Fuelled by burgers, beer and coffee, there seemed only one logical course of action - make your way to the Liquid Ship for the Free Candy Sessions Christmas Special featuring The Scuffers, Emma Curran and Davie Boyle.
It being that time of the year, Davie Boyle adapted to circumstance and set about a good few Christmas classics and made them his own. Showing his normal poise and confidence, he neatly avoided the schmaltz of the season and delivered a well received set.
Emma Curran likewise delivered a confident performance. Although she biased her choice of songs in favour of her own material, she still found time for a bit of the Christmas spirit with a tasteful accapella version of "Silent Night". Music to drink red wine by unless I am very much mistaken.
The Scuffers also did Christmas. Only they went for a couple for their own specially written songs instead and "Calico Skies" quickly established a baseline for them. Squeezing in songs from their album such as "The Last Dance" filled out their set and reminded me once more of the sentimentality that underpins their music and there's nothing wrong with a bit of sentimentality at this time of year. Or at any other time for that matter.
As another year ends, the perennial question occupies the mind of this simple Bluesbunny. Is their still time for chicken pakora? Oh yes there is! Oh no there's not! OK, cheap pantomime joke but what else did you expect?