A last minute cancellation at Bunters in December 2005 brought Matt Exelby and Kev Leatham together for an impromptu evening of acoustic guitar, vocals and drums, playing a mixture of Matts songs and covers.
Having enjoyed the experience immensely they recruited Ben Morgan on bass and Rosalie James on backing vocals and it is this four-piece which performs today, although other musicians have appeared on their debut album "All Aboard The Skylark".
Stylistically the band draw on influences as diverse as Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach and Ronnie Hazelhurst with elements of Ragtime piano, all immersed in the eternal quest for a decent pop tune
To purchase 'All Aboard The Skylark' on CD click here
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I might be a bit late, but..... 'All Aboard...' is great!! Nice to have you back mate. Hope I'll get a chance to catch you live soon. Take care of yerself, John
lovely collection of cool and clever songs! Like something between bob dylan and gilbert o sullivan - if that is even conceivable as a combination! So lovely to see you and your lovely band! lol Juliexxx
'Ello, Everyone who has written before I have witten this has written absolutely the right stuff! Lovely beautiful and exactly what runs around in my head on many an occasion. Ben Folds and Mr Macca and loads of others will defo be kickin' themselves that they didn't put this wonderful stuff out there first! ;) Luvya, Big Dan
Hi Guys thanks very much for donating your time yesterday at Driftwood. I would like to personally thank you all for your 1st class musicianship and patience with me getting the sound right, I'm still learning! Awesome set look forward to seeing you again sometime, although I probably won't be doing any engineering until next year to give me time to sort out the teething problems with the rig, mainly foldback issues. Thanks again, really enjoyed the whole day. Cheers, Jim
Thank you for allowing me to play "She'll Do For Me" on episode #50 of my podcast! The direct link to the show, so your fans can listen in, is http://indiemusicsampler.com/2007/06/15/ims-050/.
Regards, Paul the music lover Indie Music Sampler http://indiemusicsampler.com/
Brilliant set at the Pav last night - it was a real pleasure working (and drinking) with you guys! I have a board recording of some of it you may like to hear. Are you down to Nancy's later today? See you around, Carey <:>>><
Thankyou for those kind words Matt, you are a beauty....... There goes a face cheers me up no end....If Paul Macartney was still writing songs instesd of fighting lawsuits with the ex mrs, he`d have to be back on top form to be as good as this....
Love ya...
Steve and the Daisies...XX
Great performance last night. I'm loving the album - worth every penny. I saw you play in the Princess Pavillion a while back as well but I had no idea who you were, so I'm glad I came across you again.
Hey You guys...So I guess this means the ABBA/Fleetwood Mac Tribute is off???
Sounds great...Luv the trumpet bits....Cant wait to see you guys live...Swear we're coming out this year to WRAWK Cornwall....Anyways,sending some Canadian Love,
Camille and Nick
Hi Matt, absolutley love the tracks you have up on the profile. Cant wait to perform with you again at the Smugglers gig, its going to be great. I hope your night on the 15th was a success, I heard it was a fantastic night.
All the very best
Joe x
Just wanted to say i love the album, you should be very proud of it ... i know i'm proud of what you have achieved ... had a great gig on sunday too, always a pleasure.
Matt, Hope you are well, its been a long time! i cant wait to hear the forthcoming album, its going to be incredible I just know it. you are an inspiration. godspeed, hope to see you soon
