Apologies to (both) our readers for a bit of a BPS vacuum (cleaner) recently, during the first part of March. This has been due to ill health/other commitments//Nuneaton Borough's relegation battles/domestic priorities/bad weather etc.
But have we been totally idle? Well, no. Since the last Blog entry we've rehearsed a couple of times. We've had a few tickles also from various Club promoters about potential gigs, which we have yet to firm up. Hopefully more opportunities to impose our whacky zany brand of Folk on more audiences?
Fans who enjoy our visual comedy material will be pleased to hear that we've had to take the protective dust sheeting off a few older numbers just to live up to Malc Gurnham's promotion of our head to head with Bill Bates at Bedduff Folk Club's Fund Raiser which is coming soon. " A night of Comedy mayhem?" says young Malc. We shall see! We ran through our own " Cockney Power," " Septic Monkey" and "Wag of Shop 14 " earlier in March, and then yesterday we continued to tidy up Gus Elen's "Houses in Between."
Now, we make no secret of our admiration for Cosmotheka, and we were privileged to play on the same bill as them a few times. I love all Al and Dave's material, indeed our own song "The Odeon" is an homage to their style. "Houses" was only one of dozens of super renditions they did representing this genre. But it's one we also feel our own vocal style suits rather well. Look out for its BPS debut soon.
We also wish to continue to develop the softer, fluffier Parrot side. We now have "Lakes of Ponchartrain " close to performance standard. "Peggy Gordon " is getting there, and along with "Courting is a Pleasure " and " Over The Hillls and Far Away," they will all feature in future setlists and serve to break up the endless rib-aching waves of laughter. Of course, if we do them wrong-the waves of laughter may well continue.
Work on revising and relaunching a BPS website is ongoing. Hopefully up and running soon. Meanwhile, don't be a stranger. If you want us at your venue-you only have to ask.
