Hello music fans! Another week..another bunch of grand tunes which if all goes to plan will see the light of day very soon! Thought I'd  give you a little taster of these new tracks that I seem to talk alot about but no one's heard yet, so here's a couple...click to download... Shoot Your Defences...This Dream of You

Going to America next month to play some shows in New York, Nashville, Houston, Austin with more dates to be added..will let you know about it all nearer the time. but before all of that we're doing one HUGE show in London on October 7th at the Water Rats Theater in Kings Cross at 9pm. this is set to be a really big night so PLEASE come down and have a great time with us. Tickets for this show can only be purchased in advance; they're only six quid each and all proceeds go to the Goodtimes Goodtimes Foundation of Rock 'n Roll Misbehavior. Tell your friends and come join us for a great night. This'll be our only London show until November. And if you haven't yet, download our free live ep from here.


Purchase tickets for our show at the London Water Rats, October 7th. 9pm. 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross WC1X 8BZ

Number of Tickets

One Ticket Please £6.00 Two Tickets Please £12.00 Three Tickets Please £18.00 Four Tickets Please £24.00 Five Tickets Please £30.00 Six Tickets Please £36.00 Seven Tickets Please £42.00 Eight Tickets Please £48.00 Nine Tickets Please £54.00 Ten Tickets Please £60.00

Hello. Click HERE for a free Live EP we did not too long ago.. four tracks ; completely free. hope you enjoy.

http://www.goodtimesgoodtimes.co.uk

I'm thinking. Where does a good song come from? Elvis and his cohorts would pick tunes with a proven track record and add appropriately "slick" lyrics that would work for that time. That's pretty clever if you ask me. "Love Me Tender" was originally entitled "Aura Lee" & written in the 1860s by an English composer called George Poulton. That same melody with different words was a huge success back then and the words changed continuously up until Elvis recorded the version I'm most familiar with (but you might be more familiar with the original "Aura Lee"or even "Army Blue" as it was sung in the American Civil War) for his first ever film role. It was a SMASH!! No gambles taken whatsoever. When you know it works; you know it works. Many other of The King's most famous songs are different lyrics put to great melodies with that all important track record.."cant help falling love" was a re-write of a French song called "Plaisir d' Amour", "It's Now or Never" was originally the Italian "O Sole Mio".... and the list goes on. Anyway..I digress talking to you about my great love of Elvis Presley. My point was..what makes a great song .."great"? When we listen to songs our brains capture the melody first. The lyrics are almost an after thought. You've decided you like a piece of music by the way in which the melody makes you feel...that tune you can humm along to without knowing what the words really are or that favourite song you've been singing along to for years with the wrong words. Time for a litte sermon..if I may...What could we ever have to say to each other in words that we couldnt say better through music. There, I've answered my own question. Right, I'm off to pilfer the record collection. Be good. xx

new shows listed up on the myspace page; Bath, Rome & strummerville festival at the end of may. check out the new video from our recent recording session with producer Danton Supple ...

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Heading out now to go see Bob Dylan play the O2 Arena in London. Today is a good day.



xx

never played strongrooms before; lovely little thing they have going on
there. played a couple of new tunes that no one's heard before which
seemed to go down well; there's one called voices. i think you might
like it.