Folk night at the Black Pearl - with Pete. Oh yes.
If you dream of cosy nights packed into a small room full of beer-swilling, tab-smoking, guitar-playing, loud-singing folk musicians, then tonight would have very much been your night.
The undisputed star of the night was Pete - a man for whom shouting louder than anyone in the room was but a starting point. His enthusiasm, much like his singing, knows no bounds as he strikes up old favourites again and again.
Of particular note was his merciless murdering of the the Bryan Adams classic: “Everything I do, I do it for you.” I shall not quickly forget the way he forced that tune to slide over those chords. It was the musical equivalent to fingernails on the blackboard.
That said, much of the rest of the music was great, and many of us joined in on bits of percussion, or in TL's case micro-harmonica and tin whistle (plastic). Rebecca put in a brief appearance and delivered a strong egg, as ever.
Jason sang a total of three hauntingly beautiful songs, leaving most of the room in tears. Certainly, no-one was laughing. A touching moment.
As the event wound up, I filmed the closing moments, along with the now inevitable exploding of Pete's head.
Enjoy.
Night night, everyone.
"It felt like I was almost there like" Startled, Cramlington.
Posted by: Tim the Enchanter | October 25, 2006 at 08:56 AM
Oh ..... my ....... god! .......
Posted by: Mr. Mavin | October 25, 2006 at 10:03 AM
I'm not sure the video clip does it justice. It doesn't show the actual head explosion for one thing, or the density of the smoke. But it was fun wasn't it?
Posted by: Jason | October 25, 2006 at 02:58 PM
even tho my comp still has no sound (cant be arsed to take it to pc clinic) the video looked fun, but jason is a right poser!!! and he has the nerve to say that I pull funny faces when having a camera pointing at me! pot kettle and black spring to mind.....
Posted by: fave sis michelle | October 25, 2006 at 09:03 PM