‘Hey look…there goes Brian Jones’!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6KLFIPUtvk&feature=c4-overview&list=UUVmniAFoXLe63-lf101KANg … rock n roll ain’t dead it’s just gone underground in Bermondsey 🙂

Gary Lammin…he know’s the rules of the game…there ain’t any :-)…go get em’ Gal! http://handinglove.co.uk/gary-lammin-and-the-journey-of-the-bermondsey-joyriders/

Sat 30th Nov: Vinyl & Vintage Record Shop, 5a Cleveland St, Wolverhampton, WV1 3HL. Tel: 07760 168972. *American Record Store Day* – Gary will be making his second appearance here at his favourite shop performing a solo acoustic set at this little oasis of cool @ 2pm  https://www.facebook.com/vinylandvintage

For more LIVE DATES info visit https://www.gojo-music.co.uk/live-dates/

Recording is well underway for the long planned (and awaited) solo acoustic album from Gary entitled FLY (originally planned to be recorded and released as far back as 2008) is finally back on track. Recording has begun with 7 new and previously un-released tracks so far recorded – 3 more to go and a scheduled release date for Feb 2014. Get your pre-orders in now.

Tonight SOCKS n CHOCS n Rock n Roll! Charity gig in aid of the Socks and Chocs for the Homeless Charity @ Hennesseys Bar, 30-31 Allison St, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5TJ. Tel 0121 643 3436. Gary will be performing a special gig in aid of the Socks and Chocs Charity organised by PC Ian Northcott AKA The Busking Bobby – hit the links for info https://www.facebook.com/pages/Socks-and-Chocs/137614566435368?ref=stream and here http://handinglove.co.uk/socks-and-chocs-for-the-homeless-the-busking-bobby/ and here http://handinglove.co.uk/the-return-of-the-pum-pum-wreckers/ . Admission is…at least ONE PAIR OF SOCKS / BOX OF CHOCS. Doors open 7pm *GET IN EARLY THIS WILL BE WICKED*

For more info on Gary’s live dates please visit https://www.gojo-music.co.uk/live-dates/

A few weeks ago I saw an old mate (Mark Smith) in a pub who came up to me and mentioned an old song from my days in The Love Hounds a song called One Shot Pistol, it was a little chilled blues song…anyway – last night I found the demo tape and played it…FUCKIN HELL IT WAS GOOD! 🙂

The band was a garage punk / maximum R&B / rock n roll band – we were a fish out of water in the 80’s – all that shoe gazing nihilist stuff wasn’t for us…we wanted to rock n roll and dance. Some people got the groove, the idea, some people loved us…a lot just didn’t get it. We fitted no description other than the one I’ve given above, we weren’t pop, we weren’t alternative (although we were in a way 🙂 – we certainly were not a RAWK Band…cos we added the Roll bit with abundance…and it was the best band I’ve ever been in…from an ‘us against the world’ point of view…we were more like a gang!

It’s a 5 track demo cassette we recorded live back in Sept 1987!!!!…at RPK / Wreckless Studio in Lye, Stourbridge. It was called ‘Five Live Love Hounds (and a drink or two)’ the track listing is as follows…

Side A: 1: I Wanna’ Know Your Name (O’Dea, Cartwright, Cox, Johnson). 2: She Gone (O’Dea). 3: One Shot Pistol (O’Dea, Cartwright). 

Side B: 1: Don’t Start Me Talkin’ (our collated cover of the old blues classic from Sonny Boy Williamson and the rock n roll version from The New York Dolls). 2: Little
Queenie/Natural Born Bugie (again another collated cover of the classic Chuck Berry rock n roller and the Humble Pie stormer).

Here’s some great pics of us…to quote Rod Stewart ‘my dad said we looked ridiculous…but boy we broke some hearts’!  

Below left (From L to R): Tim Johnson (Drums/vocals), yours truly (Lead Vocals / harmonica), Eric Cox (Guitar/vocals), Paul Aston (Bass/vocals), Steve Cartwright (Guitar/vocals)

The Love Hounds

Durex and Old Spice

I’m sick of war mongering politicians and the political establishment with their poppys pinned on…Sharade! This true soldier said it all http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/last_tommy_gallery_03.shtml God Bless Harry Patch…my grandads and my old WW1 neighbour Frank. War – What It It Good For? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT THE WAR MACHINE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4F57Hj6fYQ

Gary will be performing a charity gig in aid of the Socks n Chocs for the homeless Charity in Birmingham on Wed 13th November @ Hennessey’s Bar – read all about it here https://www.gojo-music.co.uk/socks-n-chocs-n-rock-n-roll/ …AND GET ALONG…THE CRAIC WILL BE MIGHTY 🙂

Tonight see’s Gary at The Mermaid, Wightwick, Wolverhampton for the first time – gig starts 8pm… plus Birmingham date in December added to listings – check them out https://www.gojo-music.co.uk/live-dates/

Gary O’Dea solo acoustic available for booking – perfect for intimate little gigs or house rockin’ parties. For booking info please contact https://www.gojo-music.co.uk/contact/

House party gig set up

Big thank you to the lovely crowd at The Bridge Inn in Brewood on Friday night  – thanks for your support. Hit the link for more Live Dates details https://www.gojo-music.co.uk/live-dates/