Mixing Desk Mishap and Asda bitter

Saturday 9th June-Kendal


Martin and Jon picked me up at half 9.I knew their breakfast was not gunna be as good as mine so I made sure I told them my breakfast was awesome.Pork and Leek sausages with poached eggs on crumpets.

I seem to remember it taking quite a while to get to Kendal.Probably due to it pissing down with rain and stopping off at every other services again.So to cope with boredom,we decided we needed new Caravan names. I became "Calypso Dave",Jon became "Jubilee Jon" and I think Martin became "Marauder Martin"
We got to the venue with time to spare and I was knackered.That was due to getting up early to cook my awesome breakfast,so I got a bit of kip in the van before load in.

Trying to Kip before load in

After we set up we went to the dressing room and had our crew cheese n pickle sandwiches.The band turned up shortly after and sound checked.All was good.What could possibly go wrong?

Sound check

Sound check fuel

 

Me and Jon got some air outside and Dudsy came over.We tried to get him to get the beers in but to no avail.But we cant really drink before the show anyway.

I retired to the dressing room and D.V. came in shortly after.One of the 35th Anniversary Snare drums was in there to be signed.It has tickets from Damned shows printed on the shell,one for each year of the bands 35 years history.Chris pointed out a Glasgow ticket from the 70's and asked if he remembered the show.He did.He said that was one of the scariest crowds he's known and the security were crazy too.D.V. has some great stories.He told me about the old days when him and Rat had to climb a tree to hide from some bikers who wanted to beat them up,and how Captain talked his way out of  trouble.He would start talking rubbish until they thought he was mad.Then I told him Punk Britannia was on the night before and they showed their Old Grey Whistle Test appearance.He said he said he was pissed off with Captain after that performance because the keyboard Captain smashed up was his, not Captains and I don't think he'd had it that long either.

Anyway,the support band finished and we did the change over.Everything went well,except halfway through the gig,a punter spilt their beer all over the front of house mixing desk causing lots of crackling to come out of the PA system making it useless.Luckily Martin knows his job well.He started to reorganise some cables from the monitor desk and ran the gig from there.So after a 5-10 min delay,we were back in business.
Captain was drinking some locally brewed beer on stage.Stu loved it so much he kept sending me over to keep topping up his glass.Captain proceeded to top it up for me,forgetting he wanted some and ended up with no beer left.So Jon had to top the jug back up for him.Jon only had Asda bitter with him so he started to fill it up with this behind the amp.What Jon didn't realise was Captain turned round to see where his beer had gone and caught him in the act!Brilliant.

Jon getting caught topping up Captains Jug with shit bitter

Curtain Call intro.Time for Stu to rest.

After a good show despite the mixing desk mishap,we packed away and went for a dirty burger,then went back to the hotel and discovered mine and Jon's beds were way too close together again.And Jon's snoring is fucking mental!Glasgow tomorrow.

Magic Dave.