Two years ago, just before a gig in Cadouin, we were given our first ever fan art. I published it here. Two days ago, during my final gig in Cadouin (more on that in a moment), we were given our second ever piece of fan art – by the same […]
Cadouin
I think this is a first for me: three gigs in a row with varied set lists. A nice, easy one to start with – with SouthWest, playing our second public gig of the season in Cadouin. Here’s a shot from after we finished… The following evening, a piano & […]
Five days after playing keyboards and percussion in Hertfordshire with The Stones, and two days after playing solo piano at a private party in the Charente, I played the first of three public gigs in the Dordogne, with SouthWest. As we have for several years now, we set up in […]
A potential wedding client asked to see some more of SouthWest playing with Andy Wilson-Taylor, who will be fronting the band for any gigs in 2021. So I put this montage together from his first gig with us in August 2019. I think is works pretty well.
Later that week, SouthWest returned to Cadouin with probably the most talented musician in the region—Andy Wilson-Taylor. Singer, drummer, pianist, guitarist, bass player, composer, songwriter, frontman of Midgar and all-round lovely guy, Andy learnt our set to fill in for Wil while he was unavailable on another project for a […]
On Thursday morning, it rained the kind of rain familiar to everyone who has been on a caravan holiday in Scotland, Wales, southwest England—pretty much anywhere in Britain. After lunch, the rain dried up and the decision was made for the SouthWest gig in Cadouin to go ahead. We set […]
For the last few years, SouthWest has played in Cadouin for a couple of the Thursday marché gourmands that take place in July and August. This week, we played the first of those. This Thursday, we were joined by a young female French singer, who did a brilliant performance of […]