So, we've done a pile of gigs in the last few months and we're just coming up to the end of the year, so I thought I'd write some nonsense... Some highlights have already been mentioned below, but really every gig has been special in it's own way. We were really pleased we could play for The Anchor Project, they're doing a great thing there. We've met and played with some great bands over the year, including More Story Fours, Smoke Fairies, Alabama 3, Mat Gibson, Bullfrog Brown, Stephen Tyman, and others who have inspired and entertained us and audiences, making the gigs we've played that extra bit special. Also via myspace we've come in contact with some special people and bands like the Brackston Hicks, Tenlons Fort, Bob Meyer and many more I cannot possibly list them all, these are just the ones I have in my head right this second... including a chap who goes by the myspace name of Bongomal who keeps us entertained...thanks for that We also met the guys from Raison D'etre Show who we'll be hooking up with next year for a few shows, which will be excellent, so look out for those.
Talking of gigs, there have been some truly wonderful promoters and venue managers who have gone out of their way to make the gigs we've played an excellent experience, but of course there has been a fair share of not so greats as well. So, we're looking forward to a more consistent year of promoters who promote and sound engineers who engineer instead of disappearing out the venue mid-gig on a phone call... Be warned, if you are our sound engineer for the night and I see you on a mobile phone while we are playing I'll probably throw something at you, okay? Okay... :o)
We've had a nice bit of radio play including some podcasts all of which have been great both from a just being played point of view but also for discovering new artists, and also some random press, which has been cool, so hopefully more to come!
Not forgetting to say a huge thanks to all of you who come to see us so often, you know who you all are, and we really do appreciate it, cheers!
Well that's about it really...Have an excellent New Year celebration and see you all in 2007!
J
Alabama 3 Support Gig
Howdy, a mighty big thank you to all those who came down, it was a mighty fine night. Those Alabama 3's carried the party on well into the early hours. I think there's a review of the night coming soon at http://www.bluesinlondon.com
J
J
Last night: Bar fights, Davy Graham ('guitar legend') and more!
Good golly!
We are proud to announce that, in the style of old wild west tradition, a proper bar fight broke out last night while we were playing! Broken glasses, bottles flying through the air, people shouting, jumping over tables, and that was just what we managed to see from the stage as we kept on playing through it... Okay, it wasn't the biggest fight ever and the staff did manage to control it fairly efficiently, but it was our first and to be honest it was probably long overdue! I hope someone took photos...
Amongst the audience that night was guitar legend Davy Graham who went on to grace us all with an impromptu set. He's a curious character who reputedly inspired others such as Bert Jansch, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon and Jimmy Page and apparently counts Bob Dylan amongst his fans!
For those of you who haven't heard of him, he's led a pretty interesting life, you can read more about it on wikipedia or his official website. I should warn you though, he may be a guitar legend but if you are lucky to get a lesson from him don't be surprised if all he does is put on an album by Ravi Shankar and leave you listening while he goes to the pub, returning only to turn the record over (then back to the pub, of course)...
This reminds me of a quote said last night which stuck in my mind:
"A true artist has good days and bad; only the mediocre are consistent"
Not mediocre but consistently good were Mat Gibson & The Fallen Hearts, who played a great gig last night and got the people dancing and clapping, always great to watch and listen! Also good to see was Pete Molinary, soon go on the road supporting Holly Golightly, the lucky fella!
All in all, it was a night to remember, well, for us anyway (courtesy of turning worm)...
Cheers,
P.
We are proud to announce that, in the style of old wild west tradition, a proper bar fight broke out last night while we were playing! Broken glasses, bottles flying through the air, people shouting, jumping over tables, and that was just what we managed to see from the stage as we kept on playing through it... Okay, it wasn't the biggest fight ever and the staff did manage to control it fairly efficiently, but it was our first and to be honest it was probably long overdue! I hope someone took photos...
Amongst the audience that night was guitar legend Davy Graham who went on to grace us all with an impromptu set. He's a curious character who reputedly inspired others such as Bert Jansch, Eric Clapton, Paul Simon and Jimmy Page and apparently counts Bob Dylan amongst his fans!
