The 'HEXHAM' Curse ............

Can anything else go wrong ? ......Whoops....spoke to soon...
It was nearly our first cancelled gig last night ? 'why' well I'll tell you...
Just after leaving for the venue Kev had another major problem with our trailer, one of the wheels locked up and he had to remove it and return home to re-pack all the gear into his car instead.Just what you don't want on a Saturday night,but after a quick re-pack and a small delay he arrived safe and sound at about 8.20pm and we were due on for 9.30pm.A quick set up and having to re-route the monitor system ( due to a missing splitter box ) we dived into our first set , and tried to forget all about the curse...
But one good thing came out of last night as Spartan's adopted 5Th member made his debut on the drums, Andrew ( Jo's young son ) made his first public appearance last night as he joined us on stage to play on Ain't no love by Whitesnake.The four of us were totally taken back by him and would like to say a huge Well done to ANDREW ( a video of his escapades will be posted on this site real soon )
We had a fantastic night at The Tannery, thanks to the Spartan Army Hexham brigade for all the support and cheers to John ( da boss for the night ) for making us feel so welcome, we'll see you all in June ... Andrew ( the 5Th Spartan ) and Jo ( the proud Mum...)

Spartan at the Star

Give a little Whistle......
Well last night, wot can we say, We had a fantastic night but not without incident.
We breezed through the first set 'it felt like we had been on stage for only minutes' but suddenly we were on the last song and closed the first set with our Bon Jovi/Stray Cats tune and then it was time for a quick drinky or two.The Hamster said 'It was great to see some faces from his good old drinkin days in the room and also a quick mention to all from Tiffanys Rocks( the only way to spend a Monday Night).
About three songs into the second set we noticed a whistle seeping through the bands pa, and after a few minutes 'The Hamster' managed to track down the culprit, it was Phil's wah-wah pedal.After a quick re-route of said pedal we were back on track ( told him not to get his battery from the £1 shop)but you know what guitarists are like....
Spartan would just like to thanks everyone who came to the Star, it was a great night and one that Mr Phil wont get chance to forget for a while, cos we won't let him........
'Is n't it your round Phil.......

Spartan @ The Moorhouse

Does not seem like a year, since our last visit
But it must be, and what a great reception we had last night.After setting up all our stuff we blasted into the sound check our old standard of 'Wishing Well' just to check the levels.And then as usual it was time to decide which of our songs would make the set for the night.After a heated debate the set was ready, Kev was a bit tired from his early start, a trip to the lakes ( then off to the gig ) but this did not hamper his performance, and he gave 200% as he always does.
The Moorhouse was one of our very first gigs all those years back in 2007, so the pub has a very big place in our heart as they were willing to give us a go on spec.So it was a great pleasure to be asked back to play here again, and we would like to thank all the staff and customers who came out last night to see us again.
We hope to see you all very soon.....