Canadians, Cherry Suede are over for their first UK tour, I've been talking to them online for a while and I took my mate to see them on Friday night for her birthday. They couldn't afford to bring the whole band over so it was just the two Randy's and they played an acoustic set with The Mars Patrol supporting them.
When we went into the venue, Ross and Davina (guitarist and singer) from TMP came right over and chatted away. When they learned that my daughter couldn't make it because of age restrictions they said it was a pity that she hadn't accompanied us into Glasgow as they would have nipped outside with their guitars and played a couple of songs for her, to which I'm thinking aye, right, thats easy to say. However, at the end of the night Ross phoned Becca to say how sorry he was that she didn't make it to the gig which was really sweet and it made her night
My mates Kelly, her hubby Michael and another Jovi buddy Melissa eventually turned up. Before TMP were due on, Randy Y (guitarist) from CS came over and sat and had a drink with us, just chilling and talking about musical likes and dislikes. Michael utterly loathes Bon Jovi, he told Randy if he played anything by them he would flash his ass at them, he is a huge 3 Doors Down fan. Randy told me to go to the merchandise stall at the end of the night and pick up a poster or cd and they would sign it for Rebecca as it was a shame she was missing out. During the show they said they were going to play Jovi to which Michael groaned, they then broke into 3 Doors Down's Kryptonite, which ironically was Michael's fave song by them although he hadn't said that to Randy when we were talking to him.
Cherry Suede were absolutely awesome, I'm less familiar with TMP music but they were a damned good live band.
After the gig they stayed on and had a drink, taking pics and having a laugh. The language differences were hilarious, during the show Randy S announcing in his best Scots accent that he's learned a new word tonight "pished" - I wasn't btw, nor was I the one leading them astray, they did a pretty good job of that on their own
They were really cool guys and both had a great sense of humour. At the end of the night Randy S gave me his red bandana
They were playing Edinburgh on Saturday night but unfortunately due to personal reasons Aileen couldn't go so we sat it out.
However on Sunday both bands announced they were doing gig at Red Dog Music in the afternoon. Think Rebecca was up, ready and on the way to Edinburgh before she knew where she was. When we went in Ross saw us right away and came over, gave Rebecca a big hug and told her it was great that she had made it up to see them. When the 2 Randy's caught sight of her that was it, piss taking began, lol. Randy Y high fived her (was the limpest high five I've ever seen her do in my life) and Randy S came over and totally took the piss out of her thanking her for coming to their show on Friday night. Randy Y asked her favourite song and she replied In Pieces and he said he was really sorry but they don't play it anymore. Aileen loves Why and I whispered to him could he play it for her as they hadn't done it at the gig on Friday. He said deadpan that it was a hard one, they've only done it live once, I said no probs it was worth asking. They warmed up with an awesome version of Green Day's Good Riddance...which Aileen didn't record
then went into their set. Between songs they kept teasing Rebecca. They did play Why and then the last song they played was In Pieces which Randy Y told Rebecca was for her. She actually filled up, thought she was going to lose it...especially when Randy S changed the lyrics a couple of times to include her name in the song. She was totally overwhelmed by the way they treated her, I've never seen her so quiet, lol. When Mars Patrol came on, Randy S scared the crap out of her by bumping his hip off her hip to the song Shake It Up. She had an absolutely fantastic time with them.
If You Were Mine & Why
http://youtu.be/ubn5fbw7GcAWhat You Do
http://youtu.be/w9k6tQg8EpEIn Pieces
http://youtu.be/jtdnhs7vMmI
