So we had the Unlit gig. http://www.eatbigfish.com/challenger/2888

It’s a week later and I can now report back. It was brilliant and bonkers. Not a-week-to-recover bonkers but I have been away on holiday. So it was brilliant. Not a garden gig as the acoustic music didn’t go down well in our windy city but we squeezed 60 people into the front room and hall way and then leftovers got drunk and ate cheese in the kitchen. And it was wonderful.

I liked saying hello to curious friends who came in the door but enjoyed introducing strangers to the garden, the chickens, the bands and each other. A few people just walked in off the street inspired by my ‘all welcome’ sign, some were fans of Jont who had travelled across London to venture South and two women Gemma and Jess heard about it through a friend whose Dad worked with us on a Mini Cheddars workshop a while back and got my Challenger Project message. Hello David, his son who didn’t make it and two lovely ladies who did.

It was just as I hoped and more – intimate, open, genuine and generous. And it wasn’t just man and a guitar after all but a woman with a nice voice and a strange instrument and an absolutely amazing band – Orlando Seale and The Swell. Check them out

http://www.myspace.com/orlandoseale

So three for the price of none.

A good idea. I’ll be a good guest. Where next?

http://www.jontnet.com/unlit.php