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The Big Eyes Family Players: General Info

Member Since	2/28/2006
Band Website	www.big-eyes.co.uk
Band Members	Big Eyes Family Players 2007-now James Green - guitars, piano, cello, singing, string arrangements, organ, harmonium, melodica, harp, percussion, banjo. David Jaycock - guitars, violin, banjo, harmonium Katherine Jackson - violin Ellie Bond - violin Tom Kidston - bass Paul Fletcher - drums Chris Boyd - drums (on Donkeysongs) Big Eyes Family Players 2003-2006 James Green - guitars, piano, cello, singing, string arrangements, organ, accordion, harmonium, melodica, percussion, banjo. David Jaycock - guitars, arrangements Lindsay Aitkenhead - viola, violin Katherine Jackson - violin Jeremy Barnes - percussion, drums, piano Gemma Green - clarinet, singing Suzy Mangion - singing James Yorkston - singing Rachel Grimes - piano loop Jamie Crewe - harp James William Hindle - singing Shaun Alcock - drums Big Eyes 2002-2004 James Green - guitars, harmonium, autoharp, piano etc., David Jaycock - guitars, harmonium, Katherine Wood- violin, Elodie Ginsbourg - vocals, xylophone, Neil Shumsky - bass, Andrew Brown - percussion/drums. Big Eyes 1999-2002 James Green - guitars, harmonium, autoharp, piano etc. Mark Rimmer - guitars, harmonium, Katherine Wood- violin, Elodie Ginsbourg - vocals, xylophone, Neil Shumsky - bass, Andrew Brown - percussion/drums.
Influences	Stravinsky, Satie, Rachel's, Dirty Three, The Birthday Party, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Tom Waits, Elgar, Palace Brothers, Tindersticks, Bartok, His Name Is Alive
Sounds Like	some of the above, to a lesser or greater extent....or a hapless drunken ensemble led by a blind conductor....
Record Label	Pickled Egg Records
Type of Label	Indie

Upcoming Shows

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Nov 5 2009

8:00P

South Street Arts Centre

Reading, London and South East

Nov 6 2009

8:00P

Rolling Stone Festival

Nov 7 2009

8:00P

Tabernacle

London, London and South East

Nov 8 2009

8:00P

Hanbury Ballroom

Brighton, London and South East

Nov 22 2009

7:30P

The Roundhouse

London, London and South East

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About The Big Eyes Family Players

the group was started in 1999 by James in Leeds, uk, as just an experiment in playing (or attemping to play) classical music with little knowledge of the genre or classical theory.....eventually James recorded a bunch of songs, with the help of some friends, sent off some demo tapes, one of which arrived at the hq of Pickled Egg Records. Shortly afterwards Pickled Egg offered to put out the demo as a mini-album, entitled 'Big Eyes Songs' (EGG21). Around the same time, the first line-up of the band was formed, primarily to play live. In 2002 Mark left the band and David Jaycock joined to take over his role

Many gigs came and went (highlights included supporting Daniel Johnston on his first UK show, an appearance at the Happy Robots fest in Reading alongside Pram, and headlining a show at the Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds), as did 3 full length albums, 'Clumsy Music' (EGG29), 'Love is Gone Mad' (EGG36) and 'We Have No Need For Voices When Our Hearts Can Sing' (EGG49) as well as the EP 'I See Creatures' (EGG45). The last Big Eyes album featured a collaboration with Terry Edwards ('Bugle Junior') and was a sign of things to come with regards to the future of the band. In 2004 the the live set-up folded in order to concentrate on studio-based activities.

James and David continued to write and record and decided to put together a collaborations album. The next 2 years were taken up with this project, and the results were released in May 2006 as:

'Do the Musiking' by the Big Eyes Family Players (EGG58).

The 29-track album featured contributions/collaborations with such luminaries as James Yorkston (Domino/Fence), Jeremy Barnes (A Hawk and A Hacksaw), Rachel Grimes (Rachel's), James William Hindle (Badman/Track and Field), Suzy Mangion (George) as well as many others...

The album is a heady orchestral spin through klezmer, drone, balladry, folk and modern composition and comes in a lovely cd-digipack.

all of the above releases are available from Pickled Egg Records (www.pickled-egg.co.uk) and in all good independent mail-order/record shops..

The Yorkston-collaboration 'Sunday Jacket' featured on the flip-side of the 7-inch version of his single 'Woozy With Cider' in 2007 (on Domino Records).

