Post by Slim Shaney on Aug 10, 2009 8:24:21 GMT 1
An established and entirely worthy Blue House tradition of niece-related performances was maintained in the presence of His Majesty Turny Winn, King of the Banjo people, at a garden party on Saturday in Posh North Essex. Emma and Orlaith, diminutive nieces of Slim Shaney and Mr. Gibbon respectively, added a harmonious chorus to ‘Her’, one of many striking performances by an almost full-strength SftBH team featuring as it did Nick Zala on the pedal steel, who managed to expand the accepted boundaries of the instrument by performing a cello part on it at one point during a fairly relaxed session of around an hour’s duration. The addition of some other children to whom none of us were related (as far as we’re aware) pushed the onstage head count as far as a respectable thirteen at one point, which although not a personal best for the lovable Essex and Suffolk-based acoustic malarkey-centric funsters, is certainly a very creditable showing.
Next stop, the Chappel Rail Museum on Thursday September 10th. A beer festival, you say? How delightful!
Next stop, the Chappel Rail Museum on Thursday September 10th. A beer festival, you say? How delightful!