Whiskey Mick, Jonny Berliner and Alex McKay @Proud…
It’s not often I go to London for anything other than to play a gig, so it was jolly strange to find myself in the cavernous Proud Gallery for the ‘Monday Night Youth Club‘ – a relatively new venture for Radha (Folkadot) and co.
After setting my shirt on fire (!) I settled down in one of the stables to listen to Whiskey Mick blast through some folk tunes with Jonny Berliner on guitar and Andy McKay on banjo. Completely unrehearsed, it was the lovely warm sound of ‘winging it’! Thanks guys.
The complete absence of amplification made it all the more special. It drew you in. Admittedly, I couldn’t hear a word Mick was singing but that’s hardly the point. I couldn’t hear a bloody thing in ‘The Big Gig Room’ either… and that’s with thousands of pounds worth of PA.
Anyone for a power cut?
JDS
