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Friday the 9th July at The Six Bells in Chiddingly: Another hot night both outside and in but as the saying goes
the band plays on! With a little re-arranging of the back line and moving Maz a few times (which he really loves!) we got settled
and ran through the sound check to make sure not only were we in tune and at
the right levels but we were happy with the set up. Pete H had been to the
dentist the day before so the rest of the band were concerned as to whether
he was okay to sing but he’s stubborn and convinced us he was 100%, but more
on that in a bit! The Six Bells was nicely packed by the time we kicked off
and right from the off everyone was up singing and dancing along with each
number ending in a huge round of applause. Pete H was on form, belting out
each song, playing to the crowd and messing around with Railroad trying to
put him off during his solos. As we got to Crash and Burn everything was
going well until towards the end when Pete went off colour, dizzy and we
decided to cut the set short rather then risk going on. It turns out that
Pete hadn’t eaten much during the day (he had eaten 4 strawberries!) and
after having the tooth out, taking antibiotics and painkillers, plus the heat
of the day it all was too much for him. With 45 minutes rest and plenty of
coffee with heaps of sugar to get his glucose levels up the rest of the band
wanted to just stop there and then, but Pete as I said Pete is stubborn and
convinced us to do 4 more songs instead of just stopping. We went back on
just after 11 to a huge round of applause with the rest of the band
tentatively played keeping an eye on Pete with myself helping out with
singing where I could. By the 4th song Pete wanted to sing more
(told you he was stubborn!) and by the 5th song he was almost back
to his normal colour and went all out with some AC/DC! As it was we played
nearly a complete 2nd set and finished at 12 to the whole pub
crying for more but unfortunately due to the licensing we couldn’t play
anymore and to call it a night. A HUGE thank you to everyone that came out to see us,
including Sharon and John, Peter and his wife, plus the couple who always
come to see us when we’re in East Sussex – you’ll have to come over and
introduce yourselves next time! A BIG thank you to Pete’s Mum Sandra and Brother Tony for
helping us out with setting up and packing away, as well as their support –
and for getting Pete home in one piece! And of course a MASSIVE thank you to Paul the Landlord and all
the staff at The Six Bells for making us feel so welcome, allowing us to play
and for their excellent hospitality. That’s it for a couple of weeks now as the Band are having a
little summer break. But don’t worry we’ll be back at the end of August with
a double header the first being on Friday the 27th August at The
Prince Albert in Copthorne followed by the second on Saturday the 28th
August at The Crow’s Nest in East Grinstead. We hope to see you all there and
you never know we might have one or two new songs in the set! Till then… Sunday the 4th July at The Heartbeat Music and Bike
Show, at Brighton The second of a double header gig wise and it was time for No
Way Out to do a bit of “chairidee” he says in his
best Smashy and Nicey
voice, with a spot at The Heartbeat Show which was raising money for the
Sussex Heart Charity. It was a hot and sunny day but it didn’t put off many
people and the place reverberated as various bikes turned up from Harley’s to
Ducati’s, Scooters, Choppers and Trikes. With bands
such as Under The Gun and Mickey Hart And The Heartbreakers, to name but a
few, all playing between 11am and 6pm it was quite a feat to get it all
running smoothly and Steve and all the guys behind the scenes did a fantastic
job! Whilst the prizes for the various custom bikes was being given out by
the Mayor of Brighton and Eddie Kidd we set up, got ready and soon it was
time for us to go. Pete H was awesome as usual and we got the crowd dancing
and singing along and we even had Pete’s daughters as our backup dancers.
Craig went for a little walk during Bad Boy Boogie and both Pete H and myself
did a little WWE posing out front for 24/7 – one of these days we’re going to
get all you guys doing it as well lol! Although we
could only play for 45 minutes we gave it our all and had great fun playing
in the sun for everyone who came to the show. A HUGE thank you to everyone who came along including Bob and
his family, John, Paul and Stuart and a quite a few familiar faces in the
crowd. There were also quite a few members of the bands family like Pete H’s
wife Jenny and the kids, his Mum Sandra and Brother Tony, plus Craig’s wife
Karen, Craig’s Mum and Karen’s sister and husband Gary. Apologies if I’ve
forgotten to mention anyone but it was a bit of a hectic day! A MASSIVE thank you to the organisers of the show and again a
special thanks to Steve and the crew for the smooth running of getting all
the bands up on stage and playing! For more information about The Sussex Heart Charity and Brightona please visit http://brightona.brighton-rock.net from there you can see
what Brightona has done and even make a donation. No Way Out has the pleasure of performing once again at the
main Brightona event on Sunday the 10th
October on the Main Stage and we’ll post more details closer to the time. Our next gig is on Friday the 9th July at The Six
Bells Inn in Chiddingly and it’s the last gig for 6
weeks, as the band is having a summer break, so if you want a No Way Out fix
you’d better get down to see us because the next gig won’t be until the end
of August (27th and 28th to be precise!). Till then… Saturday the 3rd July at The Cob and Pen in
Littlehampton: The first of a double header gig wise and it was back to The
Cob and Pen. Although the pub was still being refurbished the majority of the
work had been done and they decided to open on weekends to let the bands
play! It was still hot and sticky outside but lucky for us the air
conditioning was up and running so it was nice and cool(ish)
