The Basschat Bands thread!

[Al Krow]

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

Otis Jay Blues Band head into their fifth year with a new lead singer - if we can keep hold of Cecilia, we have a bright future (hopefully). Vocals/keys, guitar, drums, bass/vocals and harmonica. 

 

Trying to diversify into original material - a slow process - so maybe we can get bookings in blues clubs and festivals.

 

As far as it goes, we play anywhere on the (Deep) South coast adjacent to Bournemouth. 
 

 

Nice pic Mickey! Do you have any video clips of this 5 piece in action?

[Ben Jamin]

This is an ace thread! 

I'm in an originals band called Fred The Fool - it's folk(ish) pop/rock. 

The name's from a silly old Lincolnshire folk story - our frontman's an archaeologist and a lot of the songs draw from local history around Lincoln.

The line-up is: lead vocals/acoustic guitar, piano/accordian, mandolin/acoustic guitar, drums/percussion, bass/upright (me!)

We've spent the last year and half forming and recording about 12 songs, which are in various stages of production now. Some of them feature cool musicians - Graham Rorie from Gnoss plays some really nice fiddle on a few of our tracks - amazing how many folk are just an Instagram DM away! 

Currently working on our live set for an album launch gig in February 2026. The plan's to record/film that too, circulate it with some promoters we know and see what happens?

We did our first little gig the other week and it went pretty well - we've really just been focused on recording and producing the songs, so it was a fun challenge to try them out live!

Snazzy website: https://www.fredthefool.com

 

 

Edited 32 minutes ago by Ben Jamin