I've been to one of Phil's house gigs.It was an excellent evening in a very intimate setting. About 25 people in a large sitting room converted from the garage with every different kind of seating you can imagine drafted in for the occasion. I was in a garden chair at one end of the fireplace with Phil on a kitchen stool at the other.

I've been to two others since at the same venue - Ric Sanders & Vo Fletcher and, just last night, Kevin Dempsey.

I'm not a great concert goer – I like to play rather than watch – but the house concert format is perfect for me. When the next one comes up and I am asked if I would like to attend, my immediate answer will be yes. It's the sort of evening that I would put other things off for.

Other than the fact that the organisers have extended their house into the gargage area, it is a fairly ordinary house in a fairly ordinary street.They solve the problem of annoying the neighbours by inviting them to the do.

DC