Gig: 7/30/2006, Mike Peters, The Acoustic Festival Of Britain,Nantwich, Chesire

THE courage and musical ability of Mike Peters garnered the rock star hundreds of votes in our search for the top North Walian. As lead singer of The Alarm, the Dyserth singer/songwriter has enjoyed success all over the globe, but Mike�s world was rocked in 2005 when he was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphatic Leukaemia (CLL), a condition he is still treated for at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor. The 50-year-old will return [read more]

Day Twelve: Tuesday 7 June 2005 There is still something missing from the guitar part on ‘Raindown’ so we get back to working it all out once more. We get something close by mid afternoon and again decide to leave it for another day and have another rethink. The best thing to do once an impasse has been reached is to move on to something fresh. We decide to get [read more]

Day Fifty Two : Tuesday 23rd July 2005 In the morning, George and I sorted out the best vocal take for ‘This Is Life [Get Used To It]. We added some sparse percussion and close harmonies which took a bit of working out. George and James are both good at understanding the physics of the harmonies whereas I tend to be more instinctive. By the middle of the afternoon we [read more]