Hi Guys,
Just wanted to pass on a huge thanks for doing such a great job at our wedding.
The music was fantastic and as you probably gathered by the non-stop dancing from most of the guests it went down a storm. There was a bit of something for everyone, young and old, and even kept the real muso's happy!!
Extra thanks for learning Country girl and chasing cars for us, they were both spot on!!
Keep up the great work, and hope to see you playing again soon.
Any gigs in the Uxbridge direction planned? Crown & Treaty is good music pub?
Massive Fan now
Wicksy (AKA The new Mrs Trevelyan)
PS - loving the new website.
Wired at Goat The Goat, Berkhamsted on Fri 15th Aug 08
The Goat has one of those despised dB machines but that's only so you can still go there and enjoy an involved crowd and quality music, in the teeth of the neighbours... More power to you, landlord.
Technically a covers band, Wired's choice of songs sets them apart from most, lacking staples like Alright Now - great song, I love it, but not every band has to play it - and including powerful new-rock from Kings of Leon, Chilli Peppers, Franz Ferdinand and Dandy Warhols. How good are they? I've just gone out and bought 2 CDs on the basis of last night's performances of Bohemian Like You, which was only the soundcheck, and Molly's Chamber. Yeh I know, I should have had them already, but in a working life you sometimes need to have things presented to you as well as this to make you realise how good they are.
The band have a headstart in a dedicated frontman and singer, who I see is called Kev. No matter how good a singer and instrumentalist someone is, you can't give both of them 100%. Kev achieves the slightly-stressed edge to his vocals that many rock songs need - think of Dani California and I Predict a Riot - and also has a slightly louche look about him which may have been what encouraged nearly the entire audience to - gasp! - DANCE! I think they started shrugging and frugging during the Kinks' All Day and All of the Night, and didn't stop through the ska/rock'n'roll Poison Ivy, happytime I'm A Believer, hardcore reggae Monkey Man (shivery!), and a clutch of Atlantic soul. All were excellently performed, with a signature instrument for each song shining out - like, the bass in You Really Got Me, and the drums (not the guitar) in Suspicious Minds. Yes, Suspicious Minds, played far far better than by any Elvis I've ever seen. I can't say too much about Loz as he is teaching me to play the drums, but his dedication to his instrument/s shines through in his precision and sparkle in every number in a highly varied set. Makes some others look right plain, so he does.
Go and see them, be impressed, dance; go to The Goat, meet the crowd. Do both of these great things at once on Friday 19th September.
Jules, Sat 16th Aug 08