A calm night falls on Bonavista. Its one of the first in a while where mild weather graces us with her presence. You can hear the sea gulls squawking over the fish plant eying their next meal from above. Two young lads stroll into Walkhams Gate Pub with a tad bit of nervousness between them. Guitars under their arm and some pride in their chest they start setting up for their first show at the Pub. The two guys are Ryan Warren (Chester) and Marcus Elliott. Tonight was a free show to the public and oh what a night it was gonna be. Chester and Marcus sets up and gets their mind ready for the night. With song book in hand I later find out that most of the songs they would perform that night they only just learned. A few of the usual's start to surround the bar anticipating the opening song. They hit the stage and you could tell the tad bit of nervousness between them, but after a few tweaks from the board they were off, belting out classics from Tom Petty and The Tragically Hip. They even had a few originals that could easily been written by Springsteen or Young. After about a hour the pub started to fill with the masses of Failing To Fall fans ( Chester and Marcus's group). The nerves would be replaced with the love of performing with people in your face singing along and dancing to your strum. Marcus' voice was nothing but fantastic, he belted out raw and it carries stright from the throat. We were missing only one thing last night and that was Steve Abbott from Just BS 4 feet away from Chester's face singing harmony right in front of him just like Chester had done when Steve would grace us with his presence. But all in all it was a great night, filled with great music and 2 new regulars at The Walkhams Gate Pub. Congrats boys you really lived up to they hype.
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