We got to bed about 2.00 am and the alarm went off at about 7. We had an early start in order to drive the 200 plus miles up to Castle Barnard in County Durham and the Great North Festival.
Nicki made a great impression on her debut last year and we were looking forward to meeting old friends and performing during the evening.
Before that, Barbary Coast would be playing in the afternoon, hence the early start.
Cozy and Bob both played in Barbary Coast in the 80s, when they were Frank Ifield's backing band, and Bob's coming to the UK with Nicki gave the band the opportunity to play a reunion show or three.
Bass player Bugsy would be travelling with us, while Robbo and John Roche would make their own way.
Bob was first up and through the shower. I followed soon after and made some sandwiches for the journey while Chris managed to drag himself out of bed.
We set off for Wellingborough and picked Cozy up as pre-arranged, then collcted Bugsy from his house.
We then had 200 miles to travel up the A1. Luckily the traffic was behaving itself. we stopped at Boroughbridge for diesel and drinks and arrived soon after one o'clock.
Barbary Coast took to the stage mid afternoon and played a blinding set to an enthusiastic audience.
There was a break before we needed to set up, so we enjoyed some food that was kindly provided for us.
We set up the guitars and had a quick sound check.
Now it was our turn.
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