Silverthorn Rock the Bay Horse
It’s every cover band’s worst nightmare. You tell the DJ that you’ll start after the next song. Then the opening bars of Whitesnakes’ ‘Here I Go Again’ float over the PA…
See Robb jump out of his chair and run to the DJ.
See the DJ quickly change the record.
See our fans sniggering quietly in the corner.
See Ruth almost forget the words in all the commotion.
Despite that start, it was a great night on Saturday at the Bay Horse, Lindley, Huddersfield, thanks to all our supporters! A three-blister gig*.
Surprisingly, no-one believed me when I told the story about how Bad Company had stolen our song, ‘Feel like making love’, by inventing a time machine and then going back to the 1970s so they could release it first.
Some people are just skeptics I guess.
*Adam thought this was a better indicator of gig success than the stick breaking. I’m not convinced. There’s not much cooler** than playing so hard you break your drumsticks.
**Ok so there’s lots of things that are cooler. But maybe not if you’re a drummer ;-)***
***sorry adam and other drummers. promise I’ll start making jokes about other people soon.
Valentine’s Day 2009
Silverthorn rocked Mirfield! A definite 2-stick rated* gig. The Wasp’s Nest, Mirfield, was jam packed with quite probably the best crowd we’ve ever had. And less than half were people we knew! This was our first full-night gig in a pub without any other bands playing and without any false sense of modesty, I think we did rather well. The evidence? We’ve been invited back and have been asked to do one birthday party and one wedding as a result.
Favourite moment? Playing ‘I hate everything about you’ by Ugly Kid Joe on Hallmark Day, oops I meanValentine’s Day. Can’t beat a bit of anti-romantic feeling. Well, when you think about it, it’s a day celebrating the brutal murder of a priest. Not much romantic about that.
*That is, the number of drumsticks broken by Adam. This is how all gigs will be rated from now on.
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