Me, my guitar and sometimes a little MP3 player. I have been lucky enough to collaborate with many wonderful players over the years, chief amongst them Rolo, David J, Paul Mulreany, Richard Formby, Owen Jones and the frankly disturbing Max Eider. And Dooj is cool.
Influences
Patti Smith; The Only Ones; Brian Eno; Wolfgang Tschegg; Delia Derbyshire; Joe Meek; John Cale; Lou Reed; Mo Tucker; Sterling Morrison; Steve Cropper; Max Eider; Slim Gaillard; Wilson Pickett; Otis Redding; Chuck D; De La Soul; KRS-1; Nina Simone; Nick Cave; David J; Alex Chilton; Neil Young; John Martyn; Deirdre O'Donoghue; Downy Mildew; The Black Watch; Danielle Dax; Mark E. Smith; The Television Personalities; The Libertines; The Small Faces; Ray Davies; Ian Dury; Viv Stanshall; Syd Barrett; Kevin Ayers; Robert Wyatt; Dagmar Krause; Tony Moore; Peter Blegvad; Ivor Cutler; Tom Waits; Bob Dylan; Fred Neil; Brian Wilson; Peter Laughner; Primal Scream; Suicide; Spacemen 3; The Perfect Disaster; The Clash. Lucretius; Lenin; Fidel Castro; Ugo Chavez; Evo Morales. Saki; George Bernard Shaw; H.G. Wells; P.G. Wodehouse; Flann O'Brien; W.S. Burroughs; Angela Carter; Thomas Pynchon; Tom Stoppard. Powell & Pressberger; David Lynch; Luis Bunuel; Wim Wenders; Jim Jarmusch; Werner Herzog. Terence Fisher; The Avengers, The Prisoner; Chris Morris; Charlie Brooker; Anglia Through The Night. Sir Bill Nicholson; Danny Blanchflower; Alan Mullery; Steve Perryman; Ledley King. Rolo; John Silver; D. Elvis Barker; Julia Panton; Alan McGee; Ed Ball; Joseph James Foster; Curtis E. Johnson; Sonic Boom; Joe Woolley; Charlie Barnard; Liam Dullaghan; Mickey London and the East End Egyptians.
Sounds Like
There should be ashtrays on the damn tables.
Record Label
Come and have a go if you think you're rich enough
I come from the 20th Century. I was born in West London at the end of the fifties, and I swear that things really were in black and white back then. As a small boy with a love for Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, I remember seeing Doctor Who and the Beatles for the first time the same rainy Saturday afternoon in 1963. As I grew a little older I was exposed to the full impact of the Beatles, the Pink Floyd, the Avengers and the Prisoner. I was also introduced to the work of my softly-spoken, charming "Uncle" Terry. He turned out to be Terence Fisher, director of Hammer studio horror pictures. Listen, pal. I was a goth before you were a goth. Believe me..........From 1983 I wrote, sang and played with The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy. We made a bunch of records (many of which you can now find on I-Tunes) and toured the world. We had a good time nearly all the time and I'm profoundly grateful to all concerned. Here's a scary wee video of one of the singles that we made for Creation Records back in 1990
............Astonishingly, we still get the occasional chance to play out. Here we are, Max Eider, Stevie Valentine, Kevin Haskins and me, playing at a punk festival at the Echo in Los Angeles in October 2009. Footage (as we like to call it) courtesy of my good pal Cole Coonce,
............These days I spend most of my time in Northampton NN1. It's a cool sort of town where most people still have a functioning bullshit detector. I like to go out and play gigs whenever and wherever I can. Sometimes I play completely acoustic, just man and guitar, which is something like what you see on this video from London's 12 Bar Club a couple of years back.
............Other times I like to play electric with my dirty lo-fi home-made backing tracks. Here's footage from the 100 Club in London shot last year by my friend Sumishta Brahm.
............As Max likes to say, I will contentedly play to three men and a dog in a village hall, and it is true that I'm always looking for "work". If you have any interest in booking me to come and play at your social event, you have come to the right place. Do please feel free to send a message and we can discuss logistics. Virtually nothing is impossible............Smokers! I will happily play in your home. It's like going out but more fun............I have no idea who assembled this next little film, but I commend it to you. (The film, it should be said, is some way better than the tune.) My thanks to Vodka Von Stroheim.
Hi there!
How's it going? We now run our own night at the hop in Wakefield on the last Friday of every month called two by four. Check out the page for it in our top friends, I hope you can make it down. The first one us on 27th of nov, might see you there!
Cheers
Hi Pat that is great news and Joe has also agreed and please bring your buddy re old Bill readings, its in its early stages but we will have films, readings and hopefully you and Joe playing live. I will send you the exact date, you know how it works Pat but I feel sure we willahve this pegged. Speak soon and a massive thanks.Ian and Pete
Hello Pat, pete and I are putting on a beat night at the legendary labour club, tribute to the beats aka Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kerouac et al and we arer hoping you might like to play or even read on the night, we are hoping for the third saturday in Jan 2010 . There will be films, readings, jazz and bebop and some live music. If you are up for it let us know and if you can think of another person who may want to come and play lets us know as well, Thanks Pat, warm regards Ian and Pete
How are you, Pat Fish? Haven't checked in on you lately, so I swung by to wish you a happy halloween & hope you are feeling well! Listen, I have another track up on my page, "Attack Of The Mushroom People." You can Hear it right Now, if you'd like at: www.myspace.com/psychedelicpablo adios for now! Pablo
we could be ghosts!!! great Pat! ... hopefully we are supporting you someday in Berlin ... best regards ... Heiko P.S.: don't hide some new songs in your cellar
Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet.
To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you.
We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages.
Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us!
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