The Generation Game

An amazing night! Three rocking sets! The first had us rocking out and dancing. The second entertained us. And the third had every single person in the room on the dance floor. The costume changes set the scene and the music was filled with energy. A great night’s entertainment!

What we witnessed that evening: Listening to comments from our Hayling’s rock’n’rollers, a 240 strong crowd [aged from nine months to ninety years] as they streamed out of the doors at the end of an evening of singing, dancing and consuming the occasional glass of red wine, they clearly were overwhelmed. “Sensational!” “Amazing!” “Brilliant!” “It reminded me of Glasto’ ‘94” were all comments overheard at the end of what was an exceptional event. The Generation Game is a clever name as it reflects the diversity of ages of this relatively new band, which was formed for a “one off for a party in 2021”. With Mark, on rhythm guitar and vocals, and Ian, on bass guitar, we are clearly in the presence of “gentlemen of a certain age, who have been playing together on the rock scene for at least 12 years”. Joined relatively recently by the more youthful, Ethan [lead guitar], Augustine [guitar and vocals] and Reuben [drums and guitar] they are creating a strong reputation as the “go- to” band to hire for gigs on the local pub scene around Hampshire and West Sussex. And you can see why. In set one we were invited to “sit back and Rock out” but some of our lively crowd defied this instruction by taking to the dance floor to strut their stuff in response to Jumpin’ Jack Flash [The Stones], Shang-a-Lang [The Bay City Rollers!] finishing off with the rousing Sweet Child of Mine [Guns and Roses] After the interval, the music just got even better with some country music now being added to the rock offering. The amount of people on the dance floor had increased significantly. We continued to bop in response to some great numbers, including Brown Eyed Girl, Stuck in The Middle With You and Summer of ‘69. We were then treated to a rousing third set of Old Time Rock’n’Roll. Well known favourites including Rock Around The Clock, Blue Suede Shoes and Jonny B Goode set the appreciative crowd wild, and our punters home very, very happy. The final word rests with my neighbour “Can I come again next time?”