Ah haaa...
My post appeared! - I'm here! (where?, right there, ah right, are you sure? - yeah snap out of it you fool...arrhhh).
Following on from previous post....
It was a regrettable end to the last line-up of TS but inevitable given what the band set out to achieve.
All I can say is - if you think we managed to do a decent job last time then you'll love the new line-up!!!
All I really want to convey to people is that trib'ing Rush to any decent standard involves a lot of really hard work, time and (not least) money that not many can truly commit to. If you only rehearse once in a blue moon and gig every couple of month you're not going to be able to stay on top of quality control and that's why I decided I had to reform TS. I know we played well at The Ferry in March give or take but things went downhill there after at other gigs due to lack of input. The final straw was a disasterous gig in Cardiff culminating in shouted abuse from the audience and people walking out. If you're going to talk the talk (and charge the ticket prices) you've got to walk the walk!
The gigs we had in the pipeline were merely casualties of inevitably dented egos and I was fully prepared to play them out and was not the one that pulled the plug on pending gig commitments.
Apologies to everyone - The Ferry, its customers and folk in London/Dumfries.
The new TS line-up will be hitting Glasgow in the not too distant future.
Also.... I've taken on-board the vocalising comments on my new songs btw!!!
I thought it was quite good - for me! Tee hee!
But I would hasten to point out that the current track on the website is merely a pre-production mix - ie a sketch of an idea rather than any kind of final offering. It not even complete enough to be a demo as such. Its just there as a sniff of what my music is about generally.
You cruel cruel lot!
Thanks for listening!
I'll see you guys soon!!!!
Have a great Xmas and New Year!!!!
Cheers
Ian.
www.tomsawyer.org.uk
