As always, if there's a music event going on Bad Dobby like to be involved.
This weekends starts with an axe wielding scream as Guitarfest 2009 kicks off at the NIA in Birmingham.Terry & Rich signed up straight away to get their fill of new kit and some famous faces...
After a VERY VERY late night on the Friday in Derby it was crack of the sparrows as far as we were concerned and we hot footed it down to Brum for about mid-day.
We made good time and managed to find a space (that turned out to be easier than actually getting in!)
We eventually made it in and made our way around the event - it was a little smaller than first imagined, but still we took the time to check out the wealth of guitars and basses on display and made many promises about lottery wins and next purchases...
After making our way around the show - we had a look in the live music area.
A whole host of people were playing that day - so we took a little time out to listen to some of the guys... While we were there we managed to catch The Stone Gods performing some of their tracks from the new album "Silver Spoons & Broken Bones" unfortunately their drummer was
unable to make the event so instead of pull out they performed a rip roaring acoustic set.
Jennifer Batten was next - someone that if you passed in the street you wouldn't think could set the neck alight like she can... with a whole host of wizardry strapped and glued to her guitar she carries a whole set of songs on her own - only backed by video and backing track. Jennifer will be mostly known as Michael Jackson's guitarist for most live tours starting with "Bad".
Next up and our last of the day was Glenn Hughes ex voice of Deep Purple and astonishing to see him stretch that voice live...!