you may be asking :
What the Hell are You Up to These Days MO?
Well,it's been a busy couple of years,what with gigs here and there and bits of acting about the place,but the good news is that 2004 is going to bring some VERY exciting new project and collabarations,sp please keep popping back to this page for up-dates on gigs and new projects.
So on this page I'll be keeping you up to date with news of gigs,up coming releases,special events and any sacraficial slaughters being planned in the name of Baal (not many of those right now,for some odd reason).
Many people have asked how and when they can avoid seeing me play live,so as a public service here are some up coming live dates :
Due to overwhelming demand ( someone rang me to remind me to do this) here are some up coming dates with various bands that feature me on the ol' banjo.
****LIVE DATES TO BE UP DATED SOON!****
check back regularly.
Chantelle Duncan Band
at the Dover Street Wine Bar,Dover St London W1
Jan.12th 2004
Pete Brown and the Inter - Roceters
The Billingdon,Oxford Nov. 17th
The Urban Jazz Band
12.30 pm Sunday January 26th @ The Old Red Lion ,St John Street ,Angel ,Islington
Nearest Tube: Angel
admission : Free
Guitar Volume : Loud
Susan Cotch,
Sunday 26th Jan ,8.30pm Bull and Gate Kentish Town Road, Nearest tube : kentish Town (doh!) Guitar Volume : LOUDER! and
Monday 3rd Feb Kashmir Club, 6 Nottingham Place W1 Nearest tube: Baker St. admission : free
Guitar Volume : unfortunately probably quieter than it should be
MO NAZAM GROUP
29th May @2.10 pm The Mind Bosy and Spirit Festival,Royla Horticultural Halls,Victoria,London
nearest Tube : Victoria
admission : between £4 - £8
As a service to future historians here are :
ARCHIVED CURRENT EVENTS
As many of you know I was away,touring the USA with top pop combo BBMak,and having a fantastic time on the road.However,this has meant that performances with my own band have been few and far between,and since I got back to Blighty I've been busy writing new material to be debuted soon.
CHANTELLE DUNCAN TRIO
October 10th,2002 - The Living Room,Smithfield Market October 16 - The Living Room ,Essex Road October 24 - The Living Room,Smithfield market
Peter Brown and the Inter-Roceters
There will be a few dates all over the country in December (and some overseas in November) but the main London date is the recording of a live album at :
THE BORDERLINE,DEC.17th. 2002
As many of you know Pete Brown was the co-writer of many hit by Cream (White Room,Sunshine of your Love ) and his band gets better and better,my presence excepted.What NONE of you will know is this:In the 1950's sci fi B movie "This Island Earth" a group of Earth scientists receive insurrections to build a mysterious machine.they build it and turn it on to find that it's a communications device that enables them to talk to aliens on a far flung planet that is in dire need of their help.The device is called an Inter -Roceter.The sad thing is that when I met Pete for the first time I knew what Inter-Roceter meant and where it came from so he hired me on the spot!I don't think he cared what I played like,he just loved the fact that I'd wasted my life watching crap sci fi fillums. The planet that the aliens were from was called Metaluna. Of course I'll email you to let you know of any more interesting gigs in the meantime,however....
May 26th -PETE BROWN -
THE CHILL ON THE
HILL FESTIVAL CROUCH HILL
COMMUNITY CENTRE,
83 CROUCH HILL
N8 9EG.
020 7263 0293
Poet/lyricist/raconteur/percussionist,Pete is best known for writing the lyrics to Creams hit's ( Sunshine of your Love,White Room ,Politician etc..) His band is kinda funky and loud! YIPEE! I think it's £3.00 to get in,and if it's a good day it'll be a great gig.I think we're on last-ish.
June 6 - SUSAN COTCH
THE KASHMIR CLUB Downstairs @ BAKER AND OVEN NOTTINGHAM ST MARYLEBONE WC 1 Great songs,great singer,GREATHEAVENS!After a successful trip to NYC we're back,but with a difference : Playing what is primarily an ACOUSTIC venue,so you won't leave with your ears bleeding this time.It's FREE too,and a really great place to see songwriters/bands in an intimate,supportive environment.
