No Dick In Oakworth

Local band ‘Keep The Drummer Happy’ played a gig at the Snooty Fox in Oakworth on Saturday, with a brand new bass player and a heavily tweaked set list…

A number of villagers made the journey over to see them, and despite the heavy fog by the Flappit, most of us found our way over there first time.  However the Bedmaker – possibly confused by memories of our recent visit to the beer festival, went the long way round with a quick stop off in Oxenhope.

Overall, the gig was the barnstormer we have come to expect from this young band, with only the decidedly weak rendition of  ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ marring an otherwise faultless set.  The second half of the gig in particular really got the audience moving as the band belted out a range of hits, including an almost sublime cover of ‘Seven Nation Army’, which, I promise you, will be awesome next time round. 

Other highlights included what I am increasingly considering the bands signature track – Fleetwood Macs ‘The Chain’, a song which the band appear to have reworked slightly to great advantage – and the complete absence of ‘Moby Dick’ (hurrah!).

The departure of Eddie ‘Ben the Bass’ Swales to pastures new at York University must have initially seemed a mighty blow to the fledgling group, but the new ‘Ben’ has filled his shoes admirably and I for one can’t wait for the next show, which unconfirmed rumours suggest may be New Years Eve at an as yet undisclosed venue.  Keep watching www.ktdh.co.uk for details (website should be finally up and running over the next few days).