Clearwell castle ,Bride of the year!

Tom and Joanne wedding Clearwell Castle , Forest of Dean 30th July 2011
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What a fantastic setting for a perfect wedding . We love it when everyone enjoys themselves and this wedding certainly rocked .Joanne's dad got up and sang wonderful tonight which rounded off a perfect gig . Great acoustics and lovely people . Joanne also had her wish come true , getting in the back of the Superfuzz van ! Very strange request I thought but hey - whatever floats your boat?

According to Nigel the Dj the Castle has been used by Led Zepplin ,Deep Purple and the Sweet because of its fabulous acoustics. Now I'm a massive Purple fan and to think we played on the same hallow ground where these gods of rock recorded "Burn" one of their classic albumns , is just awesome !

Park Farm House Castle Donnington

Olly and Vicky's Wedding 29th July 2011
Park Farm house ,Castle Donnington

The dreaded sound inhibitors struck again argghhhhhhhhhhhhh.
This venue was absolutely perfect for live music , great stage , great lighting , acoustic to die for , just too good to be true and guess what ?It was !
Above the stage was a sound inhibitor which cut all power when a peak level was reached . This happened 3 times in the first set when Paul played high notes on his guitar.

Completely spoiled the gig . I felt so sorry for the couple. I had to run to the bar in the other room to reset it. After 2 -3 times I was getting pretty stressed.We turned everything down to acoustic level and Paul had to virtually stop playing whilst Martin was singing.
What perplexed me was this - the venue is in the path of East Midlands Airport main runway and next to the race track where they hold Download every year, yet a wedding band using their smallest 500 watt rig playing at accoustic volume is too loud , Hmmmmmmm ?

Good luck to Olly and Vicky who were lovely and we wish them all the very best.

Food for thought, would you want 2 wedding receptions ?

Sir John Fretwell sports complex - Charles and Louise's wedding.

A wedding in a sports hall, they you mad? What next a wedding at the local 'day care' centre?
But it wasn't a wedding as such, we'd been duped ! They had already had the ceremony in Zante' two weeks previous ,lucky sods !
What we had here was a 'home coming' party for the friends and family who couldn't go. I thought the whole thing was very strange and how exhausting to do the whole thing again , putting your wedding dress on, getting made up and being nice to everyone all over again. Phew !

The best man ( grooms brother ) wasn't there though, he'd apparently got his dates wrong (sure) and was in Ibiza drinking,cavorting and smoking funny things.
He was there in spirit as they had made a life sized cardboard cut out of him to plonk on stage with us.I don't think anyone missed him.

One thing I did notice was that they do like their food up in Mansfield , plates were overflowing , they seemed to be playing that old " see how much food you can eat before your stomach bursts" game. Methinks they'd probably be ok for pack ups the following Monday , Tuesday. Sly old dogs. Either that or they hadn't eaten for three weeks.

I like Mansfield though , the people are friendly and the drinks are cheap , just like me !

tatty bye

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Abbey suite , Mytton Fold Hotel and Golf club, Blackburn

Off to Blackburn in glorious sunshine. If only every bride was this lucky!
This venue is set in stunning countryside 6 miles away Blackburn.

On the way to this jolly jamboree discussion in the VW transporter centred around the music industry and the dearth of talent coming through. Is rock music dead and does anyone care ?
The youngsters of today have so much else to occupy their brains . computers , video games , unlimited channels of telly, is there room any more for rebellious rock n roll. Music seems so "throw away" so incidental.

Great song writing tends to come from great hardship , just think of the blues , think of where the Beatles.Perhaps today's little darlings have just got it too good!

One band flying a lone flag for great song writing is the Artic Monkeys, clever lyrics with catchy guitar hooks combined with great vocals make them stand out.Alex Turner , the lead singer is a great story teller and his acidic whit cuts to the bone. His northern twang and faultless phrasing make him the one of the few remaining great British songwriters.

Back to the wedding and a cavernous room for a smallish event made for a strange mix.
Room size is so important at weddings and you have to get it right . At this event everyone was spread out all over the gardens and other hotel rooms,they never really got together. We were playing to 20 guests in a room with a 500 capacity.
It was hot outside so I can understand them wanting to enjoy the sun . In the upper reaches of the UK our friends only see a handful of sunny day per year, so they have to make the most of it!
The brides father thanked us for our efforts though and they all seemed very nice people.

All thats left to say is " Eee bye gum "

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U2- Old men and leather pantaloons

Watching Glastonbury on Friday I was in awe of U2, Bonos vocals were as good as ever and the old songs still sound fabulous. But one thing bugged me , why does Bono and the Edge still wear black leather trousers? To my mind they looked absolutely ridiculous. I'm 44 probably around the same age as these two aging Rock Gods but just wouldn't contemplate such a fashion 'faux par'.There comes a time when we have to just accept our limitations, a bit of hair dye is acceptable but not tight leather pantaloons !