For those of you who haven't heard of him, he's led a pretty interesting life, you can read more about it on wikipedia or his official website. I should warn you though, he may be a guitar legend but if you are lucky to get a lesson from him don't be surprised if all he does is put on an album by Ravi Shankar and leave you listening while he goes to the pub, returning only to turn the record over (then back to the pub, of course)...
This reminds me of a quote said last night which stuck in my mind:
"A true artist has good days and bad; only the mediocre are consistent"
Not mediocre but consistently good were Mat Gibson & The Fallen Hearts, who played a great gig last night and got the people dancing and clapping, always great to watch and listen! Also good to see was Pete Molinary, soon go on the road supporting Holly Golightly, the lucky fella!
All in all, it was a night to remember, well, for us anyway (courtesy of turning worm)...
Cheers,
P.
The Green Note
What a super cool gig that was, it was rammed, one in one out, we had larf tis for sure, I think Chantal and I managed to almost deplete their stock of Rum, well done us! Cheers for coming along, and if you didn't introduce yourself, you should of, cos we're actually quite friendly despite our songs of misery.
For those of you who have never been, the Green Note is a really excellent venue, with some greats like Errol Linton playing, go to: www.greennote.co.uk
Also playing on the night was Sparkwood&21, who were excellent!
See you all again soon I hope!
J
For those of you who have never been, the Green Note is a really excellent venue, with some greats like Errol Linton playing, go to: www.greennote.co.uk
Also playing on the night was Sparkwood&21, who were excellent!
See you all again soon I hope!
J
Reading Festival
A hearty thanks you to those of you that came to see us at the sprawling, muddy event that is the Reading Festival. We had a fantastic time playing and of course watching some damn fine bands!
Sunny gig weekender and surprise Nick Lowe entrance!
Well howdy!
We had an odd weekend of gigs. Friday started out a bit shakey for the sound-check, but ended up a great ol' gig, thanks so much for all those who came, nice to see newcomers along with the usual faithful, you are very brave to come so often.
Sunday it was the 'infamous' Boogaloo and somehow there was a comunication breakdown (ooh, must listen to some Led Zep now) and Bap Kennedy and his chaps didn't know us and Jamie Lawson were playing, but they were very gracious and accommodated us anyway. The gig was a crazy one for us, but apparently it sounded A-Okay, and it was wonderful to see some new faces, thanks so much for coming down. Also a little highlite for many on the night was an impromptu song by the very wonderful Nick Lowe, so all in all, a good weekend for music!
J
We had an odd weekend of gigs. Friday started out a bit shakey for the sound-check, but ended up a great ol' gig, thanks so much for all those who came, nice to see newcomers along with the usual faithful, you are very brave to come so often.
Sunday it was the 'infamous' Boogaloo and somehow there was a comunication breakdown (ooh, must listen to some Led Zep now) and Bap Kennedy and his chaps didn't know us and Jamie Lawson were playing, but they were very gracious and accommodated us anyway. The gig was a crazy one for us, but apparently it sounded A-Okay, and it was wonderful to see some new faces, thanks so much for coming down. Also a little highlite for many on the night was an impromptu song by the very wonderful Nick Lowe, so all in all, a good weekend for music!
J
Quick News of Gigs and more...
We've just played a couple of really nice gigs this week, the first we played was in Greenwich at The Twist, which is a really nice venue run by some equally nice people, and we had great time.
That same day we found out we were playing the Barfly on the Wednesday at the Nokia Rock up and Play. This was for 8 or so bands chosen out of not sure how many, to play a 15 minute set and woo the crowd. It seems we wooed the crowd enough to play Reading this year which we're all chuffed about. I have to say there were a couple of bands there which we thought were super cool, but I cannot remember the band names, will try and find out if I can. There were a couple of cameras rpoaming about so we'll try and ge the footage to upload on the site if we can.
