Last night Transglobal Underground played at t'trades and I was looking forward to meeting up with our mate Tim who plays with the band, but he wasn't sure if they were staying over because some of the band had jobs the following day. When they got to Hebden, there was a kids party on so they couldn't get in to set up and went t'Shoulder instead, then Tim came here and we had a chat and a cup of tea, before he went to get ready.
The gig was sold out, which was something I hadn't considered so it was a good job we were on the guest list. The place got packed and really hot, and we saw quite a lot of people we knew and some people from outside Hebden even – just like the olden days.
The band soon got the crowd whipped into a frenzy (it doesn't take much round here!) and there was a sweaty hour and a half or so of spiffing music and bad dancing. Afterwards, we chatted to Tim some more and said our goodbyes as he had a long drive back to London and then back to Paris on Monday, and ended up chatting to a couple of other band members outside as they were loading the van. It's a shit business!
Anyway, I managed to mention Phil's music projects as he himself was reluctant to do so – Tim said send us some links so if Phil doesn't, I will, He has contacts as he does film music and all sorts of other things now, including belly dance music strangely enough! Also told them about The World on Your Doorstep and to spend more time here next time, now they have seen how much people love them.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at how popular they are as they are jolly good and really interesting and genre-defying, but when you've known someone in a band from when they had their first single which you bought to help them get in the charts (and subsequent Coca Colatm advert) it's strange to see them 15 years later in the small northern town you now live in. I was also a bit worried that no-one was going to come out, especially as it is shit weather this weekend. So I was really pleased for them, and for us too because now they might come back.
