Wot an amazing night, Gaz Brookfield was sensational, wish we hadn't missed half his set but my missus did buy both his CDs off him afterwards so only feel partial guilt.
Just love that for the first time I have witnessed, JS's small town 'survey' uncovered the fact that about a quarter of the audience were indeed from Devizes. What a cool town to have people who appreciate and turned out for an NMA gig. I recall when a similar survey was conducted at Stroud a few years back about four people put their hands up. And the towns feel like they're a similar sort of size.
It was clear the band were enjoying the laid back atmosphere as much as the crowd, as the extra encore demonstrates.
Top marks to the venue, excellent place with the front end bar, for not packing the house out. There was loads of room down near the stage and it was possible to get really close even if you didn't want to get caught up in the pit.
All in all highly civilised, very enjoyable, and on a personal note just a shame that that's it now for me til mid/late November. Could indeed do it all again happily tonight, but then you always can after NMA can't you?