So anyway, as far as we know we're playing the Saturday and Sunday but I heard today it may be Friday too. The Nokia stage receives TV coverage so if you were not lucky enough to get tickets then you can catch us on the telly if you want to.
That's it for now!
Bye!
J
That same day we found out we were playing the Barfly on the Wednesday at the Nokia Rock up and Play. This was for 8 or so bands chosen out of not sure how many, to play a 15 minute set and woo the crowd. It seems we wooed the crowd enough to play Reading this year which we're all chuffed about. I have to say there were a couple of bands there which we thought were super cool, but I cannot remember the band names, will try and find out if I can. There were a couple of cameras rpoaming about so we'll try and ge the footage to upload on the site if we can.
So anyway, as far as we know we're playing the Saturday and Sunday but I heard today it may be Friday too. The Nokia stage receives TV coverage so if you were not lucky enough to get tickets then you can catch us on the telly if you want to.
That's it for now!
Bye!
J
Nice Summer gig!
Howdy folks!
Despite our mumblings of playing a gig this Saturday at the Wilmington, it was actually a really fun gig. The weather was so fine, which meant we had to abandon days by the river/park/festivals to play a gig inside a dark room. Shame Steve was feeling a bit ill, but he played on like a champ, I wore my shades inside, in solidarity to those outside in the parks who had to wear their's too, I know what a pain it is, so I suffered with you, disproportionately I thought, as most people just thought I was a w*nker wearing sunglasses inside, except for a couple of wise folk who saw what I was doing, yeah!
Aaaanyway, thanks to those who came, t'was a good one, and the last I saw of Pedro, he was wondering what to do with the free beer he had in his hand (next to the other beer in his other hand)... has anyone seen Pedro?
J
Despite our mumblings of playing a gig this Saturday at the Wilmington, it was actually a really fun gig. The weather was so fine, which meant we had to abandon days by the river/park/festivals to play a gig inside a dark room. Shame Steve was feeling a bit ill, but he played on like a champ, I wore my shades inside, in solidarity to those outside in the parks who had to wear their's too, I know what a pain it is, so I suffered with you, disproportionately I thought, as most people just thought I was a w*nker wearing sunglasses inside, except for a couple of wise folk who saw what I was doing, yeah!
Aaaanyway, thanks to those who came, t'was a good one, and the last I saw of Pedro, he was wondering what to do with the free beer he had in his hand (next to the other beer in his other hand)... has anyone seen Pedro?
J
Gigs, Pics & Vids
Howdy all.... again, a long overdue post, due to various post inhibiting activities including, being on holiday in Greece, apathy and work, I'm not sure what the other's excuses are, probably equally weak...
We plan to update this here site in the very near future to finally include a separate music player, some images of us playing at gigs, some vids, and also some gig artwork. By gig artwork I mean pictures drawn in a scrap book whilst we wait to play or whilst we calm down after playing, mostly penned by the talented Chantal, doodles may include such delights as an Otter Band and alcohol filled vessels (not ships)... so keep em peeled, you'll see them here first...
J
We plan to update this here site in the very near future to finally include a separate music player, some images of us playing at gigs, some vids, and also some gig artwork. By gig artwork I mean pictures drawn in a scrap book whilst we wait to play or whilst we calm down after playing, mostly penned by the talented Chantal, doodles may include such delights as an Otter Band and alcohol filled vessels (not ships)... so keep em peeled, you'll see them here first...
J
Another load of...
Well hello, none of us have written much here for a while, cos we're shit, so those of you who come here religiously like some kind of stalker person, we're very sorry. I think only Chantal and I have the password for this cos we can't possibly let Pedro loose here cos he's Portuguese and as for Steve, well he's a drummer, not sure why i'm allowed to write anything here cos I'm an utter plank...
We just did a nice stint of gigs and we thank all of you who came, we luv you almost as much as we luv our mums.
Read this interesting prose while you can folks, cos I'll be bored of it by tomorrow and may just delete it, ha!
J
We just did a nice stint of gigs and we thank all of you who came, we luv you almost as much as we luv our mums.
