Hi everyone,

I have a long list of songs to choose from for the gig, please bring all of these on Tuesday and we will whittle it down to the best ones….

Always Look On The Bright Side, Blues Suede Shoes, Can’t Take My Eyes Of You, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Delilah, I Can see Clearly Now, I Don’t Want To Talk About It, I Saw Her Standing There, Leaving On A Jet Plane, Make You Feel My Love, My Way, Rhinestone Cowboy, Sit Down, Wild Rover, Your Cheating Heart

Please remember – if you can’t make the rehearsal I still want you to play at the gig if possible! And if you can’t make the gig come along to the session, it won’t be that different to usual…

Hi everyone, we are going to play at the Hare and Hounds in Claygate at 5 30 on Sunday the 7th of July, so please put that in your diaries! We will play through some easy familiar numbers on the 2nd of July to prepare for this.

The set for this Tuesday has two new ones and is as follows……

*Always on my Mind*, Ballad of John and Yoko, Big Yellow Taxi, *I Can See Clearly Now*, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, I’m a Believer, In the Summertime, Minnie The Moocher, Road To Nowhere, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, That’ll Be The Day, We Have All the Time In the World, What A Wonderful World (SAM COOKE), Yellow, Your Cheatin’ Heart

Looking forward to it!

Hi everyone, here is the set for next Tuesday with one new tune…..

*We Have All the Time in the World*, Cecilia, C’est La Vie, Beach Boys Medley, Can’t Help Falling In Love, Don’t Stop, Ghost Riders in the Sky, She, Sixteen Tons, Sound of SIlence, Three Little Birds, Under the Boardwalk, Valerie, Venus, Walk Like an Egyptian

Should be good fun. New members of any standard are welcome, if you don’t play a instrument you are still welcome to come and sing a long!

One last thing – a link to some pics and vids from the Sardine Festival

Hi everyone

I haven’t managed to get a lot of info for you as yet regarding the gig on the 5th, but hopefully by Tuesday things will be clearer! Essentially we will be turning up in Surbiton in the daytime on the 5th and knocking out some of the following classics….. You may notice a few with river/sea references, plus I’ve tried to cover all bases for potential weather scenarios. Aside from that there are some easy sing-a-long numbers.

Country Roads, Daydream Believer, Dedicated Follower of Fashion, Dirty Old Town, The Irish Rover, Help, Hi Ho Silver Lining, It Must be Love, Proud Mary, Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, River Deep Mountain High, Sloop John B, Sunny Afternoon.

Please remember if you can’t come on Tuesday I’d still love you to come and play at the gig. And if you can’t come to the gig you are still very welcome to come on Tuesday.

Hi everyone, firstly please note there is no session on the 2nd! We are back on the 9th and then fortnightly after that to the end of the summer term –

April 9 and 23, May 7 and 21, June 4 and 18, July 2, 16 and 30

Here is the set for the 9th, I will be adding at least one new one and will update you closer to the time…..

A Whiter Shade of Pale, Caroline (Status Quo), Happy, Help, Living on a Prayer, Proud Mary, Psycho Killer, Rabbit, Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head, Tainted Love, The Letter, Traveling Light, Twist and Shout, Wake Me Up before you go-go

Hi everyone, here is the set. There is one new one but I have also put links to a couple of other tunes there that might be less well know to some!

The Joker, Da Doo Ron Ron, Friday I’m in Love, Hallelujah, Hotel Yorba, I Saw her Standing There, I’ll Fly Away, It Must Be Love, Jumping Jack Flash, Karma Chameleon, King Of the Road, Lola, Make You Feel My Love, Perfect, Rhinestone Cowboy

Hi everyone, here is the set for the 20th with two new ones!

Firstly we have ‘Autumn Leaves’ – there are loads of good versions of this but I particularly like this version by Eric Clapton so we will play it in that style….

Secondly, ‘You’ve got a Friend’, the two most famous versions I think are by Carole King and James Taylor

Plus – Bad Moon Rising, Be My Baby, California Dreaming, Dreaming, Hi Ho Silver Lining, I Only Want to be with You, I Saw the Light, It’s My Party, Love Potion No.9, My Way, Starman, Stuck in the Middle with You, When I’m 64

See you there!

Hi everyone, thanks to all that came and played on Sunday, it went really well. Sorry to everyone who ended up missing out because of illness, but I’m sure there will be another chance to perform soon.

Here is the set for next Tuesday –

Mrs Robinson, Mull of Kintyre, Nights in White Satin, Nine to Five, Ohh La La, Paint it Black, Peggy Sue, Shake Rattle and Roll, Subterranean Homesick Blues, The Ace Of Spades, Thorn in my Side, Top of the World, Walk of Life, Waterloo Sunset, You’re the One that I Want.

Hi everyone, this is what we will be playing on Tuesday –

All I Have to do is dream, Country Roads, Dancing In the Street, Daydream Believer, Diry Old Town, Five Hundred Miles, I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die, River Deep Mountain High, Sit Down, Sloop John B, Streets Of London, Sweet Caroline, These Boots are Made For Walking, Thorn in my Side, *Top Of the World*

They are mostly fairly straightforward sing-a-long tunes; we will pick the best 8 or 9 for the gig on the 28th.

Please remember if you can’t come to the gig you can still come on Tuesday, it will be pretty much like any other session. Also if you can’t come on Tuesday you are still welcome to play the gig, the more the merrier!

Here is a link to a few pictures from the xmas do…… – a very enjoyable evening!

Hi everyone, a quick update before the year ends…..

We will back on the 9th January and are booked fortnightly until March 19th, and the gig at the Brave New World in Surbiton is on Sunday 28th.

Here is the set for the 9th although I may add a new one if I get a chance to over Christmas.

Amarillo, and then I Kissed Her, Bare Necessities, Blue Moon, Hound Dog,I heard It Through The Grapevine, Riders on the Storm, River Deep Mountain High, Super Trouper, Stand By Me, Surfing USA, Sway, Wichita Lineman, What a Wonderful World SAM COOKE, When I’m Dead and Gone, The Weight

Thanks so much to everyone for coming along to the sessions this year, it’s been great fun as always. Next year I’m hoping to do a few more performances if possible so keep an ear out for any opportunities – summer fetes and festival days, charity events etc…… If you know anyone who might enjoy coming along to play or sing please bring them down, and if you are reading this and are either new or haven’t been for a while then we hope to see you in the new year!

A very Merry Christmas from Beth and I

Chris