Saturday 12th June saw the band (minus
Jon!) appearing at a
private party at Dukes Meadows in Chiswick. The pre gig rumours of a
brief band reunion also proved correct with Helen (the Jazz Diva)
joining the boys on stage (well, the carpet!) for the whole show. A few
of the hard
core Phantom Phans also managed to sneak in despite being told that volunteering to be part of the band's road
crew would involve lugging our gear around, driving the
mini bus and buying us
drinks all evening. Well, as it turned out, they
didn't have to buy us drinks as the birthday girl layed on the booze
(& strawberries!) all night. Fantastic! After
the gig our new tambourine player went on to say that
he now considers the Phantoms
to be his favourite band and that we were
much better than Blue & Busted put together! He was also
particularly impressed that we knew the music from Shrek!!
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The Phantoms were: Mark Gibson (lead
vocals), Paul Castle (bass & vocals), Simon
White (guitar), Brian Spencer
(guitar & vocals), Alun Westoll (drums
& vocals) & special guests, Helen Baden (vocals), and 6 year
old Sam Barrow (on tambourine!!)
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