A Big Thanks to Ashley and Deborah Dow from Rag Mama Rag for putting in a fantastic performance at the Club’s Christmas Bash. Their mix of Blues and Ragtime from the 20’s and 30’s brought the house down. Ashleys great mix of styles and tones from his wide collection of acoustic guitars, provided the perfect variety of textures to the evening (the lap steel was my favourite). Debororah provided the perfect accompaniment with metronome-like playing of a wide variety of percussion and spoons, and some haunting blues harp. The packed audience wouldn’t let them get off the stage until about 11.50pm … fantastic night, great music (the support acts are also worthy of a mention, namely Steve Brown and his awesome collection of Xmas Songs plus Curly, Dale, Richard and Dave Chave providing a soulful start to the evening), great food (thanks Sarah), great Raffle (thanks Trish) and great sound (blowing my own trumpet)