BoB in 2024
It’s been rather quiet here, sorry for that, but not so in real BoB life. In ’24 we played 24 gigs, 2 of which in France and 1 in Belgium. Honestly, there were a few so-so or just-about-okay occasions, due for instance to rain during outdoor events or to total lack of publicity by a local barkeeper in a far away city. But overall, we had lots of fun, and so generally did the punters in front of us. And not unimportant: all six of us were in good health this year. Early in the year Andries was finally able to resume gigging after an 8-months sick-leave. Among the niceties in the first months were (again) playing Irish Pub Fest and of course (again) ‘our’ St. Pat. night in the beautiful Bibelot venue in Dordrecht, where we were accompanied this year by Burning Pub Crawlers and Drunken Dolly (we will be back at both events in 2025 by the way). The St. Pat. weekend also included us bringing the major St. Pat. festival in The Hague to a close by a rowdy late night set in Zwarte Ruiter. What made St. Pat. ’24 all the more special for us was that is also marked the launch of our Drink, Holler and Dance cd, a set of recordings we still are rather chuffed with. In between our holidays we played some festivals, and early autumn saw us spending many hours on French highways playing Caen and the neat Dirty Folk Festival near Tours. A final highlight was playing 3 sets at the Midwinterfair in the Archeon archeological themepark, where we played in a Roman Bath and a Roman Inn. Besides, we also found time to work on some new songs, a few of which have already become staples on our setlist. We hope to add a few more, to record a bunch of new songs by autumn ’25 and to have a new album out by St. Pat. ’26.
In the meantime: SLAINTE
