Tomorrow myself Dean and Maya-Rose will be playing tracks from the album at Bunbury’s CWA Hall over a spot of afternoon tea. It’s a low key affair and will be completely unplugged. We’ve been asked to play by some of the guys from the Ben Zabbia band who we played with a few weeks back at XWray cafe in Freo. The afternoon is in aid of the presentation of a book that one of the guys Dad’s is launching called ‘Feel Good Now’.
If you’re in town and fancy popping in for a spot of tea I’m sure you’ll be welcome.
Place: CWA Hall Wellington St Bunbury WA6232
Times: TBC
I’ve managed to sort another gig. This one is before the final one on the 28th which I really hope you can make it to.
It’s on the 13th of Feb. This coming Sunday at The Worlds End Finsbury Park. It’s from 7:30pm till 10:30 Free entry. Free sweets. Free roast potatoes & gravy. Colouring and Board games. The order of the acts is decided on the night so I can’t give you my set time but hey, it’s Sunday! Come down for a chilled drink or 2 and some roasties.
Entry £3 (Just found out the venue has a door charge)
So folks,
This is probably my last gig in London before my big move down under. Myself and some of my best friends are putting on the night and we’ve plans to do some tracks together as well as our own sets.
On the night we have Peter Black who is without doubt the sickest Classical and Spanish style guitarist I know. Anyone who knows Pete will have heard him on the wind down of a party playing some jaw dropping stuff. Never ceases to create a silence when he plays. We’re honoured to have him bless this stage as the boy wouldn’t normally get out of bed for less than £££££££ let alone for free. Here’s his web link: http://www.myspace.com/peteblackguitar.
We’ve also got the soundest chap you’d want to meet Michael Mullinger. I’ve known Michael since he was about 13 years old and used to teach him a bit of guitar but now the boys grown up and has been making his mark on the London circuit of late and is creating quite a name for himself. Great playing, lyrics, and voice. Check his link: http://www.myspace.com/michaelmullinger
It’d be lovely to see you there folks. I plan to play a mixed bag of really old tracks that hardly anyone’s heard, some of my favourite podcasts, some new stuff and some tracks from my last album.
We also have special guests such as Shanks playing percussion who plays a mean hang drum among other weird worldly shizzle! And perhaps guest bass and drums yet to be confirmed.
So, I’ve not had a massive response on finding someone with a studio to help with the finishing touches to the album and it seems my Belgian buddies are too busy and won’t have time before I move to Australia at the beginning of next month. None the less the show must go on and I’ve found a drummer who’s up for recording on the tracks that need it so I’ll give it my best shot at recording them in my flat before I leave. I’ve not got an abundace of mics and perhaps the ones I have aren’t right for the job but I heard some of Stevie Wonders early drum takes were recorded with two condenser mics so if it’s good enough for Stevie it good enough for me. We’ll see how it sounds! I’m still well excited about this record and can’t wait to put it out there.
There are some things cooking behind the scenes and although I can’t say too much I may have some help when I reach Australia that will give me the means to finish this album off and give it a proper launch. Nothing in stone yet but it could be promising.
On the flip side while I’m still in sunny London I will be doing some shows before I leave. One over West London and one North East. No dates yet but I’ll know in the next few days and send a post out. I hope you’ll be able to come down folks as it’ll be my last shows in London for some time………Maybe ever.
Kris will be celebrating his upcoming album launch with a gig in Soho on Monday Sept 28th @ 7pm. He will be accompanied by Double Bass session legend Steve Pearce and Shanks Putwain on percussion. Pre-release copies of the album will be available for purchase and Kris will be on-hand to have a chat and sign your copy! Hope to see you all on Monday at The Bath House, 96 Dean Street, London W1D 3TA.