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| Dougald and Billie |
Yesterday evening I was very pleased to welcome to the Memorial (Unitarian) Church
Dougald Hine of the
Dark Mountain Project and his old friend and collaborator, the pianist, guitarist and singer
Billie Bottle to present us with an evening of music and words called
"The Kind of Hope Worth Having" (which you can read about at this link).
I was pleased and honoured to be able to contribute in small way to the evening by playing double-bass for most of Billie's set. Since we both share a love for the
Canterbury music scene the two of us very much hit it off and, in addition to playing a few of Billie's own excellent compositions from the
Henry David Thoreau inspired album
Unrecorded Beam (read a review of that
HERE) it was a rare treat to get to play an old tune by Caravan,
Disassociation from the end of their side-long suite on
In the Land of Grey and Pink.
I hope that following this event there might be the chance we can get a small
Dark Mountain group together here in Cambridge. If you are interested go to the church web page (
HERE) and use the email address there to be in touch.
I didn't get too many opportunities to take a lot of photos but here are just a few, including two taken by my wife, Susanna, from the organ loft. Just click on a photo to enlarge it.
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| Billie sound-checking |
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| Billie sound-checking |
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| Billie sound-checking and Dougald dealing with the inevitable admin |
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| Dougald giving his talk |
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| Dougald giving his talk |
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| Billie playing and singing with me on double-bass |
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