Last Saturday July 23rd saw LoGOz play our hometown with an appearance at the Woodhorn Music Lane Festival at Ashington Football Club. As our original slot time of 5:30pm had been knocked back to 3pm to accommodate another headline act we were kinda relieved when we arrived at the festival at 2:30pm to find things were running slightly late anyway. Although in hindsight this was to actually end up biting us on the arse, through no fault of our own! With a huge impressive Marquee set up on the pitch with two stages at each ends and great sound system we were well up for this one! We hit the stage at around 3:38pm :)
A large crowd of friends fans and family had gather to see us blast into LONG TIME DEAD then straight into NO WIN SITUATION as we had our designated 30 minute slot time off to a tee! The crowd were lapping it up, singing along with their alco grins and we were loving every minute! But time seemed to be against us. As we were on our ascendency of sonic euphoria and with 3 songs still left to play we were informed by Soundman Dr. Trev that we only had one song remaining?? Surely we hadn't played for 30 minutes?? We were repeatedly frantically informed that we must be off stage by 4pm! I joked from the stage that I might just do an infamous Billie Jo Green Day meltdown act as the
frontman did a few years back when his band were forced to cut their set short on an American festival slot! I then made the decision that we would finish as ever with MEXICOLA! To say we were disappointed was an understatement as we were playing with true spirit and focus that was clear to see and it felt and sounded good man! So we left the stage to thunderous applause and cheers and cries for more!! As we exited the back of the marquee we were then informed by Trev and organiser Tony that there had been a mistake and mix up of times and we had been unnecessarily cut short! We were gutted. Yeah it was only 8 minutes short but that's a lot of stage time believe me, especially when you're on fire haha! At the end of the day these big events can be chaotic at times with so much going on, timings and schedules etc can get mixed up and unfortunately LoGOz were on the receiving end this time. But hey, it still took nothing away from the fact it was a cracking gig for the band and a big thanks to everyone who came down to support this great event. As we mingled and drank with the summer revellers there was even time to watch Carlos do a spot of moonlighting as he provided spontaneous unrehearsed beats for Dick York and his bass man. It was fun and enjoyable watching our skinsman keeping up with Dicks slick quirky time changes, as Paul drank his own body weight with the bands complimentary beer tokens! Special mention to manager Clemmy and Jill who saved the day retrieving my missing in action Marshall head amp! A great day had by all. Cheers to Tony, Trev, the sound Crew and everyone at Ashington FC.
Well 50 years ago this week as a Nation we were basking in the glory of a World Cup triumph! As on July 30th 1966 England beat West Germany 4-2 in the Final at Wembley. So what better way to honour that than with a brand new song?! I had the melody, music and a loosely based England theme a few months back but all of a sudden as this anniversary grew closer and was on my conscience as a big football fan and nostalgist, the lyrics just came naturally! The heroics of the boys in red that day certainly puts our modern over paid under achieving millionaires to shame!
You can listen to this song here:
Also the end of this month sees Track #7 of my 12:OTHERS Project. This comes in the shape of GHOST TOWN by The Specials. Another one of my all time favourite tunes. This classic was written by Jerry Dammers and was Number 1 in the summer of 1981, a mere 35 years ago! This is, as ever my own punked up take on another great song! You can download this for FREE at www.logozworld.com/12-others Enjoy lads and please feel free to share on all your anti social media websites :)
Also just to let you know LoGOz return to live action this Thursday with a gig at Arizona in Sunderland. This is FREE Entry. Support comes from Sound Reaction. Doors open 7.30pm. Come down and kick off ya weekend in style!
Excuse my quietness lately on social media sites, if anyone has noticed, as it's been a sad time with a family bereavement. Only last Sunday we lost my Grandad who died aged 95. He was a proud hard working old school old fashioned man who lived his life the way he wanted to, right up until the end. For that I only have massive respect for him. We will all miss him very much.
Thanks for reading!
Cheers
Peesh x
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