Dutch Riverway Cruise

We are really looking forward to this "holiday" - playing on a beautiful River Cruiser travelling from Amsterdam for five days. In association with SAGA holidays , we will be playing a different show each night including all our favourites as well as our own new tunes !!!
All details on how to book are in the page I have scanned in
It leaves on 28 April 2009
Book now to avoid disappointment !!!

Our first Wedding of 2009

We all trundled out beyond Guildford in Surrey last Saturday night just as the storm started, to play at a Wedding Reception at Loseley Park in the Tithe Barn - a lovely venue for sure!
We had been recommended by the lady who did the flowers because she had loved our show at her 40th birthday party some months ago.
We were superbly looked after with a great meal and accompanying wine. The evening went off very smoothly - we got the ipod from the best man and put the dance music on around 7.00pm. It also had the first dance on it which was "Chasing Cars".
Our first set kicked off at around 9.00pm and we rocked - everyone was in good spirit by that time and the dance floor remained packed throughout!
After a short break we played our second set with all our off stage antics - Erica (baritone) was great and got up on one of our bass bins during her solo in Tequila whilst Martin and I were rocking out on the dance floor - him on Tenor and me with my Keytar!
The bride and groom loved it and sent an email the next day which was great:

"Dear Neil Just a quick note to say thank you to you and the band for making our reception so special and memorable. Everyone commented on what a fantastic band you were and how great the set was. Your genuine enthusiasm and love of what you do really comes through and we'll definitely recommend you to as many people as we can! The great reception topped on a brilliant day.
Thanks again.
Alex & Amy"

Makes it worthwhile!



WARNING

I must point out that in no way am I suggesting that "licking an electric piano" is a safe pasttime - under no circumstances should it be tried by an amateur - I have had several years experience and am able to carry it off without injury either to my tongue or the tongues of those nearby.............

Tokyo 2004

Not much happening in cold dark London so I pulled out some old footage of a gig I did in a small club in Tokyo in April of 2004. I had a ball for ten days - mixing with the locals and playing all over the city.

The clip is an excerpt from Good Golly Miss Molly which I was hammering out on a gorgeous Yamaha grand - every club had a beautiful piano for obvious reasons.
I also stayed one night in a capsule hotel after seeing Palin do it on TV. You leave your shoes in a locker in reception and then get a gown - leaving all your clothes in another locker on the floor of your capsule. Then you have to find your capsule ! After a few drinks that ain't that easy - I was on the upper row but managed ok.
Very cheap and small but enough room for a TV at the foot of the bed on a small ledge. I have some video footage of the entire experience and maybe I should put it up sometime.
The trip inspired a song on my last CD "Tokyo Blues Guitar" and also inspired me to record a version of "Red Stripe Boogie" in Japanese! I got some boys from the local jive band "Ban Ban Bazar" to help me translate it after a gig one night and wrote it down phonetically - it worked very well.
I have a mind to do some promotion in Tokyo on the back of the track but for now I am concentrating on the UK market.
Enough for now. Enjoy the video.