Band: Flaming June
Venue: B-Bar, Cambridge (house band for comedy night)
Date: 14/11/10
Audience: Frankly amazing. Seated, responded well, wonderful
Set: Not sure exactly, but 20 minutes at the start, 3 songs at the end of the first batch of 5 comedians before the interval, and then a 20 minute set at the end
Notes: Got back from this gig about an hour ago, and I'm still buzzing from it now. I really, really enjoyed tonight, probably because I wasn't expecting to. It had been a long day of Christmas play rehearsals, alongside a slight hangover, and carrying congas from the multistory down the road as well as helping my mate Alan carry the lights for the show meant I had dead arms before the gig even started, but it turned into an absolute cracker. We were the house band for the comedy night, which sees 10 new comedians do their thing. Originally I was supposed to be playing this gig with Lu, but sadly she's ill at the moment, so one of my other bands - Flaming June, stepped in at pretty short notice. The audience tonight, a packed house in the function room of B-Bar, were a comedy audience, but they took to us instantly and even when we played the final set after the comedy (when they really could have left and gone to the bar if they wanted) a large majority of them not only stayed for the whole thing, but really got into it. I'm proud to be in Flaming June, we were on absolute fire tonight - it was incredibly hot and a little uncomfortable with those lights (yep, the ones I helped carry) burning on us, we all came out of it drenched in sweat - but it was full-throttle Flaming June tonight, Louise in particular was in incredible form, fiery, witty songs, and the crowd really took to it. She even taught the audience a fairly complex chorus to a song I'd never played with them before, and then the whole room bellowed it out - it was a lovely moment, it was a top-notch gig all round. More of that, please.
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