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Going back to school to find i'm short

@fukenzena​ 𝚂𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙰 𝙿𝚁𝙰𝚈𝙴𝚁 .  [ entwine ] + muichiro! WORD PROMPTS // no longer accepting . [ entwine ] for your muse to hold mine’s hand

     they  look  at  their  hands  ,  then  to  her  .  something  feels  familiar  ,  but  they  don’t  know  what  exactly  .  something  something  …  sibling  .  oh  well  ,  probably  nothing  important  .  muichiro  just  likes  being  here  with  their  friend  .  they  never  thought  they’d  have  a  friend  that  wasn’t  tanjiro  …    [  maybe  tanjiro  would  be  proud  to  know  that  they’ve  made  a  friend  …  they  should  tell  him  later  ]  .  some  moments  pass  ...

     ❝  your  hands  …  are  clammy  .  ❞

Ellis Paul at the Green Note

Queued up outside the Green Note cafe bar in London, peering through a gap in the posters covering the window I noticed a familiar figure, smartly dressed in a white shirt and waist coat, walking to a table by the window, sat down, back to the window and picked up a guitar.

Could it be the same gentleman who I've been a fan of for over twenty years and watched many live streams of at 1am in the morning over the last few years?

Remove some of the posters hiding him and it would have made for a nice photograph, an album cover even?

During the Covid lockdowns, I wasn't working regularly so his twice a week shows on Wednesday and Sunday actually helped me keep a sense of what day of the week it was and gave a welcome escape from the stress of the time.

The doors opened, we went in, second in line - had to get a decent seat of course! I turned around as we went to the ticket table, my suspicion confirmed, it was the man himself! Couldn't help myself, I gave a smile and head nod, returned by Ellis himself. Internally I marked out and my smile never left my face all evening.

Before the show started, Ellis sat back down by the window, warming up and chatting to fans. I waited until a quiet moment, bought a CD to replace one I already own but cannot find anywhere (which no doubt I will find now that I've bought another copy!) and went up to Ellis. I'd finally managed to get a copy of his book a few months ago and as he signed the CD, I asked if I could be cheeky and get him to sign the book as well.

The book I'd found on Ebay, I'd been after it for at least ten years but it's been pretty rare to find it listed. It had been signed by Ellis previously, with a message to someone called Annie. I thought it'd be nice to get it signed again, Ellis signed it - personalised to me. After thanking him, I walked back to my table, beaming.

A gent from the table next to mine came over and told me the book is a collectors item in the world of Ellis Paul fans. He said he'd been to at least 60 shows, going to America to see a large amount of them, lucky guy! Turns out he was a friend of Ellis and Ellis was (is) staying at his for a couple of nights before his next UK show.

Probably the most played album of Ellis's I've listened to is A Summer Night in Georgia. It perfectly captures the live experience of Ellis, absolutely brilliant performances, funny, great stories and crowd interaction. Maybe I'm biased but this evening at the very least matched that.

Finally 8:30 came around, the lights dimmed and there was the man himself on stage, guitar in hand. The show consisted of a mix of his more well known classics, such as 3000 miles, Alice's Champagne Palace and the penultimate song being The World Ain't Slowing Down mixed in with a number of songs off of his new album 55. Every time I listen to 55 my favourite song on it changes. Sometimes Trouble is Good may take the crown however!

The Green Note is small but due to this, wonderfully intimate. Ellis came in to the crowd for some songs, playing some songs fully acoustic. Explanations and stories of his songs, his escapades in the UK so far, his telling of how he'd made the mistake of posting his breakfast on Facebook and getting grief for calling it an English Breakfast - no bacon and tomato is just asking for trouble Ellis!

It was such a great night, definitely the best gig I've been to and met every expectation I had hoped for.

Ellis even promised he'll be coming back to the UK next September. He'll have at least one guaranteed ticket sold after last nights performance.

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