First of all apologies for not posting for a while , the problem has been with the crappy Bravenet utility that I use. It's been unavailable until today - that's what you get for doing things on the cheap eh ?

Broken Heroes attracted a decent crowd for their gig a week ago. They played a well received set of covers in their own inimitable style and for my money are a better band than they've ever been. What they do , they do very well. Nice one boys !

Saturday brought with it a District mini-tour to Bristol to attend the first ever UK gig of James McMurtry. OK , he's not a household name yet but he's a multi-award winner in the US and for his first gig this side of the pond he chose The Polish Club in Bristol. After being stung for £3.75 for a pint of Guinness in the pub across the road it was a relief to see the doors to the club open up and get inside.

The Polish Club was tucked away in a sidestreet of Clifton and was a bugger to find. The "club" part of the building was effectively the cellar of a converted Victorian house ( no doubt originally funded by proceeds of the slave trade) , it had a bar and a small stage - perfect. The gig itself was a stormer , James and "The Heartless Bastard" who included ex-Faces keyboard player Ian Maclagan played a 2 hour set that was lapped up by the sell-out crowd. One of the gigs of the year for me.

Another Friday, another gig at The District. In a break from the norm we'd been tipped off about a local soul band making a big impression on the local scene. Both Gaynor and myself are huge fans of Motown and had wondered what our regulars would make of a night of soul. Thanks to the quality of Supernatural we had nothing to worry about, from the moment the lead singer open his mouth I could tell that we were in for a good night.

I didn't enjoy all the songs that the band included but it was easy to get swept away with the vibe that the band created. Regrettably I even troubled the dancefloor at one stage - apologies to all who witnessed this badly judged public display of rhythm.

It's nice to shake things up a bit with the type of bands we're attracting to the club from time to time. Reggae's next on the agenda. Now that will be interesting.