Live music in 2023
In 2023 I've played live 24 times


Six Bells - 29/08/23 Photo: Jason
29/08/23 - 712
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

    • Sanity
    • Insomniac's dream
A busy night and Heather was MC. I played my songs at a slower pace than normal, which I quite enjoyed.
26/08/23 - 711
King's Head

Cacklebury

3 songs at Open mic

    • Spiders and snakes
    • Toast for one
All day event for Hailsham FM - Did my bit, then played guitar for Heather on, 'Nothing compares to you'. Good fun and well supported.
Hailsham FM - 26/08/23 Photo: Laura
At home - 19/08/23 Photo: Heather
At home - 19/08/23 Photo: Heather
19/08/23 - 710
Our garden party
- Heathfield

3 songs at home

    • Insomniac's dream
    • Journey
    • Sanity
Our third annual garden party with lots of music friends giving us some great songs.
At home - 19/08/23 Photo: Heather
09/08/23 - 709
Blacksmith's Arms

Halland

3 songs at Open mic night

        • On paper wings
        • All of the time
        • The only problem is
Another enjoyable evening of unplugged music. I gave three of my songs their first outing of 2023. I also played guitar for Heather on, ‘Nothing compares to you’, which went down very well.
Blacksmith's Arms - 09/08/23 Photo: Heather

01/08/23 - 708
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

      • Acoustic blues and me
      • Toast for one
Blues night, so I gave the electric guitar a go, for the first time in over a year, which is quite hard to adapt to. Busy night and I was on right at the end, after quite a few of the earlier performers had headed for home - bad form. See video (left) for 'Acoustic blues and me'.
Six Bells - 01/08/23 Photo: Heather
Runt in Tun - 26/07/23 Photo: Heather
26/07/23 - 707
The Runt in Tun

Heathfield

3 songs at Open mic night

      • Insomniac's dream
      • Toast for one
      • Ghosts
A new shirt, a busy and noisy pub. A good evening and a chance to catch-up with some old friends.
18/07/23 - 706
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

      • Journey
      • Ghosts
Another relaxed evening - I'm enjoying my music.
Six Bells - 18/07/23 Photo: Heather
Six Bells - 04/07/23 Photo: Heather
15/07/23 - 705
Birthday Party

Heathfield
      • Cry
      • I like to be sad
      • Journey
      • Ghosts
      • Toast for one
Heather and I were invited to play at a friend's birthday party. Great party, good fun.
12/07/23 - 704
Blacksmith's Arms

Halland

3 songs at Open mic night

      • Journey
      • Wreckage
      • Ghosts
Lovely evening in the new function room and a chance to revisit a couple of my songs for the first time this year.
Blacksmith's Arms - 12/07/23 Photo: Heather
Captains Bar - 08/07/23 Photo: Heather
08/07/23 - 703
Captains Bar
- Edinburgh

4 songs at Open mic night

            • Ghosts
            • Toast for one
            • Little red car
            • I like to be sad
We were up in Edinburgh to see, 'The Who'. And in our travels found this great little venue, focused on providing live music. I used the house guitar and really enjoyed the whole vibe of the place.
Captains Bar - 08/07/23 Photo: Heather
Six Bells - 04/07/23 Photo: Heather
04/07/23 - 702
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

    • I want to sing along
    • Take my hand
Another enjoyable and relaxed evening at the Bells.
14/06/23 - 701
Blacksmith's Arms

Halland

3 songs at Open mic night

    • I want to sing along
    • Take my hand
    • I like to be sad
A newly refurbished function room, which is a great place to perform acoustic unplugged music. Very nice evening.
Blacksmith's Arms - 14/06/23 Photo: Heather
Six Bells - 06/06/23 Photo: Jason
Six Bells - 06/06/23 Photo: Jason
Six Bells - 06/06/23 Photo: Heather
06/06/23 - 700
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

3 songs at Open mic night

  • Life's a race
  • My mum, Alzheimer's and the care home
  • Little red car
My 700th open mic coincided with my 200th night at the Six Bells and I was MC, for the songwriters night. I opened with the same 2-songs I played at my first outing at the Bells back in 2013. Really nice evening - see videos above.
10/05/23 - 699
Blacksmith's Arms

Halland

2 songs at Open mic night

    • Standing room only
    • Xeroxed armies
A nice relaxed and unpluged evening. I played a couple more songs off my album, 'Standing room only'.
Blacksmith's Arms - 10/05/23 Photo: Heather
09/05/23 - 698
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

