Band: Aidy (duo set)
Venue: The Cornerhouse, Cambridge
Date: 23/06/11
Audience: A nice small crowd, mostly the other band
Set: Not sure, some new stuff in there, and a cover of 'Novocaine For The Soul'. As with most recent gigs we opened with 'Make It Happen' and ended on 'Washing Machine'
Notes: We took on this gig at a couple day's notice, as a favour to Jo the venue manager who was stuck for an act, Jo does a lot for all bands around here to returning the odd favour is the least we could do. Also, it worked out well as I had a rare free evening, and we've got the tour kicking off in just over a week's time, so any opportunity to play and get in shape is welcome. We were supposed to be doing this one as a trio, but we had to go on later than planned thus meaning Dave our bassist had to leave and go to work to run his tuck shop, we got a soundcheck out of him at least. Aidy tried to convince the crowd that Dave had an overdose and was in the toilets, they didn't seem to believe him though. The gig itself was good fun, I thought playing the same venue I've played at a million times on a week night would be soul destroying, but there was a lively feel to it, Aidy was in good voice tonight, tried out some songs we don't normally play, the Eels cover was good fun, it was nice and edgy and the crowd took to us well. Before our set, and before Dave had to leave, we worked out some logistics of the forthcoming tour - accommodation, food, promotion, that kind of thing, and suddenly I'm feeling very excited about it. It really could be fantastic or disastrous, but I know that in Aidy and Dave I have good touring buddies, we all seem to have the same mindset and goals. At best we'll play to big crowds and get these tunes to a wider audience, at worse we'll play to a small crowd, get drunk a bit and enjoy ourselves in a different city every night. It's a win-win, really.
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