Nearly There

A good hard-working rehearsal, which leaves us 2 more before we go to France. We slowed a couple of tunes down a little - they had been tending to gallop away. Shaped a couple of other arrangements.

We got confirmation that what would have been a day off in Paris is now a gig in Lille. So the dates are now:

Lorient - Le Galion le 14 octobre

Rennes - La Paillotte le 15 octobre

Lille - L'Imposture le 16 Octobre

Paris - Les Combustibles le 17 octobre

Pau - Le Show Case le 18 octobre

Dolmayrac - Le Rad le 19 octobre

Toulouse - le Saint des Seins le 20 octobre

Beast Records have the LP on sale now, and we are organising tour t-shirts. We will have CDs shortly before we leave. If anyone is interested in one, please let me know. LP £10 plus £3 postage.

Beast Site : http://beastrecords.free.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=47 This has a link to play Rightful Duty


Tonight : 

1. Predeliction For The Blues
2. Looking So Clean
3. Fire & Clay
4. Where The Bones Are Buried
5. Follow Her Down
6. Rightful Duty
7. Way Beyond Tore Up
8. High Risk Times
9. Time Has Come Today
10. Someone To Love
11. One Sweet Drink
12. Undertow
13. Saint Jack
14. Elixir Of Life
15. Prairie Chain
16. Sister
17. Defying Science
18. Heavy War
19. Lowdown
20. China Pig
21. Toxic
22. Long Screaming Slide

The others on the list (which didn't need a run through tonight)

1. It Don't Feel Free
2. Stream Of Life
3. Blues At My Door
4. American Road Trip
5. Spiritual
6. Justify
7. Fertile Mind
8. Hit The Peaks
9. Primeval Call

And the ones that are still around the fringes

1. DT Blues
2. See That Skin
3. Sinister Purpose
4. The Band That Time Forgot
5. Coming From The Hills
6. Venus Discovered
7. Nobody's City

Running update

Update on French Dates

Lorient - Le Galion le 14 octobre
Rennes - La Paillotte le 15 octobre
Lille - L'Imposture le 16 Octobre
Paris - Les Combustibles le 17 octobre
Pau - Le Show Case le 18 octobre
Dolmayrac - Le Rad le 19 octobre
Toulouse - le Saint des Seins le 20 octobre

Nobody's City

We ran through about 6 different arrangements for Nobody's City - from a country waltz to a straight rocker to a Creedence vibe ... great fun. 

Still a possibility of something when The Sonics are up in Edinburgh. 

French gigs firming up - looks like Le Dynamo in Toulouse is a go for the Friday we are there, but not 100% yet. Also looks like we might end up with a day in Paris without a gig. QUELLE DOMAGE!! 

Not long until we head off on the train to Paris - can't wait. Good vibe in the room tonight, even though our stalwart bassist was unwell and couldn't make it. Always fun to try different way of playing a new song. 

 Now - Co-op Sicilian Red and John Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard 61. Bliss. 

Dolmayrac!

Poster for first confirmed gig of the tour in - Dolmayrac

Outline now is : 

Lorient - Le Galion le 14 octobre
Rennes - La Paillotte le 15 octobre
Paris - Les Combustibles le 17 octobre
Pau - Le Show Case le 18 octobre
Dolmayrac - Le Rad le 19 octobre
Toulouse tbc le 20 octobre

But that could change! 

Good rehearsal tonight - we worked through the core of the set for France and a handful of others 

While getting a coffee in the rehearsal room, a chap in rehearsing noticed John's Primevals T-shirt and asked me "Are you the actual Primevals?" - he told me he was a regular at gigs in the 80s and he and some old pals had been chatting about us last week at a get-together. Always nice to meet people who remember you! 

Tonight's playlist : 

it dont feel free

stream of life

blues at my door

american road trip

predilection

spiritual

looking so clean

fire and clay

justify

where the bones are buried

follow her down

rightful duty

fertile mind

hit the peaks

primeval call

way beyond tore up

high risk times

time has come today

lowdown

see that skin

burden of the debt

china pig

Still some edges to be finessed but pretty good overall.