening was Ian Adie (the landlord) who, after giving a little speech about good the Open Mic evenings are [ I think the term he used was “the best in Glasgow” ] and how Sandy made the evenings so good and what a fine job he did, he invited everyone to the Christmas Eve and Hogmany evenings with JT and his band, at which there may be a few Open Mic performers invited up to the stage during the evening. He then performed an Eagles song ‘Take it easy’ along with Sandy, Bob and Carl to finish the late night off [ It was a 1.00 a.m. licence].
First up to the stage this evening was Bert with his dobro guitar with a blues song ‘Fallin’ off a rock’ followed by a slide blues song ‘Walkin’ blues’.
Davy was next on stage with the Beatles song 'Hide your love away’.
Sandy then asked Elspeth Durkin up to the stage with Bob Leslie on acoustic and Johnny T Miller on Bass. Not having had any practise together at all she sang ‘Santa Baby’ [slightly marred by Bob and Johnny missing the Bridge and key change!!] followed by ‘Have a Merry little Christmas’ which none of them had done before either!! Still it was definitely in the spirit of the evening, especially with Elspeth dressed in red and white!
Bob and JT then performed Bob’s song ‘It wasn’t down in Texas’ then a Leapy Lee song ‘Don’t’ let me go’ merging into ‘Run,Hide’.
Jo then took to the stage singing ‘2 more measures’ and then ‘Love cats’ along with Bob and JT.
Alexander White then came to the stage and sang ‘Whisky Town’ and then ‘Come pick me up’ with some backing vocals from Sandy.
Martin was next with a couple of songs including ‘Someone like me’.
Joe Kidd was in the house and he performed ‘Good Day’ with Bob, JT and Sandy on harmonies.
Joe MacAtamany then got on stage to sing ‘A Powerful Song’ and then ‘Lily of the west’ in his own inimitable style. 
Stevie Osbourne along with Bob on acoustic, Carl Bridgeman on Bass, Pam on small drum, Elspeth on Tambourine and Sandy on harmonies then sang ‘Eastender Blues’ and then his own song ‘Good to be Alive’. 
Jer McDade was present and he decided to sing his songs ‘Bob Treetop’ which had everyone singing along on the chorus, and ‘On that Day’.
LP George then got to the stage to sing his own unique version of ‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’ followed by ‘Oh, oh when I’m dead and gone’
Duncan Adams had joined the throng by this time and was invited up to sing his anthem ‘Where am I gonna Live?’.
Carl Bridgeman then took to the stage with his friend Miguel on tom toms singing his own songs ‘Things I’ve Seen’ and then ‘This could never happen’.
Willie Mathews then joined them on stage along with Bob and performed ‘Everyday I’ve got the Blues’ and a Bob Marley classic ‘No woman no cry’.
Final act of the evening was Ian Adie (the landlord) who, after giving a little speech about good the Open Mic evenings are [ I think the term he used was “the best in Glasgow” ] and how Sandy made the evenings so good and what a fine job he did, he invited everyone to the Christmas Eve and Hogmany evenings with JT and his band, at which there may be a few Open Mic performers invited up to the stage during the evening. He then performed an Eagles song ‘Take it easy’ along with Sandy, Bob and Carl to finish the late night off [ It was a 1.00 a.m. licence].
