Monday, 11 October 2010
Next Time: New Washboard Syncopators
We've had lots of fun with this band on the occasion of their earlier visits. This may well prove to be the last chance we get to hear them, as we understand they are going their separate ways in the nearish future. Be there to experience their unique sound and their repertoire of rare music from the 1920s.
Swingin' with that nice Mr Wood..
..and Cliff Williams, and Mike Graver, and Martin Emeny.
There was a goodly mix of stuff on offer when the boys came together last night at Spring Lane. We like to give you tunes you dont hear often, and last night included a few: Gary gave us Just in Time, and Rent Party Blues. Phil gave us Nearness of You. And I don't know when anybody last played The Saints at MRC!!
It's been a great pleasure to welcome Mike Graver to a couple of sessions, as he's a busy man and we can't often get him. When you hear his superb melodic style and his faultless accompaniment behind a melody, it's easy to see why he is in such demand.
I'd like, too, to thank John Ripper for bringing his baritone. What a boost we always get when he's there bolstering up the front line!
I was reflecting, on the way home (as you do) that this is October and most of the year has passed. Looking back over the recorded archives for 2010 as I processed last nights recording, I must say that this has been an absolutely vintage year for quality. Because of the jam-session format we mostly use, we tend as musicians to focus on the mistakes we've made - the untidy intros and outros, the odd bum note or wrong chord. But overall, I'm struck by the authenticity of the swing we produce and I'm so happy to be able to be a part of it. You'll hear more polished perfomances from bands that play together all the time, but you won't often hear the spirit and authenticity that somehow emerges from Spring Lane sessions. I genuinely believe that this is how it might have been, late in the night, in New York or Chicago during the 1940s and early 50's.
Keep supporting us and we'll try to keep delivering it!
There was a goodly mix of stuff on offer when the boys came together last night at Spring Lane. We like to give you tunes you dont hear often, and last night included a few: Gary gave us Just in Time, and Rent Party Blues. Phil gave us Nearness of You. And I don't know when anybody last played The Saints at MRC!!
It's been a great pleasure to welcome Mike Graver to a couple of sessions, as he's a busy man and we can't often get him. When you hear his superb melodic style and his faultless accompaniment behind a melody, it's easy to see why he is in such demand.
I'd like, too, to thank John Ripper for bringing his baritone. What a boost we always get when he's there bolstering up the front line!
I was reflecting, on the way home (as you do) that this is October and most of the year has passed. Looking back over the recorded archives for 2010 as I processed last nights recording, I must say that this has been an absolutely vintage year for quality. Because of the jam-session format we mostly use, we tend as musicians to focus on the mistakes we've made - the untidy intros and outros, the odd bum note or wrong chord. But overall, I'm struck by the authenticity of the swing we produce and I'm so happy to be able to be a part of it. You'll hear more polished perfomances from bands that play together all the time, but you won't often hear the spirit and authenticity that somehow emerges from Spring Lane sessions. I genuinely believe that this is how it might have been, late in the night, in New York or Chicago during the 1940s and early 50's.
Keep supporting us and we'll try to keep delivering it!
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