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On a very wintery 30th January, Becky Roberts and Four Day Hombre made the treacherous 60 mile journey from Leeds to Blakey Ridge. After a four and a half hour battle through snow drifts, road blocks, blizzards and mini-tornados they arrived at our little venue. A few stiff drinks later, they played a storming gig to a small, but enthusiastic crowd of dedicated music fans, each with their own tales of adventurous travels to tell. A fantastic gig that will go down in Blakey folklore. I'm sure we'll all remember it for a long, long time...

Becky Roberts
30th January 2003

   


Four Day Hombre
30th January 2003

    

    

    

           

              

              

              

              

              

the morning after...
          

From the band's website diary:- "The Blakey Ridge gig was an amazing experience. The snow was so bad that the last 8 miles took us an hour to drive as visibility was only 2 foot. Just about everyone we know turned back so what should have been a sellout was populated by only 25 hardy souls. Was still great fun though. Many thanks to Becky Roberts for providing support again, Paul the landlord for such great hospitality and Ben, Nicky, Mark, Sally and Kelvin for actually making it all the way from Leeds against all the odds. (Thanks also to the man who drove the snow plough, the snow drifts which meant we couldn't turn back even if we wanted to and Adie from Drowned in Sound who came all the way up from London to see us and had to turn back about 6 miles from the venue). We still did the gig and we stayed up enjoying the hospitality till 6am and we could not have asked for more..."

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