Monday, 15 December 2008
Wednesday 10th December 2008 Clutha Vaults
Sandy’s Open Mic
I arrived a little late, so a few people had already been up . Kirsty was up on stage singing ‘Lost child’ followed by the Nina Simone classic ‘My Baby just cares for me’. Johnny T Miller was next up on the acoustic guitar singing ‘Take what you need’ followed by ‘Down to Louisiana’. [He and his band will be entertaining the customers on the 24th December and on Hogmanay in the Clutha this year]. Joe Kidd was present and sang a couple of his own songs ‘ Good Day’ (or as the regulars call it - the EBay song) with Bob Leslie on accompanying acoustic and Johnny T on Bass, and a new Christmas song which I didn’t hear the title of clearly. Stuart Workman then took Joe’s place in the trio and they performed ‘Cocaine’ and then the Leonard Cohen song ‘Manhattan’. Denis then got up with Sandy [& Bob & JT] to sing ‘Another Saturday Night’ which had lots of people in the audience joining in, and they were joined in the chorus by Frankie on a tenor Saxophone! Stevie Osbourne then joined Sandy, JT, Bob & Frankie to sing ‘The Eastender Blues’. Sandy then played the music for one of the audience ‘Tony’, to sing ‘Romancing’. Next up was Kate McGee who sang Autumn Leaves with Bob and joined by Frankie. Bob Leslie then took the stage and sang two of his own songs ‘It’ll last another day’ followed by ‘The Devil ain’t a friend of mine’ with some assistance on the Bass from Spam. Elspeth Durkin then joined them to sing ‘Will you still love me tomorrow’ followed by ‘Santa Baby’ - complete with festive season red cowboy hat!!. Jo then performed a couple of songs with her friend Miguel from Caracas who had his tom tom drums with him. I didn’t recognise the first song, but then she sang a version of ‘Love Cats’ which had everyone joining in with the chorus. Stuart, Jenny, JT, Bob, and Frankie then all got together to perform ‘Eire Canal’ followed by ‘Smile’ a Doris Day Song!. Bob & JT stayed to help Stevie O with his own song ‘Good to be alive’ about former drug addiction. Duncan Adams then took to the stage and sang a Travelling Wilbury classic ‘End of the Line’ with some help from Sandy on the chorus lines, which he followed with his ever popular ‘Where am I gonna Live…’. Joe MacAtamany was the penultimate performer with ‘Powerful song’ and then ‘Up the Northern Water’ before relinquishing the stage to Carl Bridgeman who was joined by Miguel on the drums. Carl performed two of his excellent songs ‘This never could happen’ - which was about racism, followed by ‘The things I’ve seen’ about some of his experiences of living in a scheme [Drumchapel]. An excellent evening, full of good music and good company.
Unfortunately there are no photos as the battery had run out in my camera………..sorry.
I arrived a little late, so a few people had already been up . Kirsty was up on stage singing ‘Lost child’ followed by the Nina Simone classic ‘My Baby just cares for me’. Johnny T Miller was next up on the acoustic guitar singing ‘Take what you need’ followed by ‘Down to Louisiana’. [He and his band will be entertaining the customers on the 24th December and on Hogmanay in the Clutha this year]. Joe Kidd was present and sang a couple of his own songs ‘ Good Day’ (or as the regulars call it - the EBay song) with Bob Leslie on accompanying acoustic and Johnny T on Bass, and a new Christmas song which I didn’t hear the title of clearly. Stuart Workman then took Joe’s place in the trio and they performed ‘Cocaine’ and then the Leonard Cohen song ‘Manhattan’. Denis then got up with Sandy [& Bob & JT] to sing ‘Another Saturday Night’ which had lots of people in the audience joining in, and they were joined in the chorus by Frankie on a tenor Saxophone! Stevie Osbourne then joined Sandy, JT, Bob & Frankie to sing ‘The Eastender Blues’. Sandy then played the music for one of the audience ‘Tony’, to sing ‘Romancing’. Next up was Kate McGee who sang Autumn Leaves with Bob and joined by Frankie. Bob Leslie then took the stage and sang two of his own songs ‘It’ll last another day’ followed by ‘The Devil ain’t a friend of mine’ with some assistance on the Bass from Spam. Elspeth Durkin then joined them to sing ‘Will you still love me tomorrow’ followed by ‘Santa Baby’ - complete with festive season red cowboy hat!!. Jo then performed a couple of songs with her friend Miguel from Caracas who had his tom tom drums with him. I didn’t recognise the first song, but then she sang a version of ‘Love Cats’ which had everyone joining in with the chorus. Stuart, Jenny, JT, Bob, and Frankie then all got together to perform ‘Eire Canal’ followed by ‘Smile’ a Doris Day Song!. Bob & JT stayed to help Stevie O with his own song ‘Good to be alive’ about former drug addiction. Duncan Adams then took to the stage and sang a Travelling Wilbury classic ‘End of the Line’ with some help from Sandy on the chorus lines, which he followed with his ever popular ‘Where am I gonna Live…’. Joe MacAtamany was the penultimate performer with ‘Powerful song’ and then ‘Up the Northern Water’ before relinquishing the stage to Carl Bridgeman who was joined by Miguel on the drums. Carl performed two of his excellent songs ‘This never could happen’ - which was about racism, followed by ‘The things I’ve seen’ about some of his experiences of living in a scheme [Drumchapel]. An excellent evening, full of good music and good company.
Unfortunately there are no photos as the battery had run out in my camera………..sorry.
