 Eh!! Don’t you get a nice glowing feeling when you do a good turn for someone? I was at the cash machine and there was a very old lady pressing her head right up to the glass her eyesight was very poor. She said to me can you please do me a favour and check my balance, so I pushed her over
 Live At The DSS
now available to buy via the website
The most recent Dom Collins cd outing is now available to buy direct from the website at www.domcollins.co.uk.
Live At The DSS was diggi ... didgy ... digitelly ... er, taped earlier this year at Droylsden Sports And Social Club with the accompaniment of a raucous audience, each armed with a kazoo and individually credited by name on the cd sleeve.
And it's on sale to you for just £6 including postage. Bargain or what!
New Songs
Well that’s another year nearly gone and here comes another batch of new songs. Hopefully by the end of this year I will have CD number 3 done and dusted. I am really excited about this one and I got loads of new tracks to choose from:
“I’m an acoustic mercenary” (I will play a gig anywhere you know)
“As kids we went to Blackpool” (Nostalgic song about our once year holiday, if we were lucky)
“Traditional folk club” (Don’t go there without a woolly jumper)
“The Haemorrhoid song” (I think I will stand up if you don’t mind)
“Advice about Thailand” (What every boy should know)
“The Bogie Man” (Everybody picks there nose at traffic lights, it says so in the Highway Code)
“Being a City fan” (A song about the roller costar ride, the ups and the downs)
“The Taxman’s song” (After I got bubbled to the Inland Revenue I wrote a song about the whole episode)
“Don’t call us coffin dodgers” (An affectionate song about my elderly fans)
“Don’t go out with Mr Tight” (I reckon everybody knows at least one who just won’t get the beer in )
“I gone from Council house to Opera House” (This is the story about my time with Dave Spikey)
“A week on a beach in Ancoats” (They are building a beach in Ancoats who needs Florida, Me)
“The Mancunian Way (A song all about the good and the great side of Manchester)
“The bride was 8 months pregnant” (It’s a typical family wedding, 13 verses)
 Live Gigs
This side of life is going really well and seems to be growing as the years roll on. Here are just some gigs for the coming months (More to be added please check my website).
Friday October 27th
Glass Bar on Wilmslow Road M/C 7pm, on stage at 7-30
This is a charity gig and I will be taking the stage alongside the brilliant Lee Griffiths
This one will be worth a visit.
Saturday October 28th
The Burton Arms Swan Street M/C 9-00pm
Eh!! It’s another Ancoats gig only this one if “free” but not the beer
This is going to be a big party I will be playing loads of Ancoats songs plus loads of the new material, if you have got a kazoo please bring it with you ,if not buy one for £1-00
Sunday October 29th
The Star in Glossop 4-00pm -6-00pm
Another Charity gig for Oxjam should be a good'un
Wednesday 1st November
Mancat college Ashton old Road Openshaw M/C
This night of Northern food and Northern fun
For more information and to make a booking call
0161 920-3663 £10-00per head
Wednesday 7th November
Private function Brooklands sale M/C
 Thursday 9th November
Private function Newton heath M/C
Friday 10th November
Private function Glossop
Sat 18th November
Wedding Holmes Chapel
Monday 20th November
Private Function
Swinton Cricket Club M/C
Wednesday 6th December
Private Xmas party Levenshulme M/C
Thursday 7th December
The Hungry Horse Acoustic night
The Rake pub/restaurant
Rake Lane,
Little Stanney
Chester
 Friday 8th Sat 9th Sun 10th December
Heaton Park M/C,
A rock weekend raising dosh for
Francis House and Pendlebury Hospital.
The format for the show is basically a bike rally
over 3 days with live music in the main marquee..
The headlining bands are as follows:
Friday----Wishbone Ash
Saturday--Saxon plus Dom Collins
Sunday--- The Animals
Tickets around £5.00- £7.50
For more information contact Darren on 07843 064094.
Wednesday 13th December
Private Xmas party Newton Heath
Thursday 14th December
Private Xmas Party Didsbury
Friday 17th December
Middlewich Winter warm up
Venue tbc
Wednesday 20th December
Private xmas party Rusholme M/C
Sunday 24th December Xmas Eve 9-00pm
Flixton Football club
Monday 25th December Xmas Day
Trinity Methodist Church Ancoats
A gig while people have there Christmas dinner
Sunday 31st December New Years Eve
Northenden British Legion
“This is gonna be a top night”
 My Space
Everyone has a my-space website now so “av a look” at mine on
www.myspace.com/domcollins
Comedy singer songwriter of the year 2006, who is “Me”
 I took part in the country’s only comedy songwriting competition two weeks ago at The Ingleton Folk festival And guess what I won the thing, how good is that then, that’s the first thing I have won since the egg and spoon race in Ancoats, (well we did have the coppers behind us).
 Global Dom’s world wide news
I have been invited over to Ireland for a week (Cork and County Sligo) to play some bars, so it looks like that the summer break planned. There is also a friend of mine in Puerto Rico Gran Canaries who wants me to go over just after Christmas and play some auditions for a few bar owners , I may need a holiday after all them gigs in December - Even Santa gets Christmas day off
And I must mention Thor Lawrence of the Dom Collins Reykjavik Fan Club, Iceland (Sole member). He say’s “Anyway, thanks for the CDs -- they were well worth it. Pity I am unlikely to ever hear you live.” Say you never know pal, you are penciled in on my world tour.
I have also sold quite a few CDs in Australia; it’s your move guy’s.
I am always available to travel anywhere in the world to play a gig for you, Not for a free holiday, But because I am totally devoted to you (Ye right!!!)
Final word
As you all know I am a postman and I am forever getting stopped and being asked for directions, A bloke asked me the other day “What is the quickest way to The Trafford Centre?”. I said to him are you in a car, he said yes, I said that’s the quickest way.
Take care guys and see you all very soon
Dominic |