Martyn Joseph again...

If I had the choice I would go to a gig everyday of the week. My wife would go at least once a decade or maybe longer. In fact, it is 12 years since we last went (Eddi Reader, Manchester, since you ask. Someone was smoking something strange (smoking, now there is ancient history for you) in front of us and instead of being transported to another place, Victoria wanted to leave & said 'Don't you EVER take me to another concert'.....).

We went last Sunday (23rd) to Stockton Georgian Theatre, mingling with the happy crowds of simple rustic folk that throng Stockton's quaint streets on a Sunday night at 8...

MJ (that's what we in the know call him) was brilliant....holds an audience, uses humour, mixes songs well. I could watch him at least once a week. In a crowd of just over 100 there were at least 3 Methodist ministers, so it was a typical mixed crowd then.

There were so many highlights and bits (if I wasn't driving) where I could have sat drinking beer with a far away look in my eyes saying 'Take me from this earth now Jesus, because it doesn't get any better than this.' Over 2h 15 on stage and it could have gone on longer for me . He ended with 'Turn me tender'. Perfect.

I think we may go again to a concert, perhaps quicker than 12 years hence. Hmmm 'Napalm Death' and 'Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine' are in concert at the Stokesley International arena next month. I wonder if...? Perhaps not...