LIVE! At the Croft :: 14th June 2004
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The Answering Machine Song - Romanovsky and Phillips
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Satin Skies
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Guilt Trip - Romanovsky and Phillips
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Pack up your Troubles (smile smile smile) - Oh! What a Lovely War!
From past experience I knew that the Croft could hold an attentive audience, but
you had to work for them! After a frantic search for some girl to appear in 'answering
machine' I found a very talented musician called Sarah who went for it with
relish. I then played my favourite 'Satin Skies',
which is all about the conflicting emotions that are caused by relationships. I
then had a crack at Romanovsky and Phillips's other master piece 'Guilt
Trip', a tongue in cheek break-up song with vaguely Russian overtones. I
finished the evening with a chorus of a World War One song called "Pack up
your Troubles", to which someone managed to get the crowd clapping along
to. Whoever it was... thank you.
On stage with "The Paperboys" :: 17th April 2004
 I
went down to Southampton to see The Paperboys
live in concert, and was having a grand old time, so I decided to request a
song. Not only did they play it, but half way through I was invited onto the
stage to help them finish it! I'd had a few beers and had been singing
loudly over the P.A. all evening so I probably sounded terrible, but I can think
of nothing cooler in the entire world than getting to sing lead vocals for one
of your favorite bands!
LIVE! Cabaret :: 16th February 2004
This set turned into more of a standup comedy set (read the script
and you'll understand) than my usual vaguely folkish alternarock fare,
starting with Molinos, a high energy fusion of Mexican and North
American music. Then Dreaming (which you can download an early recording
of on my music page), followed by a brand new song called BackDream.
It was a bit of an eclectic set of songs, but they went down reasonably
well. It's always nice to have people listen to and enjoy some of my more
serious music!
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