Ah, the lure of the greasepaint, the cheers of the audience, the glare of the lights, the stagedoor johnies, actors who know the words - but not necessarily in the right order....who can resist amateur dramatics? Not Smooth Charlie, obviously, who has somewhat inconveniently ruled himself out of Monday night band practices in favour of a weekly thesp. So he wasn't there.
And then there's New York. I mean, what on earth has the vast, vibrant, cosmopolitan metropolis of NY got that our miserable little hamlet (pop. 40) hasn't, eh? Ok, no-one's written a song about HA yet, although "Sweet Home Hinton Ampner" would scan. Whatever it is, it has claimed our father and daughter vocal team.
And as for Brighton - well, no one does cheap'n'easy screws like the Brighton branch of Screwfix.
The upshot of all this is that on Monday the Old Gits were reduced to a slightly melancholy four piece in Shed 3b. Still, we made the most our time, hammering one of Mr Cocker's finest until it begged for forgiveness.
Huge gig - in Shed 19f - 20th August is a possibility. Assuming there's still enough of us left by then.
Welcome to the website of the Thomas Lord Old Gits, mid-Hampshire's answer to Chumbawumba and Earth Wind and Fire, except that we're not an anarchic workers' collective, we're not American, and we do covers.
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Hot News - CD sales soaring
Hazel met someone in Cheriton shop today who said he knew someone who had bought a copy of our CD, and very good it was, too.
This comes as a bit of a surprise, as we didn't know we'd done a CD. There isn't a bootleg of one of our gigs doing the rounds, is there?
This comes as a bit of a surprise, as we didn't know we'd done a CD. There isn't a bootleg of one of our gigs doing the rounds, is there?
Still no rehearsals
Once again, we've failed to get together for any rehearsals - something to do with half the band being not in these parts. One is still in NY (due to be joined by her father), one is in Brighton and one is in the Maldives topping up the tan.
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Monday's rehearsal - the answers
Right; the first answer is here, thanks to the fantastic Internet: the excellent Toy Dolls. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F3Uhrj9YVI
The second answer is that the sheet we were following is spectacularly wrong, thanks to the useless Internet; no wonder we couldn't get it to sound right. I'll re-do it to match Mr Cocker's best efforts. Meanwhile, there's an entertaining 'mis-heard' lyric version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJWxPE8G2c
No sign of Smooth Charlie, Tess or Jesse last night. And not much sign of the traditional setlist either. It was a very jolly experimental evening.
Lots of gigs on the horizon, but none confirmed yet.
The second answer is that the sheet we were following is spectacularly wrong, thanks to the useless Internet; no wonder we couldn't get it to sound right. I'll re-do it to match Mr Cocker's best efforts. Meanwhile, there's an entertaining 'mis-heard' lyric version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJWxPE8G2c
No sign of Smooth Charlie, Tess or Jesse last night. And not much sign of the traditional setlist either. It was a very jolly experimental evening.
Lots of gigs on the horizon, but none confirmed yet.
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Last Night's Rehearsal
After a nice fortnight's break, the TLOGS gathered for another rehearsal. We were still missing a couple - Jess in Brighton (now working part-time at Screwfix; fairly interesting job in the nation's gay heartland, I would have thought) and Tess still in the USA (follow her exploits at applefairey.blogspot.com)
Smooth Charlie still admirable on the drums, Hairy Charlie a bit short of left hand skills (consultant says it's probably a ruptured disc in the base of the neck) - no-one noticed the difference, sadly. Anthony filling in for Dave on bass, and overlapping for a bit once he turned up. Memories of Spinal Tap doing Big Bottom at the otherwise excruciatingly awful Live Earth ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN42uzNFVmQ )
Mid-harvest wedding gig is off - probably a good thing. More fascinating rumours of Stockstock abound.......
Smooth Charlie still admirable on the drums, Hairy Charlie a bit short of left hand skills (consultant says it's probably a ruptured disc in the base of the neck) - no-one noticed the difference, sadly. Anthony filling in for Dave on bass, and overlapping for a bit once he turned up. Memories of Spinal Tap doing Big Bottom at the otherwise excruciatingly awful Live Earth ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN42uzNFVmQ )
Mid-harvest wedding gig is off - probably a good thing. More fascinating rumours of Stockstock abound.......
Monday, 7 February 2011
Updates
Blimey, the rehearsal two weeks ago has gone unposted. Dave was back, so it was loud. It was Tessa's last for a bit before she takes on New York again - nice to know they're letting her back in. Jess still in Brighton. Er...that's about it.
More later - including gossip and details of the upcoming woodstock/Longstock/freestock/livestock/bloodstock/stock cubes/OXO festival that has caused such excitement (at least in the SO24 postcode area, anyway.)
More later - including gossip and details of the upcoming woodstock/Longstock/freestock/livestock/bloodstock/stock cubes/OXO festival that has caused such excitement (at least in the SO24 postcode area, anyway.)
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