On a lighter note… At a few gigs recently, people have asked whose signature is on my acoustic guitar. I should explain that my guitar is made by Ayers, an Australian luthier. As soon as I saw that name inside the sound box, I christened my guitar ‘Roy’ after the legendary vibes player Roy Ayers. […]
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Cancelled gig this weekend
Sorry to say that our gig at 80 Queen Street this weekend (Saturday 25th) has now been cancelled due to the apparent closure of the venue. We apologise if you had made plans to come and see us.
Kelburn Graffiti Project
We are playing a wee private gig in Kelburn Castle next weekend (www.kelburnestate.com). It’ll be the third time we’ve played there and we’ve had a great time on each occasion. Some of you may remember that we were due to play at their ‘Garden Party’ last year but the event had to be cancelled due […]
Hogmanay
The positive hits just keep on coming. How many hits? ‘More hits than Barry Bonds playing slow pitch in the disabled seniors league,’ as Abdominal would put it. Gecko 3 are delighted to announce that we will be playing the midnight set at the Departure Lounge Hogmanay party. The event also features live sets from […]
Support slot confirmed
So, it seems that our big November support slot has now been confirmed! We’re supporting The Five Corners Quintet (www.thefivecornersquintet.com) on Sunday November 16th, 8pm, in the Voodoo Rooms. Since this is also the Moose’s birthday, and we may get a chance to play some of the jazzier numbers (which means my new guitar ‘Mr Wibble’ can […]
Provisional Grooves
Thanks to everyone who was listening so attentively last night and a special thanks to those of you who bought CDs – we hope you enjoy them! I thoroughly enjoyed the gig and the set by Cibelle was great: some really novel ideas on how to use loops and some lovely grooves. For those of you […]
Gecko 3 and friends
Further to Moose’s post on Aug 28th about a wee spot we did in 80 Queen Street, we will be playing two sets from 11pm to 1am in 80 Queen Street on Saturday 25th October. The idea is that we will get one or two fellow musicians and members of Organogel (in fact, we may be […]
Support Mania
Well, since Moose left so many hints that I should write something (in the inevitable knowledge that Hugh never will) I thought I’d tell you about our upcoming support slots. Moose and I (as Gecko 2) have just been asked to support Cibelle (www.cibelle.net) in the Voodoo Rooms this Sunday evening (we’re on at 8.30 for half an hour). […]
European Tour 2008
Yes, it’s that time of year again, the time when the ragged fingernails of wind rip the flesh from your face, the ice-needles of rain fly sideways and everyone in the South of England gets stuck in their cars for five days because a snowflake’s been sighted by a taxi driver in Sevenoaks (called Alf). It is, in […]
Jazz Bar Thanks
Just wanted to say a quick ‘Thank You’ to all who attended the gig in the Jazz Bar last night. It was nice to wheel out some of the more mellow tunes! I got shivers up and down my spine when we played The Truth and that hasn’t happened for a while – I suppose […]