Set for 15th April 25

Hi everyone, here is the set for next Tuesday

Karma Chameleon, Killing Me Softly, King Of The Road, Lay Down Sally, Leaving On A Jet Plane, Let’s Stick Together, Light My Fire, Lipstick On Your Collar, Little Richard Medley, Livin’ on a Prayer, Living Doll, Lola, *Love is all Around*, Love Me Do, Love Potion No.9

Thanks to Colin for the new one although I remember this version more!

We are confirmed for the Epsom WI Xmas gig on Dec 3rd at 2 30 so make a note of the date.

Remember to let me know if you have anyone coming to the anniversary evening! Plenty of room at the moment……

Set for the 1st April 25

Hi everyone, here is the set for next week –

I’ll Fly Away, I’ll Never Fall In Love Again, I’m Into Something Good, I’m A Believer, If Paradise Is Half As Nice, In the Summertime, The Irish Rover, It Must Be Love, It’s My Party, Jailhouse Rock, Jambalaya, Jealous Guy, The Joker, Jolene, Jonny B Goode, Jumping Jack Flash

All the songs can be found here. I will bring plenty of paper copies for everyone.

The 10 year anniversary session will be happening on the 13th May, but we are actually going to do it at the Church as opposed to changing the venue. Sorry to anyone who said the 13th was difficult for them, it just ended up that more people were going to be around for the later date. I will need to get an idea of how many there will be in the audience at some point, please let me know if you have people coming so I can get an idea of numbers (we are limited to about 30). Also I’ve been asked by Judith from the church if we can get the audience to park on the street as opposed to in the church car park…..

We’ve had an enquiry from the Epsom and Ewell branch of the W.I. –

“Would some of your players be able to come and play to our W.I. Meeting on DECEMBER 3rd 2025 – at 2.30pm at The Methodist Church, Ashley Rd.Epsom”.

They want our Christmas tunes! I’m happy to commit to it if I can get a positive response from enough people with the intention to be there. I appreciate it is a while away but let me know if you are up for it at least in principle…..

18/3/25 -The i’s have it…..

Hi everyone, here is the set for next Tuesday, see if you can spot the theme

I Can See Clearly Now, I Don’t Want to Talk About It, I Feel Good, I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die, I Fought The Law, I Got My Mind Set On You, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, I Only Want To Be With You, I Saw Her Standing There, I Saw The Light, I Say A Little Prayer, I Walk The Line, I Wanna Be Like You, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, *Killing Me Softly*

Obviously Killing Me Softly doesn’t fit the theme, but it’s a nod to Roberta Flack who died the other day.

All of the set can be viewed here, I will bring plenty of spare paper copies on the night.

New members are very welcome to come and play or sing a long!

4/3/25 Set…..

Hi everyone

We’re back this coming Tuesday playing the set from the 18th!

Looking forward to it.

New members are very welcome!

Set for 18th Feb 25 CANCELLED

Update – Beth and I have got whatever lurgy that is flying about at the minute so think it is probably best if we cancel Tuesday’s session. The set list will carry over to next time (4th March).

Sorry and see you soon.

Hi all, here is the set for the 18th with one new tune – ‘Gimme Some Loving‘. This was suggested and helpfully written out by Colin although I’ve changed the key to (E). It may require a couple of goes to get it right! The original was by Spencer Davis (in G) but if you want to practise in (E) you can play along with the Blues Brothers. We’ll try to do the hammond organ/brass riff on Kazoos…..

Every Day – Five Hundred Miles – The Galaxy Song – Great Balls of Fire – Handbags and Gladrags – Happy Together – Help – Honky Tonk Women – Hotel California – Hound Dog – House of the Rising Sun – And then I Kissed Her – Annie’s Song – California Dreaming – Gimme Some Loving

See you on Tuesday

Set for 4/2/25

Hi everyone, here is the set for next Tuesday. It has one new tune called ‘San Francisco Bay Blues‘ which has been suggested to me a number of times, and I’ve finally got round to including it. You may not know it so here are links to a few versions – Eric Clapton, Peter Paul and Mary, and one by the original composer Jesse Fuller . Jesse was a proper one man band, in the video he is singing, playing guitar, bass and drums (with his feet), kazoo and harmonica!

End Of the Line, Every Breath You Take, Fats Domino Medley, Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover, Folsom Prison Blues/Pinball Wizard, Ghost Riders In the Sky, Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Goody Two Shoes, Hallelujah, Hard Days Night, Hey Good Lookin’, Hotel Yorba, Hi Ho Silver Lining, Hit The Road Jack, San Fransisco Bay Blues

New members are very welcome to come and join us!

Session on the 21/1/25

Hi everyone, here is the set for next Tuesday with one new song. I will bring spare copies of all the music for anyone that needs it so there is no need to print anything out yourselves, but if you want to have a look at anything in advance all the songs are in the Songbook (link above).

*Annie’s Song*, Ballad Of John And Yoko, Be-Bop-A-Lula, Big Yellow Taxi, Cecilia, Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile), Crazy, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Crippled Inside, Cupid, Da Doo Ron Ron, Dancing In The Street, Delilah, Dirty Old Town, Don’t Stop

New members are very welcome!

Set for 7/1/2025!

Happy New Year everyone, hope you had fun.

Here is the set list for next Tuesday –

American Pie, Autumn Leaves, Be My Baby, Blowing In The Wind, Blue Moon, Blue Suede Shoes, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Brown Eyed Girl, Calender Girl, Can’t Take My Eyes off you, Caroline, C’est La Vie, Chanson d’amour, Cigareets and Whuskey, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

Bring your kazoos!

If you wish to see/print out the music please have a look at the new ‘songbook’ page above – all the tunes are there alphabetically. (As always I will bring spares so no need to print….)

As I mentioned last time, it is now £10 per session whether you are paying online or in person.

See you then!

Christmas Set/Drinks 17/12/24, 2025 dates

Hi everyone, we are going to close the year out with a shortened set of ‘classic’ Christmas tunes and then pop over to the pub for a quick drink.

Here is the set (in PDFS)

Blue Christmas, Fairytale of New York, Feliz Navidad, Jingle Bell Rock, Let It Snow, Merry Christmas Everybody, Merry Christmas Everyone, Must Be Santa, Santa Baby, White Christmas

I’ve booked us into hall for next year, dates are as follows –

Jan 7, 21

Feb 4, 18,

March 4, 18

April 1

I’m going to put the online price up to £10 from January, cash on the day will stay the same. Sorry about that! It’s been a couple of years since I last changed it….

Thanks to everyone who has attended the sessions and gigs this year, it’s been great and Beth and I have really enjoyed the company and music. We’re looking forward to more fun in 2025!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

C and B

XXX

Set for Dec 3rd 24

Hi everyone

Here is the set for penultimate session of 2024. The set on the 17th will be Christmas tunes for the first half of the session and then we will pop over to the pub for a quick drink.

If Paradise is Half as Nice, King of the Road, Little Richard Medley, Lola, Love Potion No. 9, Nights in White Satin, Promises, Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, Rave On, Rawhide,* Reet Petite*, Rockin’ All Over the World, Sloop John B, Travelin’ Light, Walk Like and Egyptian