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.