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January 2005
Ok Ok, yes, we know we've been slack
on the website front of late
- there'll be some very groovy
news
..... real soon!
March 2005
11pm till 1am
yet
another
2 hour Utterly Live
Music Radio
Special
this is
the
Jamplant!
Barrie V
Joe
Gallager
Stu
Jones
Jimmy N
Mark Flaherty
on the
Ben Turner
show
BBC Radio WM
95.6
FM
watch us as it happens
on the BEEB webcam
HERE!
This hasn't been
done before
Two hours of live music
As it happens - On
Air
Nothing pre-recorded
(well we say this
has never been done before…
Radio Afghanistan do it all the
time…
incessantly in fact… we checked…
but it's a first for Western
Snivilisation)
Yes that's two hours -
Live!
CRIPES!
SUNDAY MAY
2nd
12 Noon till Late
FREE!
TettStock
II
featuring
the
Jamplant
Barrie V Joey G
Stu Jones Parv B
Nikki Rous Nevo Mark F Lazy J
the Beach
Yasmine
Coast Abstain
plus very Special
Guests
including
Roland
Chadwick
Cassava
Darren
Poyzer
and probably others
too!
Yes
that's plenty hours of
splendid Music - Live!
CRIPES!
Jamplant
psst... erm
well look, it's like this
there is a
place, a point in time and space
where mankind was torn away from
the spiritual
and plunged utterly into the darkness of the
material
yet another time is coming
that's all we're saying
for now...
February 2005
Roland
Chadwick
World renowned guitar
virtuoso
who has presented Concerto, World Music and Chamber
concerts
with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,
Britten Sinfonia and
the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Roland Chadwick
is a Composer and player of the Classical Guitar,
Steel String
Acoustic Guitar, Dobro Slide Guitar, Mandolin,
Electric Guitar and,
Synth Guitar. Born in May 1957,
Wollongong, NSW, Australia, Roland
made his Sydney Opera House
debut in 1988
and has since built a reputation as one of
Australia's master
Guitarist/Composers. From 1979 to 1996 he
lived and worked in Sydney
as a performer and composer.
In 1997 he took a sabbatical in Los
Angeles where he worked on
developing a more personal compositional
style. At the end of
1997 he moved to the UK and is now based in West
London.
"Although Steve Vai is
great, Roland Chadwick's acoustic
solo on 'Children of the Sand' is
exquisite."
Guitar Techniques - June
2003
"Tuneful, eclectic and energetic, the styles switch
between English folk melody, South American syncopation
and soft
rock" - Classic FM Magazine
"Roland has the most awesome live presence. Even seeing him
perform a single song at a club in North London recently
it was
impossible not to be drawn in by his infectious enthusiasm
and
blistering guitar playing. With musicians like Roland,
man and
instrument appear to be one" -
Darren Tansley, AcoustiCity
www.rolandchadwick.com
playing live @
11eVen
Le Jamplant
We'll be recording January + February
sessions
for an acoustic 'best of CD'
psst.. did someone mention tourbus....?
ppssstttt!
the Jamplant expands once again...
the revolution
continues.. and gathers momentum...
Live Acoustic and somewhat
suave..
strum
eVery
Tuesday
Beginning
March
2nd
8 p.m. till real late
at the
Revolution
Bar
Bridge St Walsall
Watch this space for news of a local -
i.e. Wolverplankton 24-7 rehearsal studio
'the JamPlant' - coming soon!
stay tuned for news of a Saturday
night regular
live music in Wolverhampton city centre soon!
(yes, that's Saturday night...)
out soon -a compilation
best of the Jamplant
CD featuring some of the
truly
wonderful artists
that are emerging from
this place...
Wolverhampton
centre of
the known Multiverse.
Possibly also a major venue showcase this
year
the Jamplant Expansion
continues to Jam.. Plant..
+ Expand!
Watch this space for news of a local -
i.e.
Wolverplankton 24-7 rehearsal studio
'the JamPlant' - coming soon!
Cripes we just don't stop do we...? !!
new photos from live nights at FinalSplat! & 11even
Now!
Diary of a
Jamplant.......
Jamplant
~ step out of the
Matrix ~
the Revolution starts here..
For previous diary entries go here!
Sept 6th 2004
.......Bazza & Joe hit a blip
in the space time continuum
.......and things get hazy.. ready for the
next phase...?
erm....quite...
