Last Friday saw the return of Boss Caine frontman Daniel Lucas (aka GT Turbo). He brought Mark Wynn with him as they are releasing a ‘split’ album soon. The idea behind this is the costs involved for each of them to release an EP with 5 or 6 tracks on it are the same as recording a 12 track album, so rather than both paying out a pile of dosh each for 6 tracks, they are sharing the costs and the album, effectively halving their individual costs. They each played tracks new and old and also provided a selection of their favourite music.
Coming in this week is a band who were pointed in our direction by the aforementioned GT Turbo – i-Heart, a band from York who initially contacted us, sent us a CD which we love, and have invited them to play a live set. Will the Norwegian fan-club be listening this week? I have also been sent some tracks to play from Finland, so keep your ears peeled back for that treat.
On another note, I decided to go to York to watch a Daniel Lucas/Ben Parcell gig on Saturday night – two nights of Boss Caine music + Ben = a great weekend. At the pub, