Friday 19 September 2003

Just time for a quick report on this week. On Tuesday afternoon Chris Norman and the guys came over, and we had a quick rehearsal in my back garden, with Rod Cameron taking pictures and shooting video, before a) the neighbours complained, and b) we went off to play live on Radio Scotland's Celtic Connections.

Then on Wednesday it was time to get into quartet mode. Alison and Katherine came over to help load up the van and we found a nice big box of CDs on my doorstep that had just come in from Canada. So 'Spring Any Day Now' is now in existence (and was released on Tuesday in North America). We'll get them up for sale on the CD shop page soon. Once David G arrived, we spent the afternoon chez McGillivray père, re-acquainting ourselves with our repertoire, and then David went off with Katherine to play in Laurie's Bar with Ferintosh, and I went with Alison to the Edinburgh Folk Club to play with Chris! Cathal McConnell joined us on stage at one point for a song, which was tremendous fun. 

So having got back from there at about 2am, I got through yesterday's rehearsals in a bit of a fog, but it's sounding great, and tonight's gig will be a lot of fun: it'll be the first time we've played a lot of our freer tunes in front of an audience. Then it's Fort William tomorrow, and recording on Monday. I might have caught up on some sleep by then.