Whistlebinkies

Our 5th appearance at this Edinburgh music hot spot. Getting to be a regular gig. Despite some technical problems with the sound in the first half, it was a very enjoyable gig with a good, and very supportive, crowd. It's always a comfort to have a sound engineer on hand and without Chris to deal with the in-house PA we might have had less fun - but he was and he did and we did.

New developments

Blue to the Bone have sold huge amounts of their new CD "Guilty" in the last 5 months. It was produced on our own label 'bluemusiccat records'. If you want a copy (£10 only) please contact us on the website. We are also going to make some improvements to the website including new photographs (Peter Fry, local musician and photographer will be helping us out once again), developing sale of downloads and creating a new poster. We have found that the band name lends itself to the reduced BTTB which is memorable as a logo and we will be developing this for use in future merchandise and publicity. We go into the New Year after a succesful (but tiring year!) with renewed energy for working on new material and playing further afield. We have already had interest from soome of the big blues festivals in the UK. We are always grateful for feedback so please get in touch. Thanks to all those who have supported us in the last 4 years.

Gig at "Blues and Beyond" Club, Cupar

We played our first gig at the Cupar Club on Friday 3rd November. It is now housed at Elmwood College in Cupar. First band up were "Mud in your Ear", so it was a chance for some of us to catch up with old friends - Gary Martin and Alan Jones - and to make new ones - Snakehips O'Donnell (he's got great teeth!). They played a great set, really authentic and soulful, and featured some class, harp, guitar and piano playing. We played 2 sets and the Cupar crowd were on the dance floor for most of the night! We had a great time and I think we went down well. The PA sounded great and we felt satisfied with the evening's work. Thanks to Bryan and his friends for organising such a great club and for "keeping music live". We hope to be back again soon.

Blues Workshop at Kelso

Blue to the Bone did the second of blues worskhops at the Cobbles Inn, Kelso on Sunday 29th October. It was well attended by young musicians (and some more mature!) most of whom attend the JAM workshops that meet at Abbey Row in Kelso. The band rehearsed a new song "Chicago Bound", played some of their set tunes and invited participants to join in in a "jam" style. Band members gave advice and instruction on their instruments and vocal/mic technique. This will be one of many in the future and if we can improve the publicity it will be even more successful next time.

Blog Resurrection

Sheesh, our Blue to the Bone blog has been sadly neglected. To begin its resurrection I've integrated the blog into our web site bluetothebone.biz. Looks like it's part of the whole now. All that's needed now is for us band folks to post some stories.