John Burke's a-Musings

Monday 23 September 2019. A busy afternoon onboard the Marella Dream, packing all our stuff into suitcases ready for the trip home tomorrow....

Saturday 26 January 2019. Our first gig of the year took us on a stormy journey to Ainsdale near Southport to play at a 70th birthday party....

Saturday 30 September 2017. Last weekend we motored across to Darwen to play at a double 70th Birthday Party. One of the couple's birthd...

Last night Creeping Bentgrass headed out to Darwen to play at a 60th birthday party. It was quite cold in the room to begin with and my st...

Last Saturday we played for one of our own. Miss Jeannie's mum, Joan, was 90 years old and we gathered family and friends together at o...

Saturday night saw us once more at the fabulous Coast Riders Diner Bar, playing for Pete's 65th birthday. Themed as Luau-cum-holiday ni...

Last night Creeping Bentgrass played for a 70th birthday party at the Chetham Arms in Chapeltown. We once wore red shirts to our first gi...

I know I went quiet for a bit there! But a lot was going on in March, so here's the first of a few articles to let you know what was ha...

I don't often do family related stuff on here but this weekend I'm going to make an exception. The year is 1979. Our daughter, G...

Friday 5 April 2013. We were booked to play at a surprise birthday party. Surprise birthday parties can be a risky thing to accept booki...

On Saturday night we were playing a private booking for a birthday party in Thornton - a gig close to home for a change! The birthday gi...

Creeping Bentgrass were out and about this weekend. We started on Friday night at the Longshaw Sports & Social Club in Blackburn. This ...

What a wonderful fabulous time we had last night! We were out at Garstang Golf Club for a 70th birthday party, playing a country and west...

Are you allowed to frolic in Frodsham? I'm not sure - this is, after all, the posh area near Chester and we went out to the Golf Club l...

It was a busy old day yesterday! From performing for several hours at the Arts & Music Festival we took a couple of hours break and the...

On Saturday 16th we played a 40th Birthday Party out in the West Lancashire countryside at Winmarleigh Hall. There's a killer of a hump-...

Last night was Jeannie's 60th Birthday Party. The band played (with Bob on stage with us). Fran did the catering - and picked up so ma...

Today we played for a 21st Birthday Party out to the north of Preston. We've played this one a few times now - not always for a 21st of...