Last Sunday evening I had the pleasure of playing some songs with Peter Sladen in his living room.
We were going to play a few songs at a local Open Mic night in Salisbury, but instead we decided to do a bit of practice and wait for January to go to the Open Mic.
Watching and hearing Pete adding such class and subtlety to the songs with his guitar it reminded me of what the very best thing about music is - connection.
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