Author:
Robert Stuart (Chuffed !)
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Date Posted: 13:35:02 12/02/14 Tue
It's only fitting that I should start this 'Match Report' with a few thank you's. The first is to honour the late, great Arthur Montford whose name will forever be synonymous with the phrase 'match report'. Hamish even wore a checked jacket in memory og Arthur. Every Scots football fan of a certain vintage will understand the huge significance of this. The second thank you goes to Neil & Sheila MacMillan, amongst the many others, who work tirelessly to provide us with wonderful live music in the most unlikely venue of Darvel. Thank you to all the Darvel team. Thirdly, I want to thank all the musicians from Kokomo and HSB for showing us what talent allied to dedication can produce. They are inspiring (and yet paradoxically depressing at the same time) for all us amateur muso's.
There is a review of Kokomo by the Glasgow Herald's Keith Bruce up on Facebook which I can certainly not add to (see Kokomo Rise and Shine Again page on FB) so I won't even go there other than to say it was lovely to have a chat with Tony O'Malley again, and to quote Hamish Stuart "Jim Mullen is a National Treasure", which is definitely true. If Jim didn't already exist, we would have to invent him ! I will say I was hoping to hear "I Can Understand It", but hey ... maybe next time (please).
HSB was the extended line up of Ross Stanley on Keys, Adam Phillips on Guitar, Ian Thomas on Drums, Steve "Baby Bootsy" Pearce on Bass and a brass section featuring Nigel Hitchcock on Sax, Tom Walsh on Trumpet and Neil Sidwell on Trombone, plus Hamish himself of course.
Kick off was Midnight Rush featuring a blistering solo from Adam followed by Atlantic Avenue which featured a great performance from Neil S. on slide. Some Other Time, which didn't make the cut for the movie A Night On The Town slowed the pace a bit. A new song, Love and Learn had Steve P. in nosebleed territory at the intro as he ventured into that foreign land of the 2nd octave above the 12th fret ! Thankfully he talked himself down in time for the Mohammed Ali tribute number 'How The Might Fall'. Team manager Hamish Stuart decided to bring on some fresh legs in midfield in the form of a couple of Ned Doheny collaborations, 'Whatcha Gonna Do For Me' and then the wonderful 'A Love Of Your Own', where Nigel Hitchcock scored a belter of a free kick solo from all of 40 yards out. His performance was straight out of the top drawer and straight into the top corner as it bulged the net via the 'postage stamp' area of the goal. Hamish calmed the post goal celebrations with his Mum's favourite 'Cloudy' before effortlessly striding right into 'Person to Person'.
In 1976 Hamish wrote the line "You gotta help me now, to find the right key", which became a self-fulfilling prophecy as he started off 'Just For A Thrill' in the wrong key, which the guys in the band were more than happy to point out to him. Own goal ! 1-1. Anyhow, the team recovered when manager Hamish brought on a late sub, a young fella by the name of Mullen to help the team 'Pick Up The Pieces'. Mullen cleverly weaved in and out of the play of the rest of the team and scored a beauty by sneaking in Eleanor Rigby to finish off a fine move and make it 2-1 to HSB. The final substitution saw Kokomo come on stage to deliver us a blistering version of 'Grapevine' which forced the ball just over the line. The ref blew the whistle, time up. Final Result, 3-1 to HSB.
I can't wait for the 2nd leg of this tie to take place. Neil/Sheila ... it's over to you.
Thank You, Thank You and finally Thank You to all involved in creating yet another memorable Darvel night.
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