Cumnock Day1-2
Briefly ...
Day 1: left Sydney roughly on time. Two cars. One van. One soundy. One filmy. One band. One destination. Cumnock.
Two cars got there on schedule. The car with the rhythm section in it was late. Nothing unusual here. Actually the car broke. First the stereo went (we'd been playing some Daniel Lanois - I've heard that can happen). Then slowly so did the rest of the electricals. Much waiting in the cold ensued - hours. Arrived at the Royal Hotel in Cumnock to amazing pumpkin soup (thanks MJEB).
Day 2: went out to The House With The Porch. Beautiful old house estimated to be a century old. Set up the gear over several hours. Repositioned to be in the sunlight. BBQ-delight. Started playing. At first the audience was just a fella named dozer. Soon after Jo and Stuart joined us (well it is their house and all). Ran through several songs to check that the concept worked. It did. Go golden soundy! Meanwhile Carl made friends with Dozer while testing out Carl's chair. The sun started to head south taking the temperature with it so we called time and headed back to the Royal for dinner and some more rehearsal.
Day three coming ... rapidly!
Rosie