From Breweries To Bullseyes

With Mum and Dad still in Newcastle dropping Olly off,
I made a last minute decision to venture over to Faversham
as Josh and Victoria were attending the town's annual hop festival
paying host to a lot of drinks and enjoyable music acts.

One that grabbed my attention on arrival was a band who
did an impressive rendition of the early Chicago track
"25 Or 6 To 4" which was just a taster of what was to be
expected.

I didn't get the names of many of the bands playing there
but those who stood out included this raucous set from
a French act with a Celtic tinge, as pictured below;

We were soon joined by Jon and Claire at the Railway Hotel where they had
an act called Follia blending folk with fusion which started
off superb, but then evolved into utter nonsense with the lead
vocalist giving a rather unnecessary falsetto rendition of "Over The Rainbow".



It was at this point that we opted to get some grub and
the choice destination was The Wine Vaults.

We ended up regretting doing so as the food they had there
wasn't up to standards with Claire having to endure what looked
like a burnt hot dog, and Jon struggling to savour a steak sandwich.

Luckily I steered clear from such concoctions and downed a WKD Blue.

From there we ended up at the Swan and Harlequin near the 
Shepherd Neame Brewery where they had a lively rock covers
band who were on good form.

Well, until their set devolved into covers by Snow Patrol
and The Script.

I left just before 5pm as I needed to get back to Canterbury
in time for my radio show at CSR and after a two week break
it felt really refreshing and back to it's usual self with all
the regular features back in place.

The highlight was right at the end where I played a jaunty
offering from Skeewiff who has made a compilation of
remixes from vintage library LPs including this offering,
"The Tap Tastic Toe Twizzler" which bears a striking resemblance
to the theme to Bullseye.

Then again I'm certain that the original was composed years
before Jim Bowen became a Sunday night stalwart.

Overall today was good fun and worth making the visit
up even if the train journey wasn't that long.