I finally got to see John Mayall

On my 14th birthday my older brother's best friend gave me an album. He told me, 'it may not mean much now, but one day it will change your life.' And that's why I am here now in 2010 to see and meet John Mayall at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine, 41 years later

• John Mayall at the Theatre Royal

Me and Mr Merls went to the 2010 Australian Blues Music Festival

I would like to go to a festival every year that I don't normally go to, but with my health and dialysis it can be so difficult to arrange that there is a point where you give up.

However Mr Merls and myself made a concerted effort and got ourselves to the 2010 Australian Blues Music Festival.  As a collection of acts it was great; as a festival it was quite a disappointment.

• Australian Blues Music Fest 2010