The band played on...

First night of the midwinter minitour of Avital Raz and The Chosen Ones. We (the band and me the driver) sailed down a largely empty M6/M5 to Cheltenham, thick snow everywhere, arriving in time for the soundcheck at 6pm and then a quick Chinese takeaway before the gig started. Here is the band playing In the Garden at the soundcheck, with the tanpura taking centre stage. A nice audience, in reasonable numbers considering the weather. Many nearby villages were cut off, including the place we were meant to be staying, but a fellow performer stepped in and not only put us all up but even brought out a bottle of Laphroaig quarter cask. When combined with some of the other substances around, that maybe wasn't such a good idea...