Shame, I was quite looking forward to both of those, I’ve not been to either before! But that’s the way it goes sometimes.įriday May 6 was the first of the three shows of the MARILLION weekend. Given that I’d just spent a small fortune on a guitar the day before, it was typical that I should get such an email that afternoon! Two DUFFY shows I had in the diary – St Petersburg in June and Monaco in August were off. Sometimes, though, it does happen the other way up too. Sometimes in this line of work, it only takes one phone call and an entire month of work is in the diary. So we were packing down and loading the truck on the Thursday, and travelling on to the venue on the Friday morning, the day of the first of the three shows – Friday May 6, so out into Buckingham that night for a beer and a curry with Frenchie, Phil Brown, Marillion’s Tour Manager and Monitor Engineer. No flights this time, as Leamington Spa isn’t that far from Marillion’s studio. The next morning, having spent a single afternoon and evening with my lovely shiny new toy, it was time to put it back in its case and head off for the MARILLION weekend in Leamington Spa. But I’ve had them about 7 years now, and was beginning to fancy something new. I love my Les Pauls and have no intention of parting with them. I’ve been toying with the idea of a PRS for some time, and had a Custom 24 in mind, but I just couldn’t resist this. I also called in to see friends at MOR MUSIC in York to ask about some gear for the band, and unexpectedly bought a PRS Custom 24, which is absolutely gorgeous. An opportunity to spend a little time with family and friends and do a bit of work on my own gear, an upgrade of the connectors on the cable between my effects rig and my amp. Having got back from Exeter College Oxford at the start of May, I had a couple of days off before setting off for the third and final MARILLION weekend of 2011. So here we go with part III – hopefully I’ll get up to date with this one!
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