Wednesday 26 September 2012

Nearly There

A good hard-working rehearsal, which leaves us 2 more before we go to France. We slowed a couple of tunes down a little - they had been tending to gallop away. Shaped a couple of other arrangements.

We got confirmation that what would have been a day off in Paris is now a gig in Lille. So the dates are now:

Lorient - Le Galion le 14 octobre

Rennes - La Paillotte le 15 octobre


Lille - L'Imposture le 16 Octobre


Paris - Les Combustibles le 17 octobre


Pau - Le Show Case le 18 octobre


Dolmayrac - Le Rad le 19 octobre


Toulouse - le Saint des Seins le 20 octobre


Beast Records have the LP on sale now, and we are organising tour t-shirts. We will have CDs shortly before we leave. If anyone is interested in one, please let me know. LP £10 plus £3 postage.

Beast Site : http://beastrecords.free.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=102&Itemid=47 This has a link to play Rightful Duty


Tonight : 

  1. Predeliction For The Blues
  2. Looking So Clean
  3. Fire & Clay
  4. Where The Bones Are Buried
  5. Follow Her Down
  6. Rightful Duty
  7. Way Beyond Tore Up
  8. High Risk Times
  9. Time Has Come Today
  10. Someone To Love
  11. One Sweet Drink
  12. Undertow
  13. Saint Jack
  14. Elixir Of Life
  15. Prairie Chain
  16. Sister
  17. Defying Science
  18. Heavy War
  19. Lowdown
  20. China Pig
  21. Toxic
  22. Long Screaming Slide

The others on the list (which didn't need a run through tonight)

  1. It Don't Feel Free
  2. Stream Of Life
  3. Blues At My Door
  4. American Road Trip
  5. Spiritual
  6. Justify
  7. Fertile Mind
  8. Hit The Peaks
  9. Primeval Call
And the ones that are still around the fringes

  1. DT Blues
  2. See That Skin
  3. Sinister Purpose
  4. The Band That Time Forgot
  5. Coming From The Hills
  6. Venus Discovered
  7. Nobody's City


Friday 21 September 2012

Running update

Update on French Dates

Lorient - Le Galion le 14 octobre
Rennes - La Paillotte le 15 octobre
Lille - L'Imposture le 16 Octobre
Paris - Les Combustibles le 17 octobre
Pau - Le Show Case le 18 octobre
Dolmayrac - Le Rad le 19 octobre
Toulouse - le Saint des Seins le 20 octobre

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Nobody's City

We ran through about 6 different arrangements for Nobody's City - from a country waltz to a straight rocker to a Creedence vibe ... great fun. 

Still a possibility of something when The Sonics are up in Edinburgh. 

French gigs firming up - looks like Le Dynamo in Toulouse is a go for the Friday we are there, but not 100% yet. Also looks like we might end up with a day in Paris without a gig. QUELLE DOMAGE!! 

Not long until we head off on the train to Paris - can't wait. Good vibe in the room tonight, even though our stalwart bassist was unwell and couldn't make it. Always fun to try different way of playing a new song. 

 Now - Co-op Sicilian Red and John Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard 61. Bliss. 

Wednesday 5 September 2012

Dolmayrac!

Poster for first confirmed gig of the tour in - Dolmayrac

Outline now is : 

Lorient - Le Galion le 14 octobre
Rennes - La Paillotte le 15 octobre
Paris - Les Combustibles le 17 octobre
Pau - Le Show Case le 18 octobre
Dolmayrac - Le Rad le 19 octobre
Toulouse tbc le 20 octobre

But that could change! 

Good rehearsal tonight - we worked through the core of the set for France and a handful of others 

While getting a coffee in the rehearsal room, a chap in rehearsing noticed John's Primevals T-shirt and asked me "Are you the actual Primevals?" - he told me he was a regular at gigs in the 80s and he and some old pals had been chatting about us last week at a get-together. Always nice to meet people who remember you! 

Tonight's playlist : 

it dont feel free
stream of life
blues at my door
american road trip
predilection
spiritual
looking so clean
fire and clay
justify
where the bones are buried
follow her down
rightful duty
fertile mind
hit the peaks
primeval call
way beyond tore up
high risk times
time has come today

lowdown
see that skin
burden of the debt
china pig

Still some edges to be finessed but pretty good overall.