The rest of the Gathering is a blur of music and guitars and friendship. Randy's inner Alarm fan was released and everything worked out great because he met people he enjoyed and even tried on one of the Alarm guitars on display at the Alarm guitar show. Most people were thrilled to hold the guitar used for this or that video or tour, but Randy just went to the one he thought was best.
Due to his bad knee, picked a good spot to enjoy the shows from while I went right up front. This freed him up to take some photos...
On night 2, The Alarm played for about 3 hours! I never got tired of it, which is really saying something now that I am (ahem) 40, and tend to hang out in the back where I can lean against something these days.
And after that...they put on goofy costumes and played as Children of the Revolution lots of glam rock covers like Bowie & T-Rex til about 1:30am. Of course, they were a little hoarse by then but that didn't take anything away from the fun.
(Music starts about 0:58)
There were good times in the pub getting to know new people, great chill time in our little apartment--naps even! It was also great just to be off the road for a few days and not have to drive through crazy hedgerows down very narrow roads.
Sunday morning, there was a beach walk with Mike Peters, but we had to take off before they began the hike so we could get to Darvel (outside Glasgow) by the time meetings started at Darvel Gospel Hall, where Randy attended church during his stay there in 2004.
We made time to get to the meet and greet so we could thank Mike & Jules for a great weekend and snap a photo or two (of course).
And thus ends my brief notes on the Gathering. Well worth the trip!
My next entry will be a quick summary of several days because it's April already and lots has happened since I got back! I need to "get with the now" so to speak.
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