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September 19th 2003
For me at least, today was all about relaxing and preparing for
the madness to come. Monica and the guys went shopping, accompanied
by Andrei, my driver, who should write a book on his driving technique!!
But he is a gem of a guy and we did feel safe with him!!
Sound check was difficult for a number of reasons but the show was
fantastic. The audiences here are still quite new to what is referred
to a “western” rock music and knowing that has helped
me to pace the show very effectively.
Being able to sit with my Dobro for two solo songs in the middle
of the show is a pleasure I probably wouldn’t be able to enjoy
in most other places. It just seems that the audience is as focussed
as we are and during the last 25 minutes of the show the energy
level just goes up and up!! It’s a great feeling to perform
for such a responsive and appreciative audience and, though I was
exhausted by the end of it, this had been a special night.
But then we had to move fast to catch the overnight train to Harkov.
We were all pretty tired so the celebrations were short and it was
time to grab a few hours sleep before arriving in Harkov at 6:30am!!
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