Most of Our People, Eventually

After a long hiatus in the schedule, Andy B, Neil & Chris finally got together on Monday evening to strum a few chords. Andy F was conspicuous by his absence and one gets the impression that we may now be 3 blokes with slightly fewer guitars. All that I can say is that David Knopfler walked away from Dire Straits just before they made it big and is still moaning about not being paid!

We are, of course, light years away from the Sultans of Swing but it doesn't do any harm to dream.

The chosen song of the night was "Do You Know What I Mean?" Andy having come across an acoustic version by Noel G on YouTube.
The hardest part was trying not to fall in to Wonder Wall as, like so many Oasis numbers, the basic chord pattern is pretty much the same. Two hours fled by and I think fun was had by all, although Neil did struggle with his dog allergy as Poppy the springer spaniel tried to sit on his lap.
On Tuesday night a group of us met in the Queen's Head in preparation for a forthcoming "survival" weekend in the Brecon Beacons (Sponsorship is to help fund next year's festival which will include more live music than ever, so all donations gratefully received!).
It's amazing how one can be emboldened by alcohol and after a couple of beers, Andy & Chris picked up the house guitars and played in public for the first time. In truth we knew everybody there and they were very patient with us- some even recognised a couple of the tunes. We blamed any bum notes on the pub instrumentss, but you know what they say about poor workmen and their tools.
Anyway it was a bit of fun (for us two at least) and nobody threw anything.