Figs!

Great to see you all over the weekend at gigs in Peebles and Edinburgh – and to meet new Figlets who’ve joined the mailing list – thanks!

Saturday at Fondoo was a blast – thanks Ken and Colin. Great guitar work and songs from Kristian Labak. I didn’t get chance to speak to Kristian though (Did you Keef?). Katie and the Dull Fudds were cool too. They reminded me of early Gong – and I told them so. “Who the hell are Gong?” they said. So off I went talking about Radio Gnome, pot-head pixies and flying teaspots. A little later I came round in the toilets, with no Fudds, dull or otherwise, to be seen. Gecko3 were as groovy as usual. Apologies to them if the ad lib Fig backing singing behind the 21st Century recording device has made the gig recording worthless. What can I say, we were having a good time man! Get back in the Vaaaaaaan!

Oh yeah, and Hoochie Fig played too. Seamed to go down well though I wasn’t there. Well my body was, but I didn’t seem to have control over it. Felt like I was tied to a chair watching someone else control me and that someone didn’t have a clue. Anyway, hopefully no one noticed. Keith was fine I think.

However, the next day, we had a gig at Hamiltons, Edinburgh and Keith was a bloody mess! You’d think we were about to perform in front of Neil Young and Bianca Beauchamp! (their Canadian nationality is a coincidence) Jees, I wish. I was fine though, fully in control again. Stress is a wierd thing. Keith figged fine of course, having put in his mind an image of Bianca with big grey side-burns and Neil in a latex catsuit and high heels. I really enjoyed the gig and again, thanks for the great feedback and interest from those who figged with us!

The Fig draw inspiration from Great Canadians.

So what next? Well, we’ve got to get more gigs! But we have to get our recording finished and the debut Fig album packaged and delivered. It has been a long time coming. Some demo mixes of the new recordings are in our MySpace and will be here soon.

So watch this space and keep on Figging!

Tim Fig