23rd June 2008 Bob’s Open Mic at the Clutha

Bob had started the evening off as usual, singing a medley of sings and finishing with ‘Caledonia’

First performer of the evening was Joe Kidd who gave us a new Neil Diamond song ‘Pretty Amazing Grace’ then a couple of his own songs, ‘Good Day’ and ‘Don’t talk, listen’.

Next up were Kate and Linda McGee. They started off with an old Eurhythmics song ‘Here comes the rain again’

and then Linda sang ‘Killing me softly’ with Kate playing guitar. They finished off with a Blue Nile song ‘Tinsel town in the rain’.

Next was Trevor with his version of ‘Don’t think twice’, and then the Byrd’s song ‘Down in the easy chair'.

His friend Willie was next with a truncated version of ‘Fire and Rain’ and then one of his own ‘Get out of my life’.

Bob then got back up to sing ‘The thrill has gone’

before getting Elspeth Durkin up on stage. Elspeth sang ‘Fields of Gold’ and then Bob played ‘Autumn Leaves’ which she managed to sing part of before breaking down at the line ‘since you went away ..’ -having to leave the stage rather emotional! Bob said that it "was the anniversary of her man's death and she's a bit fragile!" [it is actually four years since her husband , musician Joseph Durkin, had died.]

However Joe MacAtamany filled the spot and sang ‘Lily of the West’ and then ‘Jock Stewart’.

Carl then took to the stage and played a couple of his own compositions for the bass guitar and vocals ‘Leave it alone’ and then ‘she’s an Angel’ which he composed to the rhythm made by some broken windscreen wipers!!

Joe Kidd then returned to the stage to sing ‘Cherry Baby’

followed by Kate singing ‘Valerie’

and then Joe Mac singing ‘Ride On’

Finally Bob and Elspeth got Carl to join them for ‘Dixie Chicken’

and then a finale of ‘Gloria’ which Trevor also came up to the second mike and joined in with!. The evening finished at 11.45 and there was still a glimmer of light in the sky to the west - as the sun was skimming the edge of the horizon at this point of ‘high summer’. The solstice is past and the nights will slowly be getting longer from now onwards but the light of community within the Clutha will keep shining out!!

view from the Clutha front door; to the West along the River Clyde.