Burlesque in Blues

Last saturday we played at the Blues Rock Club, inspired by a fantastic audience, gorgeous Foo Foo la belle, Cherie Amour, Violet Noir and Sandy Shaw. These goddesses loved dancing to the blues. We look forward to bringing our live sound to a new Burlesque Cardiff show planned for the 26th March 2009 at the The Point. Full audio clips are hosted on the Blues Rock Club site. Please enjoy a taste of the bands sound on the night including a great vocal on Heart of Stone with compare Jules Mallory Skinner.

Blues Rockin - Brothers in Arms

Grt to play the Patriots MC again, thks 4 wanting us back. Gary Moore covered this Hendrix song, so for the GM fans. A cheesy shot of the band just before the gig with Ben explaining how a drum riser was now essential to improve the bands sound.

Cross keys - Hot Spot

We played recently at what is a very hot Live Music bar. The Cross Keys Hotel has much more than special acoustic glass, a great landlady who makes sure the live music played is hot and a great community of real music fans. Congrats to Lisa who is creating a super vibe. It is so hot she's even installed industrial size fans to keep the bands cool. Were looking fwd to coming back 25th Oct. Tears of a woman , Cheers SHM

Bluesdragon warmth

About to play our first gig at Bluesdragon club, nerves were tingling. We brought our splendid 4x12 cabs, along with Bens drums miked up into the PA cabs, I think the audience were worried it was going to be high volume. So what better way to sooth those worries away than with the opening bars to Stormy Monday. Swiftly followed by a juicy addition to our set by the only man who made BBKing sweatReal World by Peter Green. Then it was time to get serious with a rendition of Little Wing.By request enjoy! Then we had the pleasure of being joined by the foxy vocals of Jane Williams, which was some kind of wonderful! Big,Big thank you to those who keep this Blues heartland going, hope to see you many of you again 1st Aug at CAFE JAZZ. ps if the nice lady taking photos would send us some well put them up here with the audio, thank you in advance Cheers SHM

Little Wing

Always hoped one day we might graduate to a bit of Hendrix. Having said that I think it may take some time to get to know this gorgeous song and work out how SHM can do it justice. I think we just need to get out there and play it live, gauge reaction a few times to work this out.

So its going to get some airing,starting with a return trip to the Dolls House on the 8th March . Hoping to see some familiar faces there as we also have a couple of other surprises up our sleeve.

Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix. Cheers SHM

WaH-art

It was Mr Hendrix and the opening phrase to Voodoo child that gave the rest of us an idea what WaH-art really was about, so with some guitar effect policy relaxation, heres a bit of SHM WaH-art at the last gig. Thanks to the guys for laying down top bass and drums to paint this, a liitle exploration and a bum note in the mix too. Its the new end phrase to the Soul Connection studio track. Weve yet to capture this with some live production quality. One day, its gonna be the shivers!. Cheers SHM