At Lomond To-morrow

Subject: At Lomond To-morrow
From: GUEST,MC Fat (at work)
Date: 29 Jul 10 - 05:13 AM

Will be at Lomond Festival to-morrow (Friday 30th July 2010). Looking forward to being in the auld home town. Hopefully I won't be run out of town for any misdemeanours of 30 years ago. Looking forward to the pub sessions.

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: Banjiman
Date: 29 Jul 10 - 08:27 AM

Which pubs are you most likely to be in?

We'll try and catch up with you.

Paul

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: MC Fat
Date: 29 Jul 10 - 09:15 AM

Not sure exactly but Doghouse Tulli and Stables seem to be faves

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: Banjiman
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 01:42 PM

That was fun..... and good to meet, hear and drink with you Jim!

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: MC Fat
Date: 02 Aug 10 - 03:58 PM

Was good if a bit bizarre being in my auld hame. Nice to meet and hear you and Wendy.

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: GUEST,MC Fat (at work)
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 04:44 AM

Lomond was interesting and quite good. It was abit bizzare being in where I was brung up. Scottish festivals seem to be a bit less organised in the session department. It was a bit like dive in when you can (or get a chance to) Never the less the sessions at in the back room of the Balloch (one of my old haunts 30 years ago) were good quality and a wide variety. Now here's something most people won't believe. Me and our kid went clubbing on Friday night !! All I needed was the Travolta white suit and medallion !!! Desire nightclub had a late party and musicians got in free. P>A> set up but there were also disco lights and trimmings. Me and Ian did a set there....... true but bizzare.

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 06:42 AM

I wouldn't judge anything about "Scottish festivals" on anything you encountered at Lomond, to be honest.

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: GUEST,MC Fat (at work)
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 07:55 AM

I suppose you're right being as the last Scottish Festival I went to was Inverness in the 70's

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 10:16 AM

I don't know if it was the same nightclub, but at one previous Lomond fest, friends were bravely trying to participate in an open mic, or possibly a session, in a venue where there was a pole on stage for.. you know.. pole dancing. And no, it was not a maypole.

I think it was the same venue which apparently had a vending machine in the Ladies facilities selling things that go "buzz".

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: MC Fat
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 01:14 PM

Think there was a Pole there... and a Latvian. Isn't a buzz what you catch to go to work on in the morning

Subject: RE: At Lomond To-morrow
From: Banjiman
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 02:13 PM

Certainly a pretty "earthy" festival and some of the sessions (not in The Balloch) were hard work due to the noise..... but we thoroughly enjoyed it.

I'll especially take away the memory of Wendy singing "She Moves Through The Fair" in the very noisy "Doghouse" on Saturday afternoon just as the football finished on the big screen. You couldn't hear yourself think to start with, you could have heard a pin drop at the end. Beautiful moment.