Dundee is weird...

Just back from my first gig outside of anywhere with a Renfrewshire postcode. As set backs go, this trip would have many, but it's still one of the best gigs I've ever done.

Left Paisley at 1pm to get the 2.45 bus to Dundee. There was no trains leaving Paisley because of a fault on the line. So, i gets on a bus. It's cheaper but the clients on buses is of a lower class. Smelly old men indeed. Arriving in Glasgow, i rush to the bus station to find not only was there no 2.45 bus, but the bus prices were different at the station to the website to the tune of £7 difference. So i haggle them down to £3 and got the 3.30pm to Tayside.

Journey was OK. Sat next to a cool auld dude for most of the way and had a discussion about mp3 players before i started listening to the Red House Painters best of. Anyway, on a stop-off in Perth, a drunk passenger punched the driver and had to be arrested. Ha ha. Only on a megabus.

Got to Dundee around 6pm. Sat in Starbucks for a hour, had a latte then set off to find the Union, where tonight's gig was at. Walked about in the town center for about and hour and a half trying to find it, getting strange 'your-not-from-round-here-cause-you've-got-thumbs' kind of looks from the locals. Gave up after i realised my map was wrong and i had walked all the way to the art-school on the other side of town. hmm. Walked back to the Watergate center or whatever it's called and got a taxi to the union. The taxi journey lasted 5 minutes. I had been walking in the completely wrong direction.

After a brief altercation with the door man (i'm a graduate of Paisley Uni, no longer a student, thus problematic when trying to gain access to a strictly student area), i got in and set up camp in the bar i was playing in. Sat with my £1.20 pint and read a book till my friends arrived. Rocked out. Was fairly busy. Some guy said i sounded like Ben Folds. I love Ben Folds. Best Compliment Ever.

Stayed at my dads house. Got woke up by my sister at some ungodly hour. Slept for another hour or so. Came back to Paisley, went to my mates record shop and bought 'Cold Roses' by Ryan Adams and 'To Bring You My Love' by PJ Harvey. Now eating.

Kenny xx

Previous Gigs

So, here's most of the gigs i've done as a solo artist. There is a black hole of about six months cause i lost my 2006 diary but here we go...
* denotes that it was a gig with the kenny leckies not me solo.

