tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66479451521595929392010-07-28T00:20:51.639+01:00The Love Junkieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864353037960821548noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6647945152159592939.post-89696397510636924372010-06-21T13:40:00.034+01:002010-07-28T00:13:41.540+01:00

Love Junkies - Guernsey 19th June, Dave, Rachel, Marcus & Chris Did you know the Love Junkies travel? If the last two gigs have been anything to go by this would seem to be becoming a habit. Have van, will travel, etc. And so it was, on a Thursday night in June, driving from St Albans via Folkestone via Lyme Regis to Weymouth and then getting the very early Condor Ferries to St Peter Port on

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Rozz and Jimmy - It's a funny old game... Ah June, and the first part of our European Sojourn. Chateau De Massillan, near Uchaux, France the wedding of Victoria and Oliver. And did we mention meeting Jimmy Greaves to boot? The Bride and Groom had seen us at a friend's wedding at the Royal Chace in Enfield a few years ago and had decided that The Love Junkies, just had to be the band, no

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Sunday. It was a day that had we known what was waiting for us, could've struck fear into all of our hearts. As it was though, I am able to write this knowing that our duties despatched, The Love Junkies rose through the storm to deliver.With Rox and Marcus taking a well earned break in France, Chris and Dave were prompted to come out with a little bit of Dunkirk spirit and put together a

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We've been here before - March 2007 if memory serves. Templeton, Roehampton. A Sunday night in May before the Bank Holiday. A multi roomed, multi purpose venue, good for weddings, lots of rooms with quirky nooks and crannies. Bands get put in the Langdale room, which is for all intents a very large sitting room with a small dancefloor. Okay, but just a little too small. The sort of place to

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I wouldn't say it's been a harsh winter gig-wise but January and February have been a bit quiet on the wedding front so it was nice to get back into the swing of it again with Charlotte and John's wedding at Brocket Hall.For couples worried about their guests feet during dancing, here's an idea. Provide flip flops for those ladies (and er, gents) who have had enough of the heels. Even Rozz took

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Just what is it about bass players and pantomimes? Like proverbial moths, fluttering over to a naked candle they are all drawn by the lure of regular Christmas work. 'tis the season, and all that we suppose. This is all very nice for the bassist, oh yes, nice sit down in the pit, plundering bass lines soundtracking cries of 'He's behind you' and 'oh no he isn't', not to mention all that mularkey

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Here's one that I'm going to put out to the function band community. Is it right to charge for learning a new song for, say a wedding? A song that you're very unlikely to play again and is not in keeping with the rest of your set. This issue is salient for the hirer also.The reason I pose this question is simple. I am a little annoyed as I think we've just lost a gig because of this very issue. I

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The first website we produced for The Love Junkies was back in 2002. It was a small affair which fitted nicely into a 640x480 pixel screen. It was red, had a nice logo and got to the point. The point of course, that we are a great band who should be hired by you - the function band demanding public ;-). The old site had a gig list, a contact form and some audio samples, job done. People

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Rox meets Andy Day from CBeebies. Hero worship ensues... Last night's gig at Fanhams Hall in Ware was the wedding of Laura and Warren. The gig came through our singing buddy Doug Quinn. Doug is also in Speakeasy and joined us in the second set for a few tunes - we like when Doug sings with us. He has a set of lungs, but I shouldn't really swell his head too much so I'll leave it at that.

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It's the little touches that make all the difference. Last Friday's gig saw us back at Tewin Bury farm for the wedding of Elizabeth and Paul.Generally when we come across something we like at a wedding, something that's a bit out of the ordinary we like to carp on about it. This wedding had two unusual side shows.The first - and this was something I liked particularly - was provided by the Powder

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Ah, Madame Tussauds. It's been absolutely ages since I've been there and was wondering if the old place had changed at all? The answer to that as I found out was well, yes and no. The celebrities are still in force, only they're not the same as in 1979. Well, apart from the historical figures but maybe cleaned up a little bit.On Tuesday 27th Sept, The Love Junkies had the interesting fortune to

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Sometimes, articles just speak for themselves. If the wedding's over-running by an hour, the band happen to be twiddling their thumbs and are holed up in a changing room, they might just get creative...or likely, just start fooling about a little. *The Love Junkies would like to make it clear that no hats were harmed in the making of this blog post.

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The Love Junkies play High Rocks Hotel, Sun 13th Sept 2009As Sunday weddings go, this one was pretty darn good. The venue, High Rocks hotel, Tunbridge Wells was a suitably fine hotel. Absolutely lovely setting, over three floors, with a steam train to boot to take the guests round on a jolly (albeit in the dark) whilst the band were getting set-up. The function room was great too - a real dream

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So, you've driven for three hours, set up your equipment, sound checked, dressed, done two sets, and are just about to pack up the gear and drive home when you hear the immortal words "...my mate plays guitar, let 'im 'ave a go." In very few other walks of life would you ever hear a similar request, "Oy mate!? Can I borrow your tractor, I wanna plough that field". Just for some reason, musicians

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Weddings. There is always a plan. Timings are mapped out for the main events with everything considered, from the post ceremony drinks to the cutting of the cake; e.g. "Evening guests arrive at 7.28pm, the bride and groom are introduced for their first dance at 7.35pm, then the band at 7.39pm..." But excuse us for a second as we make light. 7.39pm? Surely no-one really expects timings to be that

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Approaching my 40th birthday this year, I have become strangely obsessed with certain things I have always found odd. Spending long hours on motorways usually late at night/ early morning, the brain has an amazing tendency to run wild. In fact, mine is often a cascading torrent of mainly useless pondering. These free thinking ponderous "drive moments" very often evaporate into the air - rather

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Well it finally happened. After seven years of introducing the Bride and Groom onto the dance floor for their first dance, Dave got a name wrong. In this case, the misdemeanour was to call the groom James instead of Justin. So please, watch out for it on youtube.com, with angles from three different cameras all primed and recording the momentus events, hmm. Naturally, a hasty apology ensued and

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'dep: short for Deputy, a person who steps in to take over a role or deputises for an absent or sick member.Every now and again, for whatever reason, there's an LJ band member who just can't make the gig. It's not a big issue. It's not the end of the world. We don't go out crying into the street, with our fists raised to the sky screaming, why, why, damn you!!? Nah. As we're a seasoned,

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Ah, the sweet life of a function band musician. Means you get to try all manner of late night snackage, from a plethora of vendors.Top of the list has to be the garage. But where you used to be limited to a packet of ready salted and Mars bar from the night till, now you seem to have the entire arsenal of Marks and Spencers food output at your disposal.Should I wish I could probably buy myself a

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