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Wednesday 24th October 2007

4:46 p.m. CET Last night was a refreshing break from the norm as I didn’t play any jazz numbers apart from during the warm-up set, and later on I focused on singing some more up-beat numbers, some of which I hadn’t played for a while, including Walking In Memphis and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, and also had requests for Man On The Moon by REM, This Love by Maroon 5 and Yellow by Coldplay, none of which I had played for a while and all went down well.

Full Extra, one of the Bulgarian bands, left today, to be replaced by Night Queen, the band with whom they have been rotating for the best part of the year, and who were also here in August during my second contract on this ship. They will be having the night off in a week’s time, as 80's psychedelic rock outfit Doctor and The Medics (most famously known for their version of the song ‘Spirit In The Sky’) will be appearing for a one-night-only Halloween special. It’s not the first time that a relatively well-known group has been performing on board; back in February, the current incarnation of The Four Tops were the headlining act for the Valentines mini-cruise.

Thursday 25th October 2007

12:36 p.m. BST Last night didn’t really get going until the last set, although I did play two new songs early in the proceedings, the popular jazz standard What A Difference A Day Made, and She by Elvis Costello. I didn’t have many requests but I played My Way for the first time in a while and this seemed to go some way to winning over the audience.

On Tuesday night there was another amazing sunset over the Humber, I managed to get a few pictures of it which didn’t quite do it justice but here is one of them.