The Greyhound Inn – Review

Posted by on Mar 11, 2015 in Blog | 0 comments

Well I know it’s been a while since we played The Greyhound Inn in Woodville,  as we played a week last Saturday,  but I just needed a bit of a break between reviews in an attempt not to write the same old drivel.    We knew that a few people had said they were going to pop down and hoped that we would get a few more in than usual,  the Greyhound is primarily an eatie place and was pushing to become more of a music venue too.

Luckily I had my roadies with me, Ruth and Tony,  as I was still recovering from the operation it was important that I took it as easy as possible, taking the doctors advice as you do.  Thanks guys for all your help.

We turned up a bit later than usual, as last time we had to wait quite a while for the diners to finish off their game of pool before the playing area could be cleared.   This time was no different,  we had to wait again and after about 20 minutes the pool table was moved.   We started to load the gear in being mindful that the waitresses were still using the door to the kitchen for delivering food to the diners,  after a bit we noticed that they were now using the other door and so we could set up the backdrop, blocking off the door and screening the  big tele,  we always find that blanking off all the wall furnishings and pub bits and bobs makes for a better atmosphere and gives the illusion of a dedicated stage area.

Mick and I had brought along a selection of bolts, M8 and variants there off, to use in fixing the new wash lights to the top of the PA speakers,  having identified the right size we fixed them on and the job was a good un.

Now all was ready and we could do the sound check,  and fine tune a few things,  all was a goer.

There was a birthday party going on at the big table in the corner and we fully expected them to leave once they’d had their fill, but they stayed, this together with the steady stream of Boomers and music lovers arriving meant that the place was soon pretty much packed out.

Thanks to all the fans who came down to support us, you were great.   Gypsy popped down with Kenny sporting the new top hat and burlesque outfit,   Gypsy that is not Kenny, although you never know with Kenny.   We particularly liked the artistic use of our TTB badge to form the cover of the pocket watch,  looked great, well done.

We were on form and belting through our numbers, with Mark belting out his awesome solo’s, breaking out of the driving riffs and delivering a pleasure to the old eardrums, not to be missed,  whilst Glen delivered his reliable bass line in perfect harmony with John’s kick drum making for those fantastic stops and starts that make all the difference.

Everyone seemed to be enjoying it and a lot of dancing was going on,  which I couldn’t resist and joined in at one point much against Ruth’s advice,  I was reminded of my convalescent status and had to concede my non-conformance.

Ruth, being a real ale expert, reported that the beer was really nice and well kept and was more than happy to sample as much as she could within the allocated time frame.

The Greyhound is a great place to dine and watch  live music and is going from strength to strength.

 

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