## Miri Madog Festival
Porthmadog
Saturday 14th August 1999

Set list (not in order):

- Patio Song
- Poodle Rockin
- Diamond Dew
- Merion Wyltt
- Sweet Johnny
- Let's Get Together (In Our Minds)
- Heywood Lane
- Y Ffored Oren
- Catrin
- Johny Cash Law Suite Song
- Fresher Than The Sweetness In Water
- Heart Of Kentucky (encore)

A festival headlined by Gorky`s, could it be true? It was and more!!! It was the second Miri Madog festival at Porthmadog, Wales and this year also included Topper, Big Leaves and Gwacamole on the bill. After watching Big Leaves it was time for Gorkys. It was strange seeing GZM on stage without John Lawrence and Megan Childs. John had already left Gorky`s and Megan was unable to come as she was bridesmaid at a wedding. To complement the line up ex- Ffa Coffi Pawb member Rhodri Pew took the place of John (on tour last year he substituted for Richard). As expected after loosing their lead guitarist and not having Megan playing Violin they sounded a lot different with a rawer edge. Songs like Merion Wyltt didn`t work as well but with songs as great as these it didn`t matter that much.

The tent was packed and full of atmosphere. The crowd was enthusiastic and it was joy to hear everyone singing the last part of Patio Song. The set was made up of mainly Barafundle and Gorky 5 tracks but we were treated to some new tunes, another great cover of Fresher Than The Sweetness In Water. Best of all was hearing Y Ffored Oren live for the first time! When they came back for the encore they gave us Heart Of Kentucky which went down well despite a slight mistake towards the end.

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