SBG BLUES BLOG

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

	Datum		Ratings SAPF		Venue		Comments and Stories
Januar 2010
	22.01		9888		Ilvers		Nice stage, good sound.
	23.01		8899		Drei Linden		Neat gig.
	30.01		8999		ProClub		Little club in south Thuringia with a good live music reputation, which yours truly added to.
Febuar 2010
	03.02		9879		Blues Bar		These gigs are the meat and drink of the solo blues musician.
	04.02		8888		Giesinger Kult(ur)café		Solo 'kneipe nacht' gig. Munich is a bit too large for this type of event. Still it was useful having this bar next to the bus stop. Nice big window for people to peer in through.
	06.02		8887		"Zur Linde" im Clubhaus des MC Markbrothers**		Played till about 3.00 am with support. Good fun, although we do not 'jam' with every available musician!
	20.02		8888		Cafe Zeit *		Not your typical blues joint. But people seemed to enjoy themselves until 1.00 am. The promoter had advertised 2.00 am, which as we started from Berlin at 2.00 pm, was not really on.
März 2010
	05.03		8888		Quasimodo		Bar making its name with live music in this area just has to have Pete Gavin.
	19.03		8997		Lindenblues Kleinkunstkneipe**		Just after the bishops leave Bad Staffelstein in comes shAnghAi blues gAng. Rock the cow shed.
	20.03		7887		Orpheus**		Feeling a bit worse for the wear, managed to lug the gear deep down a stone cellar. Completely different clientel from yesterday - wine bar atmosphere.
	21.03		7799		Belle Epoque**		One of the nicest hotels I've stayed in.
	22.03		9898		Hotel Wallhalla**		Monday gig in St Gallen. Not bad.
	27.03		8888		Joy's Diner**		Enjoy.
April 2010
	08.04		9879		Blues Bar		Last gig in the Blues Bar. They (Wredo +) are changing the format. Will miss the place.
	09.04		8888		Ratskeller		First gig in this town. Went well.
	10.04		8888		Musikpub		Cool. My host has his own music school and used to gig a lot so the public is a little bit more in tune, so to speak.
	16.04		8868		Zum Jungfernbrunn**		Oh dear.
	17.04		8888		Adler**		At the end the promoter said it was 'nice' and bought a CD. Thank god we are not a 60's revival band.
	18.04		9999		Hafenhalle**		Lovely conditions for this gig overlooking the lake. Super.
	18.04		8888		Paddys**		Took about 20 minutes to do the paper work at the end of the gig, which went well!
	30.04		8888		The Ranch		Was not warm enough to play outside. Pity. Great to see DJ Doc and Connie.
Mai 2010
	06.05		8887		Kultur Lounge		Hoisting the flag in Delmenhorst.
	07.05		7888		Helmers/Festival		Found it unusual to be playing so early on a saturday night.
	09.05		8885		Blues Bar/Festival		Neat stage. The lass before me was doing a lot of gushy stuff. Pity the weather was so iffy.
	14.05		8988		Nienburger Kulturwerk		Positive experience in downtown Nienburg.
	21.05		8886		Kunsthof Gohlis		Uwe doing some good work with his phone - see Youtube for results.
	08.06		8888		Ol‘ Man River		Blues can be a bit tricky for holiday makers.
	27.06		8888		Golf Club		Always good to have a few true fans.
Juli 2010
	03.07		888x		Kiek-In		Considering Germany is in football fever, this was fine!
	18.07		8888		Forstbaumschule**		Bit slow.
	30.07		8898		Literaturweinstube		Nice to play outside. Balmy evening.
September 2010
	03.09		989x		Blues Bar		The new venue after the neighbour's complaints against the Blues Bar. Serious stage with serious PA. Gets a bit heavy about 1.00 am!
	04.09		8888		Shamrock		Always surprising to see stout so reasonably priced. In Berlin you pay an arm and a leg. Sweet that the landlady rang me to do this gig.
	11.09		8988		Joy's Diner**		This place has been transfered to Water Cooler World ownership so you don't go thirsty.
	24.09		8989		RESTAURANT FRIEDRICH*		First gig with our 'Wunderkind' Thilo Brandt - also his first 'tour'. Great. Place was jumping all night.
Oktober 2010
	02.10		8889		Best Western Hotel		Organisation was a bit of a last minute affair but we just about reached quorum. A widow really enjoyed 'My Old Bus' as it reminded her of experiences with her deceased.
	15.10		Zeigerheim		Gasthaus zur Liske		Real concert feel out in the sticks. This sort of place is keeping live-music alive.
	16.10		8888		Tir na nog		The last set has to played acoustically - because of the neighbours. That can be fun. Could have done without the Jack Russel 'always barks with musicians he doesn't know' - to quote the hormonely challenged lass behind the bar.
	22.10		888x		Cafe Tasso		This is my acoustic - only originals gig. Actually slipped in a couple of science tunes.
	23.10		8888		Drei Linden		Could have done without the bloke wanting to sing 'Midnight Special' through the mike half an hour after I'd sung 'Midnight Special'!
	29.10		8889		Kuesters Hof		Little culture scene for 20 years in business anniversary. Neat gig. The drive back to Berlin was a disaster - 5 1/2 hours. When are they going to get the traffic control system around Hannover up and running?
	30.10		8884		Goldener Anker**		Considering we were supposed to be a stand-in for a country band, did remarkably well with our blues.
November 2010
	06.11		88-9		Egon's Treff		Neat gig with the ladies.
	25.11		8888		Bistro Grammophon		Somehow this one never really got going. I blame the fixed seating - bavarian partition style.
	26.11		8889		Zum fröhlichen Nix		Apparently one of the last gigs here. Pity.
	27.11		7939		Schrottgalerie		Acoustic gig, well received.
Dezember 2010
	03.12		7777		Ilvers		This place has not really found its audience.
	04.12		7777		Hallers Cafe		Bleak winter on the north german plain. Few people venturing out in the snow.
	05.12		9999		Kunst- und Kulturverein e.V.		Pretty active breakfast gig. Pity I already had my foto taken on the road, so it took a while to appreciate this scene.

*Pete Gavin & shAnghAi blues gAng.

** Pete Gavin & Pick Stevens aus Shanghai.