Last Friday we played our first ever acoustic gig which took place at Boxmoor cricket club in Hemel Hempstead. It was a great evening with a very laid back atmosphere with people singing and clapping along to our songs. We had planned to play the gig as a 3 piece with me on electro-acoustic guitar, Sonny on acoustic guitar and Stee on vocals, however our drummer Shane was in the audience watching and by the time we were on stage for the first song he had got on stage with a bongo drum in his hands ready to play.
This was very amusing to myself and Stee as Shane had previously said he would never play an acoustic gig! After we finished our 8 song set which included a few new songs the crowd wanted more so we had to work out which songs we could play acoustically that we hadn’t already played. After much deliberation we ended up playing ‘No Easy Target’ and a punk/folk version of ‘The Chalice’ which we thoroughly enjoyed playing. We will be uploading a few videos from this gig so keep checking back regularly for updates.
Marc
August 28, 2008 at 10:46 am |
I’m all in favour of the ‘odd’ acoustic gig – I think it’s important to show versatility and to cater for all tastes but the main reason is there’s something quite special about hearing tracks stripped back to a more naked form. (Also less room for mistakes so the pressure’s on) – Good to see that Shane joined in and enjoyed it. – next time make him use a tambourine …. lol xxx