September 2006

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GIG OF THE MONTH!

Sealing the deal!

Without a doubt, the gig of the month was Tony’s daughter’s wedding.  After much planning and praying for good weather, the day arrived and 30th September came up trumps.  The weather couldn’t have been kinder and everything fell into place perfectly.  We even learned a new song especially for the occasion as “Georgia On My Mind” was particularly pertinent as it is the happy couple’s daughter’s name. 

Georgia, Rob and Katie

As she was only 18 months old, it is unlikely that it meant anything to her at the time and she probably won’t remember it, but it meant something special to Katie & Rob and all three performed the first dance of the evening together, much to the delight of the 120 or so guests.

The arrangement of the song had proved difficult as all the recorded versions rely heavily on orchestral and choir backing, which is impossible for a four-piece band to emulate.  It was, therefore, decided that it would be foolish to copy anything that had gone before and so we came up with a completely new, Jurassic Rock arrangement, which is much simplified and with a totally new introduction and instrumental solo.  This proved to be a complete success and the song is now part of the Jurassic Rock play list.

Georgia en route

UPGRADE

It has been decided to upgrade the Band’s main PA system.  The old Peavey system has stood us in good stead for the last few years, but we feel that the more modern systems with their much more efficient (not to mention much lighter!) speakers will improve the Jurassic Rock sound even further.  The old system is now for sale (contact us if you are interested) and will be replaced with new, super efficient RCF front of house and stage monitors together with a top of the range Mackie mixing console.  Details of these will be posted in the relevant gear pages once we have them.

PUBLIC GIG

Tickets for the public gig scheduled for 25th November at the British Sugar Social Club will be on sale shortly at £5 each.  Anyone interested should contact us.