Leonard Smalls

Twas brilliant, even though James Blood was quite "refreshed"... And I got to shake Jamaaladeen's hand and mumble something trite and embarrassing!

Best gig? There's been lots: Kraftwerk at Liverpool Empire on the Pocket Calculator tour. Awesome sound! The Clash at Deeside, though somewhat marred by racist booing when Mikey Dread was on Chilli Peppers, either at the Clarendon, Electric Ballroom, Mean Fiddler or Astoria - possibly Astoria as they were seriously tight, and rockin', and I managed to blag 6 of us into the after show party using my BBC pass. Ended up dancing with Flea to "Flashlight" by Parliament! Ian Dury, every time. Probably The Best Band Ever Bootsy at the Barbican. Proper! Mutoid Waste Company and World Domination Enterprises at the Tabernacle; like Mad Max on steroids followed by the nastiest rocknroll noise you could ever hope for Jamaaladeen Tacuma/James Blood Ulmer/Calvin Weston at the Bull and Gate (before it was the Powerhaus). Never knew jazz could funk and rock so much! Dead Kennedys at Leeds Poly; gobsmacking... And worst? Culture Club at Leeds Poly - didn't like their songs so in some ways it was a small mercy they were only on for 20 mins! Hall and Oates at Birmingham Symphony Hall - they were perfectly good, the bass player was great but I hated every song... And an honourable mention to my old band; we had a gig booked at I think it was the Kings Head in Fulham. We knew that record company scouts were coming, so we decided the best thing to do was to all take an enormous cocktail of drink and drugs to improve our rock'n'roll-ness. We were absolutely terrible - out of time, out of key, forgetting songs all the while thinking we were playing really well. Never heard back from the record companies!

It's funny that if you go to an old folks' home nowadays they'll still have entertainers coming in and singing songs from the war, before many of the inhabitants were born! I wonder if when I'm in my dodderage in one of those places, the daily diet of David Dickinson will be broken up by be-leathered and zipped singers jumping around and shouting "Gawd Save The Queen She ain't no human bean!"

These chaps sing in a variety of languages, and everthang is epic... Here's the bass solo and more excitement!

Ich hatte mal eine Freundin, die hätte das Pferd angeschaut und nicht bemerkt, dass es kein Spiegel war! Das ist jedoch Topf-Kettling, da wir möglicherweise eine Übersetzung aus dem Englischen verpassen! (Ich verwechsle gerne meine deutschen Verwandten mit unangemessenen englischen Sprüchen)

Für ein Pferd im Bad waren wir zu arm. Aber wir könnten uns einen Spiegel leisten!

http://youtu.be/KlEYTAp3tl0?t=612 You Tube doesn't allow embedding of this vid!

Saint sujet résurrection! 😁

1st DAF I bought, or heard for that matter..

That may inspire our singer to violence! But I'm up for it...

Indeed! However, as we're officially in the middle of nowhere we'll take what we can. But I added keys to our online streaming gigs last year though and they sounded great!

Choked are looking for a rhythm guitarist, or perhaps Ministry style keys to make ' em morr beefy. Think Suicidals/Chic or Rage/Parliament. We're in the Welsh Borders between Kington Clun Ludlow Newtown... Gigs waiting and album to record!

French rap, and enormous trousers!

Reminds me of Roxy Bowie Nite at Angels when I were a yoof: As does this:

I only discovered them a few years ago after hearing them on Maconie's Freakzone... Not quite so keen on their more folky acoustic bits, but when they get going they definitely pump it!

The thing about The Lovely Eggs is that there's something faintly (*) annoying about everything they do... Even their chosen cause (!) just adds to their annoyingness. One man's quirky-kooky is another's sucky-sucky! * when I say faintly...

How could I have forgotten Bill? Remember buying Baselines on spec in Penny Lane records in 1983 and being completely blown away!

Bass players who got me into bass, in order: Norman Watt-Roy Derek Forbes (Simple Minds) Big Tony Fisher (Trouble Funk) Bootsy Jamaaladeen Tacuma Jonas Hellborg

Talking of funky thing to play with, here's a funkyjazzy little thing which started with the piano solo bit in the middle musing on just what sort of party Mrs Gulliver might be travelling to with all her little mates. Basses used are ACG and Lightwave fretless, piano and keys sounds are Ableton's own or Addictive Keys, guitar is a Strat, drums are by Clyde Stubblefield and me via EZ Drummer and horns are loops edited from Loopcloud.

I most certainly wouldn't say that!!! Nice to have another funkster on board...

Early hardcore bands! Check Out of Vogue by Middle Class in Doctor J's post as one example...