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Bass and Drum Rolls Rock The Mashers |
| Richard (12/14/08 09:52:26) Tag: default |
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Quiet but interesting, is the best way to describe this week for The Mashers. Monday found us back on our home stomping ground at The Monkwood for a return to practice. Two new songs are getting very close to being sorted. Unfortunately they are not seasonal – but I'm sure that won't stop us giving them an airing over the festive season. It was nice to have our old mate Paul Pearson pop in, along with his young lady Christine, to pay us a visit and spoil us with a few songs. It's always nice to have friends and anyone call in to witness the battle of wills as Myke and myself fight to get new songs sorted. The Black Bull on Tuesday was a little subdued. The cold must have been keeping the folks at home in front of their fires. BUT it was a good night with some more super performances from all the usual suspects. Standing out was Johno number two, e.g. not the Johno famed for his part in The Lanterns. Coming on last in the evening he held us mesmerised by three of his own songs and some lovely guitar technique. This is a young man with a lot of talent…………. I hope we hear a lot more from him. He's been a regular at the Buskers night for a couple of months, normally joining in with a bit of drumming, but this was the first time that he has got up and done his own thing. So well done Johno and lets have more of your songs. "I don't do covers". In fact the young man had a role to play during The Mashers set, as Johno joined in to play drums and Martin Bass as we thrashed through, Ordinary Man, Drink Down the Moon and Shine – not necessarily in that order. The Masher Quartet really rocked, although I don't think I've sung Ordinary Man at such a fast tempo – one tends to be taken along by percussionists………. Especially one's who do not know the song. Thanks to both Martin and Johno it has given us something to think about. Highlight of the week though was David Kidman's review of our offering to the world of recorded music, "Deliberate Mistake". Those who have followed our News Blogs over the months will be aware of a rather public falling out we had with Dave back at the Chapeltown Bank Holiday Festival. Dave has been brilliant to us, doing more than a bit of research to uncover the heart of what The Mashers are all about. You can read the Review in a Blog that we have put up. I've also been playing with our Myspace page which had become just a little messy and untidy. The "What They Say About The Mashers" can now be found as a Blog and also as I get around to setting it up the new Headline Flasher that can be found in our Profile. We've shifted the photos around to fit with the script better. You can find links where you can down load for free our "Demo Disc" – and the full "Folk Up Front" programme we recorded with Terry Ferdinand at Bishop FM which we think gives an insight into what makes The Mashers tick. If you sign up for what will be irregular News Letters from The Mashers, you will also get a FREE Down Load 6 Track EP, which includes some of the "Live" material. As far as activity is concerned The Mashers are going to keep a low profile over the Festive season, we will though be out and about making surprise attacks on Clubs when they least expect it. In the New Year we will set off a fresh with plenty of new ideas to get "live music" going again in what has become a stagnant environment. THIS WEEK: Monday our usual practice at The Monkwood – the last before Christmas. Tuesday we intend to have ago at the Open Mic at Rudi's Blues Café in Rotherham. Thursday we hope to get to The Kimberworth Park if it is still running its Busker nights. I've just discovered that if you click on the OLDER button on the left you can find our archived Blogs - feel free to explore if you are new to The Mashers. |
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