It was another sing around at The Plough Inn in Loughborough today. I took the double bass but neither of the songs I’d done most preparation on were ones I was leading. One was The Beatles’ classic When I’m Sixty Four, for a friend who passed that milestone last week and the other was a tune from The Spinners called Kick the Cat. My mission was to do something along the lines of the bassline from the 1988 live version below, including the inserted melodies:

Credit to bassist John McCormick for creating that little workout for me to follow!

The two tunes I led were Proud Mary and You Can Do One, Ron. Something about a river and a riverboat seemed a suitable balm for another hot day and it is a good one for others to join in. The latter is my recent rewrite of the classic Da Doo Ron Ron, making it about a less than wonderful man and turning it into a bit of a tongue twister to boot!