Reading O’Neill’s is proving to be quite a cool gig for us nowadays, after a slow start a year or two ago we have now had a load of busy and high energy gigs down there. These pics are testament to that. It was a great gig on 26th May 2012, with some great attendances from some great !dafties!. The Oxford ladies Sam, Sue and Daisy, Tania and her clan, Kim, Neil, Nicky Seal and her lovely friends too. Thanks for a great night to all who came!

O'Neill's, Reading, 26th May 2012

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This was a great fun party on beautiful privately owned land on a gorgeously warm day. We had a couple of pints and dinner down the road at a super pub and then headed back to play the gig for Simon and Serena. Many thanks to them for having us!

40th Birthday Party, Mortimer, 25th May 2012

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A really great turnout for a Friday night at The Old Ticket Hall, Windsor for this gig, and thankfully not one power cut! We had loads of familiar faces on hand as well as some new friends we made at The Crown, Chertsey gig in March, thank you very much to those ladies for coming down. Thanks also to Katie and Michelle from DNX Marketing for popping in as well, it was great to have you there. Here are the pics from the gig!

The Old Ticket Hall, Windsor, 18th May 2012

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We were delighted to play for 2 lovely couples over the weekend of 27th and 28th April 2012. Emma & Steve and Toni & Andi both tied the knot in style and both had absolutely awesome weddings. These were our fist gigs back following a month’s break due to the birth of Graeme’s second son, and what a return it was. Playing people’s weddings is a major responsibility that we do not take lightly, we thank both couples very much for having us and we hope married life is treating you well. Thank you to Andi and Toni for getting us to learn the Foo Fighters Everlong as well, that is staying firmly in our set! Here are some !daft! pics from the respective weddings.

A Weekend of Weddings, 27th & 28th April 2012

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In 1998 at the tender age of 18-20 odd we took part in the local event of the year, Windsor Rock Week. Sponsored by Windsor recording studio Running Frog Music, it was an original band competition held at Windsor Arts Centre in the sweaty dungeon room, but it was an awesome experience and I remember it fondly. Back in those days !daft! was an original band featuring me (Graeme) on bass guitar, Esroy Simpson on vocals (and primary songwriter), Scott Davies and Geoff Portwain on guitars and Matt Siddall on drums. We were all from the Slough area and mainly knew each other through school, although I had known Matt since first school. Esroy wrote great songs, very chirpy and upbeat, quirky in places and we had a sound quite relevant to the time, that twangy, brit-pop kinda thing. The main requirements were good catchy choruses and bright sounding guitars.