This was a concert during lock down in May 2021. Phil and I had been playing together alot at his farm during lockdown in a barn.
Really enjoyed this session – although the Blue Lamp with an audience is one of my favourite places to play!
TVG 90 Competition – I came third!
Of interest to Bodhran Geeks/Southern Indian Music Fusion Freaks/Supporters of Men in Man Caves/People in People Caves….
So I am delighted to say that I came third in a global Southern Indian online drumming competition!
I had to send a video of me playing a composition by TVG (see below) in round one, and then I got to the final and the 9 finalists were sent a brand new composition which we had about 3 days to learn. Then we had to send a video of us playing the
Sun Ra Says…
Yes this is total showing off…. but fuck it…
Here is the story of how I got to play with Sun Ra and what happened (at least how I remembered) – apologies to DL who is a very nice man and a fantastic musician.
Memories of Studying with Joe Morello
I recorded these for an interview for a research thing. It was fun so I thought I’d put them up here. I was in Ghana and during the recording I get interrupted by my wife, nearly burn down the hotel room, there’s a lizard, and my wife