Gig report: Trevor Jones Band (acoustic) @ The Buzz Festival - The Cornerhouse, Cambridge

Band: Trevor Jones Band (trio acoustic set)
Venue: The Buzz Festival @ The Cornerhouse, Cambridge
Date: 02/07/11
Audience: Moderate at first, but plenty of them by the end
Set: All I Am, Badman, Alive, Can't Take This Anymore, Old Fashioned Woman, Roll On The Rain, Falling
Notes: Back at the Cornerhouse but this time with a difference - as part of the hugely ambitious Buzz Festival weekend, in which there is 40 bands playing across two stages (one indoors, one outside) over two days. A great little festival this, and Jo/Roy should be proud that their hard work is coming together nicely as there was a good turnout, some excellent bands and a real nice vibe to it all. Arriving at 5pm with guitarist Bill, I enjoyed a few beers, some decent acts (notably the always brilliant Benjamin Bloom), things were overrunning a bit (as you'd expect for an all dayer) but we eventually hit the stage just before 9pm. We were stripped down tonight as our bassist, Tony, is moving house at the moment, but we rehearsed as a trio on Thursday night and it works with congas instead of drums I think, certain songs really work. It was a nice gig - due to the lovely weather outside we didn't have much of an audience at first but we actually got a few of them in, and by the end of our set it was pretty busy. Played well I think, not the tightest we've been, but with a good energy, played new song 'Can't Take This Anymore' for the first time (although we've rehearsed this as a full band several times so it's not that 'new', but a live debut for it at least). I got a bit carried away and hurt my hands which doesn't bode well for the next 8 days (which will see me play 8 gigs) but it was worthwhile, top gig, that was.