Open Mic Night

I never quite know what to expect when I go up to Kilvert's on Open Mic Night. A good real ale is expected, of course - this time it was Magna Carta from Lincoln Cathedral Ales, which I tried on the basis that I hadn't heard of it before. Last week, I think it was something called Boondoggle, which was also very nice.
And last week nothing much was going on - I think Briar was off at a Festival - so we just sat around and chatted for a while. This week, some friends of Tim's were there. I didn't catch their names, or the band they belonged to, but I'm pretty sure they were professional musicians. One of them said something about being the support band soon for a concert by Alvin Stardust. When Tim got his guitar out and started singing, they disappeared for a bit, and came back with a guitar, little drum kit, and a double bass! They set up by the fireplace inside - and they were good. When I left, Briar was singing, but she'd promised that the band would play again later. Chris had said he was going to read out a bit of his book - I don't know whether he did or not.