Today's SLP entry..."Anyone who turns up at the Lord Hood pub in Greenwich when there is no live music can consider themselves unlucky. Six days a week the Hood hosts music of many kinds – modern jazz, swing, skiffle and blues, folk, rock and this afternoon, Sunday, a “Sinatra singalong” around the organ. “Locals show their talent for the songs of swing” says the flyer and it’s not kidding. They’re a talented bunch of crooners down the Hood, Dave the compere in particular giving the session a resounding finale. Free buffet too!"
The Lord Hood, which squares up alongside the legendary Up The Creek comedy venue, is a fantastic boozer - very friendly and with a broad range of talented musicians performing free music including, unusually I have found, on week day afternoons - Thursday (jazz) and Friday (skiffle & blues).
I'm aware that I use the word "friendly" quite regularly when describing pubs that host regular live music. There's something about walking into an unfamiliar pub when there are musicians performing that makes one feel as if one is joining the fray rather than interrupting it...unless of course the musicians stop playing and stare at you and throw plectrums at you. That hasn't happened to me yet though.
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