Some of you may know about us by now. Some of you may have
seen us. Some may even have careered, naked, down the roof of a marquee in
raptures at the joyful tone of our music.
In life though, my son, all things must change. Sure, the naked antics can
still go on, but the sounds must move with the times. Sorry, that's back in
time.
Dr Death, the string-biting Hendrix-a-like guitarist has chosen to move on
to pastures new, direction unknown at present. You will hear more of him
somewhere in the future, but right now, the important question to ask is
"What will I see and/or hear by way of replacement?" Simple! Lots of
different things, all lovingly rolled and hand crafted into one. That loving
bundle goes by the name of Martin Pleass. He's played with Pete Townsend,
Albert Lee, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Pierre Lerue; Oh, lots of
stuff, all very different and he's done it all over the world. Now we force him
to do everything at once and all in the same place.
He plays guitar, banjo, piano and harmonica on our stage, but so much more in
the rest of his life. Where will we find room for bagpipes, didjeridu and
ukelele? Don't know just yet, but by God, we'll not give up!
We've given Martin an artificially large head in this photo so you can get a
better look at him. Please note that although he looks like a head-hunter's
dream come true, his cranium is of much more standard dimensions. What's
standard, though? I mean, we don't all conform to the norm, now do we? Of
course, if Martin wanted to have a big head, that would be O.K., but he
doesn't, although we're all agreed that he has the right to have a big head if
he so desires.
I digress... Musically, the mix hops about between Rock'n'Roll, Bluegrass and
Country depending on how dangerous the audience looks at the time. Now; this
will date terribly, but so potent is the distillation that a gloom (collective
noun) of despondent England fans forgot to hate David Beckham after he was sent
off and danced on tables in a disorderly manner instead. Hell, they even left
the venue laughing and joking. No mean feat, eh!