THE CHANTELLE DUNCAN TRIO
Wednesday,June 19th @The Living Room, Essex Road,Islington,N1
Thursday,June 20th @The Living Room, Smithfields Market, Farringdon,EC 1
Superb singer,with a band featuring me on acoustic geetar and my good friend Mark Hinton Stewart on the piano.great songs,nice bars,good food,people in suits.A recipe for a GREAT NITE OUT! .Usually on stage @ 8.30 ish.Free entry.
AND FINALLY
JUNE 3rd---MO NAZAM
Mind Body and Spirit Festival Horticultural Halls Victoria London SW1
I've played here every year for ages now, and it's one of my favourite gigs,full of people who smile for no good reason and look at you funny cos they can see your aura,and BOY! is it out of whack!Great place to meet interesting and slightly hat -stand people who wont laugh if you talk about your theory that Jesus was an alien,so that's fine by me.Great place to get books,eat some cool food,see some demos of tai Chi and hear some fantastic music.We're on at 4 ish and we're playing a short -ish set,but you can spend all day there just looking at stuff and chatting to the people on the Sufi or Kabbalah stands.entry £6.00
SUSAN COTCH
Superb singer,gutsy ,hook laden songs and truly RAAAAWKIN' band.We play VERY loudly .....
7th Sept.2001 The Barfly @ The Monarch ,Chalk Farm Road,Camden,London,NW1
14th Sept.2001 - The Kashmir Club @ the Baker and Oven,Paddington Street,London,WC1
4th October 2001 - Bull and Gate,Kentish Town Road,London,NW5
MO NAZAM BAND
April 29,2001 - Barbican ,Silk Street ,E1 12.30 pm - admission free
Some very ladi back straight ahead jazz for this one.Too early in the morning to be hitting the ol' distorto deluxe
May 25 2001 - Cafe Gigi ,Willesden Library Center,High Road ,Willesden,NW2 - 9pm- free
Plenty of distorto deluxe on this one tho!!!
31st May 2001 - Mind Body and Spirit Festival,Horticultural Halls,Victoria ,London 2pm-
The 25th anniversay for this gathering of Space Cadets and I'm proud to be playing there again,for the fifth year if memory serves.line up for the band not confirmed yet but it promises to be a special performance with the theme of "Searching for a Path".....I'll choose songs that reflect that theme for me personally.Come along if you fancy aura healing or meeting your dead dog reincarnated as a tulip.ADMISSION - 6 quid I think.
R2 ( Rowland sutherland and ray carless)
Excellent band led by flute and sax .Drum and bass,african,Jazz and world influences mixed by the R2 crew,which includes me making a bit of a racket at the back.
June 14th - Gefferye Museum Summer festival,Kingsland road ,london E 2--6 pm
June 30th - Jazz Club,The Arches,63 Caversham Road Reading- 9.30pm - £5 admission
DATES WITH SUSAN COTCH WILL BE POSTED AS SOON AS THEY ARE CONFIRMED
3rd November 2000 - Cafe Gigi ,Willesden Library Centre,Willesden High Road ,NW2 -
My regular once a month get together with some friends for a non - rehearsed blow through some Jazz,Funk and Fusion standards.Featuring a floating line up of some SUPERB musicians past paly pals have included top drummers Andy Gangadeen,Winston Clifford and Daniel Crosby,amazing bassists like Julian Crampton,Neville Malcolm and John McKenzie and the superb vocal talents ofthe gorgeous Lynne Jackaman. FREE ADMISSION.
8th December 2000 - Cafe Gigi...
The last one of the year!!!
I'm also playing with
Susan Cotch
2nd November ,2000 - Kings Head Fulham,London
15th November ,2000 - Garage,Highbury Corner,London
21st November , 2000 - kings Head,Fulham,London
Australian singer/songwriter with a kick ass band and some serious tunes ,making a name for herslef on the London circuit. Yours truly on geetar with the volume at 11 !!!
DAVID HADLEY RAY
Various dates in Hollland,November/December 2000 - Excellent US bass player with a seriously funky band.When I get the dates I'll post them here,and if anyone in Holland wants to offer to take us out for a "coffee" I'm sure we'll all be up for it!
That's it for now,please keep checking back here for up dates.As always feel free to email me .
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