The Next Gig on the Batoffo Tour

I went on a recce to the site of our next gig, and this is the view from where the tent will be. I'm sure it will win a prize in the 'Most Picturesque View From a Gig' category. Although we'll be inside the tent at the time, so we won't actually see it.

And I'm not saying that we're keeping up the tradition of not venturing very far, but if the resolution of my camera had been better, you would have been able to see TWO venues we've played in the distance!

NB for VTFs (Volume Ten Fans): this gig is going to be in a smallish tent, so biblical volume levels will not be needed.

Monday's rehearsal

Another fantastic gathering on Monday night. All this lovely weather (ironic that the Azores High has arrived within a couple of days of the useless muppets at the Met Office forecasting ten wet summers) meant that nobody was out spraying, and apart from John and Mindy, we had a full turnout.

Not sure that we actually did anything from our official setlist, but we manged to waste two and a bit hours having a lovely time playing anything else that sprang to mind. I think we touched on Sad Cafe, Herb Albert, Santana....blimey, the list was endless.

News that the bassist is now a Grandfather and that the huge pianist has been recommended a new hip confirms that we truly are Old Gits.

I'd just like to say that Grandfatherhood has mellowed and moderated Dave's language...I'd like to say it, but.........

Heard on National Radio (part 2)

Who would have though that, only weeks after John's appearance on BBC Radio 4's 'Farming Today', another member of the TLOGS would appear on the very same Saturday Morning programme?

Listen here , but be quick; it's only up for a few days.

How many bands of any type and calibre can claim to have had 28% of their members on Farming Today?

Seen in the Press, part 45

At last, we're front cover material! Well, up in the top left corner, anyway. And I'm not sure about the 'tweedy' bit, but we're on the front cover in one form or another. Inside the July issue of The Field is an article on middle-aged rock bands, and the TLOGS feature heavily. Some very good pictures, too. So rush down to your local newsagent as soon as you can to get your copy. You'll find it on the top shelf, between Razzle and Humungous Jubblies. Apparently.

And, no, that's not Boris Johnstone on the cover, it's Lord Percy. No, not the Blackadder one; the real one. Yes, there is a real Lord Percy.
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Oh dear.

This CD has been produced.

Apparently, it is a recording of a recent gig. Apparently, it is somewhat less than flattering.

I thought it would pass the time while out spraying, so I popped it into the hugely expensive hi-fi in the John Deere. The CD player thought about it, whirred, chuntered, and then spat it back out, with the words 'NO MUSIC' on the display panel.

Bit harsh, I thought.