The Herga Folk Club holds a very fond place in our hearts and it was lovely to have the opportunity to perform there again. After a lengthy period of hard work in the recording studio between January and March, our visit to Herga marked the start of a busy schedule of headliner gigs for us over the remainder of 2014. It was great to be out playing our full set again; the chance to do so in such a welcoming environment was doubly appreciated.
As many people know, the Herga Folk Club is and has long been blessed with excellent singers and I’m pleased to say that they were much in evidence on the evening we were there. Floor singers sang a range of poignant and amusing songs covering a very wide array of subjects. This included the meandering geography of Bournemouth.
For our part, the evening went very well and gave us the chance to roll out some new material, in particular some new Spanish tunes that we had been working hard on. Herga’s instinct for singing also meant that the audience were extremely quick to pick up song choruses and accompany us. Our song, Navajos and Pirates, seemed to go down particularly well
Locally –based photographer, Trevor Burrows, was in the audience and took some excellent photographs of us playing. Since the gig, Trevor has sent copies through to us and collectively they stand as a wonderful memento of a lovely evening. Many thanks, Trevor.
Similarly, many thanks to Mike Sparks and all his fellow committee members at the Herga Folk Club for being so welcoming and so supportive of our music over the past years.