Tim Chu and Pete Frampton Sun June 7th 09

Two talented guitarists & vocalists came my way via mutual pal
Jerome Macmurray. These two guys are the student & the teacher
and you would be hard pressed to tell which is which.
They play & sing together when their schedules allow, but normally
Tim runs his studio & organises festivals, which were born from
open mic nights.... & Pete (ex Poacher) teaches and builds guitars.
They play extremely well & it's easy to see that they love what
they do. Their acoustic Layla was supreme & I for one look forward
with relish to their return.

Rev David Gray, the punk monk Sun 31st May 09

When you see "religious man" in the schedule, to some it can
be slightly off putting..but David is a punk monk of St Francis.
He regularly guests with a Manchester band & is totally at home
amidst the sweat, tattoos piercings goths et al, in fact he admits
to being accorded great respect. He muses, if that same section of
the community walked into his church, would they receive the
same respect from those within?
His background is psychiatric nursing, working in & for the
community & seeing the good in all people..
"every sinner has a future & every saint has a past"
David once spent a fascinating period with the great apes at Belle
Vue & his story about the gorilla, the medicine & the chimpanzee
was breathtaking.....when his book is published take time to read it.
He is one of the brains behind the Monastery of St Francis, Gorton
it was once a shell, but see it now! ... a Franciscan Monk who
is quite simply a pleasure to be around...
" Our ideals are like the stars & just as unattainable"