And occasionally
Robbie Fraser (trumpet - who seems to play with everyone including Jamie Cullen at Glastonbury)
Influences
Whiskey-soaked violin-driven songs that charm the socks off the charladies of the world!!!
Johnny Cash, The Pogues, King Kurt, Blubbery Hellbellies, Macavity's Cat, The Leningrad Cowboys, The Waterboys, Madness, The Specials, The Wonder Stuff, The Men They Couldn't Hang, The Buc Buc Bucket Band and many more!!!
TO CONTACT US E-MAIL - JOSH@ JDANDTHELONGFELLOWS.COM
BUY TRACKS FROM THE ALBUM FROM I-TUNES IN THE UK (OR THE REST OF THE WORLD)
Facebook group site = http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5486063135
OK then, here's the history lesson.................
JD and the Longfellows formed in 2006 and immediately embarked on a mission to set the world alight with a unique harmony-rich blend of Psychoskiffle, Renegade Folk and Landlubber Surf. Their first album ‘Confessions’ (2006) included 14 JD-penned songs that could best be described as the musical equivalents of mini disaster movies, exploring themes such as the mile high club, wedding nightmares and philandery, mainly as a consequence of alcoholic over-indulgence.
The album received extensive Celtic-folk-alt-country radio play, particularly in the USA and was selected as one of the Top 10 albums of 2006 by Radio Rebel Gael in New York and just outside the Top 10 by Shite’n’Onions Radio in Boston.
A second 12-song album, Happy Hour Again! relived some of the excesses of its predecessor, finishing 3rd on the Shite’n’Onions Top 10 list of 2008
“The ultimate party record of the year” Shite’n’Onions, USA
The band have played over 200 gigs in 3 years, including a number of UK tours and clubs such as What's Cookin', Stranger than Paradise, London Callin' at the 12 Bar Club, Gypsy Hotel and supporting Alabama 3. They have also been one of the warm-up bands at London Irish Rugby Club, playing in front of 20,000 at the St. Patrick’s Day festival match in March 2009 and they have also recorded live tracks at the BBC’s Broadcasting House in Central London.
All the band members are involved in other musical projects, and it should be easy to catch JD (Josh ‘Longfellow’ Davis) and Clare (CP) Portman playing in their acoustic less frenetic duo of CP and the Longfellow “sweeping the place with joy and an off-the-dial feel-good factor” (Icarus Club).
Dear Client / Clients [pls. delete as appropriate dependant on on how you are feeling today],
Please decrease your medication and give any of the left-overs
[including any partially chewed remnants] to Nursie, who will naturally
give you a reciept which will be valid for swaps for a period of 1 week.
We are currently ripped off our tits on the new jollop that the courier
has just arsed in from our labs in Zurich. At $20 each, the current
batch of Didactothwackerol 200mg's are a proper good buzz when ringed,
and unusually, they are also a surprisingly good smoke [albeit a little
rough on the tonsils], particularly if crushed up with a fistfull of
Prolekreig 400mg's and a spoonfull of meths. If you would like us to save you some, please send cash only this time [no kites], small denominations only etcetera.... Don't call us... We'll call you... Kindliest regrads... A.Psychiatrist [dictated - not read]
N.B.
Due to Nursies keen observance over her stockings, both the stunnozine
and strontium 90 suppositories are now fantastic value at only fiver
each [as opposed to 2 for a tenner as previously striated]... please
speak any of the other longer terms patients for further details.
This is our last gig of the year (we're out of money and have had to retreat to native homelands for home cooking and arguments) so its gonna be a gooden.
May I presume to bung a plug for HOWDEN RiBFEST II on to your comments please?
Its Friday, Saturday and Sunday October 9th, 10th & 11th with free stuff and paying stuff and drinking stuff and eating stuff and errrmmmm....other stuff.
Find the link to the Howden Live website on me myspace......I thank you.
Morning glory.
How are you on this not so great day? (its raining here)
Just wanted to let you know we are playing the Fly (London) this Friday and your lovely self and your mates/dates/family? are invited.
You'll wanna get yourself on the guestlist for a discount price tho...
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