2008 starts with an 8-track album released on Irish label Rusted Rail. The album is called 'Donkeysongs'. It was put together by James, David and Chris Boyd (of Chora), playing lots of instruments, but not all at the same time. Perhaps the most psychedelic of the Big Eyes-related releases? If you want to buy one or just find out more go to www.rustedrail.com/bigeyes2.html or www.myspace.com/rustedrail

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The Ceòl Picture Company	Aug 27 2009 7:27 PM Cheers for the add. All the best. d.
Adrian differentclassradio	Aug 15 2009 6:41 PM Listen to The Big Eyes Family Players on Adrian's show on Different Class Radio. Other artists featured in the latest show include Hospitality, Eagle/Deer, Peppermoon, Dominique Temouri and Casador. Oh yeah, and Glen Campbell. Also, here's a date for your diary: come along, we'd love to see you there.
4:44AM Records	May 15 2009 9:02 AM ..
PP Dog	Apr 14 2009 9:05 AM Thanks for the add! I've been listening to "Do The Musiking" for the past week! So feel free to tell me off good if future stuff of mine sounds a little too familiar! Chachacha xx
GHOSTS	Oct 8 2008 5:21 PM Hello, your music is lovely x
The Old Sweet Shop	Jul 2 2008 10:00 PM 'I'm Here, You There?' A New Exhibition by Pud. Preview - Saturday 5th July, 2pm-6pm at The Old Sweet Shop, 1 Nether Edge Road, Sheffield, S7 1RU.
SKINNY WILLY	May 27 2008 12:04 PM THANKS FOR THE ADD GUYS I SAW YOU AT CHINCHILLA FEST TRULY LOVLY MUSIC VERY MUCH ENJOYED IT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND ALL THE BEST FROM SKINNY-WILLY.
SPLAYD FESTIVAL	May 17 2008 8:55 AM
Sideways Through Sound Radio	May 8 2008 8:53 AM You got radio airplay in Australia!! www. sidewaysthroughsound. com
♪♫ Craven Canary ♫♪	Apr 27 2008 8:40 PM I'm truly loving this...brilliant! I WILL be returning...often! ♫♪Craven Canary♫♪
The Child of A Creek	Mar 21 2008 5:13 PM Thanks for the add. Graceful Music. Love, The Child of A Creek
Barba Moreno	Mar 18 2008 8:15 PM WHAT SPLENDID, MOURNFUL AND UNIQUE MUSIC.
Quiet Night	Feb 17 2008 9:24 AM Hello James and the Big Eyes Family Players, thank you so much for playing last night. Your music was much appreciated. It was a pleasure to host you in our humble town. See you soon, Tom & Stacey x
Quiet Night	Feb 8 2008 10:17 PM hey, www.myspace.com/quietnightattheglobe
Fell Foot Wood	Feb 7 2008 9:43 PM Thanks for making the fuzzy connection. hope to see you here sometime. barry
The Old Sweet Shop	Jan 15 2008 8:39 PM Come down to the opening on Saturday 19th January from 12pm-6pm to get the first peek of Ladoza battling it out against the Bunnies of Doom!
ARCHITECTS OF HARMONIC ROOMS & RECORDS	Dec 12 2007 6:39 PM
The Old Sweet Shop	Nov 27 2007 10:57 PM The Old Sweet Shop is 1 year old on 2nd December. It has been a fantastic first year and we would like to thank everyone, customers, visitors, friends and artists alike, for their continued support. We will be having a party to celebrate on Sunday 2nd December from 1pm till 5pm so please come and join us. A new exhibition will also be starting to coincide with the birthday party. Throughout December an array of artwork by some of our finest local independent artists will adorn the main exhibition wall. We hope to see you at T.O.S.S. x
Pickled Egg Records	Oct 30 2007 10:20 PM
Michael James Rossiter	Oct 29 2007 9:33 PM Ding Dong.
Suzy Mangion	Sep 22 2007 6:28 PM will be there with bells on! Where is dulcimer? only left chorlton 3 months ago, and the whole place will be different! If you need somewhere to stay before going on to eggstock, there's lots of room with us. Hope Family Green well.
the loudest sound and nothing	Jun 18 2007 7:11 AM Stumbled across your page by accident looking for Rachel's - your music sounds really interesting. I will definitely look out for more of it. Please take a look at my page and read about my book - it was very much inspired by the kind of music you like. I started thinking about the title story while listening to Dirty Three's Some Summers they Drop Like Flys, for example. Played a lot of Rachel's too while I wrote it. Anyway, thanks for befriending me. Clare x
sossypops	May 22 2007 3:24 PM Thanks for the add! And for making such beautiful music.
FREENOISE	May 1 2007 9:06 AM BIG EYES - YEEEAAHH! Sheffield and proud. jd/ttv
C Joynes	Feb 13 2007 10:35 AM Dear Big Eyes: On this day in 1974 Alexander Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the USSR. However, one imagines he was quite pleased to go. Meantime, the lines of the Sheffield-Cam axis have been little explored by psychogeographers and others in the heritage industry. Bearing in mind yore rudimentary chamber-aktion recording voudou, we (me-thee) should exploit this further. You are most welcome. Death to Big Eyes / Long live Big Eyes

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