Sunday 25 th November 2012
Priesthouse Castle Donnington Dugald Bruce Lockhart, Penny Rawlins
Superfuzz hob nobbing with the Stars !
Superfuzz were surprised to be greeted with a room full of actors and actresses for this little shindig in South Derbyshire including the wonderful Greta Scacchi no less.
Despite biblical flooding and a Sunday booking this party went off very well . When we arrived the water was already 2 ft deep in the car park and when we left there were waves lapping the front steps.
But what a treat to meet such an illustrious star in Greta who posed for a photograph with no objection and was absolutely gorgeous.
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After many a beer drinking mission to Benidorm over the last few years, I have come to some rather interesting conclusions regarding the British taste in party music. Benidorm is full of us Brits on the lash and is full of live bands entertaining them. It is a pretty good barometer of public taste regarding parties / having a jolly good time. Let me take you there for enlightenment.
You probably think of Benidorm as the "Costa del Punch Up", full of hen and stag dos ,and to a certain extent you would be right . But I think its smashing , because everyone is in such a good mood. Its cheap as chips, 1 euro a pint, breakfast for 3 euros and all the punch up merchants are so high on cheap wacky backy, they just want to give you a hug.
Anyway to the question in hand , what makes Brits bop and jump about
Well, firstly, everyone loves Elvis . The Benidorm Elvis tribute working out of the Rock n Roll bar is absolutely brilliant,the whole place rocks when he starts to sing and wiggle his snake hips. I would totally recommend a bit of Elvis in ones setlist.
Elvis is timeless , his songs are so cool , people cannot resist bopping around to that rock n roll shuffle. (One thing puzzled me though , seemingly rational women would queue up to show him their bosoms , perhaps someone could enlighten me) ?
If you want a country vibe try the Western Saloon on the main strip.There you will find a duo playing everything from Jon Denver to the Killers . Tunes that hit the spot in this particular funnery are Human, Sex on Fire, Five hundred miles, Games people play and Country Roads . These generate a thronging, singing , songing , if you get my drift. Check these Cabeytu brothers , they are very popular in Benidorm and have their set list finely tuned.
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As you work your way down the strip ,you will undoubtedly happen upon the Carnaby St boys in one of the bars and you will note everyone is having a fantastic time. The jam , Small faces , Madness and Specials are all in their set and you will see that not only is everyone dancing , they also know all the words ! So one can surmise we can include a few 'Chicken dancing' mod songs into our wedding set with no fear of disappointment. Hoorah
So then as we traverse further into the Benidorm heart we come across more and more disco bars playing tub thumping Trance and Techno , which isn't really fodder for you average wedding band. But anyway I can summarise as follows , British people love
Elvis , Kings of Leon , Killers, Beatles , the Jam an al , John Denver and his Country Roads , The Proclaimers , the Monkeys , Chuckles Berry and to round things off a nicely, a bit of Bon Jovi ,by jovi , which you will be relieved to know ,pretty much sums up the Superfuzz setlist , check it out here www.superfuzz.co.uk/setlist . We ve got the bases covered and as you can tell is meticulously researched and is updated regularly Think I might just have to pop off down there to do more investigation , strictly work of course .
Off to Priest House Castle Donnington on Sunday for a wedding .Last time we played there , someone left a tap running upstairs which soaked all our pa, nearly electrocuting the whole band . Think I will wear my rubber wellies just in case.Nice venue though.
So, I've left Paul the task of dealing with our enquiries for a week whilst I
take a well earned break in the land of volcanoes and stray cats .Here's me by the pool-
But what
is this on my blackberry on day 2 - an unanswered enquiry from our agent ???
Blimey oh Reilly ! I text her and ask , "have you heard from Paul , my trusty deputy ? To which she replies "unfortunately not , not heard a thing". Harumpf , harumpf harumph Ohhh dear ,
dear , dear !
One can surmise- that some tasks are just too much
for some people. You see , we drummers are invariably the cement holding the
bricks together,the engine room , the steady hand on the tiller, the glue , the
heartbeat ( you get my drift) . The Band may scoff with their drummer jokes and
constant jibes , but I know that in most bands the most organised and
conscientious person in the band is the drummer , ~like me !
Singers with
their enormous egos are obviously too cool to do the donkey work and guitar
players just want to salivate over guitar pictures all day. No if you want
something doing, or talk to a friendly face at a performance , seek out the
drummer.I can be reached herehttp://www.superfuzz.co.uk/contact
By the way , if you are thinking about Lanzarote for a holiday , I
would say the place resembles a nuclear test site. Imagine a piece of toast
that's been left in the grill for an hour .
And it rained and the only live
music on offer was a rather out of tune Brazilian plumber trying to sing Lionel
Ritchie , and" hello it wasn't you I was looking for !See below
Thanks to Martin Keyboards for his years holiday tip by the way!
