From good to rough to bad and back to good.

Got a one day triple gig in the West Midlands (I live in Kent)

1. Morning 10.30am. Playing to children in the library. Started with two, and one hour later about 40 kids and parents and rapturous applause. Great!

2. Singing to diners in a local cafe. PA packed in and the accompaniment of cutlery on crockery was rough to deal with. But four or five of the nearest diners listened and commented favourably.

3. Afternoon outside the music shop in the local mall. Started fine with the music shop output silenced by agreement, until his volume started to rise because I was distracting some thirty potential customers.

After ten minutes or so, by which time I couldn't hold a tune or make my voice heard (really bad), a very large gentleman who was trying to listen went into the shop. There was a thump and a crash, and he reappeared saying "Carry on son". No further interuptions ensued.

Can't for the life of me figure out why, but it made my day.

Don T.