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The Newport Show
Well slap me sideways with a Moulinex Multi Chef and call me Derek!
What a night. After driving over the bridge from Cincinnati to Newport
Kentucky, then driving around like the ‘Stevie Wonder/Ray Charles
Rally Team looking for a pit-stop’, we found Southgate House.
A huge sort of Town Hall - Whiskey House - gambling place. Amazing!
The man who invented the Tommy Gun was born here and the Juke Box
is haunted.
The live venue itself was huge with a balcony around it and a nice
stage. Went up to the front bar and videoed Gary, a classic rock
DJ who gave us a short history of the place. We then met Andrew
from Merthyr whose now working in the University and Carla from
Milwaukee, who studied in Swansea.
We played a stormer. Not many there but those in attendence loved
it. Met Mr Spoons who played ……the spoons ("Were
you picked on in school ?"). Got him on camera later on. Classic
comedy. You just can’t write stuff like this. The last band
were doing some sort of weird Vietnam Poetry Rock, so we went upstairs
and proceeded to get drunk on cheap beer. We played an acoustic
set after another band finished in the bar (Alex and Travis –
nice guys). We did ‘El Goodo’ and ‘Throw Your Arms’
and the place erupted. We were Kings for the night. Simon met a
lovely ex-model / aspiring actress who shaves cats and makes baskets
for a living!
Left about 2.30 am. Top night!
Chris
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