Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all, thanks for the support, this year has been a tough one on a few fronts including family bereavements and to say I’ll be glad to see the back of it is an understatement. Take care of each other…life is a short film.
We’ll be posting news about some exciting gigs across the UK & Ireland in 2018 to be announced in a few days…keep checking the Live Dates page.
Love Is All You Need x
Thanks to everybody that came to The Wellington in Birmingham on Sunday for the Rhythm, Reading and Rhyme Sessions with myself plus Paul McDonald and Roy McFarlane, lovely turn out. Thanks to Hayley Bellizia for some great pics from the afternoon. Here’s just a few.
We’ll be posting news about some exciting gigs across the UK & Ireland in 2018 to be announced in a few days…keep checking the Live Dates page.
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Sorry to announce we have had to cancel today’s planned gig The Rhythm, Reading & Rhyme Session at The Wellington in Birmingham because of the extreme weather conditions and closing down of public transport. The gig has been rescheduled for next Sunday – 17th December. Tickets purchased will be valid or ticket money refunded to those that cannot make it.
To quote Crowded House…’everywhere you go, Take The Weather With You’
## RE-SCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY 17th DECEMBER 2017 ##
Update…tickets selling fast for this…if you want them get them ordered from me, or there’s a few on sale at the pub…they’re going, going and soon to be GONE!! Thanks to all that have purchased – great support 🙂 x
Very pleased to have a track included on this compilation coming out of The Acoustic Club @ Charlie Malones in Limerick, Ireland 🙂 nice one Dominic Taylor and Eugene G Nolan https://www.facebook.com/acousticclublimerick/videos/1554720287920763/?fref=hovercard&hc_location=none
The Rhythm, Reading & Rhyme Sessions – Sun 10th Dec – The Wellington, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham @ 4pm – Tickets £5.
Singer – Songwriter Gary O’Dea
‘a cracking songwriter and singer.’ Martin Stephenson … ’like your best mate with added talent.’’ Janice Long BBC Radio WM…
‘a songsmith and purveyor of fine musical fayre to all who’ll listen…an artist of considerable class and distinction.’
Sean McGhee Rock n Reel Magazine
Plus Special Guests Poets and Authors
Paul McDonald is Course Leader for Creative and Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton. He is a novelist, poet and critic. His primary interest is humour, and he takes a perverse pleasure in the fact that Googling, ‘the oldest joke in the world’ throws up several hundred pages with his name on. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Paul-McDonald/e/B001JS7654/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
Roy McFarlane was born in Birmingham and now lives in the Black Country. He has held the role of Birmingham Poet Laureate and Starbuck Poet in Residence. His writing has appeared in
magazines, Under the Radar, The Reader, The Cannon’s Mouth and The Undertow Review. His poems have been included in anthologies, Out of Bounds (Bloodaxe 2012) and he’s the co-editor and writer for Celebrate Wha? (Smokestack 2011). He’s also written a play For the Love of Auset which premiered at The Drum, Birmingham, June 2007 and his short story Conversation with an Ant has also been published in Original Skin. http://roymcfarlane.com/
Gary, Paul and Roy in a performance of Songs, Poetry and Readings from their contemporary works. Taking place in the UPSTAIRS ROOM above the firsr floor bar. Limited tickets are available and are £5 each so please be early booking to avoid disappointment. It starts at 4pm.
2 years since the release of FLY?!!…2 YEARS!!!…where did the time go?!!
Anyway…to celebrate its Bank Holiday Bargain time…FLY is now available to download for £5…or purchase in CD format for £5 as well 
https://garyodea-gojomusic.bandcamp.com/album/fly
PLUS…you can purchase the whole Gary O’Dea back catalogue in download format for a 10% discount of £17.10 via Gary’s Bandcamp page
Just want to say a massive thank you to all that supported the gig with Martin at The Kitchen Garden Cafe on Tuesday and contributed to a sell out gig. Wonderful night…thank you all for coming 🙂
Tuesday 11th …tickets on sale…a lovely cool summer breeze of a gig with Martin Stephenson
at the chilled out Kitchen Garden Cafe more details here
http://www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk/events.php?pid=lsm&lsm_id=1172
Thanks to everyone who attended the gig at The Wellington pub in Birmingham yesterday afternoon. It was a great success, had some lovely feedback and the manager at the pub was really pleased with it as well, so there’ll be more happening there in future 🙂
Next up for Gary is another local gig, south Birmingham this time though and back at the lovely Kitchen Garden Cafe in Kings Heath, teaming up to do a support slot to his old mucka and troubadour supreme Mr Martin G Stephenson on Tue 11th July – tickets £12:50, doors 7:30pm…more details here http://www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk/events.php?pid=lsm&lsm_id=1172
