Shameless plug time - The Oxbow Lake Band have a couple of gigs this month which I'd like to bring to your attention:
Saturday 22nd October - Banff Castle, Castle Street, Banff
Another new venue for me, I have never played here before in my life. Come to think of it I haven't spent a great deal of time in Banff, despite being schooled 8 miles away in Turriff. I think it was a Turriff vs. Banff school thing (not that I ever felt any affinity with "Turra" - I just went to school there - I'm from Fyvie, another 7 miles further south. Anyone who even suggested I was from Turriff was swiftly corrected.)
Reminiscing aside, it should be an interesting gig. Apparently it's some kind of open session first where anyone who comes along with an instrument can play. Then we play our set. I've never done anything like this before, I'm looking forward to it.
Saturday 29th October - City Cafe, Netherkirkgate, Aberdeen
Another gig, another new place. It's been a long time since I was in this establishment, I think it's changed hands at least twice since. The last time I was in here it was called the City Bar and it was when the bandit jackpot was £6 and wins above a certain threshold were paid out in 20p tokens which could either be fed back into the machine or used to pay for stuff at the bar but curiously not allowed to be exchanged for money. I was in there with a mate and we had a shottie of the bandit. The football was on. We won the jackpot and a repeat, I believe. The machine then proceeded to spit it out 20p at a time, much to the consternation of those watching the football. We got glowered at quite a lot.
Come on down and see us play in a place where I didn't even know bands played!
Upgraded bass amplification!
On Friday I took delivery of a Zoot ZB410 - a 4x10 speaker cabinet which handles 1200W at 4ohms. This reduction in impedance means that I will have 350W available to me instead of the usual 230. Unfortunately the cab arrived slightly damaged in that the HF horn has cracked at the corners and is hanging loose in its mounting hole. Oh dear. Thankfully it was insured in transit. I have sourced a replacement horn and it will be ready for the gigs. The main bonus to all this is that I have replaced my old cab (my trusty Ashdown ABM) which weighed nearly 80lbs. This new cab is a much more svelte 52lbs. But louder ;)
Exciting times ahead, pop pickers.
