Thursday, June 05, 2008

Sweat like Jonny Cash


Uhersky Brod playing at the Phoenix 04/06. Scott Renton, Bruce Thomson and Paul Cumming (minus Dylan Matthews). I joined the band for the set by playing djembi badly from the edge. Some thoughtful and clever music from this eclectic trio with an uncompromising Scottish rasp and a black sense of humour. It all can be savored in a new, beautifully packaged cd called vz.61. A Skorpion vz.61 is the locally built small arms weapon produced in the town of Uhersky Brod which forms the subject matter for a song written and performed by "the Brods". My own favourite "Nae Drama" ended the set. When will we see their like again? Underground and unsigned: There is a huge raft of talented, careful and careless writers and performers out there, playing, performing and getting on with life whilst the wider world focuses on the trite and manufactured music that makes the media moguls rich. This unfocused but real band of musicians form an informal community that keeps some age old dream alive, writing about what they see and how they live - not a bad thing to be a small part of. The role call present last night included: Impossible Songs, CBQ, Tommy Mackay, James Jamieson, Nyk Stoddart, Fi Thom, Darren Thornberry, Ian Sclater, the Beggar Girls, Peter Micheal Rowan, Dave O'Hara and Jim Igoe. (I may have missed a few but...)

3 comments:

  1. Great picture John! Thanks for stepping into the breach the other night once again!!

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  2. Nice picture John- that was a strangely hot experience indeed. Thanks once again for stepping into the breach wi the bongos as well!!

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  3. ta for the mention! it was a good night. much ale was drank and some blokes with the unfeasible name of "Uhersky Brod" played guitars or something.
    nice banging on west-african drum thingy btw
    (i sadly found your blog by ego-surfing - shame on me! honest i don't do that very often! well...)
    :)

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