The night started at a party involving lots of drink and a cool bouncy castle, then into what seemed to be a quiet Copper bar we went. By the time we were set up the place was full and the crowd seemed to be a bit amused by Willies dancing and running around. It was nice for me to do a gig within crawling distance of home. The Copper bar is a great little venue, the crowd are awake and they are ready to party. They were hopping through out the night and we got the phone call on sunday to ask us to play there again,  so dates have to be set. We had Mick lambe & Greeno up for a song and Willie kept looking for stuff to climb up on. Not easy in such a limited space but since it was the first gig since Willie got back from Florida we were mad for it. We should have had Friday night in the Millhouse in Rathangan but we only discovered that there was a cancellation as we arrived, sorry to anyone who travelled in vain. We will be there again but we have to talk to the managment regarding the cancellations. So in closing thanks Edenderry for a great night and thanks to Beavis and Ja ja, Ross & co (to many to name) for a great session. Hope to see you all there again soon 

P.S The speedo photos have just been left in and should be here for viewing by the weekend. Sorry about the delay but we are so busy in every sense right now. Thanks for all who voted. You have been struck from my christmas card list. I have to admit I really enjoyed getting my kit off that night. If you happen to have any photos of me or any member of Gobi in a equally embarrising moment please feel free to send them to fergal@revelate-rock.com He looks after the site and I'm sure he will find a good olace to put them on this site. 

Best reards

Hal 

Turning into a hopping venue Dagwelds has turned around. The interior is very modern in a log cabin sort of way, the bar is big, well staffed and right in the middle where even the drunkest of us can find it (anyone who didn't, its the big round bit with the neon light over it) I arrived a wee bit late having to go back to the house for my drum mics. Eoin on bass was away in Galway races for the weekend and Ger Timmons from Fools Gold  www.foolsgold.org stood in on Bass. He did a great job and even sang one. The crowd in dags are always friendly and getting gear in and all the chat tends to delay things but it's nice to. A few regulars who were at the Druids bike rally were there (HOWAYA LADS). Willie had prearranged the songs to do so that Ger would know them but as usual he announced songs that none of us had played before and it seemed to go alright. I had my camera behind the drums and thought I'd surprise the lads with some shots. I got more of the ceiling and floor than anything. So there we go, Willie is now sunning himself in the USA and the rest of us are here in the rain. See you all in Dowling's on the 25th, Where the lucky sexy member will be wearing his Speedos for one whole song, Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh Hope it isn't me  lucky I am not the pretty Gobi

Bye for now , Thanks for the support  

Hello again, I have to say as weekends go this one kicked ass (mine) . Started Thursday night a double Raggle birthday , Mick and Derek ,drank till I was sick and then drank more , Then Friday night hopped into the motor and drove to Nurney to the Druids Bike rally , Music on friday night was provided by Revelate and as this wasn't a quiet pub gig , They rocked the place. Then after little sleep I got myself together and headed to Nuurney yet again , all seemed quiet but soon after there were bikes coming from nowhere , They expected a crowd of around 3500 and id say it was close , By the time we were to play it was jammed , I got on stage , sat behind the kit and said oh jazuz , there was a sea of people , It took me a good three songs to relax , I think the amount of cans of Bud in me helped also  . Many thanks to the Druids club for a very well run and always enjoyable event , Thanks to The Raggle Taggle Gypsy`so for having me play with them .

Anyway I'm here to talk about Gobi news , Willie and Con slept together for the first time sat night , In the back of the van in Kilkenny following a great Paul Simon show , Willie Threw up in the Van on the way home , We all arrived a bit late in dowlings last night , All with very worn out looks , The gig started quiet but as usual in dowlings it filled up rather fast , The crowd were shouting wild near the end which is why we always love to play that venue , It has never been a let down , We tried a new Bon Jovi song off the cuff ( You Give Love A Bad name ) which despite no practice seemed to work well , So that's about it , thanks to all the usual faces some that were even down in nurney (mark The Chicken Dancer) . Thanks to all who showed up at the gig last night , were nothing without you people , Thank you .

Now I am going to go put my head down and practice as an Olympic sleeper , Hope to see you all in dags Saturday night , Our new poster will be on display , I hate photos,,, aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhh

Best regards
Hal 

Ok its been a while since I had a pc to do my gig review, so I have a few to do. I'll just take July so far, 5th July The keg, Newbridge.  Our first night to play there and It was a great gig, the crowd were alive and kicking. We seemed to play well and it went down really well.  Probably the best gig I have done with Gobi since joining last october. Of course the Millhouse on the 12th was no surprise except for me and Willie stripping to the waist. Willie playing dums and me singing, if you could call my crooning singing. Yes it was "Good Riddance by Green Day " my party piece. It has been so long since I typed that this is taking me ages.  Hello to all the regular Gobi crowd, Domo Thorpe has me standing in playing at the bike rally in Nurney on July 27th, which is one of my favorite weekends of the year and this year the band line up is great. You have the great rock styling of Revelate on friday night, not to be missed and then saturday im playing with my Raggle taggle gypsy buds. Hopefully sobering up enough to play with Gobi on sunday night in Dowling's.  Apologies to anyone who sees me on Sunday night, all I can say is even if the lights are on it does not mean someone is at home. A final thank you to the person who managed to make off with willies radio microphone and my box of Audix mics, I hope you enjoy hours of good sound with them (not) of course there is now a reward to anyone who can name the person (confidentially of course ) so thats it for this week. Ill be back with more Gobi antics next monday or so following O'Connors in Blessington this week Always a good crowd , Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Hal