March
22nd
At the
Love-liest live music night in town...
this has to have been one of the
loveliest yet!
So once again Jones... Ha!
We rolled up tonight with
the spirit of adventuring heroes, spring having sprung,
-
instinctively having the feeling that this was going to be a big
one...
We weren't wrong.. With an absolutely all star cast list,
converging synchronistically,
as is the JamPlant way, rom 9pm Monday March 22nd to 1am Tuesday March 23rd
the utter musicality and sheer talent from all shades of the spectrum
that effervesced
and bubbled within the hallowed walls of La
Revolution was truly spellbinding...
We use these terms not for
the sake of hyperbole, as is often the case with
muso journos, but
from a true and heartfelt sense of the real spirit of what the
JamPlant is
all about.. Tonight was it!
Here's the list, Barrie V &
Stu Jones casually strolled through a musical
soundcheck
which most of the crowd took for a performance, new friend
Danny, looking like a faces renegade, impressed
everyone with a fine set of Doorsy new acoustics, avec slidey
guitar,
Abstain gave their all with their fab old school rock acoustic
sound,
another new JamPlanter joined us, Parv - as fine a
Tabla player as you'll hear anywhere,
and again - in the true spirit
of the JamPlant this was another example of musicians who'd never played
together before just getting it on 'right here right now' and jamming it
out -
frickin' fabulous!
And onward we travelled, another new JamPlanter
the
Celturian really gave it some elbow, with a
splendid display of solo acoustic guitar, closing a wonderfully varied
set with an individualised instrumental version of Kashmir! Nothing
wrong with that!
Barrie V & Stu Jones took up the runnings next, again joined by
Parv - who, to everyone's delight had stayed the distance and
accompanied just about everyone, showing true
musicality by blending
his Tabla with every different stylee he encountered - first playing
6/8 rhythm on Barrie V's Immaculate deception, then helping the
psychoacoustic CyBerKarma to ascend to new
heights and finally, the three were joined by Joe
Gallagher on lead acoustic and Jim
Netherington on backing vocals for a version of Summer of Love which, with this incredible mix of
musicians suddenly took on the form it always seemed destined for, the
Eastern element suiting the songs' rhythms beautifully. Stirring stuff!
And still it continued! The massive voice of Nikki Rous accompanied by the deft guitar
weavings of Joe G, Jim Netherington again
with Joe Gallagher delivering his punchy pop acoustics, and then of
course, the inimitable Joe Gallagher himself,
rounding what had been a truly spectacular night musically as only he can,
guitar virtuosity coupled with a voice and songwriting that belie his
age... It doesn't get any better than this...
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March 12th
The Munificent Seven ride again... !
(this is the story
of seven brothers, we had the same father but different mothers...)
Barrie V Joe Gallagher Mark
Flaherty Stu Jones
Matt Taylor Jim Netherington and Pat
E
sauntered into BirminghamTown..
and like the true
song-slinging wild west heroes they is..
played the two-hour
Jamplant special for the BBC
-
regardless of a dearth of mics, no earphones or foldback of
any kind
with which to guage our levels.. the Radio equivalent
of being at the
wrong end of the the Ok-Corral at sun-up...
But, with cool aplomb, the
boys kept their heads and delivered as
fine a set of songs as you'll
hear anywhere, wry smiles akimbo,
a fine sense of fun & mucho
camaraderie to boot..
today Pebble
Mill..
tomorrow...
World
Unification...
~ yeah we know, everyone always says
'domination'
~ it's just so passé
dahlings ~
~ Stay
tuned for news of the the forthcoming Jamplant
all-stars CD containing tracks from this
ground-breaking show ~
February
27th
Ok, time's tight again as usual, and we regret
being
unable to give adequate time to properly reviewing
all of
the Jamplant's
goings on of late.
But here's
a quick rundown..
We've had Roland
Chadwick, Olas & Jinder, playing
fine sets of music recently
as well as the usual superb (ir)regulars -
Barrie V, Stuman, Joe G, Jim N, Mark F,
Spence, Nikki R, Yasmine, Johnny... a
whole bunch of new friends played on the 23rd, including Lazy J & Abstain - the list is
endless, and we're proud to be able to say that no matter who else
performs either at the Jamplant or 11eVen, our very own Jamplanters
hold their own.. (oo-er, we have
told them about this but they keep doing it) - seriously, it has
been noted and noticeable how impressed our many and varied guests have
been by our very own home grown, right here in Wolverplankton, all star
team.. Well done people!...
