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Neil Gits Stuffed
It’s been part of our Monday evening tradition for quite a while now that we go out for a nice big meal at one of the local pubs or restaurants (and there are a lot to choose from!) on our way to the studio, so with nearly half the year gone I’d thought I’d check through my diary and see which ones we’d frequented the most. The Toby Carvery has benefitted from our custom a few times, as has the KFC of course (great for a quick fix when in a rush!) but the top two turned out to be Frankie & Bennies, with their...
read moreNeil Gits To Enjoy A Day Out In Basildon !
You might have heard my voice twice on Gateway last Saturday (apart from the odd “are you an old git…” trailer for the show !) as I phoned in “live” on Ros Connors’ morning show to let the good people of Basildon know of an interesting event I was involved in taking place in the Town Square. Wearing one of my many hats as a full-time professional DJ, I hosted the special “UK Strongest Man Show” put on by Basildon Market to raise awareness of their traders – and what a brilliant day it was !...
read moreNeil Gits Chatty With The Soul Ladies !
Wow ! What a show we had on Monday ! As usual there were plenty of smashing soul, disco & jazz-funk grooves to enjoy from the dizzy days of the 70s & 80s, but squeezed in between I was joined in the studio by the oh-so-lovely “Soul Ladies” for a natter, chewing over some of their fave tunes and, with precious lttle arm-twisting at all, singing a fabulous live “acapella” version of a classic 70s disco No:1. If for some reason you missed them, then of course there’s a second chance to hear the programme...
read moreNeil Gits To The Beefeater Again !
Another year older, another mighty feast at the Watermill ! It was all back to normal last Monday though with a live show from gateway 97.8 FM Studio One, but if like me on my birthday a couple of weeks ago you had to be somewhere else between 7pm & 9pm – fear not ! There’s still time to catch this week’s repeat play of the “Old Gits Soul Show” at 5pm today (and every Saturday) – so click across to the “Listen Live” button on the homepage here at www.gateway978.com and sit back and enjoy...
read moreNeil Gits Reflective…
I was thinking during a quiet moment on my recent Cornwall how I would briefly summarize my musical journey to my latest birthday, should anyone ever need to know ! Like most 51 year olds, I watched “Top Of The Pops” religiously and listened to the Radio 1 Top 40 EVERY week without fail as a nipper and liked all sorts of music that made the charts, but do recall lots of mid-70s hits by Barry White and The Stylistics making a big impression. By the latter part of the decade, I was sucked into the disco era from loving the tunes...
read moreNeil Gits Away To Cornwall
It’s that time of year again ! Another year older and another birthday road trip to indulge in, eating, drinking (Coke/Pepsi of course!) and listening to fab soul CDs in the car en route ! Except this time I went a week early due to a window of opportunity on the home/work front and planned a night at a BnB in Newquay after a nice long drive cross country with a scenic route to be followed home on Saturday with many stops along the way. Although the journey there went well, no major traffic problems and good driving weather, the minute I...
read moreNeil Gits Into Salsa !
A couple of weeks ago I was DJing at a party in Chelmsford which finished quite early, so when loading the car up again afterwards, the function in the larger downstairs hall was still in full swing. It was a Salsa Event and as I lugged box after box of gear past the main door I couldn’t help but hear some fabulous sounds coming out from in there – or fail to notice the lovely ladies attending either ! Just before I left, I got chatting by my car to a particularly gorgeous creature who was “taking a breath of fresh air”...
read moreNeil Gits A Double In…
No, I’ve not succumbed to the demon drink – though a few things that have had to be dealt with over the last week or two would drive any virtual teetotaller like myself to the bottle ! Free time has been a rare commodity lately so it’s a “double blog” this time with details of both last week’s and this week’s shows and a full list of soul gigs from now to September. There’s a few new events in there since last time, so have a good browse and see if anything soulful is heading your way ...
read moreNeil Gits Arty…
Got back in the old routine this week after two weeks school hoildays – bliss ! Having said that, Nathan and I did get a chance to do one or two things we can’t do in term time and that included finally getting a chance to pop in (as opposed to walking past…) the Basildon Art Gallery just across the way from our studios at Gateway 97.8FM . Usually it is long shut when we are in the Eastgate Centre for the show, but we found ourselves in town last week and couldn’t resist taking a look at some of the interesting works of...
read moreNeil Gits Stuck At The Checkout…
I am afraid its another tale of a “senior moment” to share with you this week. There I was in Asda today stocking up on food essentials for the next couple of weeks using my little plastic friend instead of trying to squeeze blood out of another sad little £20 note when suddenly it dawned on me, standing at the till packing my bags, that I just could not remember my PIN number. We’ve all done it, old or young, but us old gits are more prone to such an occurence than others ! I had all the right digits in my head (well...
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