Just a word about Coldbore ,sorry Coldplay who headlined Saturday.Who likes this dirge, with there trashy depressing Nirvana-ish grunge? If Chris Martin is a good front man then Im a bony headed Clingon. What? I do look like a Clingon? you cheeky B#'/#rds!

I much preferred Sundays offering from Beyonce ,vocally perfect, beautiful and sexy. She even did a "walk about" QE II style. Adoring fans clambered to be brushed by her magic fingers, oblivious that they were about to be tossed 50 rows back by her surly beefcakes! What a Diva though!
Also enjoyed Aloe Black, Mumfords, BB King, Kool and the gang, Noah and the Whale and the wombles. Hoorah !

And so to this weeks wedding at Risley Hall Derbyshire . The wedding of Mario and Laura.
The band arrived at 7.30 for a 9 pm start. Notable for the large amount of children in attendance.
Weddings with lots of children tend to be finished by 10 pm when they have to climb the stairs to Bedfordshire.The bride and groom were stood in an empty room by 10.30, when really it should have been full of party goers. What a shame!
But it was their day and they obviously wanted a day with their nephews and nieces - fair play.
An odd choice to book a party band I'd have booked Dino Dinosaur.

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Edgewarebury Hotel and Restaurant

Off to Elstree for a very harmonious wedding in the lovely setting of the Edgewarebury Hotel and Restaurant. The bride was very kind to us and danced the night away surrounded by her loving but rather inebriated throng. Hoorah!
One question remained on our lips all night long though,- "where was the Groom"?

He was nowhere to be seen, only to appear right at the death to give us our cheque.
Now , I'm not a romantic, just ask Mrs P , but to go missing all night, was very strange!
He told us he'd been stuck with Uncle Buck sorry Bob , and just couldn't get away.

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And here lies todays lesson for every would be married couple.

On your wedding day,remember its your day,not Uncle Bobs or Aunty Ivys!
Spend it together! Tell these timewasters in no uncertain terms to - "save your boring stories about hip replacements and the price of petrol.
Tell them " its party time, we ve booked Superfuzz and we're gonna BOOOOOOOOOOGIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lesson over.

After the gig it was back to the Travelodge as quickly as humanly possible for some sleep. The following Sunday morning I had to get back to Derbyshire ASAP.
JLS in concert at Alton Towers and my 13 year old daughter wasn't going to be very happy if I turned up late.

Whilst watching these nubile young bucks strutting about however,one question you might like to ponder came to my mind. When is a live band live and does it matter ?

Jls had no musicians on stage at all and sung to tapes all night . Now the kids didn't really care , but I must say I felt a little cheated.

The sound was absolutely awesome but you just couldn't tell what they were actually singing and what was a recorded backing track. Aston, the good looking one in the band could actually execute a triple back flip from a standing start and sing in tune at the same time ?

But I have to ask ,what would happen if we turned up to your wedding and mimed , how would you feel?

My guess is you wouldn't be very happy ,we wouldn't get paid , and you would send a rather bad review to our agent.
No such repercussions for JLs I wager though. How do they sleep at night? We may not have millions in the bank but we've got our pride !

In light of this please be assured, Superfuzz are 100% live , we don't use backing tapes , no trickery, guaranteed.


Also at the ALton towers concert were Mc Fly,the Saturdays and Eliza Doolittle; all sung live and were absolutely superb.

The Saturdays will live long in my memory for their excellent drummer,I had to move very close to the stage to study his technique. Those sexy girls kept getting in the way though.
Very,very,very annoying!

Elsham Hall Adrian and Jans Wedding

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Jan and Adrians wedding Elsham Hall near Brigg, Lincs

Off to Brigg and not a Brass band in site and no,Superfuzz haven't been to Narnia.

These foliage balls made great wigs for the second set and gave everyone a good giggle except for the head waitress ,who confiscated them telling us us in no uncertain terms that they cost upwards of £25 and were not intended to be worn as wigs ,Oh Dear!!


I ended up in a fascinator having swaped my foliage ball with a guest. the fascinator didn't look as good on me though and didn't make me more fascinating strangely.

Anyway lovely venue and nice not to be playing in a Marquee for once.Some very friendly peacocks roam this estate to keep everyone amused. Now I have never been close to one before but these birds have a penchant for pork and stuffing cobs from the Hogroast. As far as I know has never once been mentioned on Birdwatch ( Im going to write to Bill Oddy)!

Also ,our new friend Mr P cock rather oddly also had a bit of a thing for a rather sexy navy blue Ford Fiesta parked on the gravel next to his perch. We couldn't work out if he wanted to hump it or fight it. It really did send him into a fits of rage and he circled it , pecked it , jumped on it and screeched at it for nigh on half an hour. Absolutely worn out he eventually wandered back for some pork scratchings with potato salad.

Jan and Adrian were lovely people and everyone danced all night. Rock n roll was the order of the day. The brides father was paying and he wanted Mr presley and Mr Chuick Berry , so who are we to argue?Finished off with Kings of leon " sex on fire" and everyone trooped off to the waiting bus very happy.

Pack down and back at the hotel for 2 pm,