Pete Gavin.SBG BLUES BLOG

Ratings: S - Sound, A - Audience, P - Personal, F - Food/Drink

  Datum   Ratings SAPF   Venue   Comments and Stories  
Januar 2011
  14.01   8888   Bauernbäck   Pretty funky part of the backwoods.  
  16.01   7787   Café Bar am Schlüter   Why was the cafe at the petrol station so full and this place so empty?  
  20.01   8888   Zum Falken   Keeping those students happy!  
  21.01   8858   Gleis 1   Stage background has improved.  
  22.01   8888   Brauhaus zum Sternen   First time in ages that I found it hard to understand the language. The baden accent sounded a bit like swedish.  
  23.01   98-8   Blues Bar   Always good to use a stage system.  
  27.01   8889   Teamgeist Yachtclub   Background, background  
Febuar 2011
  04.02   8888   Haus 111   Sometimes I think the biggest difference between new and old 'bundesländer' is that you nearly always get help with carrying the gear in the new ones. Here I had to fight my way through four doors as the landlord regarded the efforts.  
  05.02   8999   Hochstraßer See   Nearly blew this through my bad timekeeping. 7.00 pm start on Saturday - oops. Nice to see people jamming around after the gig.  
  11.02   8888   Rainers Rockhouse**   shAnghAi blues gAng back on the road. Landlord was a bit depressed.  
  12.02   8989   Rock Cafe**   Loud and proud. Once again stuck on the north german plain - in the snow.  
  18.02   8989   Blarneys**   We picked up a carnival crowd which led to some amusing audience participation.  
  19.02   8989   Rolls Royce Bar**   People in glass houses shouldn't play music - no don't mean that - but the acoustics are extraordinary, especially among those old cars. I liked the four door RR convertible.  
  20.02   8989   Belle Epoque**   Just happens to be one of my favorite hotels.  
  24.02   7878   Schwarze Sau   Think the concept needs overworking.  
März 2011
  05.03   7799   Teamgeist Yachtclub   Deep background.  
  12.03   8888   Hansekeller*   For some reason in this arched cellar, the 335 sounded really good over the Marshall.  
  26.03   8997   Kremmener Blues Nacht**   Packed house full of blues lovers.  
April 2011
  02.04   8989   The Ranch*   Celebrated Thilo's 20th birthday. Now all my Thilo Brandt 19 advertising material is consigned to the dustbin of history.  
  16.04   8788   Husumus* - support Tom Shaka   Playing in the danish house in Husum. Nice venue.  
  23.04   8788   Ratskeller   Army towns can have their problems with culture.  
Mai 2011
  01.05   7889   Zum Gerucht   Involved audience.  
  13.05   7858   JWD*   Same procedure.  
  20.05   8889   Lindenblues Kleinkunstkneipe**   Down in the boondocks.  
  21.05   7788   dolder2 KultUhrBeiz**   I wish I was a local matador.  
  27.05   7889   Fidele   Pretty neat for an italian restaurant.  
Juni 2011
  10.06   7889   Ol‘ Man River   Holidays do wonders for the baltic sea.  
  11.06   8888   Black Pearls   Neat joint. Needs some backing.  
  12.06   8999   Funambules   Definately old school dancing to my solo performance.  
  13.06   7758   Cotton Club   Hamburg does not lie on the baltic sea. Seating needs improvement.  
  26.06   8889   Golf Club   Happy days.  
Juli 2011
  09.07   8888   Gastätte zum Spreewald   The phenomenon of being ignored for hours and then frantically cheered at the end of the evening persists in the new Federal lands (formerly GDR).  
August 2011
  06.08   9789   8. Wasserspiele Templin 2011*   Sweating it out in Templin. My summer suit got drenched. Nice stage.  
  12.08   Top   Schlossgut - Norbert/Daria Hochzeit Feier   Happy days.  
September 2011
  16.09   8887   Tommi's pub   Nothing worse than knowing you have a three hour drive to make at one in the morning and you wait around to get paid at the end of the gig.  
  29.09   8889   Pegasus   Good old Gera.  
  30.09   6568   Mikes Irish Pub   Cannot remember having to play so quietly. This must be an impression of Ireland that has not come to my attention - playing quietly in a pub. Apart from the fact they don't have pubs in Eire.  
Oktober 2011
  08.10   8988   Blues-Musikkneipe   We're gonna have some fun tonight.  
  21.10   8889   Literaturweinstube   I like this place. One reason is the young audience.  
  22.10   8889   Brohmers   Nice stage. Good feel.  
  28.10   7789   Fidele   By special request. Worked better first time around.  
  29.10   8788   Biker Stammtisch   'Just an old rocker living his song...' about 25% of the club were interested in the music.  
November 2011
  11.11   8989   Kulturgiesserei*   Very nice gig. Art at its best.  
  12.11   8888   Pub Mambo No. 1   Starting another irish pub on its way.  
  18.11   8888   Zum Elften Gebot   There's more to Halle than the cathedral.  
  19.11   8788   Shamrock   Same procedure.  
  24.11   8888   Wirtshaus zu Asbach   Same procedure.  
Dezember 2011
  02.12   7778   Kunsthof Gohlis   Don't understand somebody (drummer) just turning up and expecting to play along/jam with the booked artist. Get a life.  
  03.12   8888   Tir na nog   Starting to get some response from this public.  
  09.12   8989   Kulturspeicher   Worth the trip. Nice scene.  
  10.12   8888   Ovi's Pub   The last time I played here the blues blog was not invented. The 'stage' is still a disaster - people to the left, people to the right.  
  17.12   8888   Zum Bären*   Hard working band. Almost reached quorum by 2.00am.  

*Pete Gavin & shAnghAi blues gAng.

** Pete Gavin & Pick Stevens aus Shanghai.

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