Had a great rehearsal with the full band and we tried out a handful of new tunes.  Good luck to Phil and his hip op! And looking forward to the next rehearsal in about 6 weeks time once he’s on the mend.

Had a great gig at the Farmhouse. It really is a pleasure to play there. Great new management and lovely lovely appreciative audience. Even some dancing!

Had a fun gig at the Prom with a nice supportive crowd (our mates basically) including my sis over from New Zealand.  I told her it’s a long way to come for a gig but she insisted.
It was great to be playing back at the Prom; reminded me of the days of the jazz jam […]

A pic of High Jingo appeared in last week’s Venue along with a review of the Farmhouse; it’s a great photo by Mark Simmons.

We had our first gig on Saturday back at the Farmhouse which is now under new management. All good and we’re booked again for the end of August. Photographer from Venue magazine was buzzing about and seems we may appear in the next issue along with his feature about the pub.

I spoke with Angie at the Robin Hood and understandably she’s decided to give up both the pubs. She’ll be leaving the RH at the end of June. I’m hoping to get the band to come along for a drink on the last Saturday night that she’ll be there and wish her well.

Had a good weekend rehearsing and recording the demo and we successfully got three good tracks down and mixed on to CD.  Just need to package it and then we should be ready to despatch to some gig venues.

We’re having more regular rehearsals and everyone agreed that it’s time to go into the studio and record a decent demo. It’s the only way we’re going to get more gigs so here’s hoping we book a date soon.

I received the terrible and tragic news that Barry (landlord of the Farmhouse & the Robin Hood) died last week. All my thoughts are with Angie, his partner.

Rehearsals & gigs in the diary for High Jingo which feels good.