A Leased Line to the Collective Unconscious

Yep! It’s that time of year when all the Gingers come out of the woodwork to play their favourite music in one of London’s most celebrated venues – the 12 Bar Club on Denmark Street.

This tiny little club – which was first built as a stables in 1635 – has played host to many great bands over the years and it’s lo-fi rockabilly flavour pretty much guarantees a good night for anyone who crosses the threshold.

The Gingers are on at roughly 8pm but I’d recommend getting in about half an hour early, ‘cos you’re going to need a stiff drink to steady your nerves first

Nearest tube is Tottenham Court Road. More info on the 12 Bar and how to get to it here

yep.

We’ve been deep in rehearsal for what seems like months now and we’re finally coming out to play. The big gig is Rough Beats 2007 – we’ve played this for the last couple of years and it’s one of our favourite places. This year it takes place in Clapham, North Yorkshire. More details available here:

Rough Beats myspace page

We’ve also booked a warm up gig with those nice chaps from College Pinks, at Catch. Details here:

Wednesday 29th August @ Catch
22 Kingsland Road
Shoreditch
London E2 8DA

We’re on shortly after 8.30

Wow!

The Gingers have landed a gig – on a rooftop in Covent Garden. We’re going to be playing to around 80 people, most of whom haven’t heard us before, so it’s going to be a hell of a show. We’ve also lost our drummer, Grant, for the day because he’s the best man at his best mates wedding, so James Cope is filling in for us.

We’ve got one more rehearsal before Friday…

Wow! what a night and what a great line-up: couple of acoustic artists, The Gingers, Bloutered! and National Snack.

I took to National Snack straight away, ‘cos their bassist kept dropping Cure basslines in the sound check (always a good sign if you ask me!) and they were great – really lively and entertaining.

The highlight for me was always going to be our performance – we’ve been looking forward to this one for a while, ever since we found out it was the Clash’s old stomping ground – and it didn’t let us down. Just turning up in Camden was eye-opening, so many people and so much life around.

We had a fantastic turnout – 38 people came to see us, all of them good friends – even my lil Sis came along with her fella and that made the show even more special. Playing to this crowd packed into a great pub and having people smiling and dancing in front of the stage was the best feeling ever. I loved every minute of it – I’d play the gig over again right now if someone put a bass in my hands and said “get on with it”.

On to the next one…

Just to let you know that The Gingers will be playing 2 gigs next week:

Wednesday 28th June @ Catch, 22 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London

and

Friday 30th June @ The Caernarvon Castle, Camden Lock, London

We’ve got two great sets with new (and old) material and we’re really looking forward to putting on a great show!