Barking Spider were/are - James Wood III - Guitar. Simon Hartung - Keyboard,Saxaphone,Melodica. Lee Gerrard - Midi Drums.Occasional Guitar
Bluebeard were Lee Gerrard - Guitar,Shane Crabb - Keyboards,Chris Hobby - Drums,Dan Crone - Guitar. Dalliance - Let's wait and see. Lee Gerrard - all instruments on Solo.Here's Gerrard/Hartung with Elijah Wood playing "Billie Jean" 30 seconds after being told he had died.Bridport No.10 June 25th Open-mic R.I.P Michael.
Here's Gerrard/Hartung's on May 28th performing "Pretty Polly"Here's Gerrard/Hartung's first Open-mic together in March 2009!!!!
Here's a trailer from a film I've been working on this last year with children and friends!Return of the Train Track Beast teaser trailer
This is how we relax at the end of a jam.Leave it 3 minutes and watch Simon dance!!!! crazy dance improv explosion
Influences
From my perspective,King Crimson,Yes,(seventies), Can,Soft machine, The Dillinger escape plan, Sikth, Ephel Duath, Nora, Steely Dan,Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa,John Mclaughlin,Paco de Lucia, Anouar Brahem and Ravi Shankar
Lee Gerrard is a guitarist who played originally in "Mushrooms on Acid", years later with "Bluebeard" and with various jamming personnel over the years. Presently I am struggling to create a vibrant,dynamic and chaotic "heavy"/Eastern groove solo album.
Other musical activities recently have been a duet with Steve Wood.
"Bluebeard" was a band made up of myself on Guitar,Shane Crabb ..boards,Chris Hobby on the Drums and Dan Crone on additional guitar.
Recently,I began to play electronic midi drum pads for eclectic improvising trio "Barking Spider". "Barking Spider" produced approximately seven albums in one year displaying an astonishing and undaunted ability to improvise for up to an hour taking in a dizzying array of landscapes whilst in transit.Diverse influences from the bandmembers included Bob Dylan,Led Zeppelin,and the White Stripes from James Wood III,everything Jazz and cultured from Simon Hartung,and King crimson,Yes,Sikth,Dillinger,Can and Ravi Shankar from Lee Gerrard.Just like the classic bands of the seventies,these young men were confident of the fact that wherever they were going felt right,and that the audiences appreciation or participation was not really all that important. Being in the zone was everything,and god willing,some time in the future, we will create again.Please see the Barking Spider site below to listen to some of our tracks!
"Dalliance" is the collective title to various occassional projects which may occur.The first involved Dan Bendell with two thirds of Barking Spider,Myself,and Simon Hartung. This ended up having elements of Spanish, Romanian 'fiddler on the roof' style,jazz and improvised. In the future I hope to get hold of a drummer to improvise with.Anyone interested in anything from fuzz-bass on the one hand to eastern jazz-ambient on the other and live in and around the Bridport area please feel free to send me a message.Enthusiasm is the only requirement.Though, perhaps some ability may be handy....and just a little bullshit devil may care attitude.
Hi dad you havent had a comment for half a year so i say hi to you..I just put the bit in startreck when kirk goes khauuuuun on my bebo hahahaha its classic. Bye bye see u soon love ellie
siamo tra i 20 finalisti...prima del 24 novembre,VOTATE E MANDATECI AL MEI: http://canali.kataweb. it/kataweb-talentscout/2008/11/07/vota-i-finalisti-talent-scoutmei-2008/
Hello Lee! Thank you very much for your nice message :) Man I had a listen to the "Spoof" :) And I have really enjoyed it! I really like how you have mixed all together! Different licks sound really great! I can hear many random styles and I really dig the notes and the sound! Best from Croatia Jurica
Hello uncle Lee!!! Sofia and I would like to thank you for your beautiful song!!! It is really sweet! And we would like to apologise for not writing before but we've been quite taken with the new arrival in this world (you know how these things go!)... Hope you're well and to see you soon! Silvie & Sofia
Hello Lee!! Lazy-bastard-James today went back to work so I had time to relax and enjoy my day, at least as much as my huge size allows me to!! Aparently our little "heir to the throne" will honour us with his/her presence sooner than expected (that's what the doctor said at least), but Woody is not patient enough, so he's trying to get me to do backing vocals in his 300th album...see what a woman in my conditions has to put up with!! Take care Silvie xx PS: I like your music, it's good stuff...but slow down with the cider eh!!
Where's the new music with Steve Wood? "Soon" you say? It's always "soon" with you isn't it Mr. Gerrard? Haven't you some responsibility to your devoted public? You can't leave us hanging like this!
HHHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII lee ave a good day i avent bin sobar 4 2 days lol! and in spoons this man wudnt stop looking at me well iwas wearin a really low top oops neva mind c u at work xxx
hey you ok i had a go on stilts at caris's house it was so fun but a bit scary cos if you fell on a table corner then ahhhhhhhhhh any ways see ya soon luv ellie
