Memories from Home - Godney Gathering

Ever wondered what happened to that band, that did that song, that went "................"? Well I have a stonker for you here. Remember that song that went "put your hands on, put your hands on"? It's by a surfy/bluesy/rock band called Reef who are from Somerset, England - very near home. They stopped recording in 2003 after five brilliant albums but have recently reformed and here they are now.



I've been abit of a groupie since the days when they played grungy gigs in dodgy little pubs in and around Somerset.  I use the word groupie very lightly as this was really only in my dreams as I had/have a very serious crush on Mr lead singer, Gary Stringer. So on my recent visit home can you imagine how excited I was to enjoy a very special evening in a field deep in the Somerset countyside with the aforementioned Mr Stringer. Unfortunately so too were 4000 other faithful local fans, including Mr Gale. Who was quite happy for me to rock my little socks off  and even passed without comment on the not so delicately put "get your kit off Gary" shouts that shrilled from my lungs. I fully embraced the vibe in that edgy cider fuelled moshpit. What's a rock concert without a few elbow wacks in the head and cider spills down your cleavage. Look out for the Godney Gathering next year.



Gary Stringer and Jack Bessant (half the band) are keeping it real playing some seriously cool mellow yellow acoustic tunes on a side project called Stringer Bessant and Reef are back on the road better than ever. Schoolgirl crush aside, they are one seriously talented riff-ridden rock band with too many belting tunes, soulful slowies and singalong anthems to mention. They're often not shy of some proper rock n roll star gynastics on stage too. Gary you rock, and just for the record, I love that little bum wiggle thingy you do too:)

Two and a half months spent at home in England and so many special memories to share and record, follow the 'Memories from Home' posts by hitting the 'join this site' button on the right. Life's not just all about sewing you know:)

Five Faves!

Oh Pip, that's another fine game you've got us into - List five favourites. That's hard, but very very fun:) Here's mine:

1. Chicks that can sing and dance like no-one is watching.....give it a go with this :)

2. Wiveliscombe......home, I miss it so much:(

3. Fish and chips.......I'm starving.......mmm.............shall I?

4. Google. THANK GOD FOR GOOGLE. Mr Google is a genius. Just type in what you want and........... bingo! I've been really testing him lately too, with all these late nights in front of my computer learning about blogging I've found myself asking him silly questions like "how the hell am I supposed to get my blog to do this instead of that".

5. Glastonbury Festival. Being a hippie's daughter from the West Country it's only natural that this should be a big part of my life, and has been since I first went in 1979, aged 7 years. Now I only get to go when I'm back in the UK, but trips are always planned around it. I could write a whole post on 'Glasters'  I love it so much. Go back, way back, for some real hippie lovin'. Stick with the video it's a gem.

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