As one of those who contributed to the music scene during those dates (from 'Home & Beyond' - 2nd time around, 'Call Us What You Like' and finally 'Frame') I'd like to recount a little-known tale.
As Frame we played a gig at the old Weigh Inn which was, at the time, one of Thurso's best venues. Glen Campbell (now 'famous' as an MFR DJ) was backing us with his mobile disco, Shindigs.
Anyway, the dance floor was heaving, the atmosphere was great and we were playing the last song of the first set - a cover of Erasure's 'A Little Respect'. Glen was already standing behind the disco ready to take over when suddenly the power to all the keyboards went off (FYI Frame were all electronic - just 2 lots of keyboards & an electronic drum kit)
Unpreturbed, and professional (!) to the end, we continued to sing with just drums as backing and our lead singer goading the crowd into clapping in time. Glen, god bless him, realised what had happened and started singing another harmony through the disco PA which padded out the song nicely!
We finished the song to rapturous applause and took our break, discovering that I had overloaded a cable reel causing the cutout to blow.
I can honestly say that my time in the above bands were some of the best of my 'old' life - even having to pack up at the end of gigs and haul the gear home! I've given up on live music now in favour of computers & my kids, but every time I find myself in the vicinity of a keyboard I find it hard to resist a little reprise of Michael Sembello's 'Maniac', the aforementioned Erasure track or the classic intro to Van Halen's 'Jump'.
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