Rob 'Lips' Hillier sings, plays the six string and the three-fingered horn. Unwanted and unloved, Lips ran away from home at an early age before being persuaded to take a new direction in his life by a famous Mod guitarist and winning a lifetime's supply of hair gel at a local church fete. Now he skins fat people alive and hides his ruthlessness and determination behind a fake smile, a cheap suit, and one heavily practised guitar solo.
Paul 'The Preacher Man' Kish blows the shiny silver 'bone and claps. Father to over a thousand children and a lifetime fugitive from the Belgian railways, The Preacher Man can often be found honking out a message of redemption through the medium of strange beards and an insulting sense of humour. Rather too fond of canapés and still struggling to pass grade 1, he is nonetheless a master of self-deprecation.
Dave 'The Flyingbassman' Raven does the dog-house bass all night long.
Born with an uncanny ability to leap from the highest stage, the Flying Bassman breeds double basses in the back of a white van and can often be shy about his talents when not taking his tool for a walk on the dance floor. Never happier than when he is slappin’ his way through a set, he has often been compared to some of the greats, but not very favourably.
Matt 'The Juggernaut' Baxter hits skins and lids. Known as 'Jugs' to his friends, he burst onto the scene with his loud and enthusiastic attitude to life. Now just loud, he has been thrown out of the house to practice in other people's gardens and his love of playing in the band is sometimes marked by an unwillingness to bring songs to an end when expected. In the world of drummers you can tell that he is the genuine article: likely to keep you awake all night, yet still capable of boring you senseless in discussion about various merits of the differet woods from which his sticks are made.
Barry 'One Hand' Holloway strokes the old joanna and tickles a six string. A regrettable accident while setting bear traps in his kitchen resulted in a left hand good for nothing but backslapping, boxing, and hailing taxis. Undeterred, and with an almost supernatural sense of harmony, Ol’ One Hand decided to take up tickling ivories so that he could write songs to tell his tragic story to an adoring public and celebrate being able to cook his dinner in a bear-free environment.
Ned 'The Reed Splitter' Crow breathes through growling bent horns. Proud owner of a large pair of hounds-tooth trousers, the Reed Splitter is unusual in that he actually knows something about music. Having overdosed on ginger wine as a teenager, he is now fully rehabilitated with only a few lasting side effects. When taking a break from the day job building sound-proof rooms for new parents, he pulls the crowds with his knee-in-the-bell horn-honking routine and goes home early to dye his eyebrows.
Occassional Extras:
George 'The Cheese' Cheeseman The Cheese keeps his hand in by sliding behind the kit when the occassion demands that we be reminded of our humble rustic roots.
Andreas 'The Swede' Erikson The Swede used to be a regular at the champagne keyboard until he decided to get a life and go home. He now puts in an occassional appearance when there's food on the table.
Hey all! It's going to be a blast! :D We are really looking forward to heading out to Europe for the very first time! Keep in touch :) Btw, I've never heard a band cover the song Wino! Hope you guys play it when we see you,
How are you?? I hope you're fine. I can't come to the Rockabilly Rave it seems, because I have a show that time..:-(( Well, but I can't wait for you're comin' back to the McCormacks Ballroom again in december, that will be great, "Partytime!"..
So, I hope you'll have a nice weekend and many great shows in the next time. See you soon.
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Last week, a nice guy came around with the first batch of our debut album “Riding the Rails”. We’re looking at it as we speak and we’re delighted! It took us two days to record and approximately 30 hours to mix it … and it sounds just the way we hoped it would sound. Most of the songs are Little Kim originals, performed according to our old family recipe :) a nice mixture of western swing, hot club and old fashioned hot jazz and cool swing. You can listen to some songs of the album on our myspace profile.
If you’d like your own copy of the album… Click on the links below or contact us for further details.
BERLIN PRESSURE DROP
Berlin's neue Ska/Reggae Reihe im Lovelite Am 9.1. mit: Reefer Madness Ska-Reggae-Dancehall aus NRW www.myspace.com/reefermadnesss
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HOWDY! Yes of course, it was a pretty good weekend and we all had a real good time and it was nice to meet you and I hope we'll meet again next year when I'm playing here at the MC-Ballroom, that would be cool, then we could have a drink together () hehehe. And next year in June I'm coming to Heathfield to the Rockabilly Rave, I'm really looking forward to beeing there, that will be funny.. and the time flies oh so fast.
Well, so I want to wish you all a very good time and many many shows and we'll keep in touch with regard to next year.
"Ticklin' The Strings" by Sweet Hollywaiians
Amazing Japanese hot string band playing 1920's, 30's, 40's style hawaiian, swing, calypso, blues, italian music and originals,featuring vintage instruments.3 songs with Robert Armstrong and Tony Marcus(from Robert Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders)
"The Sweet Hollywaiians have probably the best feel for this 20's music of any string band working today. They manage the rare feat of sounding relaxed even when their playing is hot, are top notch musicians with tasteful arrangements and a full, rich, warm sound.Plus, they have a nice gamut of tunes, from King Nawahi to Giovanni Vicari to Bobby Leecan. See them live, if you can, for an unforgettable experience. If you can't, buy their Cds!" ~ Terry Zwigoff
) hehehe. And next year in June I'm coming to Heathfield to the Rockabilly Rave, I'm really looking forward to beeing there, that will be funny.. and the time flies oh so fast.
Letzte BERLIN PRESSURE DROP Show vor der Sommerpause 2010
Berlin's neue Ska/Reggae Reihe im Lovelite
Am 8.5. mit:
Special Gust
Victor Rice Dub-Reggae-Ska Legend from São Paulo
www.myspace.com/victorrice
KALIMOCHO SOUNDS Reggar-Latin-Ska
www.myspace.com/kalimochosounds
CHARLIE'S CHOICE Soul-Reggae-Ska
www.myspace.com/charlieschoice
An den Plattentellern:
DJ BELA Ska-Reggae-Dancehall
DR.JEKYLL Ska-Rocksteady-Reggae
Fireclap Sound Reggae-Roots-Rocksteady
Mehr Infos unter
http://www.myspace.com/berlinpressuredrop
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