Stardom!

I may be over-egging the pudding here, but during my absence from blogging I have been making the most of my retirement plugging away at the different music ventures I'm involved with.

Most of the effort has been put into my duo, H&D, where a friend and I sing many diets along the lines of Simon & Garfunkel, Everley Brothers, The Proclaimers, (but not the bloody awful 500 Miles!), and groups like the Eagles, etc. We've been building our following around the area and now it has paid off as we have nabbed a residency at The BDQ Taproom, bar and brewery, in Puivert, a popular Friday night drinking spot in the ex-pat community and quite a lot of the French residents too. So every last Friday of the month we will be appearing, with a few fellow musicians to bolster us, for an evening of merriment and music making. (Think something along the lines of a music night in an Irish pub). Not paid as such but we will have free food and some free beers and we can pass the hat.

Luckily I have a school mate who is a tour manager, it can only be a matter of time before we need his services, surely! And he's been a bit short of work since David Bowie popped his clogs. 

A Plague of Daughters

 I surface once again.

And indeed I am surfacing following a visit by The Magnificent M's three daughters. The occasion being that of middle daughter's 40th birthday, and M's slightly higher than 40th birthday. They were here for five days. We dropped them at the airport and immediately had to go to the supermarket to replenish our cupboards, fridge and freezer as they has gone through the kitchen like a swarm of locusts. Our wine stock has taken a beating but the economic forecast for the booze industry here has taken a marked upturn. But, despite this devastation, a good time was had by all. Even me. And that says a lot. It was helped though by Marj winning the family quiz on night one, (I was quizmaster), and I won the subsequent nights on my own with two of them per team. A timely reminder to the young whippersnappers that despite them thinking we will be gaga in the next few weeks, months at most, we can still face them down in questions of intellect. 4-0 to the Oldies!