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I’ve listened to and followed Tragically Hip since their ’93 album, Fully Completely. Finally, I got the chance to see them live this week at Glasgow Garage. The last time I went to the venue it was called ‘Tiffanys’ . On that Occasion I saw an upcoming Irish band ….U2.

Tragically Hip were fantastic – even better than I had hoped for. 2 sets – over 2.5 hours on stage. The audience loved it. Great sound too.

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I’ve been a long time Fan of Luke Doucet. He’s a great singer/songwriter from Canada. In fact for some strange reason I’ve always liked a lot of music that comes out of Canada – Tragically Hip , The Weakerthans to name a couple more. Anyway here’s a cool YouTube Luke Doucet clip I came across, His guitar playing is so much like my own. Yeah. right. :

I’ve added a handful of Daisychain Connection videos to the site. Long before the days of YouTube bands had to actually get on the telly to be noticed. We reached the dizzy heights of now long gone Border News and Look Around (i.e. Border crack ‘n deek aboot). There’s also some footage from our favourite haunt & practise place the now legendary, fantastic , Front Page club in Carlisle.

Some very,very old Daisychain Connection photos. Back in the day….

Daisychain Connection14 pictures

Daisychain Connection

Way back in 1986 – 1991 I played drums in a band called The Daisychain Connection.

Yes, that’s me on the left, with hair.

We were way ahead of our time. So far ahead, that we are only being fully appreciated well over 20 years later! There has been a recent spate of international interest in the Carlisle band that never quite made it. Apparently the yoof of Miami, Berlin and Japan are now grooving at to the ‘classic’ sounds and clamouring for more material.
Here are some of the songs which were re-recorded in 2007

I’ve played drums in quite a few bands over the years….

After nearly five years together,  Giant Loop Of Sound played their last two shows  in August 2007. We had a blast! For your delectation here are a few video clips & original recordings.

Giant Loop Of Sound at the Brickyard39 pictures

Giant Loop Of Sound34 pictures