Bit hungover, because my guest for the night (Matt) and I were drinking whisky into the early hours, whilst listening to jazz records. I've changed. I mean, we used to get drunk, but never in such a sophisticated way.
Over to Ely to be a guest on a podcast, which was great fun - Luke is a really decent host and I felt good being there.
Then dashed back to Cambridge for a jazz rehearsal. Half the band couldn't make it so we did it as a trio...it sounded the best it's ever been, to the extent we recorded some demos and are now seeking trio gigs. Less cluttered, less to go wrong. really nice stuff. I'm actually excited about it.
Then picked up Josie and off to the latest HOP show, where we met up with Mike, Dan and Mel. A different sort of gig because we were on a mixed bill, there was a sense that they were waiting for the headline act and it felt slightly awkward at the start but we got into them and made it work. The front row clearly felt confused by it all, but as I went further back down the room more and more people got involved. Not our best performance by any stretch, but we did a good job I think and lots of people said very nice things afterwards. The headliner was the guitarist from Tears for Fears and we ended up backing him for a particularly brilliant version of Shout. It was a wonderful moment, a proper rousing finale and it was fantastic to be involved.
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