22/05/2008 - Paisley Students Union*
20/05/2008 - Paisley Arts Centre
12/05/2008 - Glasgow Strathclyde Uni (w/The Holloways & Frank Turner)*
08/05/2008 - Glasgow Barfly (w/Longwave)*
03/05/2008 - Paisley Crowbar
24/04/2008 - Glasgow Trans Euro Café (w/Robert Blake)
17/04/2008 - Paisley O’Neills
11/04/2008 - Paisley Crowbar*
20/03/2008 - Dundee University
22/02/2008 - Paisley Crowbar*
28/01/2008 - Glasgow Box*
16/01/2008 - Paisley Crowbar
09/01/2008 - Paisley Crowbar
02/01/2008 - Paisley Crowbar
26/12/07 - Paisley Crowbar
19/12/07 - Paisley Crowbar
15/12/07 - Paisley Varsova*
14/12/07 - Braehead Snobar
13/12/07 - Glasgow Bar Bloc*
08/12/07 - Paisley Varsova
06/12/07 - Paisley Crowbar*
01/12/07 - Paisley Crowbar
29/11/07 - Paisley Crowbar*
22/11/07 - Paisley Crowbar
21/11/07 - Paisley Crowbar*
20/11/07 - Ayr UCA Radio Session
16/11/07 - Glasgow Shawlands Beanscene
15/11/07 - Ayr Beanscene
14/11/07 - Paisley Crowbar
13/11/07 - Glasgow Barfly
7/11/07 - Paisley Crowbar*
06/11/07 - Glasgow The Local
29/10/07 –Glasgow 13th Note Café*
25/10/07 – Paisley Crowbar*
19/10/07 – Braehead Snobar @ Xscape
18/10/07 – Dundee University
17/10/07 – Paisley Crowbar
16/10/07 – Glasgow Beanscene (Woodlands Rd)
12/10/07 – Glasgow MacSourleys
27/09/07 – Paisley Crowbar
26/09/07 – Paisley Crowbar*
17/09/07 – Toronto Free Times Café, Canada
06/09/07 – Edinburgh Beanscene (South Bridge)
05/09/07 – Paisley Crowbar
29/08/07 – Paisley Crowbar
29/08/07 – Glasgow Bar Bloc
24/08/07 – Paisley Crowbar
10/08/07 – Edinburgh Festival @ Haymarket Beanscene
09/08/07 – Edinburgh Festival @ Holyrood Beanscene
08/08/07 – Paisley Crowbar
07/08/07 – Glasgow Capitol (w/The Jinn)
01/08/07 – Paisley Crowbar
25/07/07 – Paisley Crowbar
25/07/07 – Glasgow Beanscene, Cresswell Lane
24/07/07 – St Andrews Beanscene
19/07/07 – Paisley Crowbar
17/07/07 – Paisley Arts Centre
17/07/07 – Glasgow Liquid Ship
04/07/07 – Paisley Crowbar
28/06/07 – Glasgow Spirit Bar (w/Sanctuary of Fire, The Jinn)
27/06/07 - Paisley Crowbar
26/06/07 – Glasgow Barfly
25/06/07 – Paul's Function, Paisley
20/06/07 – Paisley Crowbar
13/06/07 – Paisley Crowbar
08/06/07 – Glasgow Soundhaus (DJ Set)
06/06/07 - Paisley Crowbar
30/05/07 - Paisley Crowbar
27/05/07 - Manchester Acousticfest
25/05/07 - Manchester m19 bar
23/05/07 - Guildford Tup
18/05/07 - Glasgow Beanscene
16/05/07 - Edinburgh Beanscene (Haymarket)
15/05/07 - Paisley Arts Centre
11/05/07 – Glasgow Soundhaus (DJ Set)
09/05/07 - Paisley Crowbar
08/05/07 - Paisley Arts Centre
07/05/07 - Glasgow Barfly
03/05/07 - Edinburgh Beanscene (South Bridge)
02/05/07 - Paisley Crowbar
20/04/07 - Gourock Darroch Bar (w/Dave Hughes, Al Baker)
19/04/07 - Ayr Beanscene
18/04/07 - Paisley Crowbar
13/04/07 – Glasgow Soundhaus (DJ Set)
11/04/07 - Paisley Crowbar
10/04/07 - Paisley Arts Centre
04/04/07 - Paisley Crowbar
03/04/07 - St Andrews Beanscene
31/03/07 - Paisley Crowbar Alldayer
27/03/07 - Paisley Crowbar
26/03/07 - Paisley Paddy Malarkies
21/03/07 - Paisley Crowbar
20/03/07 - Paisley Arts Centre (w/Alan McKim)
20/03/07 - Glasgow Nice n Sleazy (w/No Kilter, Miss Atlanta)
15/03/07 - Dundee University
14/03/07 - Paisley Crowbar
09/03/07 – Glasgow Soundhaus (DJ Set)
07/03/07 - Paisley Crowbar
01/03/07 - Glasgow Bar Bloc (w/Ben Goddard)
28/02/07 - Paisley Crowbar14/02/07 - Paisley Crowbar
09/02/07 – Glasgow Soundhaus (DJ Set)
07/02/07 - Paisley Crowbar
07/02/07 - Glasgow Oran Mor (w/Mistakes In Animation)
31/01/07 - Paisley Crowbar
31/01/07 - Glasgow Oran Mor
29/01/07 - Glasgow Nice and Sleazy
24/01/07 - Paisley Crow Bar
24/01/07 - Glasgow Oran Mor (w/ Dumb Instrument)
17/01/07 - Paisley Crowbar
17/01/07 - Glasgow Oran Mor (w/Roy Moller)
05/01/07 - Glasgow The Vale (w/Liberty Hunting, Almost Naked)
03/01/07 - Paisley Crowbar
27/12/06 - Paisley Crowbar
20/12/06 - Paisley Crowbar
13/12/06 - Paisley Crowbar
07/12/06 - Paisley Crowbar (w/Irregular Slinky and Blind Pew)
06/12/06 - Paisley Crowbar
29/11/06 - Paisley Crowbar
16/11/06 - Glasgow Bar Bloc (w/Frank Turner)
15/11/06 - Paisley Crow Bar
27/05/06 - Glasgow Admiral Bar (w/ On this day we met gambas pil pil)

Introduction

Hi all,

So here we are. I'm Kenny Leckie if you didn't already know. I sing folk songs and stuff.

Here we have a page that i'm going to use as a tour diary/news page/ranting point. I'll try and keep it fairly up to date. Excuse the spelling too.

Kennyxx