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We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals Mama Don’t- JJ. Cale Is There A Better Way - Status Quo

Brilliant bass player humour. Made me smirk.

Friday and Saturday was QuoVention, a gathering of Status Quo aficionados in Bilston's Robin 2 venue. Seven tribute bands over two evenings including guest appearances from Quo drummers Jeff Rich and Leon Cave and Rick Parfitt's replacement, Ritchie Malone. All the bands were excellent and gave the punters what they had come for. The backline and drum kit provided for us did the job perfectly and the sound engineer put in a sterling shift over the piece. The event took 18 months to organise and was a great success. Bands and fans came from England, Sweden, Belgium. Germany and Scotland. Back to publand for our next gig to bring us back down to earth. Ha ha.

I remember that performance well. Brilliant. I'll watch the youchoob tomorrow. Thanks.

I am indeed!

Last night was a Blues band gig Dave at the other end of the city from where you played. Small amps, much quieter than the Quo trib. I didn't think to look for the mic but will make that my mission next time we're there.

Battling against a sound limiter is never fun. Resting level before we played a note was 82dB. We were told not to exceed 100dB so set phasers to soft blast and away we went. On any occasion where we tipped 100dB the barman ran out and told us we were too loud and had to turn down. We adapted the vocals to suit and at one point I was asked, jokingly, if my bass was on. Well, we made it to the end, got paid and went home. Drums, bass, 2 x guitars, 2 x vocals and moothie.

Thanks to everyone for your help. Card option is definitely the way to go. SumUp is simple and inexpensive. Tees arrived yesterday and look the biz.

We're venturing into selling t-shirts at shows soon. How do you deal with payments? Initially the idea was to be cash only but is there a free app that lets us accept card payments? Thanks in advance.

February The Rezillos in Glasgow. All in March. Six Quo tribute bands at The Robin in Bilston. Young Scottish singer songwriter Kerr Mercer in Glasgow. The Countess of Fife in Coatbridge. I was offered a freebie to see Robben Ford but he's not my cup of tea. Brilliant as he is.

Tiny pub lounge with the Blues band. Not that one. Busiest it got was 13 punters. At the interval that had reduced to one old guy at the bar. Two bar staff and one of them put his coat on and left. At the end of the night the remaining lonely bar maid (can I still say that?) said it's the same scenario most weeks. Ever the professionals we played our full set, got paid and went home.

We have two and a quarter hours of tight songs and the venue can have any permutation required. Normal sets are 2x45 3x45 2x60 1x120 at one specific venue We also recently did a short 30 min set at a sports event.

Dr Feelguid in Ivory Blacks, Glasgow last Thursday. Only their 2nd gig since lockdown but as a fan of the original Feelgoods I really enjoyed their set.

Teardrops. Take the name of one of your most widely known songs, keep it simple for use on posters and advertising. Venue owners and promoters or agents like names that are easy to remember. You can also add a simple strap line pointing to your Soul/Funk style.