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3- Leg Dog
as House band -
Every otherTues - Drayton Jam, The Avenue, W. Ealing W13

Every Thursday - The Tune Inn, jam, 48 High St, Acton W3.

New and improved blues band
now featuring ;
Gary Gibson - Vocals
and Graeme Harper - Keyboards & vocals

Gig
28th August - The Globe, Brentford

Bookings -Contact us directly at one of the jams or through the feedback page.

"With one eye on the clock I asked them to make the last number a short one. I won't be making that mistake again. The seventies Miles Davis would have been proud of them, at one point the whole tune entered another time zone. Only my gesturing that the lease on the pub was about to run out brought them to a halt. They then told me that they had actually cut 5 minutes from the song!!!! ".

Jim Dogsbody - plays licks on custom made guitars ~ by himself. favourite amp- Fender pro reverb, Fender Blues Junior
http://www.myspace.com/andyfalconer

Did you know; The Former Vietnamese leader, Ho Chi Minh, toiled in the kitchens of the Drayton Court Hotel in 1914, before going on to change his country's history... http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/local_history/historic_buildings/drayton_court_hotel.html

Acton. It's main virtue? - only 5 minutes from Ealing. I needed to blend
in. I was under cover. I wore a stained T shirt, with loose trousers.
Held up with string. My shoes had seen better days. I sported a 3 day
growth and dragged 6 Asda carrier bags behind me. They called me Sir and
welcomed me in.~ Norbert Thrusty

Paul was stuck inside of Dorset with the Memphis blues again! Things were looking shaky, it looked like Graham G was going to have to get behind the traps and we all know what that means.
Fortunately, amongst the early birds in the audience was a young man who enquired as to whether he could play some drums. Step forward Aaron. Within two minutes he was up, warmed up, auditioned and duly signed up for house band duty.

The Pop Session started off with a stop and start set from those Pop Art favourites, The House Bandits. Stand outs were a few new pop songs thrown into the set, ‘Big Railroad Blues’ by that incredibly prolific writer of old blues pop songs, Trad Arr. The Bandits managed to get through ‘Sitting On Top Of The World’ as done by that other great Pop Art band The Fabulous Cream.

Here’s an absolute gem passed on to us by Des.
In the heat of the moment, whether it is a jam or a gig, you might need to know which key your going to play the next song in. Communication is sometimes difficult across the stage. On looking at your nearest colleague in that pleading controlled panic fashion, he may hold up one finger! No, he’s not being rude. He’s telling you that the key is G. Do you know why? Here’s a clue, if he holds up two fingers, (not rude again) the key is D. Need another clue? If he holds his hand up but with one finger pointing down, the key is F. These are all major keys by the way. Hit the Jamming code button for an explanation