“Guttersnipe Guttersnipe here we are again!”

It was a red-hot night last Friday and I am not just on about the weather either. Guttersnipe were back after a 5 week sabbatical at the Dun Cow in Shrewsbury. New Boy Matts amp wasn’t working at the sound-check so it was an ominous start, however, it turned out it was just a case of a dodgy lead! On the boys went with a new opener of CID by the Subs. The crowd were well up for it and sang pretty much most of the two sets as they were being played. The place was getting more packed and loud as the night went on but for me the moment of the gig was when Phil played the Sweeney riff at the end of ‘Hersham Boys’ and the whole place was humming along. We had our usual 3 song encore at the end of the night but they wouldn’t let us off as literally the whole pub was demanding more. What shall we play? We didn’t need to worry as the punters decided for us as a 15 strong chant of ‘Jilted John - Jilted John’ rang out. We hadn’t catered for this but were able to pull it out of the bag to rapturous applause. Hand on heart this was the best reaction we have ever received at a gig maybe apart from the Christmas gig. Onwards and upwards I say!

This was the message sent to us from one punter:

"The Dunn Cow was a wall of sound on Friday night. It was top notch

mate.. Bravo! As for the lil geezer(Sweeney) givin it

large, he adds to the performance & deserved a pint."

Brian (Guttersnipe)