There'll be a
short rest from Jamplant
and also 11eVen this next
week as we prepare for a WORLD
FIRST from the Jamplant... stay
tuned.... 95.6
FM to be exact...
Monday February 2nd
the Jamplant
hardcore
Musically a very splendid evening, a bigger crowd than
we had last week, (!)
(there's just no accounting for it is there?) and
some sparkling performances,
a fine start from Trev who we haven't seen for qu a while,
Barrie V + the Stuman
holding the body of the night up with as fine
a set as you'll hear an acoustic duo play,
vocals sax guitars
percussion... plus all the usual silliness and banter that is
now
trademark stuff at the Jamplant...
musicians thin on the ground early on
tonight, (as ever is) but
Jamplant stalwarts Joe Gallager
and Jim Netherington
played a fine set of Jim's rather catchy poppy songs, to
match Barrie V + the Stumans',
Marti
slottin in for a couple, followed by the unmistakeable
Adam, after which Joe G
played a great set ably assisted by Barrie V + the
Stuman yet again (on purple rain -
a current house
fave) - and as Barrie V said to all
present, having halted proceedings
before Joe G's last song, "there will come a day when you have to pay to see these
people play, when we don't do this anymore for free, please show your
appreciation
of these very fine artists by at least doing them the
courtesy of listening"... nuff
said.
Friday January 30th
Well, we
couldn't resist the temptation to get Maggi Pierce + EJ
back to
play a second time and many thanks to Stu Mills for helping
out here.
And thanks to the other bands on the night at the Varsity
for
shortening their sets to accomodate..
The MPE's showed their class
(without opening their legs) by playing
a whole different set than
they played at the Jamplant..
They saw it was a guitar type night and played accordingly
and to suit,
rocking things up with a performance that left those
present standing
jaw-dropped at it's magnificence...
again...
you had to be there... shame on you if you weren't..
Stu Mills himself
will tell you how good they were, especially
as they played a Zappa
tune to roll out with....
We'll try and
get Maggi Pierce and EJ back at the Jamplant in
May...
Monday January 26th
Maggi Pierce + EJ the
MPEBand @ Jamplant
Mere words and the
time currently available aren't enough to do
justice in describing the
magical evening of 26th January 2004 -
You really
had to be there...
You could go here: MPE Band -
to get a taste of what
you missed
or
there may be another
chance...
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Sunday January 25th
Live
music radio doesn't get any better than this! Maggi Pierce + EJ - the MPEBand
rolled
into town and played live on Spence & Rob's Naked
Ambition show today
and gave a truly sparkling & mesmerising
performance (we know, we were there)
A tantalising and exquisite taste
of what will be one of the most enjoyable and
uplifting nights of live
music ever to occur in sunny Wolverplankton - at the Jamplant
tomorrow
- Monday 26th January.... we advise all true lovers
of music to be there...
Saturday January 24th
We came,
we saw, we got thrown out, -
Barrie
V + the Stuman traipsed over
to Pebble Mill in Brum to do a live sesh
and interview, for the
Ben
Turner show, and, sod's law, upon brandishing
sax and guitar, were
promptly turfed out due to some system glitch emergency
warning type
ting, but, the forces of dark again had no dominion, and upon getting
the all clear the boys razzed back in & up the stairs, straight to
the studio
and immediately launched into 'Immaculate Deception', true pro's to the last,
playing a shortened version to allow time for a quick gas before time
out...
so, not the most sparkling performance, given the
circumstances, (all the mics
in the wrong places, being still set up
for the previous band in there, etcyadda)
but no matter, the 'Heretic Gyros' will be back for another run at
the beeb thang..
- Saturday
7th Feb
JANUARY 19TH
Fab night musically, and once again, two new faces playing,
Roy Smith on sax, and Andy Leicester guitar vocal.. and
with
Nikki Rous and Joe Gallager and Yasmine on
sparkling form it was
little wonder that yet another batch of new
visitors were approaching
the desk with superlatives bubbling from
smiley faces!
January
has already seen some sparkling performances, fabulous jams
and
a whole lotta fun goin' on at the Jamplant.. with
Barrie V, the Stuman, Joe Gallager, Nikki Rous, Mark Flaherty,
Steve Lewis, Donovan, Rich Frost.....
the list
is illustrious and sprinkled with stardust.......
