Singing by the sea shore

Having had my fill of Iron Maiden I returned to the Subway Stage to see what the Kelp gang was up to. As it turns out, The empiricals and The Flaps were engaging in one of their semi-regular musicl battles to the death.

Flaps bassist Martin Newman makes a face.



Pat Lawlor works the frets.



John Higney, ditto.



Flappy strategizing while The Empiricals play.



The Empiricals' Paul Hogan and Mike Dubue work it out.



Hand-drumming action!



After that it was time for some of the Kelp roster to come out and sing some of their favourite tunes while being backed by The Flaps and Empiricals. First up Chris Page.



Next up, Flecton Big Sky, with an assist from Mike and Rolf Klausener of The Acorn.



He hung around to give some backing help to Andrew Vincent ....



... of whom I did not get a good photo.



Rolf takes his turn at centre-stage.



He got a little carried away.



Guest action from The Acorn's Pat Johnson.



Jim Bryson also gets a round in.



Bonus Jim!



Microphone-swinging action!



Clapping action from Mike!



Label supremo Jon Bartlett kicks in.



Singalong action!



Mike sings!



And that's it! It was a super-fun show.

• Show reminder: Mehdi Cayenne Club and Sarah Loucks are at The Rainbow; Ray Harris, Orit Shimoni of Little Birdie, Kelly Prescott and Adam Puddington take part in the Elmdale's regular songwriter's circle. River City Junction plays the Avant-Garde Bar.