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A 21st Birthday Party
Read more: A 21st Birthday PartyWhen I was growing up my parent’s music was The Beatles, The Doors, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Slade, T-Rex and the Rolling Stones. I imagine that if you were looking for live music for a 21st birthday party in the 90s, the bands repertoire would consist of a significant number songs from the catalogues of these iconic artists of the 1960s and…
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Yet Another 50th Birthday Bash
Read more: Yet Another 50th Birthday BashI received a call from Kristi back in August enquiring about booking the band for her husband’s 50th birthday bash in September. We arrived at a lovely large house in Scholes near Thorpe Hesley at around 6pm. I introduced myself to Kristi and surveyed our stage for this evenings performance. We were outside for this…
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Another 50th Birthday Celebration
Read more: Another 50th Birthday CelebrationWe seem to have hit a seam of milestone birthday celebrations that require the services of a 90s cover band. This event saw Toast pop up at Hallowes Golf Club in Dronfield. I arrived at 6pm to find Nathan setting up his kit on a bijou stage in a high ceilinged function room. A balloon festooned “50th…
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A 50th Birthday Party
Read more: A 50th Birthday PartyThis was our first 50th birthday party booked in August. I arrived early at the Sitwell Arms in Renishaw and was directed to the upstairs function room by their helpful staff. I discovered an open fire escape at the back of the room which allowed me to more easily unload our gear. Even with this…
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A Party at Yellow Arch Studios
Read more: A Party at Yellow Arch StudiosAs musicians we often have to say yes to jobs far in advance when they’re offered to us and that is just a given. Juggling family, work and gigs sometimes means that we can’t always roll out our usual line up. As a pianist with his digits in a number of musical pies, our drummer…
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A 30th Birthday Party at Cutlery Works
Read more: A 30th Birthday Party at Cutlery WorksIt’s been a very long time since we played in front of an audience. Back in February 2020 we had a full diary and a good thing going on… then everything got cancelled. In many ways we were lucky, aside from not being able to play and we all had flexible jobs like regular shnooks.…
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Mark’s 40th Birthday Party at Harrison’s 1854
Read more: Mark’s 40th Birthday Party at Harrison’s 1854I know it’s hard to believe but yes, I am as old as Star Wars, as old as Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album. I’ve been alive as long as Elvis has been dead. Today I am 40, so last night we had a 40th birthday party. I suppose I could have hired a band for my…













