Greenhead Gig - 2nd July 2005

So, we travelled about 45 miles to The Greenhead Hotel for our last gig on 2nd July. OK, it doesn't sound far, but in the Janitor Mobile with no air-con, on a hot day it's no picnic, believe me. Especially when Mark is having one his (many loudest/smelliest) fart days. Anyway, the weather was great so a quick pint outside seemed to make sense, although I didn't expect a bird to take a dump in mine, but that's almost another news story in itself. And no, I didn't drink it.

Anyway, I digress. We eventually got round to setting up and found out that one of our PA speakers had decided to take the day off, and the alarm bells started ringing! For a minute or two Dave had the rest of us spellbound with his screwdriver skills, none of which seemed to fix the problem at hand. We soon realised it was knacked. We discussed many contingency plans, and eventually decided on an emergency phone call to our good mate Gordon. "No problem", he says, "meet you in Hexham, you can borrow our speakers". So, about an hour later that's where we are, in Hexham, by the river hugging Gordon furiously in a way that must have concerned the decent folk walking their dog. If it looked worrying, we apologise, but Gordon did save the day. Top man Gordon, we owe you one, or two. God bless The Divide Issue and all who sail in her.