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For me it’s a release of energy
its an element of creativity, I like to
be creative where I can so it’s an
expression of creativity and I like
making big noises of course and
showing off on stage! The future
will be some festival appearances
next year, but its not about getting
signed or anything like that its
about having fun.
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Walk
Dick
Felix’s Granddad,
When I was at Latitude the guy
running the stall next to us came in for a hair cut and I told him about
the band he asked what our influences were. I told him I really liked
Duran Duran their first two albums are amazing and he replied “that’s
interesting you say that because my Dad’s Andy Taylor”! I really didn’t
know when I said it, so anyway he’s gonna play his dad a video of our
gig. That’s fun!
What’s the best thing about living in Arlesey?
We moved here three years ago, it lovely, it feels quite ‘villagey’, I love
living near the church, the proximity to the station, its great. I’ve got
a lot of connections to Arlesey, my Granddad lived in Arlesey he is Dick
Walker, he invented the “Arlesey Bomb”. My cousins were brought up
in Arlesey and I used to fish with my Granddad, he invented the ledger
weight and its famous round the world now. That’s cool.
My Dad was in a folk band that used to play in Arlesey a lot, in The
Three Tuns, I used to join in sometimes. He played with the Bowskills.
So the best thing about living in Arlesey is it feels like I’ve got roots
here. I like Arlesey especially Church End and I like being part of the
community. I’ve met some good characters in Arlesey.
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for the love of music
I’ve lived in Arlesey for about 25 years. As an enthusiastic guitarist I
was always looking for people to play with. I found a few via some
‘muso wanted’ sites and also attended a jam session near Luton. I
wanted to start something similar in Arlesey as I knew there were
plenty of players around. The original sessions were a few years back
and attracted a few people at the White Horse (under the previous
management), but fizzled out. Last year I got together with Jon Boys
to start a ‘guitar club’ where we would gather at my house to play.
From this we started a new Wednesday jam session at the White
Horse where we were made very welcome by Louise and Mark. This
has grown into something that attracts musicians from Letchworth,
Hitchin, Luton and further afield.
We’ve been running an open mic session every month where people
get a chance to perform with a PA in front of a friendly audience. There
have been a number of debut performances there as people have
grown in confidence. Some of the guys have formed a band.
It’s mostly been guitarists at our sessions, but I’d like to see it
expand to include other instruments and other events. The Arlesey
Musicians group on Facebook is just a framework for people to find
others to play with. I’d love to see them start other events. We already
had Clive Lombari start a daytime session. The pub are happy to have
musicians in when there is not another event on.
So if you have an instrument gathering dust under the bed bring it
along to one of our sessions and you will be made very welcome. We
love to have singers too. It’s all about having fun whilst improving our
performances.
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Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Arlesey-Musicians/
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