It was a great gig last Tuesday at Jim's Cafe in Colne, after the quiet music night last Thursday, it seems like people had been saving themselves for the Dick Gaughan gig at Jims Cafe on Tuesday, people were queing outside in the freezing cold for around 30 minutes to get a good seat for the performance.

The support act Andrew Turner and Richard Curran from Silver Dogs were excellent, playing songs with great emotion on guitar and electric violin, I've not seen them play before, but would recommend anyone to go see them if you get a chance.

The Vegetarian restaraunt was packed to the seams, we were in for a rare treat as Dick Gaughan came to play in Colne.

It was the first time I have seen him play at Jim's, although I have seen him play over the last few years at Accrington, Padiham and Hebden Bridge, Jim's Cafe is a great venue for live music, with around 50 or 60 people filling the small intimate venue, if you had been sat on the front row of seats you would have been within a foot or so of Dick Gaughan.

It was a fantastic gig with Dick Gaughan playing guitar and singing with the passion that he is well known for, his stage presence is amazing, his guitar playing is unbelievable, a great troubadour, he plays songs full of conviction that make you look at how you live your life, and certainly come away thinking, he is certainly a mastercraftsman.

He's been described as  arguably Scotland's greatest living troubadour.

Some of the songs played included:

What you do with what you got - Si Kahn
Waist deep in the Big Muddy - Pete Seeger's 1967 song 'Waist Deep in the Big Muddy' (a song about Vietnam, which still has parallels today),
Erin Go Bragh
No Gods and Precious Few Heroes
Redwood Cathedral
Muir and the Master Builder

Everyone I have spoken to since the gig last Tuesday, loved the gig, and were thankful of being able to see him play live again.

He is due to play again on Saturday at the Trades Club Hebden Bridge, I certainly hope to be there, a gig not to be missed.