John Burke's a-Musings

Thursday 30 August 2007. We have had a good brisk walk up Las Ramblas in Barcelona during the morning and it is now around one o'clock ...

It's January and there's never much for me to write about until the weather improves and I can get outside and hold a camera without...

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....

We've had a couple of gigs so far this year. The first I'm featuring here was in Garstang at the Banqueting Suite by the canal. I...

Thursday 14 December 2017. All awash with alliteration, no... that's it. I'm not going to be able to keep that up... Thursday night...

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 found us driving out to Garstang to play for a Golden Wedding party for two lovely people who have booked the band in the past, s...

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...

On New Year's Eve, Creeping Bentgrass took to the stage at Coast Rider's Bar in Blackpool. It's become a bit of a tradition at ...

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...

A good afternoon yesterday, playing at a house party for an engagement. Luckily it was a big house! Many thanks to our hosts and best wi...

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...

Our last gig of the year was a house party where the night started with an apology from the hosts. This is where we did the summer garden p...

You know, that rain that started last night kept it up all night and into this afternoon. So it was with some relief that we knew there was...

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...

Last night we played at Croxteth Hall in Liverpool for a Silver Wedding and Revewal of Vows party. To all extents and purposes it was a wed...

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...