Great to hear that the Birmingham gig went so well. Here's what I wrote on UK Bluegrass about my experience of the Glasgow gig (first night, 29th Jan). Awesome! Friday night - first of the Transatlantic Sessions concerts, in the big Royal Concert Hall. Front row tix just off centre, so we had a great view. It was slightly (endearingly) shambolic in places in between songs as they obviously hadn't had that much rehearsal together. We'd gone mostly for the "Transatlantic" side of things and we weren't disappointed with some great performances by Tim O'Brien, Dan Tyminski (despite his guitar being inaudible on Wild Bill Jones) and of course the incomparable Darrell Scott. His Banjo Clark was one of the highlights of the evening - as was the riproaring version of Hey Joe performed by Timbob, Jerry Douglas and John Doyle. Mollie O'Brien's singing was incredible, and I also thought Cara Dillon was superb, although her stuff is not usually my cup of tea. Sara Watkins was also great although she did seem a little nervous in such exalted company! Her tune Jefferson (which I love) was great. It was a veritable feast - too many details to mention.
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