A Pinch and a Punch...

Hello, welcome again to another exciting episode in the life of Davenport Folk...

At the end of my last post I mentioned the gig in Nottingham at The Rescue Rooms so I guess I should start there.

Monday the 20th February, we were off to play the Acoustic Rooms evening at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham, and so we set off again in a mad convoy from Leicester and Derby to rendez vu in Nottingham. This time I was travelling from Derby, a fairly easy journey there on the bus taking about an hour. So off I went armed with my tambourine pedal, kick pedal and various guitar gadgets (Capo, Tuner, Lead etc.) and an empty snare drum case (to be used as a bass drum!).

The remaining band members (Sean and Nick) and a small collection of fans were travelling from Leicester in Seans car as usual. This time everything seemed to go to plan. We arrived at similar times and met at the rescue rooms at about half past 9, ready to play. We were give a slot at 10.30 and so we settled down and planned the set whilst enjoying the other bands. Conveiniently for us The Go! Team happened to be playing in the main hall of the Rescue Rooms and they just finished as we took to the stage. We launched into our set and played the usual numbers (new material coming soon!!), it seemed to go down well with a quite drunk and rowdy crowd. I'd say we were a little under rehearsed and rusty in places and using the sare case as a bass drum is always a little difficult, however it seemed to work okay. Not a particularly big and meaningful gig for us but it is always good to play in different cities.

That gig over we parted ways and travelled back to our residential cities, for me however not until after staying at a friend of mine's house in Nottingham due to the last bus being at 11.15 and the last train being at 11.25 before 2am! (Thanks Nad!)

Alas... that is February over, a reasonably slow month for us as a band! March however is looking much more promising! Tomorrow (3rd March) we are playing the 2nd Folk It' Night at the Musician in Leicester. The original of these nights, hosted by a friend of ours Adam Breedon, was our first major gig and was part of Oxjam 2010. This night is Adam's first attempt at running the night in an independant context away from Oxjam and so we're looking forward to playing again.

Further on into March is again a very exciting prospect... The 2nd Gentle-Folk's Ball is to be held at the Crumlin' Cookie in Leicester. This is a new up and coming venue, with a bohemian vibe that provides the perfect atmosphere. This is the night that I host myself, Already I have speant a good 10 hours work on this project, confirming artists to play and working on the posters and flyers for promotion. On my visit to Leicester last weekend I speant the day on Saturday in the town centre going to various shops, cafes and boutiques sticking up posters and handing out flyers ready for the event. It's looking like the night is shaping up well, just need to drum up some more hype now and prepare the venue! Exciting Stuff!

Thanks for reading
Dan

P.S here's a few photo's from the Vaults in Derby (see last post)

Hours So Far...

Planning & Promoting: 30mins
Travelling: 2hrs 10mins
Rehearsing: 0hrs
Time at Gigs: 3hrs
Blogging: 1hr

Total: 6hrs 30

Total so Far: 98hrs 20mins