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A rather busy and good week. I started by finally getting to the Bluegrass session which is now resident at The Cricketers pub in town. A good turn out and a lot of new people. The profile seems to be a pile of new people and a few ninja players who really are spectacularly good. As [...] What with my fingers being back in action again, at least for the moment, I’ve decided to put a massive effort into improving on the mandolin. I’ve always been rubbish at reading music, especially getting the rhythm right. It is high time I did my homework, got down and just practised and got better. [...] I managed to duck out last night for a folky session in Cherry Hinton. I stopped going to this session a while ago due to the noisy drunks in the pub and the persistent smoking of other performers who always insisted on sitting next to me. Now with the smoking ban is in place and [...] It has been officially ages and ages since I’ve typed here. You’ve heard the excuses: too snowed under at work, too trashed at home. Well, I’m starting to feel guilty and thought I better give you kind Internet folks an update. In the pipeline I’ve (poorly) clattered out 2 postings on recent events. Yet the drafts [...] Yoda’s yiayia stayed over again last night and I grabbed the opportunity to escape for a bit of a bluegrass session at the Salisbury. A good turnout with Kindly Bob and company. A chap sitting next to me kept producing instruments from nowhere and playing them all expertly: banjo, Dobro, guitar and a lovely Gibson [...] The monthly bluegrass session has moved from The Zebra to The Salisbury Arms. I’m glad because The Zebra stank and had a very aggressive atmosphere in it. The Salisbury is also in the heart of Wheeliebinland and one of my old drinking holes. It has a back room and better atmosphere. This said I was a [...] |
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