Accidents will happen

Look, could you young people just stop falling off and down things? I mean, really. Sigh. Here's Dan having tumbled off a trailer, and word reaches us that Tessa has gone arse-over-tit down a Noo Yoik staircase. Will you all calm down? There's a busy summer coming up.

It was suggested at last night's excellent rehearsal that the keyboard player might benefit from being more active while on stage. He would simply to refer the suggester to The Rock Bible, Gospel According to the Keyboardist, Verse 12 (above). Nuff said.

Seen in the press

First signs of top-notch publicity for the upcoming tour - in the mighty 'Church and Village', newsletter for the Benefice of Upper Itchen and its constituent parishes.

Pure Talent

Should the time ever come when we seek an act to support us on tour, we need look no further than here.

Sightings of ex-band members (temporarily or otherwise!)

John was lucky enough to spend some time with this delightfully sophisticated young lady in New York recently. Can't be the same scruffy boho type who used to sing for us, can it? Meanwhile, I had to look carefully at the drummer in this, who seemed awfully familiar. Maybe it was just the hat.

Here is the long edit of Black betty, with manic middle section beginning at 2.00 minutes in.

The gig that nearly was....and might be again soon

So there we were enjoying a swift couple in the Tichborne Arms, when our host pointed out that he was still short of a band for his April 'Live Music Night'. Well, at once (or as soon I got out of Tichborne, and therefore had mobile phone reception), I put the suggestion to Todd, and thence to the rest of the band. It was, so, so close.....we were nearly all there. It would be unfair to name the one who couldn't make it, but drummers are sooo hard to find at short notice. Patrick the Publican was, of course, disappointed, but pointed out that he's still not got a band for his May 'Live Music Night'. Might we, he asked, be available for that one - Friday 25th May? (I think we must have made an impression the other day!) Well, are we?