Sunday, 23 November 2008
19th November 2008 Sandy's Open Mic
Sandy started off with a couple of nice gentle ballads - a Beatles song - 'I'm looking through you' followed by 'a fearless heart' before getting Stevie Osbourne, accompanied by Bob Leslie, to sing 'The Eastender Blues'.
Bob then sang a couple of his own compositions 'It'll last another day' followed by 'The tune that was broken won't mend'.
Sandy then asked young Brian up to the stage where he sang a Bob Dylan classic 'Maggies Farm'.
Next up was Elspeth Durkin accompanied by Bob Leslie, singing 'Autumn Leaves' and then 'After the Goldrush'.
Joe MacAtamany came next with 'A Powerful Song' and then 'Lily of the West'. 
Sandy then asked Bob to join him on a Townes Van Zandt song 'Caroline'.
Stuart Workman, through from Alloa, then joined Bob and sang 'Cocaine, and then the Leonard Cohen song 'Manhattan', at which point we had a very enthusiastic dancer up on the floor!
Brian then got back up to sing 'By a newspaper stand' and then an old classic which had the audience joining in - 'Be my Baby tonight'. Stevie O and Bob then got back up when Stevie sang his song about beating addiction - 'Good to be alive'.
Sandy and Dennis then sang a Sam Cook song 'Another Saturday night', and then 'Bright, sunshine day'.
Duncan Adams then performed a Travelling Wilburys song 'End of the Line' with Sandy joining in the harmonies, followed by 'Where am I gonna Live...?'
George Campbell got up to sing a couple next 'Everybody's makin it big but me' and then 'Hey Nellie, Nellie' by Shell Silverman.
Brian and Sandy then sang 'Its a lesson to late for the learning along with about half the audience!
LP George then got up and did a Bob Dylan song 'Dear Lila' before Sandy got Jenny and Stuart up to sing 'Pharoh's army'.
Johnny T Miller had arrived a little earlier and he and Martin Gilmore got up and performed 'Put on your Red Dress, Mama' followed by 'Shame, shame, shame'.
Final singer of the evening was Ian Adie with accompaniement from Sandy and Martin - to sing the classic Eagles Song 'Take it Easy'.
A very enjoyable evening as usual.
Thursday, 20 November 2008
Wednesday 5th November - Sandy's Open Mic
Sandy started as always, this time with 'Early in the morning'
and then he got Bob to join him on acoustic guitar and he sang a Townes van Zandt song 'Caroline'. He then got Aaron Hewitt up to the stage where he sang 'Sweet Carolina'
and then with some accompanyment and harmony from Bob and Sandy he sang 'Come pick me up'.
Sandy then performed a Kate Brusby song 'The Lark'. Bob Leslie then performed a lovely new song 'Her eyes' followed by another of his ballads 'It'll last another day'.
Next up was Bert - a fantastic blues player who gave us a Seasick Steve tune played with a bottleneck. It was mesmorising, and reminded me of the late Joe Durkin.
Joe MacAtamany was next up singing 'Up the Northern Water' followed by 'Lily of the West'. 
Sandy then got back on stage to sing a request - the tim harding song 'If I were a Carpenter', before getting Bob Leslie and Elspeth Durkin up to perform. They sang the duet 'Love Hurts' followed by 'Dixie Chicken' - but a slow version this time! Sandy then did another request 'Pancho and Lefty' before getting Stevie Osbourne up to the stage with Bob to sing 'The Eastender Blues'.
Bob then played along with Johnny T Miller on 'Mojo Working' and then 'Hoochy Coochy Man' - which had everyone singing and dancing.
Stuart Workman and Bob then did a LEonard Cohen song 'Manhatten' and then Stuart did the Ballad of Billie the Kid'. Jenny then joined them on stage where they sang 'Eeire Canal' and then 'I'll remember you'.
Stevie Osbourne then got back up and sang his song 'Good to be alive' with Bob. 
George O then got up and did a slow acoustic version of 'Pinball Wizard'for everyone.
followed by Duncan Adams then sang 'Where am I gonna live..?' which had a few people up dancing.
before Ian Adie then decided to sing the Eagles song 'Take it Easy' with help from Sandy on guitar, before Andy the Dandy Logan got up and played his unique version of the Steve Earle song 'Copperhead Road' with some accompanyment from the audience.
Final act of the night was Carl Bridgeman who performed a song 'Say It' on the acoustic guitar 
and then his song 'The things I've seen' with his Bass.
An excellent evening, enjoyed by all.
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