The Gees @ The James Tavern, James Street, Oxford.

The Gees through a fog of a smoke machine

After the Chuck Prophet gig we wandered around to the James Tavern for a drink. From the otherside of the bar there emanated an amazing sound of another gig. When I heard bagpipes wailing away and a fog drifting over to our side I just had to investigate.
So there crammed into half the other side of the pub was then a 9 piece outfit. Consisting from what I could see as there were copious use of a smoke machine was...
Bagpiper
Percussionist No 1 (with a wailing siren)
Percussionist No 2
Drummer
Bass
Lead Guitar
Keyboards
Didgeridoo
Trombonist

Half the remainder of the bar was taken over by the audience dancing.
They were joined later by two trumpeters and another who I cant place. I overheard that over the course of the evening they totalled 16!

Their sound was a cross between Melt Yourself Down and Santana and when in full flow was a revelation. Must see again.

 Friends daughter at the same time was celebrating an 18th down the road at the Kasbah, my daughter was elsewhere out along the road, so it all goes to prove what an amazing place The Cowley Road is. Long may it continue.