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Going to see him at the bosuil on 11 oktober

Aynsley was great last Friday at The Bosuil Te Weert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJCrN06tA8o

No Banshee. Aynsley played two sets instead of one. He gave us a really great gig . A pity for Eric, he must cancelled his last two European gigs. I hope he recovers fast .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlyV8nzr_8M

Here's another clip. His titlesong 'Home' from his new album.

We've got short notice of an extra date for Aynsley's UK tour - 9th November @ Mainsforth Community Hall (Co. Durham). Can't promise Ryan McGarvey, but think we've got The Mentulls opening, and those lads are worth the price of admission.

http://www.rootstime.be/LIVE/OKT2013/AY … ISTER.html

Well, to paraphrase that well know Roman general - they came, they played, they left us wanting more”. Aynsley paid his first ever visit to Mainsforth Community Centre and blistered the paintwork.

First volley came from The Mentulls who opened with their Motorway Of Madness and romped through a bouncing Be Home Tonight that even had Aynsley's manager Steph finding a groove…. Things mellowed with one of my favourite ‘tull’s numbers, Reflections before they hit the throttle for new track Be Home Tonight before they showcased their Philip Sayce Medely and played out with their powerful take on Just Got Paid/Starship Trooper. This time round, no gremlins in the electricity.

So, Mainsforth warmed up nicely, Aynsley, Andre, Steve & Boneto took to the stage and from the opener, Big Sleep, just fired volley after volley to a appreciative (albeit, small) audience. Inside Out was requested for repeat almost as the last note faded. I felt like asking for a re-run of WIAA, as my battery ran-out just as it was starting up. Hyde, Broke, Home, Free, Straight Talkin’ Woman, as per Beaverwood set came think and fast; excuse my prejudice, and sounded absolutely “sweet”, Mainsforth’s room giving Aynsley’s sound a “warmth” & depth I’ve only heard in a couple of other venues in the region. It was all too soon that things wound up with Possession, but you’d be surprised the noise 50 or so people could make to call Aynsley back for a classic Purple Rain.

Not the biggest turn-out, I'll admit; but a very friendly crowd, half of which had never seen Aynsley before, but soon got caught up in the music. Big leap of faith in this under-used venue, but hopefully this is the start of turning things around.

Aynsley & Band at Ferryhill, Mainsforth:-

Feeling Good - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLyAEKj_q2g

Inside Out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLyAEKj_q2g

Home - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFE13IJY8E

Big Sleep - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJcqS9JzPGs

Broke - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvhK8pm-M24

Straight Talkin' Woman - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVwYbmiuOOc

Hyde 2612 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PyDuPCR1qM

Reeth 23/11/13

Well, this time last year I wouldn’t say it was wet, but the roads were so flooded they were offering portage from Leyburn to Reeth.  However, this week-end the weather was much more obliging and the drive to this gem of a venue much more relaxing, aside from barn owls swooping across the road.

Inside the Buck Hotel, the mood was convivial, as were Aynsley & the band as they took to the stage. Relaxed they may have seemed, but once the first notes of the opener, Big Sleep drifted across the room, the guys were locked in, and as you’d expect for the last quarter of the tour, absolutely tight. The set hasn’t really changed, but I picked up a couple extra “flashes” they’re putting in, especially during Inside Out, but overall, the packed room just lapped it up, even the new faces who missed Aynsley’s visit last year. Aynsley was in chirpy mood, even giving a few bars of Apache in response to an audience call-out.

Set was split, and the guys came back on to a strutting Straight Talkin’ Woman, and all too soon, they were blazing into the set closer Possession and the evergreen encore Purple Rain bringing the house down (and this house has walls 2ft thick!!). But Aynsley wasn’t finished, by any means. The guys came back on, and wrong-footed me, Balls Of Steel, I thought, but no; instead a new one on me, a swaggering take on the old Freddie King number, Tore Down.. Sheer class.

May not be the biggest room on the circuit, and probably one of the more “remote” venues, but a great sound, great atmosphere, great audience and a regular date in the diary methinks.