Monday 25th February 2008 - Bob’s Open Mic Night -Clutha Vaults, Glasgow

There was a VERY quiet start to the evening ….I think that the very stormy weather put people off from venturing out. However, Bob was up on stage to start with a new song ‘Smell the roses’.
He then got Elspeth Durkin up to join him in a couple of Little Feat songs - ‘Dixie Chicken’ and then ‘Willin’.

Then Bob continued with ‘The thrill has gone’, another of his new songs ‘Just another stormy Monday’, and a Smokey Robinson song ‘Tracks of my tears’.
Kate McGee and George Martin then got on stage and performed a Spandau Ballet song ‘Through the barricades’, a Buddy Hollie song ‘It doesn’t matter anymore’,
and then a Tasmin Archer song ‘Sleeping Satellites’.
Bob then got back up and sang ‘It wasn’t down in Texas’ and then ‘Frankenstein’.

Elspeth Durkin then got back up and sang ‘ Autumn Leaves‘ and then ‘After the Goldrush’. Bob then sang ‘Hand jive’, which was well appreciated by the audience. We had a group of Welsh people who had arrived, and they sang along to that one!
Bob then sang ‘You’re as drunk as me’ and ‘Caledonia’.
Joe MacAtamany was then up to sing ‘Up the Northern Water’ and then ‘The Sally Gardens’.
Bob then sang ‘Heat wave’ followed by ‘My Girl’.

He then got Kate and George back up , and they gave us a K D Lang song ‘Constant Craving’ followed by a Joni Mitchell classic ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ [click on the link to Kinduco Youtube to see them in action].



Elspeth then got back on stage and sang ‘Fields of Gold’ followed by a Dolly Parton classic ‘Jolene’.

Joe MacAtamany then got back on stage to sing ‘Fancy Free’ and then ‘Jock Stewart’.

Bob then finished off with Elspeth and Kate as the Chicken Supremes, singing ‘Set Me Free’,’Gloria’ and ‘Another little piece of my heart’.

Whilst Bob cleared up the singers had a small jam session singing among other things the Fleetwood Mac song ‘Dreams’, before all heading homewards.

Sandy's Open Mic; 20th February 2008

It was a quietish evening tonight - with the poor weather AND a football game on at Parkhead, it was only the enthusiasts who were in early this evening. Sandy started the evening off with his song ‘Everything Flows’ followed by a beautiful rendition of a Dylan song, ‘Spanish boots of Spanish leather’ and he ended with ‘Two girls’.

Aaron Hewitt was back again and gave us ‘The Lakes of Pontchartrain’ followed by ‘Money is the root of all evil’.

Stewart Workman was next, all the way from Edinburgh, to sing ‘Please don’t let me be misunderstood’ followed by ‘Sweet Carolina’.

Sandy then got Elspeth Durkin up to sing a couple of songs - unaccompanied, and she sang ‘After the Goldrush’ by Neil Young and then a traditional Scottish song ‘Come, kiss me love’.
Sandy then got back on stage and gave us ‘She moves through the fair’. Aaron was then back up with ‘Knocking on heaven’s door’ and then Fulsom Prison Blues’.
Joe MacAtamany had then arrived and he got on stage and sang ‘Haul Away’ and then ‘The Tay boat song’.

Stuart Workman was then back up with ‘My old friend the blues’ and then a song for Jenny, Jersey Girl’.

Brendan was in the Clutha this evening and he came on stage and performed ‘If I was a carpenter’ followed by ‘a Cat Stevens song ‘Wide World’.
Duncan Adams was next on stage with ‘All you do..’ and then the popular ‘Where am I gonna live…?’.

Next up was Blair McCunday with ‘Ain’t got love’ and then ‘Comin’ home again’.
Sandy then did a request for a Bob Marley classic ‘ Redemption Song’.

Penultimate performer was Bob Leslie [who was just in after a trip to the theatre] and he sang a couple of his own songs ‘Cordelia Jane’ and Just another stormy Monday’.

Final performer of the evening was Jim Buchan, who sang a Lyle Lovatt song ‘If I had a boat’ followed by his own song ‘The perfect woman’.
As Sandy cleared away the equipment there was a short jam session on the floor, before the staff invited everyone to ‘please leave!’.

Bob’s Open Mic; Clutha Vaults, 18th February 2008

I arrived a bit late this evening, so missed some of the early performances.

Peter and Stevie were up on stage when I arrived and were singing ‘What’s goin on’ followed by ‘Cannonball’.

Bob then got back on stage with John McCormack on the drums and did a version of ‘Heatwave’ followed by ‘Johnny B Good’.

John left the stage shaking his arms!! Bob then got Elspeth Durkin up to sing ‘Fields of Gold’ followed by ‘Autumn Leaves’.

Kate McGee was next up having also just arrived, and she sang ‘I don’t want to wait in vain’ and then a good version of ‘Tinseltown in the rain’.

Scott was up next with Bob on guitar, to sing ‘Fulsom Prison Blues’ [Apparently he had played some mandolin earlier in the evening] Cheryl Campbell was next and she sang ‘It hurts with every heartbeat’

Joe MacAtamany had arrived by this time and did a couple of tunes ‘Lewisville - Lilly of the West’ and ‘I’ll lay ye doon love’.

Peter and Stevie got back up next and sang ‘Don’t leave’. Bob giving some backing 'drums'!

The finale of the evening was when Bob asked all the female singers to come up and accompany him [ as the Chicken Supremes!] and John also played the drums. They sang ‘ The Mighty Quinn’ , ‘Set me free’ and finished with ‘Break another little piece of my heart’.
After this there was a little jam session on the floor, whilst Bob put the equipment away, and a very nice evening was had by all.

Wednesday 13th February 2008

Sandy was having a slight problem with his guitar lead this evening so Bob Leslie started the evening off on his guitar with a couple of his own compositions ‘Cordelia Jane’ and ‘Just another stormy Monday’.

He was followed by Andy Logan singing in his own inimitable style ‘St James Infirmary Blues’ and then ‘Two timing Man’.

Sandy had his guitar fixed by then and sang ‘The Ballad of Pancho and Lefty’.

Next up was Derek Hart who sang a couple of tunes including ‘Sweet Yesterday’.
Elspeth Durkin was next singing ‘Jolene’ and then Bob’s favourite ‘Autumn Leaves’
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Sandy got back up then and sang ‘If I needed you’ and he was followed on stage by Gavin Watt singing ‘As long as I can see the light’ and ‘My Baby wrote me a letter’ - I suppose if that had been written nowadays it would be My baby sent me a text! Doesn’t have the same meaning somehow.

Andy Logan got back up on stage then and performed ‘Time slips away’ followed by ‘Games people play’.


Sandy got Bob up next and he asked Elspeth to do some backing vocals on ‘Dixie Chicken ‘ and then ‘Gloria’, both of which were well received by the audience.


Gavin was back up then singing ‘Here comes your man’ and then ‘You don’t dance the techno’.

Sandy then sang the popular Beatles song ‘Strawberry Fields’.
Joe MacAtamany [the ‘Grandfather of the Open Mics] came up next and sang ‘The Happy People’ followed by the ballad ‘Jock Stewart’.

Duncan Adams was the penultimate performer, having arrived late, and he did ‘Put another log on the fire’ and then the ever popular ‘Where am I gonna live..?’.
Final performer of the evening [also a latecomer] was Amy Bell who gave a couple of lovely songs including ‘Me and Bobby McGee’.

Sandy finished the Open mic session on time, and a short jam session continued at the tables, with everybody gathering around and joining in with the singing.
Happy Valentine’s Day everybody!