Thick and thin

After a couple of un-Celtic perfomances from The Violet Archers and Buttless Chaps, it was time for hometown faves Rhume to rescue the St. Patrick's Day show. Jon Bartlett may decry "wheedley-wheedley-wheedley" music, but he did wear green, and drink a lot of booze from tiny green glasses.



Twin guitar action! From John Higney and Chris Page.





Jamie Gulliksen looks a bit shocked.



Must be Page's fault.





Higney and Jarrett Bartlett get on down.





Rock action! (Or is it singalong action?)



Dancefloor ruckus! Sometimes wearing glasses is a very good thing.





Once again Jon's pants sacrifice their structural integrity for rock.





Page with a police siren? That must mean there's going to be a Jailbreak! Somewhere in this town! And possibly a cover of The Boys Are Back in Town as well. Jon even threw out the "Is there a little Irish in you" line from Live and Dangerous.



"Everyone's getting home safely tonight ... even you, Andrew Carver!"



And so I did - it's the luck of the Irish-Scots-English-German Jew, I tell you. The fuzzy bit around the edge of this picture is because I shot it through one of the tambourines the band handed out (and at least two of which were chucked back at them with some force).

• Show reminder: Akron/Family - who I heartily recommend - and Dear Judah play Zaphod's; Adam Solomanian is also on the bill. No Other Way, Darker Red and Contrabandit play Oliver's Pub.