      • It's only my time
      • My only hero
Heather was MC and I was on desk duties. A full evening, with some great performances. See video (left) featuring my opening song.
Six Bells - 09/05/23 Photo: Heather
Six Bells - 25/04/23 Photo: Heather
Bass at the Bells - 25/04/23 Photo: Heather
25/04/23 - 697
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

        • Cry
        • Insomniac's dream
A busy evening, captured on Frank Tube (see videos above). Laura and her tambourine joined me for my second song and I helped Heather out with bass on, 'Type One'.
Six Bells - 25/04/23 Photo: Heather
21/04/23 - 696
St Edith Folk

Otford Memorial Hall

2 songs at Heather's gig

      • Next to you
      • Toast for one
Heather was supporting Ray Cooper and had asked me to join her on the final part of her set. We'd done quite a lot of proper rehearsals in preparation for the show! It was a great evening, with a full house. The audience were really supportive and Heather was on top form.

I joined her with a bit of narration on her song, ‘Dream’. I then sang, 'Next to you' with Heather on piano. Laura joined us on tambourine and we did 'Toast', before I switched to bass for the rest of the show.

Fantastic evening and Heather was a star. We then joined the audience and really enjoyed Ray Cooper's set. See short video of us all having some fun with the end of Toast (left).

St Edith Folk - 21/04/23 Photo: CJM

St Edith Folk - 21/04/23 Photo: Holly
Blacksmith's Arms - 12/04/23 Photo: Heather
12/04/23 - 695
Blacksmith's Arms
- Halland

3 songs at Open mic night

        • Norwegian Wood
        • My old normality
        • The young ones
A bit quite numbers wise, but an enjoyable evening and I had a bit of fun with my song selection.
Blacksmith's Arms - 12/04/23 Photo: Heather
11/04/23 - 694
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

    • Norwegian Wood
    • Me and my uncle
A theme night, so I played a couple of covers. Heather played a version of my song, ‘Cry’, which was lovely. See Frank Tube video (left).
Six Bells - 11/04/23 Photo: Heather
28/03/23 - 693
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

    • I like to be sad
    • The English way
I was on MC duties and opened the evening. A great session with plenty of top performers and their music. See Frank Tube video (left).
Six Bells - 28/03/23 Photo: Heather
Hailsham FM - 04/03/23 Photo: Heather
04/03/23 - 692
95.9 Hailsham FM

with Des Parker

7 songs on the radio

Heather and I back on the radio with Des. Good fun. See Diary for more info and song details.
16/02/23 - 691
Blacksmith's Arms
- Halland

4 songs at Open mic night

    • Behind the curtain
    • My only hero
    • The English way
    • Toast for one
Just back from holiday and a couple of weeks without playing the guitar. It was going well until I started, 'The English way' and the pub got too noisy, so I went with, 'Toast', ably assisted by Heather on BVs and a couple of the local guitar slingers doing some lead work.
Blacksmith's Arms - 16/02/23 Photo: Heather
05/02/13 - My first performance at the Six Bells
31/01/23 - 690
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

3 songs at Open mic night

  • My mum, Alzheimer's and the care home
  • Funked up country
  • Ghosts
Love, Peace & Protest songs: Heather was MC and I was on the desk. It was 10-years since my first appearance at the Bells and this my 195th outing there, so I played my mum song, as I did back then on 05/02/13. I added a new topical verse in 'Funked' and finished with 'Ghosts'. Great night, here's to the next 10-years.
10-years at the Six Bells - 31/01/23 Photo: Heather
Blacksmith's Arms - 19/01/23 Photo: Heather
19/01/23 - 689
Blacksmith's Arms

Halland

2 songs at Open mic night

    • Get yourself a good time
    • Life's a race
Cold outside, but a really good turn out and a lovely evening of mixed music. A chance to revisit an old song, which I wrote in the 80's.
17/01/23 - 688
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

2 songs at Open mic night

    • Tick tock
    • Scrapheap blues
It was a cold night and it took a while to warm the room. I had some fun with my two songs, accompanied by Laura on tambourine and I got the whole room to sing along with, 'Scrapheap blues'.
Six Bells - 17/01/23 Photo: Heather
03/01/23 - 687
The Six Bells Folk & Blues Club

Chiddingly

3 songs at Open mic night

    • Hair
    • Acoustic blues and me
    • What's in a life
A new year and some new songs, a first outing for, 'Hair' and a rare outing for, 'What's in a life', as it had been played in the morning on 365 Radio by Dawn Parry, complete with swear word! See Frank Tube video (left).
Six Bells - 3/01/23 Photo: Heather
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