Michael from Germany sent me this very funny story told by Bill Cosby of his early exploits as a young drummer in Philadelphia. Drummers will have been there!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL
We are off to Tanzania again in Feb and we are hoping to take a keyboard out as a gift. Anyone got one they are not using and want to donate? You’ll love the request we got ….. priceless English!
tHANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING TO FIND YAMAHA KEYBOAD FOR ME,PLEASE TRY TO GET GOOD ONE WITH MORE THAN 500 PSR,HARD TIPE,WITH TWISTABLE PEACHES(A THING THAT A PLAYER CAN USE TO TWIST OR SHAKING THE KEY BOADY VOICES WHILE PLAYING)
Twistable peaches mate every keyboard should have them ….. I think we know what he means.
If anyone would like to donate towards this gift that would be amazing.
Jerry Chapman (in the picture with me and one of his hand made drums), a wonderful drum maker in First Nations style, whose tribe is the Sto-Lo people invited us to an amazing pow-wow gathering. Here is a small sample of one of the songs being sung whilst playing the Abba drum.
A big thank you goes out to Jim and Cathy for lending us their 22 year old Cadillac whilst staying here in Amarillo. We have enjoyed cruising around …. even in the snow. We have had a fun week recording 2 projects at Third Ear music studio. A live album for Heidi Baker with all sales going to help her work with children in Mozambique, Africa and a studio project with Helen Burgess from England. Read More
It is always a pleasure to work with my good friends Tony and Sue Green from the USA. (Tony is in the picture at the computer) They were partners in crime on the Black Peppercorns live tour. They have their own studio in CA and help produce a number of eclectic projects.
Mingus and the Coyote
Well here we are in sunny California, where forest fires have burnt 850 homes some just a few miles from where we are staying ….. meanwhile at home in England there has been snow! Unfortunately the only tan we have is a studio one as we are finishing off recording with Mark Riley from Hawaii. Most of the week we’ve been recording with Kevin Penner at Green Bean studios, you can check out his studio here.
We also recorded a piano track with our good friends Tony and Sue Green at their studio www.eargallerymusic.com Tony and I have worked together for many years touring and recording and it is always great to get a chance to hang out with him and Sue. You can hear a track from Tony’s new recording below which we worked on together … just Bass and Percussion.
Mingus and the Coyote
