Once upon a time, in a land not far from biklon, a groovy semi-acoustic trio, with ideas above their instrumentation, needed an extra corner to turn their triangle into a square, travel back to the early 1970's and rescue the music they loved for all to enjoy. The three corners in question were:-
Jipp - A Singist with great wind and twelve acoustic strings, but sometimes six electric ones. Influences, David Bowie, Gerry Anderson, Muttley, and Eddie Booth.
Dude - Keyboardist and Boffin. Ex Sooty-Braden Show Band, purveyor of cheap fish food, rumoured to have been left by the ancient ones with a simple note saying, "Sorry about the smell".
Foz - Drumist and sage, and possibly onion. Went to school with Theta Sigma. Influences, Carl Palmer, Simon Phillips, Squiddley Diddley and Bingo.
They searched high and low, and from side to side, until, having conquered his addiction to dicky bows, endured the Hippy Hippy Shakes, and narrowly avoided being clubbed pernamently, the fourth corner was added :-
Derv - Singist, Basist, Guitarist and MAster of the Pumpkins. The love child of Mick Ronson and Foghorn Leghorn.
An Lo! The Hype was complete. The sounds of the 70's were saved, and the rest, as they say, was history, or is history or . . . . . . these tenses are getting a bit confusing.
Derv has since left the band on a magic bus to Marakhesh.
Enter Musky
Our new Bass player,Singer a sort of cross between,Trevor Bolder and Ted Moult,with just a hint of Peggy Mount The Hype is complete again and methane will be floating in a venue near you, see you there.
A SPIFFINGLY GOOD SHOW ME OLD MUCKA'S.....THE RAILWAY'S A GOOD VENUE, IT'S JUST LIKE HOME... MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE TED DANSON IN A CHEERS EPISODE DON'T IT.... WE WILL DEFINATELY CATCH YOU THERE AGAIN SOON... PS.,, DAMN GOOD PINT AINT IT !!!
A NEW ROCK VENUE HAS OPENED... THE SWAN INN....LONG LANE... HALESOWEN... THIS PLACE HAS ALL THE MAKING OF A FANTASTIC BIKER FRIENDLY ROCK PUB, WITH ROCK DISCO'S AND GREAT ROCK BANDS... THE PLACE HAS A GREAT ATMOSHERE AND ATTITUDE AND WELCOMES YOU ALL, WE HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BEING THE FIRST BAND THERE THIS FRIDAY 28TH,... PLEASE POP IN AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF......
It's a place for bands to explain how they book shows. Comes along with news on web technologies, recording gizmos as well as music industry trends and anecdotes.
The Ian McNabb MySpace Tour 2007 continues at a pace.
"I WILL COME AND PLAY IN YOUR LIVING ROOM. ROUND UP THE TROOPS, GET THE BOOZE AND FOOD IN, AND I WILL ROCK YOUR CURTAINS."
NO PARKING PROBLEMS!
NO BABYSITTERS REQUIRED!
NO RIP OFF TICKET PRICES/OVERLY PRICED DRINKS!
NO CURFEW!
NO ENDLESS PLUGGING OF NEW MATERIAL!
JUST HIT AFTER HIT AFTER HIT - COVERS TOO!
YOUR FAVOURITE ARTIST DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR!
FOR DETAILS EMAIL ME AT: ian@ianmcnabb.com
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IAN McNABB ON TOUR 2007:
Apr 27 2007 9:00P Black And White bar Nerja
May 3 2007 7:30P The Half Moon, Putney London
May 4 2007 7:30P The Royal Standard London
May 5 2007 7:30P Riga Live Music Bar Essex
May 6 2007 7:30P Cox"s Yard Warwickshire
May 26 2007 7:30P Manchester Academy 3 Manchester
Jun 8 2007 7:30P Philharmonic Hall Liverpool.
Jun 9 2007 7:30P Philharmonic Hall Liverpool
Jun 14 2007 8:00P Fleece and Firkin Bristol
Jun 24 2007 5:00P Knowsley Hall Music Festival Nr. Liverpool (The Icicle Works - w/Keane, The Zutons, The Who. Shack. The Coral, The View, Pete Wylie, Joss Stone etc).
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"Merseybeast - A Musical Memoir - 1962 - 2006" The Ian McNabb Autobiography. Available March 2008 - Liverpool European Capital Of Culture year.
"Any drummers in the house?" - Pete Townshend - first night of U.S. Quadrophenia tour 1973.
hello my preety one..Purss, Meows..
Mum's got me this great new collar this week, I could'nt wait to get my pic taken to show you all..What do you think? Whippy has one too, & its nice, but mine is just the best.
Also this week Bizket brought in a huge bird inside just for me n whippy, but mum caught it quick & let it go out of the window, Ive learnt to say birdy now too but mum still wont let me have one.
Ive also learnt to ask to go out side, but mum says soon, I just cant wait.Ive been playing alot with auntie Karma, she loves to play tic with me & whippy, we love all the running around, its such fun.Out side will be better tho..Ive missed mum a bit too this week as she has been out in the garden in the big glass room, Ive been watching her from the window. ( I hope she's remembered to grow my kitty nip)
I hope you are all well n purrie.
Purs to the max.
Button xxx
Meow you! How are you doing? & what have you been up to this week?Ive played loads with whisper & mum, whisper got out of the cat flap for an hour, he loved it,just went in the garden, he shouldnt really be going out yet, but he's quite good at snooking. Im a good boy! Hay. I've learnt my lesson, I got out once and got locked in some dark cold place for a day, befor i got back home, it was horrid, wont do that again in a hurry.. Well next week mummy is taking(whippy n me )to aplace called a vet, seemingly they put a stop to somthing, what ever that means!!!! But after that we can start to go out more, so thats good news.
Pop by anytime, I'll have the tuna ready. Purrs to the max Button xxx