for everyone. With the band set up and sound checked we had a bit of time to
relax before going on at 9 which was a bit earlier then usual but that was
due to the work on the pub! The band was on top form and Pete H was his usual
fantastic self getting the crowd involved, having a laugh with Railroad and
trying to put both him and me off – he even got Railroad to sing! As the pub
wasn’t “officially” open we still pulled in a few people, some familiar faces
and some new ones, and we had them dancing and singing along, with all our
songs getting a huge round of applause. In case you haven’t noticed we have a
new song in the set written by yours truly! Yes I’ve finally got a song done
and although Crash And Burn is a bit different from our usual material
hopefully it’s growing on you all… it’ll be the first of many (fingers
crossed) so you’ll all have to grin and bare it lol! A HUGE thank you goes out to everyone that popped in to see us
including Tony and his other half, Ray and his family and all our fans from
Littlehampton, plus everyone else who I forgotten to mention – I keep saying
I’ll get to know you all eventually and I will! A BIG thank you to Pete’s Mum Sandra and Brother Tony for
helping out with everything and for their constant support A MASSIVE thank you to Dave and Lilly and all the Staff at The
Cob and Pen for opening the pub to let us play and for their excellent
hospitality as always. We’re not back at The Cob and Pen until Saturday the 27th
November but if you can’t wait until then we’ll be in Sorry for
the lack of updates but thanks to Craig for doing the odd blog for us you
guys have at least got something to look at on the site! Fear not for I
(Jason) am back to getting the blogs done and dusted on a regular basis! I
might be playing with the format of the blog so if it all changes then I
apologise now! I’ll try and get some pictures in there as well as other stuff
so keep your eyes peeled! Anyhoo onwards with the blog! Friday the
25th June at The Swan in Another
fantastic gig at The Swan! Although it was hot and sweaty (and that was just
the band!) we had quite a crowd come see us and we didn’t disappoint putting
on a fantastic show for all. Without the benefit of a sound-check - Craig was
running late - and being the consummate professionals we are (who’s laughing
back there?) we managed to get the levels spot on! Pete H was on his usual
top form belting out all the numbers and getting everyone involved singing
along to Bon Jovi amongst others. With what seemed
like the whole pub dancing we fed off the energy and you could say at one
point we “turned it up to eleven!” blasting out song after song. Being joined
at the end of the night by Sharon, Sally and Sharon’s friend (who I think is
called Nicky but forgive me if I’m wrong) to sing Rocking In A Free World and
Whole Lotta Rosie we ended on a high with everyone
cheering and crying out for more. I did try to take some pictures of everyone
but it was on my phone and they didn’t come out too well, but next time I’ll
have a camera so fingers crossed we’ll have some pics
of you lot here soon! A HUGE
thank you to everyone who came out to see us including A MASSIVE
thank you to Rob the Landlord and all the bar staff at The Swan for allowing
us to play and for their excellent hospitality Don’t
forget to visit our Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/nowayoutsussex
where you can add yourself as a friend and listen to a few tracks. Plus we
also have a Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Way-Out/28898724664
where you can post some of your photo’s of us ugly mugs and leave a post on
our “wall” amongst other things! Our next
set of gigs will be a double header with the first on Saturday the 3rd
July at The Cob and Pen in Littlehampton followed by The Heartbeat Music and
Bike show on Sunday the 4th July at the Brighton Marina in Till then… Saturday
the 19th June at The Big Apple in A new venue
for the band and wow what a great time we had. Being a new venue we were
unsure of what to expect but everyone at The Big Apple was friendly and made
us feel welcome. With all of us firing on all cylinders the whole gig was fun
and full of laughter as Pete H played to all of those that had come out to
see us. Poor old Railroad had Pete getting him to sing much to the enjoyment
of the rest of us! Although it was a hot evening and the footie was still on,
we had a nice turnout and we got quite a few people up and dancing plus
everyone came up to us at the end of the gig and congratulated us on a
excellent night. A HUGE
thank you to everyone that had come out to see us including John and And of
course a MASSIVE thank you to the Landlord and staff at The Big Apple for
allowing us to play, making us feel welcome and for their excellent
hospitality! Friday 4th June – The Crows Nest Back at the Crows nest, we always look forward to that. It's
good to see everyone, and we appreciate everyone who comes to see us. It was a crowded, hot and sweaty night, and despite that
people still were up dancing. Jo came down from Wales to do some backing singing with us,
which was great. (Jo sang backing on our first album). We tried to mix up the songs a bit so
that you got some old favourites as well as some new songs in the mix. Pete Byrne (from behind the bar) came up and sang 'Hard to
handle with us, that went down storm...brilliant. And Richie Wicks came up and sang 'Here I
go again' and 'Fool for your loving' That was brilliant and went down a storm as well. Thank you to
both. All in all it was a great loud, sweaty full on Rock night,
Thanks to everyone who came along. We are back at the Crows nest on 28th August. Saturday 5th June - The Terminus First time at this pub in Hailsham, lots of room to set up. we
started at 9 and the pub was quite quiet. People did come in slowly but it was quite subdued. The
whole town was quiet. Jo was singing backing with us again which was great. We played a good long set of our usual numbers and by the end
of the evening people did come up and say that they really enjoyed the night. |
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