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Updated 17/12/2011
Good afternoon
everyone. Hopefully you are fully in the Christmas spirit by now and all the presents are bought and the sprouts are on to
soak etc.... We have
a couple of updates to bring your way. Tonight we return to the fabulous Waterloo Bowling Club
in Huddersfield. As grim as it sounds this was and still is one of our better nights out this
year. A really appreciative and up for it crowd and a very welcome and liberal application of the drinking laws all makes
for a great night hopefully. As a little pre Chritmas treat James
will be performing a solo gig at the recently re-opened Murgatroyd Arms, Skircoat Green on Thursday 22nd December. The gig will be underway at 21:00. Another
quick plug for the Boxing Day bonanza which will be taking place at The Pump Room from 20:30 on the 26th December. Always bedlam but always a good night. Get
there early to reserve your square foot of floor space.
10/12/2011 Sorry for the short notice but we have a gig tonight at
Queensbury's finest establishment The Ring O Bells - we had a ball here in May so please brave the mucky weather and get down. 9pm start
17/11/2011 A quick
reminder about this weekend's gigs. Tomorrow we are at The Olde Shears, Dean Clough for the
wedding of the year, also playing is Dan Donnelly - he is awesome. Fact. Dan will be on from
19:45, we'll get on whenever but it'll be around 21:00 we
reckon. Then
on Sunday 20th we are at Ziggy's Spice House in town
- get down for 17:00 ish and we'll have some musical indigestion for you about 17:30. Have
a top weekend everyone.
13/11/2011
Good morning all, if you're nursing a hangover
at this very moment we hope it was worth it. Just a new date on The James Nolan 1 day solo tour of Greetland, West Vale, Barkisland
to make you aware of. Fresh from his appearance at The Griffin at 18:30
Jimmy will be onboard his magical, musical unicycle and playing at Greetland Community Centre
from 20:30 ish. All of this is happening on Saturday 3rd December. By way of a reminder (pre-warning there will a lot of these coming your way this week) we are at
The Olde Shears on Fri 18th November -it's going to be a great,
great night with us, the amazing Dan Donnelly and Tony Auton both scheduled to appear at some point too. A full night of fun
instore so get down from 19:30. More
in need of publicity is our appearance at Ziggy's Spice House on Sunday
20th November. We really want this to be a sucess for us and for Ziggy too. Admission is free and you can come and
have a few drinks or sit and eat but there is no obligation to do that (the food is top notch though). We are looking to be
underway at 17:30 ish. 2
final things. Today is Rememberance Sunday and we share the sentiments of all on this very solemn day - we shall never forget. One final,
final thing too.. COME ON SHAYMEN!!!!
04/11/2011 You remember that gig I mentioned that may be happening
on 20th Nov? (see below) Well it is ON!!!!! We are delighted to announce that we are playing at:
Ziggy's Spice House, Carlton Street Sunday 20th Nov. We and Ziggy would obviously appreciate a good turn out for this unusual gig on a Sunday tea time.
It's looking like it'll be a 18:30
ish start until maybe 21:00 - this is to be confirmed though. Variety
is the spice of life remember!
31/10/2011 BOO!!!!!! Happy Halloween ya gargoyles
- we hope your all well. Autumn is well and truly here now and for us gig season is in full swing. We've had a few belters of late -
A really great night in the Irish Club a few weeks back with a host of the regulars in attendance and more pleasingly for
the club, some new faces. This was followed a fortnight later with a top night in Leeds at a wedding. This
weekend just gone has seen yet another cracking night spent in the company of the regulars of The Rose & Crown, Greetland
- Thanks to all who came and stayed (except for the horrendously drunk guy who loitered far too near to the microphones for
Jimmy's pacemaker to be comfortable) In
other band related news, October has been the month where we had absolute confirmation of what we've always suspected
all along.... Nick can't ride a bike. Resident pretty boy Mr N Sellers has been absent from the last few gigs due to a broken collar bone (sadly not a
broken accordion) after a hefty spill on his tricycle. We've missed having Nick around but have stored up a huge amount
of abuse up for him upon his return which in a breath taking segue will come at........
Our next public gig has the potential to be a corking night so we're officially marking your
card right here and right now. We
return to the Olde Shears, Dean Clough on Friday 18th October.
Now this in itself is reason enough to make sure you don't miss the gig however, added to the mix is the fact that this
is landlord and landlady - Kev & Sharon's wedding day!!! It'll be a late one so turn the heating off, stay out as long as you can and keep Saturday clear
to nurse the hangover. There is possibly a new gig appearing
on Sunday 20th November but it's not been confirmed yet...Take it from us, it's
a little bit different. After that we're in to December where
the all attention is on how many sleeps until Christmas but an early advent treat appears on Sat
3rd December at The Griffin, Barkisland. Jimmy is appearing as part of a fund-raising day for Leukemia charities. Details
are again a bit sketchy but he seems to have 17:30 in his Filofax as his stage time. Keep an eye here for all the necessary info and some absolute cobblers too.
08/10/2011 Greetings and hello to you all, apologies
for the prolonged e-silence but the website has been a long way down the "to do" list but has finally reached the
top! We've had the summer off but have
had a couple of gigs in September, both relatively sedate private functions but last week we were back at Bob's Barn in
Booth and had a riot (not to mention a decent collective hangover the next day!) and tonight is where the rest of our year
really gets going. We
are playing on Saturday 8th October at the Irish Club, West Parade
from 9pm There will be a small cover charge of £2 on admission. We hope you can make it.. All
the gigs for the rest of the year are on the Calendar page but keep an eye here for any sneaky
updates.
05/09/2011 Greetings all - just a sneaky
new gig to drop on your laps. James is playing a solo spot this weekend on Sunday 11th September
at the newly re-opened Murgatroyd Arms, Skircoat Green at 18:00.
If the thought of a man with a stool is your idea of entertainment then you've spent too much time on the internet...
but seriously, he is very good so go and acknowledge his excellence.
14/03/2011
As some of you may be aware by now last week we received the devastating news of the sudden passing of
our very close friend Martin McGinley.
We had the great pleasure to call Martin a friend and he provided us with
endless hours of happiness, love, laughter and music. Whether it was with his brother Mick and their pal Digger as part
of the legendary McGinley's (no 2 gigs ever the same) or as a founder member of The Donkees or even just
on his own with a guitar, Martin had a talent that was unique, endearing and surpassed only by his modesty.
His love of music and the craic was unrivalled; often sending out enthusiastic text's to tell us that a certain song
was on the radio at any one time. Martin took such pleasure from music and the company of his many, many friends and
in return we all adored him for the pleasure he bought into our lives.
His encouragement and appreciation of others music
(he even called us "un-notdanceable" once - we're still not sure if this was a compliment but we know for sure
that it was meant to be) was a mark of his generosity, quick to praise and even quicker to smile and always with a twinkle
in his eyes.
Martin was simply great company.
The list of memories we have been left with is
endless and there will forever be places, songs and moments that will raise a smile - Martin dancing at Maguire’s completely
oblivious to his trousers sliding down is just one of hundreds not to mention the many wonderful, post gig
hours listening to him belt out obscure classics with a guitar in his hand.
We'll miss Martin, we loved him
dearly and the world is a poorer place for his passing.
Our heartfelt condolences go out to
Con and Nora, Mick, Anthony, Bridget and Dee and also to anyone else
who will miss him as much as we will.
See Ya Kid x x x x x
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