BAiT played The Golden Cross last night in support of The Satin Dolls. We played our shorter, eight song set to quite a good reception from friends and strangers alike, despite the monitoring problems. I thought The Satin Dolls were pretty good – definitely a very lively band on stage,…
October 2005
I watched Question Time on Thursday evening. For the benefit of any readers outside the UK, Question Time invites a studio audience to put questions to a panel comprising predominantly politicians, but also media figures, academics, and figures from various interest groups. On Thursday, the question of the application of…
Went with Chris (from my band, BAiT) to see Spock’s Beard yesterday evening at The Mean Fiddler in London. Spock’s beard are a third generation Progressive Rock band from the USA, and have something in common with another great Progressive Rock band, Genesis, in that their original lead singer has…
I’ve submitted the following review of Mike Oldfield’s new album, Light And Shade, to Amazon. It’s rather depressing for me as a fan of most of Mike’s work to hear his output in recent times. As a musician myself, I can appreciate the effort that goes into producing an album…
BAiT made its first appearance on public radio tonight, on the Anita Miah show with Pete Chambers (author of ‘Godiva Rocks’ co-hosting). We were interviewed and played a couple of acoustic tracks live: In Her Eyes and Ocean Ride. Anita also played a track from our most recent album, The…
Given that the week started so sadly with the death of Ronnie Barker, it has ended on a high note – literally. This evening I took a trip to Birmingham’s Symphony Hall to see Jon Anderson of Yes on his solo tour of Europe. I wasn’t sure whether or not…
It has been announced that Ronnie Barker (or to use his nom de plume, Gerald Wiley) has died. Ronnie was the most talented comedy actor in this country of the last fifty years; head and shoulders above most other actor/comedians. Well-loved by the public and his colleagues alike, he created…