Monday 22 March 2010

Gig report: Eureka Stockade @ The Cornerhouse

Band: Eureka Stockade
Venue: The Cornerhouse, Cambridge (support slot, acoustic)
Date: 19/03/10
Audience: Made us feel old
Set: Not sure, 7 tracks from our normal set
Notes: With our bassist Nathan having to pull out of the show due to last-minute work commitments, I decided to get back on the bongos for this one, as it kind of worked with the recent gig with Jon Orchard. To be honest, it didn't work at all in this environment. Out of tune bongos sound terrible when mic'd up, as Roy the very honest soundman informed me, and out of tune bongos don't really work with the Eureka Stockade set. Rob and Andy, both on acoustic, valiantly fought their way through it as I embarrassingly tried to add something rhythmically acceptable but it was just one of those shows that for me didn't work at all. The audience were polite enough though.

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