Jul 28, 2013 | Bands, Double Bass, The Missing Persians
After only a few weeks rehearsal, I had my first gig with The Missing Persians the other week at the Talbot Inn in Eynsham, and very good it was too! A couple of hours of playing with some really good musicians in a style I don’t really get anywhere else –...
May 31, 2013 | Public Gigs
Following the loss of a singer in Beelzebozo and then my hurling myself from a moving vehicle (unrelated), I found myself in a quiet period where I was either looking for a new vocalist or recuperating from the accident. So not much playing for a few months. That...
Apr 5, 2013 | General, Injury and recovery
Following my little motorcycle incident, I’ve not been able to play my bass at all for the last four weeks. I damaged a ligament in my thumb and chipped a tiny piece of bone from the thumb socket and they put my left hand in a cast to let the ligament heal. This...
Mar 12, 2013 | General, Motorcycle
Other than playing bass guitar, I’m also a big fan of riding motorcycles. I’ve been riding on and off since I was about 10 or 11 years old (when a group of us bought a Puch Maxi Sport moped in a cardboard box for £12) but for one reason or another I only...
Jan 25, 2013 | Beelzebozo, General
After many years service to the rock industry, our singer in Beelzebozo has decided to call it a day. This has been a bit of a shock to us, as we’ve been making music together for something like 15 years and have been working on recording some new material for...
Oct 21, 2011 | Public Gigs
Phew… been really busy recently so only just got time for a quick post about the gig on Saturday. Beelzebozo will be helping celebrate our friend Bruce’s birthday by playing a varied selection of some of our favourite songs from the last 30 years, all...
Dec 31, 2010 | Public Gigs
Playing tonight at the Perch in Oxford with Frank Hockney (drums) Dorothy Shaw (piano) Peter Money (trombone) and Mike Clapson (sax) Looking forward to a great night, not least because I get a chance to play a NYE gig close to home and my other half can come!...
