by radiotones | Apr 5, 2018 | Dave's diary
An impromptu song at last year’s Red Rooster Festival caught by Bopflix Films’ Chris Magee. Click to watch! MORE things than usual to be dealt with before breakfast…lots of emails and some stuff for the local community trust. After my porridge I...
by radiotones | Aug 27, 2017 | Dave's diary
THERE’S a few things to get done in the office then we pack the gear and merch and hit the road. We’ve a 300-odd mile drive to heather in Leicestershire where I’m playing at the Hardtail Blues Festival. Margaret’s not feeling great so,...
by radiotones | Aug 12, 2017 | Dave's diary
OOPS…we’ve slept in for breakfast by 1/2-hour! No problem, tho’…we’re welcomed by an incredible spread of food and we have a lovely breakfast 🙂 The festival doesn’t open ’til 1pm, so there’s a few ours to get some...
by radiotones | Aug 12, 2017 | Dave's diary
A RELATIVELY early start and we leave Ponnie’s and Eastbourne to make our way to Ashford. We get there with plenty of time to spare and go for some lunch…but as we get to the international rail terminal I get the booking papers out and Margaret realises we...
by radiotones | Jul 31, 2017 | Dave's diary
UP early! Gotta get everything sorted and hit MugStock Festival by midday. My stage time on the main stage isn’t ’til 4.25pm, but we have to get parked up, loaded in and all sorted out. Old pal Paul Henry greets us when we check in at artist liaison and...
by radiotones | Jul 1, 2017 | Dave's diary
ANOTHER early start to get Ted and Laurie into Glasgow for their train to London – glad we didn’t drink too much last night! Once I’ve dropped our guests off I pick up a bunch of new-design t-shirts – and a couple of experimental hoodies – from Kenny at...
by radiotones | Jun 4, 2017 | Dave's diary
IT’S roasting in the tent when we wake up…a good thing, in a way, as it means it’s nice weather! We make breakfast outside then catch up on some emails and other bits and bobs of work – looks like there’s some shows sorted for Latvia and...
by radiotones | Jun 3, 2017 | Dave's diary
UP early and we get all the camping gear packed into the car…glad I got all the music stuff in last night 🙂 We hit the road for the 400+ mile trip to the Red Rooster Festival near Thetford. A couple of stops for coffee, grub and shopping and we get on site just...
by radiotones | May 31, 2017 | Dave's diary
INTO Glasgow this morning. The usual routine – drop Margaret off and stop at McDonald’s for coffee and wifi! I’m on a mission today. Having researched a bit on how best to make promo downloads of my forthcoming Live at Memorial Hall album I decide to...
by radiotones | Mar 31, 2017 | Dave's diary
HERE’S someone travelling from south of the border to try out the Lowden guitar I have for sale. They reckon they’ll be here around midday so meantime I get some work done, them make a bacon weave for the pork loin I’m gonna smoke for our dinner...
by radiotones | Aug 17, 2016 | Dave's diary
WE’RE off into Glasgow early. I drop Margaret off for her meetings and stop to grab a quick sausage and egg McMuffin en route to see Rab and Stephy. After a coffee and a blether I help Stephy with some Mac stuff then we discuss ideas for her new website that...
by radiotones | Jul 29, 2016 | Dave's diary
AFTER breakfast at the yacht club we go back to the room and get some work done…no show ’til tonight. My last show in Parnu. Our pal Martin’s staying on a yacht moored at the club’s marina. I meet him and we take a walk into town to the...
by radiotones | Jul 28, 2016 | Dave's diary
WE’RE up in time for breakfast at the yacht club….watermelon, cheese, cold meat, bread and lots of coffee. The temperature’s through the roof again today and I have two shows. One at 3pm at Versus, then a main stage show at the yacht club tonight....
by radiotones | Jul 27, 2016 | Dave's diary
WE’RE pretty gubbed when we wake up…and we’ve slept in a bit. Not to worry, we;re soon up, dressed and on our way to Versus – ‘the blues cafe’ – the venue for today’s kick off shows for Parnu Blues Festival. We need something...
by radiotones | Jul 26, 2016 | Dave's diary
THE alarm goes off just before 2am. Three hours’ sleep…uuuurgh. After a quick shower we pack the car, drive to Glasgow airport and checkin with KLM – looks like we’re good to get the guitars in the cabin…if there’s a problem they’ll...
by radiotones | Jul 3, 2016 | Dave's diary
OOOFFFT…feeling pretty broken and busted this morning. Too much whisky, hard bed and generally knackered. We head off to meet Susie for coffee in the centre of Dundee and have some lunch too. Nice to see her and catch up. There’s some stuff we forgot to...
by radiotones | Jun 25, 2016 | Dave's diary
A LITTLE more work to archive all my old accounts, then a blitz on organising the to-do list and everything else. I mess around with Asana again and start pulling in all the tasks – not just from Trello, but also from the huge pile that’s been growing on the...
by radiotones | Jun 16, 2016 | Dave's diary
WE’RE going to see a show in Glasgow this evening, so decide to kill as many birds with one stone as possible and head into the city early to make the most of the trip. I drop Margaret off then hit a McDonalds for a sneaky breakfast, coffee and free wifi. I get...
by radiotones | Jun 12, 2016 | Dave's diary
WE have a lazy morning – recovery, I guess – at Lesley’s and after breakfast and catching up with some online stuff we pack the car and make our way to Glasgow. It’s an easy load in at The Hug & Pint and nice to see engineer Doug who’s done my...
by radiotones | May 28, 2016 | Dave's diary
HAVE to be on the ball this morning. Quite a lot to get done before we hit the road south for this evening’s show at the Dubs in the Middle Festival near Evesham. We fire through all the work needing done before we go, Margaret makes a couple of apple and...
by radiotones | Apr 26, 2016 | Dave's diary
ANOTHER panic to get some stuff done before I get down to the village to take some snaps of cars taking part in the Scottish Malts rally. This is the first stop on the first day! I get there and set up a vantage point to grab some pix of the cars driving into the...
by radiotones | Apr 23, 2016 | Dave's diary
AN early-ish start after a late night…Martyn drops by first thing and we head to the coffee shop for breakfast with Stuart. We’re off to Paisley Beer Festival 🙂 After a hearty plate of grub we jump in Martyn’s van and head into Glasgow, After a brief...