Retiring for now...

I'm retiring our Blogger account for the time being - with a MySpace page, a Bebo page and a regular website it's too much to keep on top of. Will use the MySpace blog from now on, probably as infrequently as this one has been used ;-)

Cheers

Keith

Better get this going again...

Haven't done this for ages.... I lost my password and have only just now got it sorted out. So... a lot's been happening since the last post - PJ's decided they did want us back, and we're almost at the end of an "every 6 weeks" residency there, which has been a lot of fun. Got a few gigs to go there before the end of the year (17th Nov and 22nd Dec to be precise) and we're hoping for a regular slot next year too.

More importantly, some changes afoot on the F&TT camp - Alan is leaving at the end of the year to start up his own band, so we're down to four (again). Current plan is that I will take on keyboard duties in addition to my current vocals/guitar slot. It's been a Looooooong time since I played keys regularly, so lots of brushing up to do. Hopefully this should not impact our gigging schedule for next year!

Cheers

Keith

Saturday at PJs

Had our first visit to PJ Molloys in Dunfermline on Saturday night - great venue with its own sound and lights, and a great night too. Hoping to get some more dates in the New Year, check the main page or the Myspace for more details as we have them.

Madonna and Child

In the middle of all the controversy about Madonna and her adoption, here's her official guide on the subject, as documented on "Talent in a Previous Life"

Big Pants

OK, so it's a couple of months late, but I wanted to share the Crossford Wives most recent promotional item - presenting Frank and the Twins Big Pink Pants TM, as modelled by my daughter.

On complaining about the fact these were HUGE granny pants and not lacy lingerie, reason given was that our name was "too big" to fit on anything more alluring. Next time at Legends, I'm hoping for something small and lacy with "F&TT" on it instead. :-)

We're only here for the beer

Finally, an update on our performance at the Dunfermline Charity Beer Festival - The Falcons (Dunfermline stalwarts and the main band of the evening) graciously allowed us to play a short set midway through the night - thanks due to the guys for the use of the gear. Anyway... it could have gone smoother; 1 broken string, 1 busted lead, and 1 set of flies (mine) left open for the whole set, but our reception from the capacity crowd at the Glen Pavilion was excellent. Hoping we'll get the chance to do this next year...

Coming up next month - a return visit to Legends on the 18th of November, then a "Pink Ladies Evening" Breast Cancer Benefit gig in Edinburgh the following week, already sold out. We're currently working out an arrangement with the wonderful GuitarGuitar chain to borrow some pink guitars, in order to fit in with the theme of the evening.

And finally, Iggy Pop's Tour Rider, worth a read if you haven't already seen it...

FATT in the Park

Well it wasn't quite T in the Park, but we played our second open air gig of the year at the Braids Fun Day in Edinburgh. This is an annual fund raising event held by local residents on the Braid Hills.

This was almost a gig we just didn't seem destined to play.

After agreeing to play, Alan and Keith both discovered it clashed with major parental birthday celebrations, but we agreed to play earlier in the day to accommodate. On the day there was a mix-up as to where we were going to get power from, leading to Les almost attempting a forced entry to the wrong premises. An accident on the city bypass then delayed both Keith and Alan's arrival.

Finally, Ken's amp gave up the ghost. Fortunately, Les is one of the aforementioned local residents and has an ancient 4x12 half-stack in his garage. With Keith's help, cobwebs were dusted off, and amp and speaker pressed into action.

Despite lots of feedback-like howling from the amp, Ken finally tamed it and got through the gig - just. Even the brooding dark skies finally broke and we had sunshine for most of the time we played.

So there we were, on a hill, filling the air with our (well other peoples') music -there could only be one image for the posters:

Long Hot Summer

Well, we're all back after our summer break, and getting back into the gigs - "Legends" in Dunfermline this coming Saturday (19th August); one to look forward to as it's usually a great night. We then have a trip to the capital to play at an Edinburgh Festival. Sadly, not the Edinburgh Festival, but it'll do for us. It's an open-air gig, so we'll be at the mercy of the elements... which thankfully wasn't a problem at our "Fair E'en" gig in Bo'ness back in June. After the washout the year prior, it managed to stay pretty dry, at least while we were playing anyway.

A couple of weeks after that we're off on our road trip to Montrose to play the Montrose FC Supporters Club annual function; thanks to Simone for booking us again, we're looking forward to it.