How the Glasgow gig was for me

Edinburgh was such a good gig that I found the prospect of equalling it pretty daunting. It was brilliant (pure, dead…) doing stuff in Glasgow again. It seemed like we worked a bit harder but Glasgow pulled through and I had another very special night.

Someone has shot some footage of the Edinburgh gig and put it on YouTube. It’s great. Whoever it was, I thank them. You can find it all by entering Lost Soul Band Edinburgh in the search.

Well, I have to say I felt devastated when I got home after the Glasgow gig and reflected that that was it over. It was like a death. However, I now feel great, knowing life goes on and it will have been enriched by the whole experience.

I just want to mention Anne, our amazing, loveable sound engineer and Chris who made it easier for us to get on with stuff. Thanks. While I’m at it, I want to thank everyone who came to the gigs for helping to make two unforgettable nights. I hope you all took some of it away with you. And I want to thank the other guys in the band for being up for it.

I’m going to keep this blog open for a while. We shot the Edin gig and took a multi track recording. Who knows what’s going to happen next.

Love

Richard

How the Edinburgh gig was for me

Last night I took part in something that was very special and very significant for a lot of people.

A friend had got in touch a while back and mentioned that it was bound to be quite an emotional night. Nothing could have prepared me for quite how emotional it turned out to be. 

I want to thank everyone who came along and hope that it was as special a night for them as it was for me.

Love

Richard

Herald interview with The Lost Soul Band

The Lost Soul Band

OK, I said I could give you warning but the article about The Lost Soul Band was actually published on 24th December and I never quite made it to the computer that day. Great article by Neil Cooper who  met while I was at college, and who used to come and see the band back in the days…

You can read Neil’s article here.

Also, at last, an up to date photograph of us all. Sandy Young took this photo. Nice guy.

Merry Christmas from The Lost Soul Band

Rehearsal – Interview – photo

Lost Soul Band in Mean Fiddler dressing room

Yesterday was an interesting day. The five of us got together in the same room for the first time in 15 years to rehearse. When we got down to it, it seemed that no time had lapsed since we were last together. Admittedly, the first couple of run-throughs of songs were little short of a slo-mo car crash, but once we had settled in to playing and turned everything up as loud as it could go we sounded like ourselves again. It really was a case of don’t try to do it – just do it.

It was fantastic hearing Gordon sing again, locking horns with Brian’s drums and Gavin’s percussion and joining tunes with Mike. We’ve all been through too much together – have bared our souls over a stretch of many years – to have any inhibitions, so by the end of the rehearsal the five of us are definitely The Lost Soul Band again and it feels great.

During the rehearsal a photographer arrived to take some pictures to accompany an article that’s being written about the band and the gigs for The Herald. We were interviewed over the phone last week, so it’ll be interesting to hear how each of our takes on life and LSB match up. I’ll let you know when that will be published.

Rehearsing today again at midday. Can’t wait.

Cheers for now.

Richard

New Venue for Edinburgh Lost Soul Band gig

Quick post to say that it seems the Edinburgh gig has been moved to The Picture House on Lothian Road.

I await absolute confirmation from DFconcerts and shall pass this on when I receive it.

LSB prevail!

All the best.

Richard

Fire Liquid Rooms Lost Soul Band

I’ve just heard the terrible news about the fire that took place last night in Victoria Street.

I’m waiting to hear back from Promoters and manager of the Liquid Rooms. I don’t have enough information at this point to give any assurances or otherwise as to the impact this event might have on our gig there on 28th.

I imagine there will have to be a major inspection of the site before any decision can be made about it’s safety. It might be days before we can make an announcement with any certainty. I will post updates as soon as I hear anything.

Keep the faith.

Richard

Guest artiste announced for Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh

Ten Storeys High

We’re now delighted to announce that we will be joined by Ten Storeys High for the gig at The Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh on December 28th.

I’d been talking recently with the LR folk about this. Time was closing in. Mike knows these guys and they said they’d be up for it.

When Mike mentioned them to me I knew exactly the folk he was talking about, and I knew they’d be great to have on board. They’ve been touring a bit with The Proclaimers, and they’ve recently released an album. I’m aside from that kind of thing now, but how I knew them was that I’d seen them a few months ago playing on a Sunday afternoon in a bookshop.

I obliged the kids to stand and watch as this was an actual band: four guys playing guitars and singing and stuff. They must have been feeling a wee bit out of sorts. The singer commented on the oddness of the occasion. Made me remember some of the odd, tangential things you find yourself doing in a band. You just get on with it.

Anyway, here’s a link to the Ten Storeys High website. Such a relief to be linking to something other than Myspace.

Check them out.

Hasta la Vista.

Richard

Guest artistes for The Lost Soul Band, Glasgow

The Vagabonds. Live at The Scotia Bar

For our gig at King Tut’s we’re very happy to welcome along Brian Maclachlan and Kevin Young, who will each do a short set before we go on stage. Sandy and Gavin reckon that a lot of you folk in the west will know Brian and Kevin. But for those of you who don’t…

Brian plays guitar in a band called ‘The Vagabonds’. Sandy and Gavin also play in this band. They rock \m/ . I don’t think The Vagabonds have a Myspace or other thing I could link to. I haven’t seen them, but I found someone who has and he obviously thinks very highly of them. Brian enjoys doing solo performances and, from what I hear, he’s very good.

Kevin Young

Kevin is a solo performer. Again, I’ve never seen him but you can find out all about Kevin at his MySpace site.

I hope I get a chance on the night to watch some of their show.

Things seem to be shaping up perdy good.

Cheers

Richard

Lucky Jim – You’re lovely to me

Gordon - Lucky Jim

It’s easy to take the stuff you know for granted and assume that everyone else knows it too.

It struck me the other day that some of you might not know that, in the years since the band, Gordon has morphed into Lucky Jim. And then I wondered how many folk know that the song on the bread advert on TV is Lucky Jim.

Of course I know Gordon is Lucky Jim. I got Gordon’s album Our Troubles End Tonight not long after he put it out. In my mind it makes pretenders out of so many of his contemporaries. I was listening to it a couple of months ago when my daughter piped up: “That’s the song from the bread advert”. I don’t see much TV and hadn’t actually seen the advert. So, straight to YouTube. Glad to see, judging by the number of times the song’s been listened to on his MySpace, that it’s getting something like the popularity it deserves.

So, to recap, Gordon was the singer in The Lost Soul Band. He’s now continuing to write and sing and play and record and tour under the monicker of Lucky Jim. The song in the bread advert is by Lucky Jim, the artist formerly of The Lost Soul Band.

I think it’s important to make this connection absolutely clear, so we don’t miss anyone.

So, come along to one of the gigs if you’re a fan of The Lost Soul Band, a fan of Lucky Jim, or if you just really like Kingsmill bread.