On Friday we have the T-Bones at the Lomond . Now, that is Lomond ,pron. "Low-Mond" not "Le-Monde" that's because it is named after Loch Lomond in Scotland not something else in France. It was my father who gave me a curious look when I made the faux-pas on that one....er hang on faux-pas?..Le-Monde?Sacre Bleeeeeuuuughghghghghghgh....
Anyways, the T-Bones aren't cheese eating surrender monkeys nor are they haggis hiding hammer throwers. They are simple folk raised by and large in rural areas....except of course those amongst them who were raised on communes, and those who were raised in Scotland, yeah Scotland...huh?
Aye, We hae a wee scottish lassie oan bass an' We loove 'er...........
Which is just as well ....for me at least because pretty much any music I'm involved in also involves Alics....
..........like The Tender Hearts, Jody Galvin writes the toons, plays acoustic and sings 'em........Alics plays bass, Mikaela plays drums and I get to play electric....which is just as well , I'm not much chop on anything else. The Tender Hearts are kickin off at the Retreat Hotel at about 5 on Sunday arv....
Just like the T-Bones I weedled my way into the Tender Hearts because I love the songs they write....... them's good, real good.
Now, there is another matter . I began recording a new solo album in November 2008, then ten days later I got myself a busted leg . That turned out to be a bit of a distraction. It wasn't until last year that I managed to convince my ducks to line up....I went to Michael Thomas and said "help". Over five days we thrashed adding all the guitars, keyboard ,bass and vocals to the drums that Miles had recorded years before.There are fifteen songs some that came from the Overnight Jones era, some from the Purple Hayseeds and some from FourDoorShitBox....and a couple of newish ones. So, that was last year.Last week I went and visited Craig Pilkington and said "help".
By my estimation the mixing and the mastering of the recording will be done in a few months....So, by about this time next year I should be ready to release it.
I will gladly accept all suggestions for the name of this hotly anticipated vanity project, yes even yours Johnny.
So , this Friday :T-Bones.
Sunday: Tender Hearts.
Sometime in the indeterminate never never a new solo album from me, James Stewart.
