It’s been a rich and varied couple of weeks with lots of different gigs. Today at the Mark Hotel with DV8 was lots of fun and great to see lots of faces that we haven’t seen for a while along with some enthusiastic dancing . Last night solo at the Stroud Central Hotel was also a great night and I’ll be back there again soon. I spent some time at Stroud checking out the general store where my mum grew up. Her mother was a great piano player who played lots of local dances in the area back in the 1940’s so it’s a sort of a return home when I go there. My Grand parents and Uncle Jack used to own and live in the heritage home of Alderley House nearby as well and I used to visit them there when I was a kid. Stroud School of Arts was also one of the first gigs that Meccalissa ( the name of the band before DV8) ever did. My grandmother’s photo is below. She’s standing in the bush near Girvan which is close to Stroud holding a violin.

I’ve written a few new acoustic songs over the last 2 weeks and I’m starting to sprinkle them into the sets. There’s some new Hot Yogi songs and DV8 songs coming along too.

Saturday 18th I have a duo with Len Samperi at Wests Leagues in the Marble Bar.