This Beats Perfect by Rebecca Denton

Author:Rebecca Denton [DENTON, REBECCA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780349002712
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: 2017-02-02T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Good Vibrations

At the back of the cramped stage, a cascade of gold tinsel fringe glittered under the meagre stage lights. The venue was brightly lit when they arrived, but as an unremarkable looking trio among the Hackney artists and musicians, they were able to slip into an empty booth near the back, relatively unnoticed. Amelie sat alone, opposite her dad and Maxx, who wore a new baseball cap pulled tightly down over his face.

‘I think that makes it look more obvious,’ Amelie remarked.

‘What?’

‘Your disguise.’

‘I’m not in disguise,’ Maxx insisted, pulling the hat off and inspecting the emblem on the front. ‘Is it that bad?’

‘Not if you like Limp Bizkit,’ she smirked.

‘How the heck do you know about Limp Bizkit?’ Maxx asked, incredulous.

‘Amelie is an encyclopaedia of late twentieth century rock. Don’t get drawn in, you’ll lose.’ Mike pulled a £20 note out of his wallet. ‘Beer, Maxx? You guys all right for a minute?’

‘Dad, that’s not true. I know this century too.’

‘Oh yeah?’ Maxx raised his eyebrows.

Amelie played with a coaster and Maxx sat with his arm up on the back of the booth, taking in the room. He seemed unbelievably at ease, where as she was finding herself increasingly uncomfortable with such an extraordinary situation. Her eyes darted back to him over and over and she tried to take stock of the situation. I’m actually at a gig with Maxx from The Keep.

‘So, about the other day. I just wanted to say, I’m a bit embarrassed.’

‘Oh, don’t worry,’ Maxx smiled gently. ‘We’ve all been there.’

Amelie looked out across the room, curling her lip slightly. Maxx had been there? She doubted it very much.

‘So, you’re a real musician?’ Amelie smiled. ‘I didn’t know you played so many instruments.’

‘Why would you? I’ve not exactly been exercising my skills lately.’ He laughed, pulling his phone and wallet out of his back pocket and sitting back down. ‘What was this place? Looks like an old army bar or something?’

‘I think it is a servicemen’s club.’ Amelie eyed his beautiful leather wallet and brand new iPhone and wondered if Maxx had ever stepped foot in such a place.

‘Reminds me of a lot of places back home,’ he said with a grin.

‘Memphis, Tennessee. The South.’

‘Yeah, I know where Memphis is,’ Amelie said.

‘You an Elvis fan, then?’ he smiled.

‘Well, yeah. I mean, of course. But I’m really a Sun Studios fan,’ she said coolly, looking towards the stage before adding dramatically, ‘It’s my Mecca.’

‘“Sun Studios is my Mecca”?’ Maxx looked bemused. ‘I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say that.’

‘No way! Have you been? It’s my dream. My. Life. Long. Dream.’

‘Been? I’ve recorded there.’

‘The Keep recorded at Sun Studios?’ Amelie said, unable to hide her look of shock. Her dad arrived back with two pints for him and Maxx and a half of shandy for her, much to Amelie’s disappointment. ‘I mean, well, I kind of saw you guys working in some kind of vast private studio in the LA hills.’

‘No, no. I recorded there when I was fourteen with a couple of the guys from my dad’s church for a charity.

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