I'm writing this as we're waiting to go on at the Maryport Blues Festival - a great 50's retro act called The Revolutionaires are playing now.
Aside from Chester being a beautiful and historic city, the crowd there was unbelievable. We got on about 9:45, and place filled up quickly. We had originally been told to play quietly because people would be eating (GREAT food there), but that went out the window almost right away. The crowd was big, noisy, and appreciative!
We did two sets, inviting Chris Sharley up on the second to sit in on "Born On The Bayou", one of the few covers we did. We got a chance to run through some of the tunes we're planning to do today, and after we finished up we did an encore. They wouldn't let us go. We did another encore. They still wanted another one, but we had to split. So, they took us home with them, buying a ton of CDs and a couple of our snazzy new tee shirts (really cool looking, by the way.)
We got to our very classy Travelodge Hotel (they rent by the quarter hour at this particular one), and Joanne and I spent a peaceful five hours trying to sleep, lulled by the gentle sound of trucks and sirens going by.
Just like home.
The rest of the guys were in the other building, which was quieter. Still, nobody got much sleep, and bright and early we headed off the Maryport (about a three hour drive). On the way we stopped in at Morecambe to visit the widow and son of our former agent, Cat Anderson. It was a real pleasure to see them, if bittersweet for all of us.
So, The Revolutionaires are finishing up. Gotta go. Wish us luck!
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