harri Watts band winter warmers

Subject: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 05:28 AM

Hull - City Hotel Acoustic evenings may resume in February or March. We are discussing with landlady she has PEL issues.

Many thanks to those who came to play, sing, juggle and/or listen and make then enjoyable evenings (the beer also helped)

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 05:43 AM

I have heard on the grapevine that HWB is playing at Oddfellows in Beverley soon. Do you have a firm date yet?

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 06:34 AM

Spring Bank Tavern sessions have started again TONIGHT 14 Jan.
Along with others - a gentleman by the name of "Reg" has asked if he can play his "Theremin" see http://www.silvery.fsnet.co.uk/theremin.htm should be intersting !!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 14 Jan 04 - 06:37 AM

Bobjack - Yes we are playing at Oddfellows in Beverley date is
30 January 9:00pm start - see you there.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 04:18 AM

HARRI WATTS BAND. ODDFELLOWS 30TH JAN. 9PM




          morning dave, did the theremin player turn up last night? any good?

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 06:15 AM

oh good, haven't heard you guys play in awhile!

just askin...but have you guys written any more songs and will you be playin them on the 30th??

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 06:43 AM

Morning Bob, the theremin guy did'nt arrive he could'nt get his theremin on the bus, apparently he's coming next week

Morning SF, 1 or 2 on the drawing board, but we will do one of your favourites "The Ciggy Song"

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 15 Jan 04 - 08:57 AM

yeaaa!!! Nice one! Hehehe.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: GUEST,Reg (the Theremin player)
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 09:06 AM

Apologies for not making the session, I will try for next week, you were all asking about the Theremin the following is a bit of background from a website:

In 1918,a Soviet scientist named Leon Theremin invented the
world's first electronic musical instrument. It was an instrument
so different to those that had gone before that it had no strings,
pipes, or keys. in fact, the player didn't even have to touch the
instrument to play it.

The 'Theremin', as it came to be known, captured the
imagination of the world, and was soon featuring in magazines,
on the airwaves, and in film.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: GUEST,Strollin' Johnny
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 09:28 AM

And isn't it the instrument that made the spooky 'wooooo-oooo-ooooo-oooo-oooo' sound on the Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations'?
Johnny

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Les from Hull
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 11:33 AM

Well I remember it from all them 50s sci-fi films. It still went woo woo woo though. Oh yes, and the Bonzos had one (but then they would wouldn't they?)

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 11:36 AM

Can you imagine a more useless instrument? oh, yes I can, a bouzouki!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 16 Jan 04 - 10:31 PM

Reg, if you read this, Bobjack is only kidding, he expresses himself like that because he is Spanish and has not finished his English course at night school as yet - but he can play a mean guitar.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: GUEST,web search
Date: 17 Jan 04 - 01:24 PM

Interesting stuff I think Darkness used it on there Chrisy single:
The Theremin in Music & Film
Originally, the theremin was intended to replace entire orchestras with its "music from the ether." While that never quite happened, it has been used in many recordings over the years. During the 60's and 70's, bands such as Lothar and the Hand People, the Bonzo Doo Dah Dog Band, and Led Zeppelin brought the theremin into the public eye for a short time. Then, the theremin slipped back into obscurity until the recent revival of the 1990s. Today, lots of bands use theremins, though few in a musical context.
The spooky sound of the theremin was used in several movie soundtracks during the 1950's and 1960's. It provided background mood music for such sci-fi classics as The Day the Earth Stood Still and It Came From Outer Space, as well as thrillers such as Spellbound and The Lost Weekend.

A Star Is Born
One of Prof. Theremin's original students was a Russian-born musical prodigy named Clara Rockmore. By age 5, Clara was already an accomplished violinist. But then a problem with her hands forced her to give up the violin in favor of the theremin. Clara went on to become the world's best thereminist, developing a unique method of "aereal fingering" to play the theremin with unparalleled precision. You can hear Clara perform on the album, The Art of the Theremin, accompanied on piano by her sister, Nadia Reisenberg.