Read this interesting prose while you can folks, cos I'll be bored of it by tomorrow and may just delete it, ha!
J
Nice...
Thanks very much to all those who came to the gig at Minimarche, I hadn't seen some of you for ages! I cannot comment for others cos they never seem to write any news, they are either completely lazy or more likely actually have lives to get on with...!
To those that we met on the night and had so many kind things to say to us after the gig, thanks very much, next time we promise to bring more CDs as we ran out rather pronto... till the next one!!
J
To those that we met on the night and had so many kind things to say to us after the gig, thanks very much, next time we promise to bring more CDs as we ran out rather pronto... till the next one!!
J
Why no Billie?
This is not a reference to 'speed'.... My gran passed away this week and I'm going to the funeral next week in Cumbria, so it's all a bit sad... The Vicar called me today and asked me what hymns we'd like, but as I don't know any Christian hymns really, and she didn't know any Billie Holiday tunes, I said I'd leave it up to her, she even sang some hymns over the phone to me which I thought was rather nice.... So anyway, hope to see some of you at our gig this month. We'll be back in March with new recordings, new stetsons and full bottles of bourbon!
Till then!
J
Till then!
J
T'was so sooo good to hear it!
Well, Thursday at The Electroacoustic Club was fun, thanks to all those who came down, was really good to see some new friends there too, thanks very much for putting yourselves through another one of our gigs, and on purpose too!
Not much else to tell, gigging in February a bit, some recording! I am coming to terms with the fact that carrying two guitars in rush hour on the tube is not a good experience, so it may be time to start using the car, what an utter arse!..it does mean however I could bring the banjo next time....
Not much else to tell, gigging in February a bit, some recording! I am coming to terms with the fact that carrying two guitars in rush hour on the tube is not a good experience, so it may be time to start using the car, what an utter arse!..it does mean however I could bring the banjo next time....
Surprise little gig...
We played an impromptu little gig at The Offside Acoustic Club on Sunday which was very nice, thanks to all the friendly strangers for the fab response to our rather shakey set. Sorry to those who would have liked to have come but it was very last minute and we'll be playing this Thursday 19 January at The Electroacoustic Club, so we'll see some of you there! We shall also be playing at the Offside Acoustic club for a full set on Sunday 12 February, on sometime after 9.
There's something really good about this venue, we've played there twice now and on both occasions it's felt really good, it could be something to do with the stage, which is a little raised wooden platform kind of in the middle of the place, which somehow seems to suit our style... which as you may know, can be a little shambolic...
J & C
There's something really good about this venue, we've played there twice now and on both occasions it's felt really good, it could be something to do with the stage, which is a little raised wooden platform kind of in the middle of the place, which somehow seems to suit our style... which as you may know, can be a little shambolic...
J & C
and so the New Year begins...
Howdy folks...the Absinth has evporated from my pores and I am able to see a bit better now...You will of course notice we have a 'News' section now, which means we can write all manner of rubbish which no-one will read, but I'm sure we'll carry on regardless.
January brings us recording, with Steve (new drummer boy). Ant has gone back to Oz, and if you're reading this Ant, we missed you at New Year, it's not quite the same going blind from alcomahol abuse without you... We'll be doing some live type sessions which will bring us up-to-date soundwise which we have been hankering to do for quite a few months... At some point this here website will be updated with a new Music Player and possibly an overall new look and some photography and...and...then um.... we'll be gigging and stuff till we are too tired to carry on, and we'll find ourselves a little tree to sit under and drink moonshine.
Ta ra for now!
J
January brings us recording, with Steve (new drummer boy). Ant has gone back to Oz, and if you're reading this Ant, we missed you at New Year, it's not quite the same going blind from alcomahol abuse without you... We'll be doing some live type sessions which will bring us up-to-date soundwise which we have been hankering to do for quite a few months... At some point this here website will be updated with a new Music Player and possibly an overall new look and some photography and...and...then um.... we'll be gigging and stuff till we are too tired to carry on, and we'll find ourselves a little tree to sit under and drink moonshine.
Ta ra for now!
J
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