Double open stages
The Old Neptune, Whitstable and Canterbury Tales, Canterbury, 24th November 2002:
Twice in a night is more than I usually can manage, but Phil Davis was beginning a new regular open stage, so how could I resist? The Neptune wasn’t quite as rockin’ as last week, but the dyna-mic was a source of much amusement (to me, at any rate) as was an impromptu semi-acoustic version of “Blue Monday” and a demolition of “Twist and Shout”. I finally played “No Way Home” on stage. Malcolm Moss was back again and played well, although he severely pissed me off later, but let’s not talk about that… The open stage now starts at 4pm, by the way, and the sandwiches still arrive about 6. Marvellous!
The Canterbury Tales: Carpets! Blimey! And a landlord who’s extravagant enough to put bulbs in ALL of the light fittings! This is a big change from Simple Simon’s. The usual clientele seemed a little baffled by the music on offer but were mostly receptive. We mostly had refugees from the now defunct Simple Simon’s open stage: Chris-with-the-Washburn; a newly beard-equipped Jake and his violinist cohort Emily; Malcolm Moss; and me. I don’t think I’ve ever played twice in the same day before (except at school), but I really enjoyed it. I felt… UNSTOPPABLE!!! Should be good, so turn up next week, eh, readers?