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BiTS: Well, I must say, as you know, I love the new album. I've played a track on my radio show,
and I should be playing some more.

VL: Yeah, thanks for that.

BiTS: I guess like every gigging musician, you must have been badly affected by COVID. I take it
that’s over now, is it?

VL: Oh yeah. Yeah, well, I was lucky enough to have a lot of good people around me who looked
after me because I don't know how I would have fared without it, to be honest with you. I'll always
be grateful for that because I've got good family and good friends, and they helped me out a lot
because obviously it all came to a grinding halt for everybody. I know other people they had real
grief with it. So I was a lucky guy, really. And it gave me a chance to sit back and take stock of a few
things as well as it did for everybody, I guess. And maybe slow down my attitude to everything a
little bit. I think maybe it was a good thing in a way, just to take a break from it after so many years.

BiTS: Thank you very much for talking to me Vince. Let's call it a day. It's been wonderful talking
to you and thank you for the great music that you've produced over the years. I've got one or two
of your albums from the past, and it's always an inspiration to me that there's such enthusiasm.
There seems to be quite an enthusiastic gig scene down in Plymouth.

BiTS: Yeah, yeah. Yes, the southwest is good, Devon and Cornwall. Cornwall's great as well, there's
a lot to do down there. There's a lot of cool little vibes going on down there in places.

BiTS: That's wonderful, Vince. I won't take any more of your time. Thank you very much indeed
for speaking to me.

VL: No worries, Ian. Thanks a lot, mate. Thanks for asking me. See you later.

BiTS: Bye.

For a number of years now, Andrew
Cadwell has been valiantly supporting
BiTS by being the GIG GUIDE
COORDINATOR.

This is an honorary post, which
is a polite way of saying,
“There’s no money in it”!
The job involves managing the GIG
CALENDAR on the BiTS website
(www.bluesinthesouth.com), receiving emails from artists,
searching if possible for gigs in the BITS area, which is roughly defined
as the area of England south of the M4 (with a line extended in to the North
Sea) and doing whatever you consider necessary to keep the site one of the
best gig guides you will find. The direct link to the site is
https://www.brownbearsw.com/freecal/BITS)

Andrew has decided to retire and we are looking for a replacement for him
in this key job. There are hundreds of hits on the site every week and it is
considered a key resource by both musicians and venues. Are you interested?
Support will be given by Andrew and by Ian McKenzie as required..

To find out more please contact Ian McKenzie at editor@bluesinthesouth.com
By-the-way, there may be non-monetary ways in which we can re-imburse
you, which as you are a blues person, you might find useful.