I took a camera to our Brighton gig and gave it to someone to take photos, but sadly they all came out as blurred as the vision of the person taking them. However, Caroline from Hollywood Assassins took some that were infinitely better. This one I think best captured the gig for me:
Here’s a video of Exceptions from the Dead Set’s first gig, in Brighton a few weeks ago. I uploaded it for the band to see but given the poor quality (my camcorder struggles in dark conditions) I wasn’t originally going to share it with everyone. I might delete it at some point, especially as the band will no doubt get better and this will wind up seeming a bit rubbish in comparison. I think we sound pretty damn good for such an early performance though so I thought I’d post it. This video also features a brief special guest appearance from Jaquima the dog, who overshadowed the entire gig by being a bit too cute in her quest to eat Barry’s (Oxygen Thief) pizza.
Anyway, for now, enjoy:
Greetings Internet. It’s finally time for me to introduce you to the lovely musicians who join me to make up the new version of Adam Boucher & The Dead Set. Yay!
Everyone say a virtual hello to Naomi on bass and Johnny on drums.
Naomi has been a friend for ages and we previously played in a not-very-good-but-fun-for-a-bit garagey rock band together. Her main musical endeavour is the awesome Naomi Hates Humans and she can also be found partaking of lots of side projects like Mothers Opposed To The Occult and Baby Streuth.
I have the lovely Mike Only to thank for putting me in touch with Johnny. As well as now drumming in The Dead Set he plays in the rather excellent Will Tun & The Wasters. Go check them out. He also currently lives in Reading, but has an incredibly sunny disposition despite this.
The band is sounding fucking great so far and we played our first gig together on Thursday and I have to say it went even better than I could have hoped. The previous Dead Set line-up rehearsed for quite a while before gigging. This new line up had just two and a bit practices, but we still managed to pull off a pretty decent set at The Cobblers Thumb in Brighton. Definitely the best we’ve played so far in our short time as a band. Stay tuned for more info and hopefully more gigs. In fact, if you fancy booking us, do get in touch.
Finally, I should say a massive thanks to Jon and Steve for all their efforts in the previous version of the band. Prior to us jamming I was pretty resolutely against having a band for my solo stuff and now I can’t really imagine not having one. You may have noticed that they still appear in the banner at the top of the site. That’s because there aren’t any pictures of the new line up yet. I await one of them bitching about using their likeness without permission or other such tripe! And to that I say, bring it bitches!
Seriously though, there wasn’t a single crap moment playing in a band with them and the highlight had to be our tour with Dave Hughes. We played to practically nobody, made no money and had the best time ever. Keep an eye out for them in the ‘Behind The Music’ episode in years to come!
Here’s a video of my covering ‘Fuck Was I’ by Jenny Owen Youngs from the Lancaster show of my February tour:
If you don’t know her already, Jenny Owen Youngs is a fantastic singer songwriter and you owe it to yourself to check her out:
I just uploaded a video I took of One Night Stand In North Dakota from when we played with them on tour in Lancaster. If you didn’t already know, ONSIND are awesome. Enjoy…
Forgot to post this the other day. One of of my tracks was featured on a mix by Last Year’s Girl aka Lis (who reviewed the 13th Note gig on my recent tour with Dave Hughes and Adam Bennett). She also had some lovely kind words to say about me too.
5. Jenny Owen Youngs: “Fuck Was I”
This came about through Adam Boucher’s lovely live rendition of a song which staggeringly summed up much of this month for me. It sounds like biting your lip and singing with your gut, and Jenny in the accompanying video is – although censored – pretty much adorable
15. Adam Boucher: “Exceptions”
It’s ACOUSTIC and a BOY with GREAT LYRICS, and of course I’m going to fall in love with him.
Head over to the blog to read the rest of the post and to download the mix. It has loads of other great artists on it including Dan Bern and Frank Turner. Great to see that my cover of the Jenny Owen Youngs song led to someone checking out the original. Jenny Owen Youngs is an incredibly amazing songwriter and it’s nice to see my far rougher punk rendition didn’t just send people running screaming out the venue in horror!.