We had a great time back at the Waverley Hotel in Callendar on Friday night - 1st August. It's strange but, despite all the high profile city centre gigs (Behind The Wall, Finnegan's Wake etc), it's great to do the "semi rural" gigs like Killin and Callendar.
I arived at steak pie o clock to find Iain still tucking into his chilli stir fry... around half past fish supper, we decided to do one of the worst load ins on the circuit - people tend not to appreciate a bass drum in the back of the napper as they're tucking into their tea... Still, no injuries...
We were joined by 3/4 of the "Shine WAG Club" for this gig - the only one missing being Gwen - and the first gig attended by my wife Fiona. We were also honoured to have Kim Shepherd of Cut The Cake along with Mike's wife Lesley (who sings with David Beatie's Lucky Tile).
Being Callendar, we decided to try the half acoustic / half electric set that we developed for Killin. Good choice! All in all, a really great gig and a great audience!! Obviously not the same kind of people as the young venues we do where they swing from the rafters... However, big up to the couple from Warrington who were staying in Callendar and opted to disregard the lockout from their hotel to stay and watch the band!!
I have to say, however, that the highlight for me was when Les & Kim joined us on stage to do backing vocals on Mustang Sally!! It's always been an ambition of mine to work with female vocalists - this was a dream come true! The hairs on the back of my neck were standing up! What stunning singers!!!
All in all a cracking night, although I'm not sure Kim thought so in the morning as I believe she was "driving the porcelain truck" when she got home! One thing, however, Fiona's now an official "Shinette" - the club for gig attending Shine WAG members!
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