The Termites, in their current form, Kenny Mitchell on vocals, Scott Ballantyne on guitar, and Ewin Murray on drums with Dougie Ritchie of Three n Eights fame taking on stand up bass duties and of course John C Grant aka Johnny Fiddles, on, well isn’t it obvious, played an electrifyingly blinding set, with nary a chance to take a breathe for the entirety of their set. A set which was a heady brew of intoxicating and rampant fiddle infused manic Psychobilly including a tribute to their original late bass player Gerry Doyle.

It was as if the last 40 years or so had never happened as the music stripped the years away… an edifying rejuvenating experience.

If I though my aging bones could have taken it, I would have been in about the melee, a heaving mass of bodies in a boisterous pit of youthfully exuberant wreckin’ and rollin’ in a set bookended by their Mama songs…”Crazy” setting the scene for the night with “Say” part of a raucous conclusion of a rabid set that had Johnny Fiddles getting in about the pit like a whirling dervish in a performance that would have guaranteed a victory against the devil in Georgia…

The blistering set was packed with Termites favourites including a fervent Fuck the World that feels more relevant than ever and a blistering and entirely appropriate Rockin’ All Night.

An exuberant and high adrenaline night and a most welcome intense injection of rejuvenating energy. Nights like this should be available on prescription…

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