CRUSH UK_Three of the best

These were our first outings since January 2009, but we had not been idle.

New Weller songs and an injection of classic cuts revitalised the band and we were fired up for our shows.

But first, a little drama; testing out the bass amp on Friday afternoon I was greeted by a plume of electrical smoke! A quick call to ‘Nicky Louder’ of the BobKatZ and we had a replacement. So thanks Nick, you are a star :)

Onwards and upwards……

Friday 27th March @ The White Lion, Bradninch was fun. A great little venue, probably the smallest area we have fitted into, but we played well to the select few that chose to come and see from Taunton, Bristol and Great Yarmouth; anywhere in fact apart from Bradninch it would seem :)

Dunno what we've done to upset the locals, but we all had a good time. We have no plans to return to the village, so it was a good one-night stand to remember it by :)


Saturday 28th March @ Swan Inn, Lympstone smelled wonderful. The Swan is a restaurant, but has the occasional band and we were fortunate to play for Jo and Darren’s leaving do. Definitely the largest venue in the village we had room to manoeuvre and put on a good show. The sound was terrific and our very own Crushettes, Sara and Bing really made it a party with version of ‘Man, I feel like a woman’ and ‘Mamma mia’ to round proceedings off nicely.

We lost an hour to the pointless change to ‘British summer time’ and sat up til stupid o’clock shooting the breeze just because :)


Sunday 29th March @ First and Last, Exmouth – the church of rock and roll!

Wow, what an late afternoon/evening. We played our little socks off to a wonderfully appreciative audience that contained some of our most favourite people in the world.

We debuted three new Weller songs as well as Floyd’s ‘See Emily play’ and Rod’s ‘Hot legs’ with Bing on lead vocal.

It was a blast and we thank Alison for these kind words posted on Lemonrock: “This was the first time that I’ve seen CRUSH UK. I thought they were really fantastic and will defo see them again”.

It just remains to say thank you to those involved with the band including Allan whose roadie skills are first rate :) and to everyone who supported us through the weekend and beyond.

We are truly blessed.

M xx