A Family Tree of Theremins
In the late 1920's, RCA produced approximately 500 theremins, manufactured by General Electric and Westinghouse. Today, it is estimated that only half of these still exist. An effort is underway to track down the remaining models. You can read more about these theremins in the RCA Theremin Registry.
Electronic music pioneer Robert Moog built theremins long before he built synthesizers. In the 1960's, he produced such models as the wedge-shaped Vanguard theremin and the shoebox shaped Moog Melodia theremin. Today, his company Big Briar, Inc. produces the popular Etherwave and Ethervox MIDI theremins. Other popular models today include PAiA's Theremax and Wavefront's Cabinet and Travel-Case theremins.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 18 Jan 04 - 03:54 AM

When I see an antenna I just have to touch it. Would I be electrocuted and would the stage blow-up like in films? Would my beer boil or worse still lose it's head. Reg must have been busy making cartoons. I look forward to the exhibition and want to know of his ability on the keyboards and whether he can dance.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 03:28 AM

How about a theremin/bouzouki duet on wednesday at Spring BANK tavern? that would be smashing.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 10:27 AM

You are very strange Bobjack, thank god i won't be there when unlease your havoc...sorry, i mean when you perform your duet!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 10:30 AM

Do you need a firearms licence for the bouzouki ?

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 10:31 AM

It's a one shot disposable Dave, got it from Tesco's, no licence required.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 10:34 AM

I expect a risk assessment and a method statement is in order.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 10:37 AM

A nerdy clerk to the end eh dave?

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 10:42 AM

And what's your intended target for this one shot you have then?

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 19 Jan 04 - 08:42 PM

I may turn up late but I must experience this duet. Has Reg been informed.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: The DeanMeister
Date: 20 Jan 04 - 11:13 AM

I have a bouzouki. Perhaps I could use it to sabotage the imminent NASA space programme?

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 07:19 AM

Eh can i borrow that bouzouki Pete? Cause i know there's a bullet with my step-dads name on it!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 11:15 AM

Spring Bank Tavern session TONIGHT
Will Reg be there ?
Will Sweetfias step-dad be there ?
Will the bouzouki player be there ?
Will the dual happen ?
Answers on a post card or text....etc etc etc
There WILL be musicians playing singing and table-top dancing, see you there.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 11:19 AM

I might go if I',m not doing nowt.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 11:29 AM

Hi jOhn, The Guiness WILL be there.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 21 Jan 04 - 12:53 PM

I'm so excited!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 22 Jan 04 - 05:37 AM

An excellent night was had by all, mad Mick performed his bassic instinctive talents, senior mick had moments on his organ. Dave, Dave, and Dave in no particular order performed Beethovens 5th 6th and 7th. Reg sent his apologies via email - but said he will be back -HPB made a late entry, others also performed along with a good input from the real ales....

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 22 Jan 04 - 09:06 AM

Sorry couldn't be there. I had to practice my dressage!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 22 Jan 04 - 12:53 PM

You would look good in anything.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: GUEST,Sttaw Legend
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 04:03 AM

harri Watts band are playing at the wonderful Oddfellows Arms - Beverley - Friday 30 January - 9pm kick off

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 05:52 AM

Bugger! I can't get to oddy's that night, which has just halved your audience!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 06:18 AM

Leave the money behind the bar for the drinks.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 06:33 AM

No silly, i meant i was sat on a horse! I mean dressage as in the test of movements you have to perfect on your horse (in order to win marks that is if your ina competition). Doh!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 06:44 AM

Interesting that SF - you testing a 'horse's movements', do you need to wear protective clothing ? is it the bigger the movement the more marks you get ?

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 06:53 AM

horses, yum yum! gas mark 6, 20minutes a pound!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 10:15 AM

You do need to wear protective had gear...like a riding hat. And no not neccessarily. Here endth lesson number two.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sweetfia
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 10:20 AM

Bobjack, be careful, be very careful...

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 10:25 AM

Bobjack be very careful, don't stand behind horses when they are doing their movements.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 10:28 AM

The only good horse is a cooked horse!

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: The DeanMeister
Date: 26 Jan 04 - 11:55 AM

Couldn't eat a whole one, myself though.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 27 Jan 04 - 03:35 AM

You don't need it anyway to make harps.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 27 Jan 04 - 03:36 AM

I have seen it, and it is very very small.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jan 04 - 04:26 AM

You dont need it to measure concrete

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 27 Jan 04 - 06:30 AM

48

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Hand-Pulled Boy
Date: 27 Jan 04 - 07:48 AM

I once fell off a horse. I got a good look at it's penis. No wonder young girls like horses.

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: Bobjack
Date: 28 Jan 04 - 05:20 AM

50

Subject: RE: harri Watts band winter warmers
From: The DeanMeister
Date: 28 Jan 04 - 07:34 AM

John obviously only requires a very small winter warmer. And I suggest you're quick about it, given the current climate. Should take about three minutes to knit.