The Ram Club in Thames Ditton in Surrey is a professionally run club from top to toe. It is professional in the way it organises its evenings, it is professional in how it sets out its excellent venue, it is professional in how it runs its evenings, it has a professional and informative web-site and it is professional in the way that communicates with artist who play there - including floorsingers whom they have not yet met. The result is that the club is able to run a powerful programme of top quality artists and fill the room with c100 people on a very regular basis.
It was an absolute joy to play at The Ram Club. As part of our push to get better known across the London area, we contacted organisers Bob and Maggie for a floor spot and eventually agreed on 17th February. What a bonus to then come to understand that the headliners that night were the Jackie Oates Band!
We were only there to do a couple of numbers to start the evening off, but the local technical crew could not have done more for us to get us set us as well as possible. We arrived nice and early and were well looked after by the home team. Held in the function room of the Old Cranleighan sports teams, there was an excellent performance area and a large bar where people can assemble before the show and at half time for drinks.
We played Three Bonny Ships and The Bite. Both went well and at half time and at the end, audience members and members of the local organising team were very complimentary about our contribution.
As with every other aspect of the club, the other floorsingers were very good indeed and, in the Jackie Oates Band, one has four wonderful musicians playing the sweetest music. So, other than the M25 playing tricks on the way home and forcing us to go one junction in the wrong direction in order to come back, because of a closed slip road on, the night was perfect. However, after Wednesday’s exertions northwards, we were both dog tired by the time we returned to St. Albans.
Many thanks to all at The Ram Club for a great evening and a warm welcome!