Leonard Smalls

Stuck On You - Lionel Richie

My (often funky)punk band has two bass players...

Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

If you're playing with 'em again say hi from Big from BarfRoco!

I remember Les (Fruitbat) breaking his arm at our party in our insalubrious Georgian housing co-op house on extremely salubrious Vincent Square, Pimlico. I don't think the other residents liked having a row of what looked like punk squatters overlooking their cricket pitch-centred square - they called the police!

Word Up! - Cameo

Gloria in Excelsis Mondeo - Ludwig van Beethoven

Your Attention Please - The Scars (I still have this on gold flexi disc!)

I had a very musically diverse day today... This morning I rehearsed with the punk band, breaking in a new guitarist. This afternoon I went to a local church hall to see a chap called Julian Perkins play Bach's Goldberg Variations on a harpsichord brought up specially from London. He did it beautifully (though rather heretically, I prefer to hear Bach played on an actual piano!). And this evening I'll be recording some funky slap bass for my EDMFunkRock band's upcoming difficult Second Record...

Blockheads - Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Lourdes Knows - 2Pac

I've done a few charity gigs for free - though being in only originals bands I often get paid very little or nowt as well depending on the amount of folks who come in. However, y'all would be appalled at the level of expenses that established stars get for charity events; the usual fee might be waived but private jet, champagne rider and Michelin level dinners are all there...

Atomic Dog - George Clinton

Sarsippius Ark -Infectious Grooves Serious Rob Trujillo-ness!

Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys

Spank-a-Lee - Herbie Hancock

Unless, of course, it's Mudvayne... And I tend to use the G string all the time. It's useful for excessive widdling.

Be Stiff - Devo

Veal meet again - Vera Lynn

Same with the Ozrics! Excellent gigs...

Join the Army - Suicidal Tendencies

He's a brave boy!

Back in the early 90s we thought that in order to impress a number of scouts (that's record company ones, not boys in shorts) we'd need to be uninhibited and exciting on stage. Which of course meant about 6 pints and a noseful of coke each. We played abysmally... We never saw any scouts again! But saying that, in the same band we'd always have some weed at rehearsals and gigs (actually, weed wasn't that available - it tended to be more of the soapbar solid variety which meant it wasn't usually very strong compared to the skunk available nowadays!). And we played well - our live recording in our living room still sounds OK now! (If you want a laugh! ) However, I have a max of 1 beer (*) before playing now, and haven't smoked any dope in decades! *that's often due to driving though - recent gig in Chester saw at least 2 pints and a good glug of tequila before playing as the hotel was only 100m away! No decent cock-ups either...

Egg Man - Beastie Boys