Wedding-Matt and Emma
Warrington Cricket Pavillion Cheshire 2012
Working for different agents can be a real headache . They stipulate we use different band names to avoid conflicts of interest . Some weeks we are Superfuzz , sometimes Junction 26 , sometimes The Revivals , it's all very confusing. Other names include Juke Box,Jeepster and The Fuzz.
On Saturday we were Blaze performing for "Live Music Management" . When introducing Saturdays show I had one of my senior moments ." Hi Ladies and Gentleman , welcome to the show, we are Superfuzz ,err junction 26 errrr no, its errrr , its errr ,oh yeah Blaze !
Good grief I sounded like a blithering idiot. Everyone looked at me gone out , "they don't even know who they are", everyone must have been thinking.
So this week I'm working on my elocution, "Peter Piper picked a pickled pepper" , for starters and I'm going to write down who we are , who I am and what I am supposed to be doing , ah yes,drumming, that's right.
Anyway they all danced through the night and even had a 'dance off 'at one point with everyone taking it in turns to jump around like leaping salmon , jolly good show!
22/09/2012
Gunby Hall near Skegness
Off to Lincolnshire for a wedding.
This grade 11 listed hall was very beautiful and the wedding was immensely enjoyable . Two lovely bridesmaids kept us entertained all night as they sang and bopped in front of the band with the sole intention of putting us off. Trying to sing all the words to the songs and generally larking around kept us on our game. Very funny though.
We were looked after by an event manager called Astrid . In her knee length boots and black dress , there was certainly no messing around . I fully expected a whip to be produced and " schnell schnell ".
For some reason we were asked to change in the haunted bathroom, see below "Fancy a quick wash lads before we take the stage ? errr take it thats a no .
Close House , Newcastle upon tyne
Sunday 22nd September
Its a long way from Skegness to Newcastle , the roads are very poor and we only just made the wedding on time . This wedding was memorable because of the age group. Blue rinse brigade in full attendance.
A Sunday wedding does not generally add up to a packed dance floor as everyone is up for work the next day , so we did our best and played on stoically.
http://baughanphotography.co.uk
23 rd September
Gommersall Park Hotel , Leeds ,West Yorkshire
received very kind words after this wedding and we enjoyed it immensely. Hi Guys
Just wanted to say a
massive thank you for helping make our wedding evening so special. We both had a great day and the evening was amazing thank's to you
guy's. Everyone we have spoken to has commented about
'the band' and how good you were and how much everyone loved dancing the night
away!. Thanks again Jon & Holly
29th September
Bestwood Country Lodge
Strange one this , the first set was greeted by 4 bridesmaids playing ring a ring a roses. However I did learn something after talking to Rob from Nottingham's Magnet practice studios who just happened to be at the wedding . Nottingham has two up and coming stars .One called James Bugg , check him out below and Natalie Duncan who recently appeared on Jools Holland . Nottingham may finally deliver some successful singers after years of being overlooked..
12 th October 2012
Carla and Phil's wedding
Swancar Farm , Trowell,Nottingham
Despite nearly knocking myself out on a rather low hung hanging basket , we did have a fantastic night.
The main room is absolutely enormous and everyone bopped all night.
Here is a short clip of us playing , the sound was distorted on the camera mic so I ve added a sound clip .
Lovely wedding for a bank holiday Sunday! Guests dancing all night, regardless of which song we played .Hoorah ! We highly recommend Cockcliffe Hotel ,just on the outskirts of Nottingham- its convenient , picturesque and just the right size.
One piece of advise though ; when enjoying ones self, please don't lift your girlfriend up and charge around the dance floor as if you've just won the FA cup. It's highly dangerous and on this occasion resulted the poor girls head colliding with our Wharfedale speaker. Ouch ! Paul the guitar player was not amused as his beloved Gibson looked like toast. Luckily both parties were ok to continue , but it was nearly lights out.
Superfuzz can be reached at http://www.superfuzz.co.uk/nottingham%20wedding%20function%20%20band.html
Ooo , we love this venue , we ve played it a few times now . The room size is good for 80 guests and the setting is really nice. Good acoustics , plenty of space to set up and helpful staff. Our Bride and groom for the day were brilliant and danced all night. Couldn't get the back tables up though , they were glued to their seats , too much pudding. Everyone else bopped and sang ,hats off to you party ravers.
August 4th wedding Retford , Notts
Marquees are always acoustically poor sound wise , but we did our best. The band learnt Galway Girl for the bride which Archie sang beautiful to raptous applause and a packed dance floor. The original is here by Steve Earl , great song !
Highlight of the night was a bit of ac / dc which seemed to hit the spot and of course Archies superb " Stand by me . " Hey baby" was back in the set with Martin on harmonica and a bit of Sex Bomb by Tom Jones got everyone grooving nicely towards the end.
You can see us setting up here and everyone dancing ,its a bit dark as we were using the djs lights instead of our own to save space. His lights weren't bright enough , wish we had used our own ,which are much brighter and more impressive. You can see more videos of the band at http:/http://www.superfuzz.co.uk/
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