Re: BA's to play Oslo, Athens and, er, Devon!

["suzzell" <suzzell@ws...org.uk>]

I must have missed something. What harbourside gig are we
talking about at the end of July ?



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From: chris sharp <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>
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Subject: [Blueplanes] BA's to play Oslo, Athens and, er,
Devon!
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:07:52 +0100

> Hi everyone
> 
> I asked Lisa to tell Gerard I'm back in England until
> Christmas if he   needed any recording done and he duly
> called me back the next day and   asked me to meet up. We
> spent 2 hours chatting in a cafe at the top   of Park
> Street in Bristol this afternoon. I just thought I'd share
>   some of the new info which emerged from our
> conversation.
> 
> The band are rehearsing on Monday for the harbourside gig
> at the end   of July. There is a new 17 year old female
> violinist joining the band   for the show so expect a few
> violiny tunes at the gig! He mentioned   Days of 49 and a
> couple of others. (If anyone has suggestions I'll   pass
> them on)
> 
> They are rehearsing in a recording studio so that at the
> end of the   session they can record the backing tracks to
> a load of new songs.   He's hoping to capture the
> spontaneous vibe of the band playing the   tracks for the
> first time. Gerard asked me to take my laptop in and  
> transfer the files so we can get together and overdub
> extra   instrumentation and vocals over the coming weeks
> at his place. It   seems I've chosen a great time to spend
> a few weeks in Bristol! If   they come out ok they may
> form the core of the next album.
> 
> I asked about any other shows on the horizon. He said they
> have been   booked for the Beautiful Days festival in
> Devon (apparently organised   by one of the Levellers) but
> he hasn't received the contract yet so   it is still to be
> confirmed. He also mentioned upcoming gigs in Oslo   and
> in Athens. That should please the Norwegian posse!!
> 
> I asked about the track listing for the Harvester album
> and he reeled   of the following list of 10 songs (not in
> track order but in the   order they came to mind!)
> 
> Fireball - Deep Purple
> It Didn't Work Out - Micheal Chapman
> Mazy - Syd Barrett
> Stop This Train Again Doing It - Kevin Ayres
> Staggerlee - Professor Longhair
> Outdoor Miner - Wire
> I'm Stranded - The Saints
> Free Four - Pink Floyd
> Hotel Room - Edger Broughton Band
> Taking Some Time On - Barclay James Harvest
> 
> We spent about 20 minutes discussing conspiracy theories
> (one of my   favourite subjects!). I was suprised to learn
> that he was well aware   of the inconsistencies in the
> official story about Sept 11th. In fact   he told me he
> had even written a song a few weeks after the attacks  
> called "Dragon's Teeth" (based on an ancient proverb about
> killing a   dragon and each of its teeth scattering and
> changing into more   dragons). The song features a lot of
> violin so I encouraged him to   think about re-recording
> it, especially with the 5th anniversary of   9/11
> approaching. I asked him if he had seen the film "Loose
> Change"   but he hadn't as he doesn't have a broadband
> connection at home so I   promised to take it round on my
> laptop next week. (http://  www.seeloosechange.com if any
> of you are interested!)
> 
> He also told me that crows are harder than seagulls!
> Apparently he   learnt this watching a group of crows in a
> park and seeing a flock of   about 40 seagulls approaching
> (sounds like a dodgy 80s band!). He   settled in to watch
> the ensuing battle only to see the seagulls take   a very
> wide birth as the 4 or 5 crows stood around "just looking 
> hard". Amazing what you can learn in 2 hours with Gerard!
> 
> I'll post an update in a couple of weeks to let you know
> how the   recordings are going
> 
> Chris
> 
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