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9th February 2004

Here’s the latest from Lonergan land:
 

That was a weekend and a half!

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Friday 6th Feb was the latest annual John Spencer/Mike Gallop memorial gig at Freshwater Holiday Park, Burton Bradstock, John and Mike were members of Custer's Last Blues Band (as were half the musical population of South West Dorset), and we celebrated their lives while raising money for musical projects in Dorset. This year's line-up featured Custer's, the Steamer Ducks, Gothic Chicken, the Fat Marrow Blues Band and Jess Upton and Steve Wilson. It was a great night, with Gothic Chicken stealing the show in my opinion. Marco in Viking attire, Al in a rather fetching dress, Tom dressed (and playing) back to front, and Luke in his skiddies! Over four grand was raised for the fund, all of which will go towards good causes (paying for instruments, lessons, funding musician's studies, buying instruments for schools etc) in Dorset.

 
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Saturday 7th was Ben Waters' 30th birthday celebration, at Beaminster Town Hall, about six miles north of Bridport, Dorset. Ben's regular band was preceded onstage by another appearance from Custer's, with the finale seeing Ben's band joined by Mutter Slater and the incomparable Roger Bastible.
 
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Sunday 8th was a bitter-sweet end to the Spencer weekend, as the Custer's line-up played at the Hope & Anchor in Bridport, Dorset, guv'nor Val Crabbe's last day in the pub. Val has been an essential figure in the blues/roots music scene in Dorset and Somerset for many years, and tears were shed at her departure.
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On Wednesday I set off for a 12-day tour of Germany with the Robbie McIntosh & Geraint Watkins Band! Wohoo! Details on the ‘dates' bit of this site. I'll update this news bit when I get back.
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That will be followed by some intensive gigging in March with the Ben Waters Band – once again, details on the news bit.
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Auf weidersehen, pets!

 

 
 
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