The Visitors to Borders

I travel a long way to photograph musicians, and hang around a lot at sound checks etc. to get the images I want. It therefore comes as somewhat of a surprise when I drop my wife at the local bookstore and find myself in the middle of a gig by a talented local group promoting their latest CD and single outside on the pavement, but that is exactly what happened today! 'The Visitors' (and their were only three of the normal line-up there) were giving a fine performance despite the shoppers making their way past, and their mix of self-penned numbers made a worthwhile distraction to the otherwise stressful occupation of the Saturday hordes which are now a seemingly necessary part of shopping in any major city. Seen here are songwriter Ross Murphy (left) with his fellow songwriter James Dyer on alto sax (he doubles on rhythm guitar) and Ed Hogston who also plays a good rift on pedal steel guitar. You can catch up with them at The Orange Rooms in Southampton on 4 June but if you can't wait that long try their web site. Oh, and that new single is on Angry Badger records!