OKEY DOKEY

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erics and sportsman are two words that you would'nt usually put together

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(unless you count sumo as a propper sport!)

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but sunday saw the rock n roll sexgodsuperstud machine that is the erics take to the stage at the sportsman pub morleys charidee music bash

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we missed the first few bands by the time our lear jet found a space in the car park, but did manage to catch Empress's full set which was pretty awsome

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they got a great sound for a three peice backline and the vocals were spot on and at times gobsmacking

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next up was eleven year old dylan who, with a rather massive acoustic geetar gave us a run through of some great tracks including wonderwall, bad moon rising and his own rather splendid composition called gordon brown, top stuff

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after dylan was jonny mac who along with his mate on big stand up bass and funny accent gave us some belting tunes, starting with a brilliant version of here comes the sun and continuing with stray cat strut they got everyone singing along right up to the last t rex tooon that i cant remember at the mo as the free beer was kicking in

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did i mention it was FREE BEER for the bands

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this pic of LSD is the proof that the beer was indeedy FREE!

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we were on next and after a power cut mid second song which resulted in a rather silly run thru of the okey kokey we had a blast

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peeps seemed up for a bit of a bounce and a singalong

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even though there were a lot of new faces for us, they soon picked up their cues and were woh oh oh oh ohing and daddle lah dahing in all the right places

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TOP GIG!

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the last band i saw before i had to get off were MELVIN

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a group of younger lads playing some great songs (and playing them very well) which got their mates up to the front giving it some sh*t!

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these are a really good band to watch out for, top musos with a great singerist!

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all in all a great day, will let you know the total raised for macmillan asap

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thanks to landlord col and all at the pub plus the soundguys who did an awsome job

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did i mention it was FREE BEER!!!!

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hope to see some peeps over at the lion castleford on sunday for the lionfest, its free entry

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we are on at 1.30pm

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SPORTY STUFF

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this sunday sees the erics travelling freakshow make its way up to the sportsman pub in morley to take part in their charity event

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the Charity Music Festival is in aid of Macmillan

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the lineup is as follows. 1pm (TBC) - 2pm - Tytania 3pm - The Port Brothers 4pm - Empress 5pm - Johnny Mac 6pm - The Erics 7pm - MELViN - 8pm - Piston Broke

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it will be nice to play a do like this and be able to have a few bevvies and maybe even a boogie watching the last couple of bands

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might even have to partake of a CURRY after

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and speaking of food, you up for jamming??
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the next thornhill arms jam night will now be on thurs 3rd sept and not the week before as planned, a graet night for musos and punters alike
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give it a try
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PR 50

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sat night was a very special time in the erics camp

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our very own rentagob and drummerist extraorinaire paul was celebrating his 50th barfday with freinds family and bandmates old and new

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the night was a cracker and kicked off in fine style with the FLATLINERS which included pauls son james getting everyone to join in on happy birthday, the band were also rather splendid

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next up were local legends THE FOUR MILLIONS for their first gig together in many a year

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and they were great, only a few toons played but the whole atmos was brill

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a reunion gig or two to come next year!!

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then it was our turn

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it was great to finish the night and awsome that so many peeps got up to boogie, shout their heads off and bounce around like nutters

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a great night for a great mate

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roll on sams 60th!!

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