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Had a great time speaking at the Edinburgh Schools Creative Writing workshop – along with Douglas Kay (.com) on Thursday. I was talking about and performing a couple of songs; so in case you are interested, here are the lyrics: Donkeys and Elephants Who the hell would want to be the President . . . → Read More: Songwriting Workshop Heading off this weekend to headline the music festival at Le Brevedent (near Lisieux) in Normandy. We played a gig in the chateau there last year but couldn’t take up the invitation to return for the September Festival due to gigging commitments. This year, however, we’re right there! France, Gecko 3 and Calvados – what . . . → Read More: Le Brevedent We’ve just had our appearance at this year’s Knockengorroch World Ceilidh confirmed for the Saturday (May 23rd) so clearly we’re pretty excited about that. You can get more details and buy tickets from www.knockengorroch.org.uk When we know our stage time we’ll pass it on here. Spread the word! Hide . . . → Read More: Knockengorroch-a-go-go Just a quick update: as predicited, the official website is now functioning: http://www.kelburngardenparty.com It’s the only place you can get yourself one of the limited number of early bird tickets. It has a great line up, and the icing on the castle-shaped cake is that we will be playing at 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon, just ahead . . . → Read More: Kelburn Garden Party Ah, the summer, even the thought makes you forget the months of darkness and cold and wind and misery and… okay, maybe not forget, but certainly set to one side for a moment. We’re excited to announce that we’re playing the Kelburn Garden Party this June (19th-21st). This is a new festival but we’ve played over . . . → Read More: Plans afoot for the summer Happy New Year! Thanks to everyone who brought in the New Year with us at the Departure Lounge – it was a great night. I particularly enjoyed the hundreds of people bawling out the words and jumping around manically to the ska choruses at the end of Auld Lang Syne. It was a great . . . → Read More: Saturday Night Fish Fry ‘The Drawing Room Sessions’ – a fitting name considering the surroundings. Thanks to everyone at the Graffiti Project (Kelburn Castle) for such a wonderful evening of music and food. I tried my best not to drop a stick during the proceedings so as not to give Moose the excuse to look at me with . . . → Read More: The Drawing Room Sessions I’ll keep this short and sweet because if I write much more I’m likely to break into full rant, given that some kind people nicked about 55 massive slate floor tiles from outside my door last night. Thanks guys. Anyway, if you are interested, there is a (wobbly) video clip from our support slot for Nizlopi up on . . . → Read More: Gecko3 Nizlopi support on youtube 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. Spread the word! Hide Sites 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 . . . → Read More: Hogmanay |
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