Hello Everybody!

Mr Matthew Eaton, my very good friend and fellow Modern Oven, has got a wonderful new record coming out in April. It’s entitled "Finish Your Chips" and it is an absolute triumph. He’s heading out on tour to promote the record and has very kindly invited me a long to play with him. I can’t do all the shows, as much as I would love to, but I will be joining him for the second Glasgow date (13/04), Chipping Norton (14/04), London (17/04) and Brighton (18/04). There are details in the upcoming gigs section. Wills (ex-Customers) will also be performing under his new guise as Tandy Hard and will be second on the bill at all show except London.

Marc will be playing lap-steel and maybe a bit of bass with me in Glasgow, Gale Fingers will be joining me on gee-gee-tar for the London show, and Bowl Bibson will hopefully be stroking the snare and brushing the cymbals in Brighton. Matt and I will probably find it hard to resist chucking in a couple of Jonathan Richman songs so get your requests in to us.

If you can make it, do come down, say hello. It’ll be lovely. I’m really looking forward to it.

Derwood, The Tenderfoot