'The Queens'

Boss Hogg - Queens head Buxton. I won't see much of this gig , me and Trudy are double booked with a South Wingfield party so its 3 and a half hours in the car and a tour of the Peak but we do get to see Armarda and The Hogg in one evening. Set up looks like a Whistle shoe horn job but these gigs often turn out to be good. Off to Wingfield we go and back at quart to 11 , felt like coming home after being away for years , back to friends , little nod and a smile off the band members , hey , there's a tear in my eye dropping onto the keyboard !!! Anyway , I'd like to tell you about a dream I had after this gig , think it was brought on by the excitement of us 'olidays... Matt got the band members trogether , and the roadies and groupies , he had a mournful look on his face , kept looking at Si as if to say it was going to be ok , then explained that he was breaking the band up , me and Trudy, Ian and Kim were inconsolable , I mean , we would have to get a life !!! It was all so quick. Dream jumps forward to our first night in Benidorm (hey , 4 star Melia on the outskirts before you think we are total skets) , first evening we wander down the posh road we are stopping on (believe me please) and can hear a Robbie tribute in Rachaels bar , lets have a beer in here I suggest , Charl hears 'beer' and nods , Trudy says she doesn't mind and Haig spots a pool table so we are in. The Robbie tribute is in a darkish corner of the bar , the waiter brings over 3 bottles of Mahou (blows San Miguel away totally) and a coke and Trudy nudges me , Dodge , thats Matt , and and Si . We couldn't believe it , Matt does Robbie in Benidorm and Si is ontop of 3 bass bins doing outragous solos to 'shes the one' !! I got the waiter to deliver 2 bottles of Mahou straight to the stage , they had spotted us , Si does that 'I've been sent to the corner of the class look' and Matt just smiled and has another beer !! The final encore was Angels and the lead break was amazing , Si does a tight rope walk to a 4 stack of bass bins to the wild cheers of tatooed kiss me quick holiday makers....We had beers , Matt explained that he had dumped his day job and brought the family over , Si came over and doesn't need a pad as he just stops with who-ever he meets after the gig (hey , thousands of rooms in Benidorm). I'm just getting another round when suddenly I wake up , its was all a dream , a good one at that !!!! Oh well , back to reality and Rolleston club next !!!