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Darling Dear Black Casino with Little Fish @ The Drawingroom (by thedrawingroom)
We had a bit of fun at the Drawing Room with Elisa and Ariel from Black Casino and The Ghost (who you may remember from our Barfly show last year). They were headlining the show, and we got up to do a couple of tunes with them – one of ours and one of theirs.
This is a very different version of Darling Dear, with Elisa and Juju splitting the vocal duties and me keeping time (ish) with a kick drum turned sideways.
If you haven’t had a chance to hear BCATG yet, listen to their music on their website or, better yet, just buy the EP. It’s very good. ;)
— Ben
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We played another acoustic gig at the Drawing Room in Chesham on Saturday. It was a long night, but worth every minute. We played a good mix of songs, and I played iPad on a few as well as the usual harmonica. On Better Tell God I used the Polychord app (a digital version of the old Omnichord synth) and on Too Late and Wonderful I used the flute and strings sounds on the M3000, a Mellotron app. The M3000 is sampled from the original Mellotron tapes and sounds beautiful…
But mostly it was a good old fashioned rock’n’roll acoustic set. We had been rehearsing with Nez all morning so there was a bit of Bonnie Tyler in some of Juju’s high notes (which just makes them sound even better ;). Petrus took some great photos and a cool video of Morning Call (thanks, Petrus!).
We took along the new badges too, and sold them five at a time in little bags (you can get them in the shop too). There are twenty different designs, and at the moment you can only buy a bag of five random ones. Already people are asking how they can get all twenty, so we’ve added that option to the shop today. Aren’t we thoughtful?!
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By popular demand, we’re playing another acoustic gig at the Drawing Room in Chesham (that’s right, the one run by Richard) on Saturday 18th June. Call Richard for a ticket (with or without dinner) on 07973 664 551.
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Frank and Juju
We had an awesome time playing the Drawing Room in Chesham on Saturday night. Frank and Sophie drove down from Halifax and Skipton for the gig (nutters!), and the place was more than sold out.
Frank took some great photos, which really capture the fun vibe of the gig. Here are a few, but you should definitely check out the rest: