A NUTTY NEW YEARS EVE

Lee Thompson performed a small low-key gig for new years eve in local pub The Red lion.

Here's Bex:

Just thought I'd let ya know how the gig went on NY eve. The band did 2 sets and featured 4/6s of Like Father Like Son - Kev and Dan Burdett on Guitars/Vocals, Lee - sax and vox and Nick Judd on keyboards. Then on the drums was a nice guy by the name of John - he used to be in Reece who Lee "unofficially" managed, and Jimmy Woodford on bass from JAG.

The first set opened with "Cool for Cats" with Lee reading lyrics from a piece of paper. They then rattled through their versions of "Town Called malice", "Ironshirt", "Get it On", "No No No (you don't love me)" and various others. All nicely done, though hilarious when Lee had to get his crib sheet of lyrics out for a couple of tunes.

The second set featured a great version of "walking on the moon" and then it basically turned into a Madness fest with "The Prince", "One Step Beyond", "Embarrassment", "My Girl", "IMBL", "Lovestruck" and finishing with "Night Boat..." which was in danger of causing the Landlord huge bills due to the amount of crazed dancing that was going on..

The band came off around 11.35pm then time to welcome in the new year. So, cue a mad stampede at the bar As the bongs of big ben sounded over the PA system, poppers went off
and the traditional sport of kissing and hugging as many people as possible began - I had a surprise when Si Birdsall grabbed me for a hug - he's such a lovely guy and went round saying happy new year to as many people as he could! A brilliant night and I really hope they do some more gigs!

Becky Lane