The Black Diamond Express
It was Tuesday, 22nd of January and we were going to see the Mavericks live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and of course we were so excited… nine years since we had last seen them! Hannah had got...
View ArticleFlashback
When you’ve had an amazing experience, something which afterwards seems like a dream or something I wrote in one of my novels, some of the details get temporarily lost. So much happened in the two...
View ArticleHighland Park… the best… and now even better
Many years ago I came across Highland Park whisky; it was a wonderful whisky, full of flavour and with a whole mille feuille of different tastes, a glorious bouquet of flavour in your nose and in your...
View ArticleA tidy desk…
There is a saying about a tidy desk meaning a tidy mind… and then the antithesis, an empty desk meaning an empty mind… I guess when I have my Buddhist moments I really do seek an empty mind, but when I...
View ArticleWorld Poetry Day
Who I could think of to celebrate World Poetry Day? The bard himself, of course: All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one...
View ArticleBrimstone For Hell…
You want a fabulous musical experience don’t you? You want your ears to be blasted and to leap out of your chair and dance like a mad thing dancing a mad thing’s dance? You actually really do want to...
View ArticleLucinda Belle
There is nothing better than going to a gig to see a band you really love, than finding out that they have a great support act too. This happened to me in January when I went to Glasgow to see the...
View ArticleEvery night about this time
Just listen to this amazing band! They are the sensational Black Diamond Express; iIf you think they are good on this video then you really ought to see them live – you have to experience the whole...
View ArticlePreachin’ Blues
About a week ago I posted a video of a favourite band of mine, The Black Diamond Express. I saw them in Glasgow earlier this year and think they are just sensational. Unfortunately I haven’t been able...
View Article2013… an interesting year
I suppose most people think over the past year on this date, and then tomorrow look forward to the next. 2013 seems to have been very busy, lots and lots of music, wonderful times with friends, lots of...
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