Bass Man

Its not often bass guitarists take the limelight but you would know it if they weren't there. Have a listen to Mr Finnie taking the middle of a great Blues song by storm and of course " the secret" is adding his usual rich ness. Its an uncanny double bass like tone and a real cruise to play with. and here are a few of the opening bars to the same song. Cheers SHM

The Dog returns

Perhaps our greatest achievement to date was to hear that the opening riff of Sheepdog blues is now a ring tone. Yep a top guy at the Engineers has Sheepdog Blues as his ring tone. He was put out when we left it out of the set a couple of months ago. All was put right though on Sat with a special rendition which took the crowd by surprise as it turned into a bit of T-rex, She was dirty and sweet, clad in Black, must have been a collie. It was another classic Engineers gig, thanks to Dave for keeping this venue going, we look forward to another in Nov, Colin has to work away but guest bass Nick who currently plays in Jack the biscuit has offered to help. Meanwhile in case you cant wait here is Sheepdog Blues Cheers SHM

Etched your name onto my soul

At least weve had the odd week of sunshine after the summer we missed and you know what happens to us blokes when the sun comes out, Di is even lucky enough to actually have a holiday! Maybe this is why weve slipped this love song into the first half of our set. Thank you for all the appreciation you have shown. It is a bit more latin than blues rock but hey it feels good to play a mood to hold someone you love like this anytime, enjoy !. Cheers SHM

Jazz 2 Blues friends

Its great when you meet new friends and musicians on the road.
We were asked to do a charity gig and bumped into Bruce and Mike, Jazz 2 Blues. Listening to these guys transports you to some sun kissed romantic beach with their layed back guitar. Only after a few minutes into their set at the Market Tafarn, Jaynie (the lovely music loving landlady) was taking about putting on some music / Tapas food supper type evening and that was even before they played Summertime! Their sets also include songs such as Autumn Leaves, Sunny, Misty and Need Your love So Bad (their own version of the Peter Green number). Summing up the atmosphere these guys create when they play, it feels like your on holiday. Go see them if you get chance. We hope they might join us again in the not too distant future for a gig warm up in the Monmouth area so watch this space. We havn't got any mp3 yet, maybe one day, a new gadget is on the way to improve the live capture quality and without it, we cant do these guys justice.