We'd like to relate a comment passed by one of our many new
visitors lately, and one echoed by many others...
'Why
aren't all these people famous?
They're brilliant - much more
entertaining than anything
else I'm hearing through the media right
now...'
thass a genuine comment dudes... says it all really...
time's tight as usual, wish there were time to say more,
but
with lots moving we can only say -
' just get
yerself up here - it's all happening, in a wider way!'
(anyone fancy reviewing let me know... hint)
email
reviews@interschminter.co.uk
December 22nd & 29th
see below.. erm.. Ditto!
the Revolution continues apace... jump aboard the starship
Jamplant -
the funkiest silliest groovyest starship dans le
galaxy....
December 15th
Packed house -
fantastic night - the best live music night
in town.. - simplest (and
most truthful) way of describing it!
Oh all
right then, but just a quickie! Ok there is so much good stuff happening
lately there hasn't been time for mere details, (anyone fancy helping let
me know... hint)
email reviews@interschminter.co.uk
but with Barrie V + the Stuman kicking things off and setting the pace
as usual, and the unmistakeable Joe Gallager
+ new faces like Steve Lewis, (a
one-man funkrockreggaeblues explosion) and the inimitable (and thankfully
more regular again) Mark Flaherty,
amongst many others of equal talent and varied direction
(such as the
fantastic Nikki Rous), that all we can
say is you'd be wise to check the Monday night's at the Revolution, as
well as the Wednesday night at the art+music - make them your
regular Monday and Wednesday night haunts even, as the sound, the line
ups, and most certainly the performances lately have been stunningly good,
and the vibeamongus has been like, well splendid,
For previous diary entries go here!
Update May 31st:
The Jamplant Expansion, Barrie V,
(myself...) that'll probably be me on stinging and just about
holding rhythm guitar... that's just about holding it, never mind
playing... with a splash of blues harp, and
percussion, and the Stewman on blissed out
sax will hopefully be joined again by
Ian Rogers who's been
driving the whole thing percussively with some tasty drummings and Greg
Ellis who have happily and most delightfully
expanded the Jamplant further for three weeks previous, Greg now adding rather splenditious keyboard wizardry (and vocals too) as we jammed
various groovy delights, including a fab genuine 70's feeling 'Summer of
Love'- and a rousing 'Castles in the
Sky'... and with Dave
Sandhu on fonky bass, not forgetting the
dude who somehow manages to hold it all together soundwise - Andy... sadly we will be
without 'Smokin' Joe Lee on guitar, not deftly weaving
fluid blues around Barrie V's melodically
symphonic pop concoctions, because he'll be
doing his t'ing in the Untied Snakes of etc.. Atlanta to be precise...
(come back soon Joe)
There'll be further cosmic happenings on a musical
tip occuring this coming week, new songs and grooves, strange time
signatures akimbo..
stuff you just don't hear
anyone else playing...
... twas mentioned last week, by
several, (amidst compliments), that it would seem we'd been
rehearsing..(!) Perish the thought! Not many would believe us that we did
(er, quite literally mate) just jam everything
we played over the last two weeks, seein' as we're all too busy/lazy to
actually rehearse. I suppose this is, after all, in the spirit of things...
I mean, last
Monday, I'd written a new song that afternoon and could only just remember
it myself and these boys still made it sound
good! errrk..! haha..plop..
and for a bunch of dudes who
hadn't played together before two weeks ago, and then only to regroup on
Mondays and play it by ear, we're sounding pretty good, though I say it
myself...
- could this be the start of something beautiful?
Anyroad, it's all on the
hoof and off the cuff so to speak, and
all the more fun for it!
and this is not to mention the many and varied wonderful
guest singer songwriters and musicians who grace us with their presence
week in week out - heartfelt thanks to all of you!
after
all...
this is Schminternational
Rescue -
anything can happen in the five
minutes...
It's all good, in a wider way...
the Jamplant Expansion keeps
on expanding!!!
Jamplant
@
Revolution Vodka Bar,
Princess Street, Wolverhampton.
with the
Jamplant Expansion
and featuring
one or two
Heretic Gyros and a brace of FundaByrds
Plus! the
RevolutionRhythmSection
on percussive anomalies
(and bongos,
bohdran, tambourine etc)
and
it's Free! (with added Love, nice smells, fourcandles,
general tomfoolery)
Join the acoustic
eclectic! Free!
Open mic 8
pm - 10 pm
...let's Party!!!
