It was good to have the whole band together to practice last night after a couple of weeks when we have been unable to have a full gathering.

For some years Sam has been wanting to do Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac) and finally we gave it a go and it sounds fantastic.  Johnny's guitar solo is blistering,  Ian' textured keyboards raise the song to another level, Delboy really pushes the drums to a crescendo at the end of the song in particular, Sam' acoustic guitar adds to the overall texture & her vocal delivery combined with Derek & Ian's backing vocal harmonies  are great.  Oh - and I get to play bass on it too.  It's really good to be proven wrong on this occasion and I really look forward to playing this in a live venue near you soon :) - if you like Fleetwood Mac I think you'll love our take on it - Resistance Is Futile!

We also worked on Tainted Love.  We have always done our own version more akin to Imelda May' version but with Ian on keys it seems to make sense to try a hybrid with Soft Cell.  To my ears our initial attempts worked well.  I Really enjoyed Ian' accents and the rest of the band sounded really good too.  I think we'll develop this over the next few weeks to find a version we're all happy with.

Other songs out for our first try all together last night were Kids In America, Gimme Gimme Gimme, All Fired Up & The Power of Love.  Early days but they are all sounding good - exciting times 

It's been almost 2 years since we last played live anywhere apart from rehearsals!

Such a long time it's been easy to forget how to play some songs that we've played for years.

However we have been busy getting songs together & here's what we've been working on so far:

New Songs:
Phil Collins - In The Air
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Cockney Rebel - Come Up and See Me - Make Me Smile
Jace Everett - Bad Things
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Pat Benatar - All Fired Up
Paul  Carrack - How Long

There are alsosome songs we've done previously but will sound quite different with the addition of keyboards:

Erasure - A Little Respect
James - Sit Down
Huey Lewis - The Power of Love
Kim Wilde - Kids In America
Imelda May - Tainted Love
Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme

Over The next few months we'll be adding/trying many more .  It's been great to be back practicing at the church in Newton on Trent & I think we're all looking forward to getting out & playing again

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The year has started very much like last year finished i.e. we weren't allowed to practice or play anywhere & so haven't met up for over a year.  

We were very happy to hear that the recent changes in Covid restrictions have let us practice again , however, the year has also brought changes to the band.  

After taking most of 2019 off and being unable to play at all last year, combined with Mick retiring: Gerry has also decided it was time to hang up his sticks.  Gerry started with the band in the late 90's (as The Bransby Mares) and has seen quite a few changes with us over the last 20 years.  We shall miss his drumming but mainly we will miss his company.  It seems hard for me to imagine the band without him behind us - we all wish him the very best and hope to see both Mick and Gerry on our future travels.

Derek has been covering for our 2019 gigs and also on our recent demo and we are very happy that he has agreed to takeover fulltime on drums - together with his lead and backing vocals he will make a great contribution to our future shows.

We are also very happy to announce that have made a radical change to our sound by playing with Ian - a keyboard player of great experience.  Ian used to plat for Styx (registered 2 years before the American band with the same name)  for 47 years.  It is early days (having had only 1 practice with the band so far) but already we can see great potential for future songs and a great sound.

We are working on new material and hope to be back out and playing soon 

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