I’M up early to take the first car load of gear to the hall and catch up with Martyn who’s putting in a load of cameras to film the show.

When I get back home everyone’s up and Margaret’s busy getting breakfast sorted.

I get the rest of the PA and lighting stuff in the car and along to the hall. I’ll get the main stuff rigged then Trevor will bring Margaret and Emma along in an hour or so. No point in them hanging about while I get angry with the PA set up!

And indeed I do get frustrated as the mixers refuses to connect with either phone or iPad. I end up having to totally reset the mixer which sorts the connection issue…but means everything has to be set up again from scratch.

While I get the rest of the setup done, the others sort the tables, chairs, merch and other stuff.

After I get soundchecked Margret and Emma go back to the house to get some dinner ready and I soundcheck Trevor then finish rigging and setting the lights. Martyn comes in to finish camera setup.

Trevor and I are about to head back to the house when Margaret and Emma rock up with our dinner! There’s only half an hour ’til doors open and they already ate…so had the brainwave to bring dinner to us 🙂

I have to go back to the house to get changed and pick ups few more things tho’…and when I get back folks have started arriving!

Trevor kicks off at 8pm for an hour’s set. he plays a blinder and everyone loves him and his music 🙂

We have pretty much a full house and there’s a great vibe. I kick off my set soon after 9pm and play for just over an hour then get Trevor up for the finale of Loch Lomond Home…then an enthusiastic encore sees us blast our way through Folsom Prison Blues….

We’re tidied up and home by midnight. Pizza, snacks, drinks and chat ’til 4am…