The greatest gig ever Apr 5 2006
So this is a bit delayed, but on Friday I went to the greatest gig I think I’ve ever been to. It was my girlfriend’s birthday, so we went out for a meal (mmm, American Hot pizza!), and then afterwards we nipped to a local pub, the Queens Head. My brother was playing an acoustic set there as the opening act for a night of music - just him, a guitar, an amp and a mic. He had already demo’d the songs he was going to do a few days before the gig, but listening to him play up there in front of a packed pub on a Friday night was just awesome. He was really cool, calm, and confident, and bantered with the audience between songs. His playing was nigh-on perfect, and the entire set was fantastic to watch. He’s in a band, and actually plays bass, but he’s a better guitarist than I think I will ever be, and he’s got a great singing voice to boot.
I’ve uploaded a couple of videos of the gig to YouTube - available here, and here. The second song in the set is the missing video of the three songs, and I’m working on getting that up shortly, so I’ll post the link for that here too. The videos don’t really do him justice, but they are just about good enough to get a feel for just how talented he is.
I was really proud of him, as he’s obviously got some set of stones to get up there and pull that off on his own - well done Luke.
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