Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Goodbye Earl

A redneck tale of desperate trailer-wives written by the Dixie Chicks and peformed for your edification by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Punk cover band in excelcis!

The Sonics

We went up to the Forum in Kentish Town last night to see the Sonics. They were pretty damn good too.
Met up with my cuss Joss and Nadia his missis who took us to a pub called the Pineapple for a drink before the show.
The Forum has a dark past as it was a meeting place for Mosely's blackshirts in the 30's and there are still a couple of facisti emblems on the wall. These days it is a very good venue re-furbished from the old Town & Country Club by the Mean Fiddler mob.
A diverse group of Mods, Rockabillies, Punks and vinyl junkies gathered to watch the Sonics rip the place up and it is a delight to report they were still playing fast and loud.

New Tracks

We were in Western Star for a couple of days last week recording stuff. The plan was to put out an e.p. but we recorded three new tracks - Demob Suit, Put My Stoneage Woo On You and Crazywell Pool - and remixed four left from other sessions - Drummer Owns The Name, True Crime, Roadkill Grill and Dunmow Flitch so now we've got half an album and that's the new plan after more taping later in the year.
The picture above is of Alan Wilson formerly of Rockabilly outfit the Sharks and now head honcho and all round big kahuna at Western Star enterprises.
The recording involved the consumption of six portions of fish and chips, one king-size deep pan pizza, two tubs and three packets of sweets, one family size bag of quavers, one family size bag of crisps, assorted John's Bakers pasties and sausage rolls (+ some horrible pies from Asda), numerous cups of tea and a couple of family size bottles of fizzy pop.
That's one debauched rider!

The Race Is On

Here's George again performing a song thats been covered by the Stray Cats featuring Dave Edmunds. This must have been one of the hickest shows on American t.v. - but you've got to love the corniness of it all.

George Jones-White Lightning

Sometimes my old pal Ralph and i bounce topics off of one another. He's just posted The Fall covering White Lightning best known in this country as a hit for the Big Bopper. The original version was by the songs writer George Jones almost a parody of the wife beating, much married, alcoholic country star. Here's a young George performing the song - dig the buzz cut and the suits from Nudies western tailors.

Alice Cooper - Elected

A snake, a barrowload of money and a smoking chimp - i want to be elected too!

Ian Dury - Sweet Gene Vincent [OGWT]

Computers working again so to celibrate here's the late great Ian Dury performing my fave Blockheads song with Wilko Johnson going bonkers nut crazy on his telecaster.