Morning Strumpets,
The Charmers played a set last Friday night at the rather brilliant VolksPower 5 Festival in Redcar. We'd been looking forward to this for a while, and it really didn't let us down. The weather was fantastic (a rare thing in Redcar) and the people there were nothing short of lovely and supportive. We were actually pretty well prepared for this one, apart from in reality, Carl forgot both of his guitar stands, and prior to playing our first song, looked at his guitar and snapped a string! Andy forgot his capo, Mark forgot to put any petrol in his car, and I forgot to go to the campsite earlier to pitch our tent. Despite all of this we charmed the snake belts off the punters.
I'd also promised Hal a camping night out ages ago, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. I have to say that as good as the gig was, staying in a tent with Harry and watching his face as we went backstage as the absolutely brilliant Revolutionaires battered the late coastal night with their Zoot Suits and Rhythm and Blues is something which will remain in my happy head forever.
Here's some pics, apologies for the video which doesn't work in the middle of them all, I'm still learning on this Mac.
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| Mark achieving his lifelong ambition of being Steve Harris. |
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| Product placement in evidence. |
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| Carl has had enough. |
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| How do we start Longlands again? |
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| Frailing in A Major without a capo, not as easy as it sounds. |
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| Patter. |
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| Carl at the exact moment he snapped a string. |
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| Bass tuning. |
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| Fine Figures of men |
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Assorted Charmers groupies. (or wives and friends).
Till the next one,
Learn something new,
Mark.
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