The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 68 The Solo Gigs

After Negative Theatre split and before the Spines formed I did my first ever solo gigs - I didn’t find it easy. Unlike Louise I wasn’t a natural performer outside the context of the songs – in between I would just mumble out the title of the next number and get on with it.

The titles and songs themselves were interesting and challenging enough to hold a…