HW: Bizaare gig experiences

[Dave Law]

in a similar vein to Neils experiences, i once saw the Lloyd langton Group
at the Pink Toothbrush in Rayleigh where the audience numbered if my
memory serves me correctly 19, which considering the venue could quite
happily hold 400 or so made for a somewhat "quiet" gig as far as crowd
reaction goes. i was there with 3 other mates and although i didn't really
know him at the time, co curator of the hawkwind museum, Simon was also
present, between us we made up over a quarter of the audience.

as Neil says with Bedouin, LLG could not be faulted and played on
regardless and made the best of a somewhat embarrasing situation. what was
even weirder was we'd seen them at the old Marquee club in Wardour St only
the previous week and the place was heaving, but obviously Rayleigh was
not one of there "Strongholds"
regards
dave


On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:59:03 +0100, Neil Shilladay
<neil.shilladay at MICROLISE.COM> wrote:

>I remember seeing Bedouin in a biker club near Chesterfield in spring 2000
>(I think)
>
>Me & my wife turned up at the venue, there were about 3 people on the
>door, we paid & went in.
>We were the only ones there & the band were in mid soundcheck. Ok I
>thought, this is cool. We sat down and chatted to Alan about the Hawkestra
>& Jethro Tull (?!).
>
>Time passed. I think a few other people turned up. More time passed.
>Come 9ish, the band took to the stage in front of an audience of about 4.
>
>It was excellent music, but it was a bit surreal when the band outnumbered
>the audience.
>
>I felt sorry for the band, but glad they still performed the full set. To
>this day, I don't know why it was such a poor turnout.
>
>Cheers
>Neil.
>
>
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