Ruth and I have been invited to a 40th birthday party which is taking place in a bar called Jam Street just on the Whalley Range/Chorlton border. The birthday girl is Caz who is an old friend of Ruth's from when she lived in London and also a colleague of mine these days. The party was semi-secretly organised by her partner Karl aka Tales of Don V. Karl is very creative and industrious as evidenced by the fact years ago he made a digeridoo from a tree branch and learnt to play it.
Jam Street Café has an open mic night on a Saturday with artists displaying their talents backed by the house band Rough Trade. We were upstairs in the rented room gorging ourselves on the amazing Indian tapas food when I commented that this band playing downstairs seem to play any type of music. Much to Ruth's amusement she explained that it was an open mic night: Doh! Karl eventually got his turn and stole the show. I'm no expert on digeridoo playing but Karl has a great sound that seems to incorporate a beat and a techno rumble. He didn't get very long and I reckon that's because the backing band didn't like the competition. We will definitely be going to Jam Street again, with or without Tales of Don V.
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