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Cansando Los Flechazos www.elefant.com
From León in Spain Los Flechazos appeared on the Big Untidy CD with a little help form our friends at Elefant Records. The band split in 1996 after 6 albums and a bunch of soulful pop tunes “that became classics in the Spanish pop's history of the 90's”

Lazy bastard in everyone Harry Coltello
            www.coltello.de

Because of the war Graham Barnes
Recorded live at South Hill Park Arts Centre for long lost but legendary Radio man of mystery The Fence this is a rare solo outing by this one time cohort of Robb Johnson, Tracksuit, and Minister of Humour.

Rock 'n' roll band Harry Coltello
Now known as HF COLTELLO, the self proclaimed “amazing guitar man & poetry aficionado”; he describes his style as “Roadmovie Guitar” Just by listening to how he plays, you’re close to what Colt has himself experienced. Life on the road.


Johnny Rocks On Frank Bangay; Available on our poems page in poem form.
http://www.myspace.com/francisbangay
Where do we start with Frank aka The punk gardener? Frank started writing poetry in 1972 and served his apprenticeship at the Monday poetry evenings at the Troubadour Coffee House in Earls Court London. Experiences of the mental health services in the 1970s have played a part in his life since then. He would like to feel that one day these experiences will be things we can talk about without fear of hostility or discrimination , as is so often the case in this world. In the 1980s he became involved with the Survivor Movement both campaigning and organizing many fundraising benefits of poetry and music and also collaborated with others on publishing pamphlets and magazines of poetry written by people who had shared psychiatric experiences. In late 1991 Frank was a founder member of Survivors Poetry where in a voluntary capacity he organized many performances and creative writing workshops in day centres and sheltered housing and other community settings around London. In 1996 he left Survivor's Poetry and set up a creative writing workshop at CORE Arts in Hackney. A place that promotes creativity by people who have had mental health problems. Between 200 and 2004 he facilitated a creative writing workshop at St John at Hackney Community Space Centre with homeless people.
He has published a collection of his poetry and drawings Naked Songs and Rhythms of Hope and recorded three CDs of his poetry with musical backings. A True Voice Singing in 2001, This Topsy Turvy Life in 2004, and Jewels In The Poundshop in 2006. Frank continues to write and perform. Sometimes with guitarist Tunde Busari, or the Topsy Turvy Band, Sometimes as a solo poet, sometimes with Gospel Singer Sophie Mirell , His work is sometimes of a spiritual nature, and is written from life experience.


The Guvnors www.guvnors.com

Step on it
Tripping backwards
Formed in 1988 by guitarist/vocalist Robert Hokum, The Guv’nors started out as a straight Blues band. However, the eclectic tastes of the band members began to show in the music and the 1991 album ‘Un’Natchl Blues’ fused funk, jazz, avant garde and the blues. One reviewer described it as having ‘dementia praecox’ (schizophrenia to you)! 1992’s ‘Strange But Blue’ saw the band getting further into the groove with several tracks having a substantial New Orleans funk influence. The period from 1993 to 2003 was quite unsettled for the band with numerous personal changes – yes, you’ve guessed, musical and personal differences, drugs, jealous partners, over-inflated egos, bread heads, unreliability, rock’n’roll stoopidity etc. – but, hey that makes for a great band right? However, 1995’s ‘Funky Spanking of The Blues’ and 1999’s ‘Getting to The Point of the Get Down’ continued the development of a definitive Guv’nors sound and it was during this time that the use of Latin percussion became more prominent within the band. The current line-up came together in 2003 and the 2004 Bootleg of their performance at The Ealing Blues and Roots Party shows a band more than capable of ‘cutting it live’ with the best of them. ‘Kickin’ It Back’ was released at the beginning of 2006 to excellent reviews in the Blues Press. Subsequent ‘star billings’ at the 100 Club and several Festivals (including the prestigious Brecon Jazz Festival) saw the band firmly established as one of the country’s leading (and possibly only!) exponents of ‘funk latin blues’.
Hear more at myspace.com/guvnors

The Guvnors live at Ealing Studios
Rock Me Baby
Geting to the point of a get down
Hot Latin Blues


Crossing the Bar George Whitfield; www.georgewhitfield.com
Perhaps better known as one of the constants in Pressgang George is solo here adding his music to the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson. George also served time with Home & Abroad and with Darrell Mitchell as The Simpletons.
More Pressgang stuff at:
www.voxpop.demon.co.uk

Home and Abroad - Brief intro here

Roman Candle
Alison
Feel the Floor Move
Yellow Moon
Ballad of the Band
Elvis on mars Home and Abroad

Jason Smart - Songs from the forthcoming CD 'Untidy songs'
My body is a train

The Zookeeper With Untidy Barry
Ants
The Prince of Whales
Bohemian girlfriend A demo by Jason Smart and Dick Preece. The finshed version is on the album 'King of Penguins'

Jed Hotspur & the Road the Recovery
Too Young (To be a hippy)

Krak

Madameriviere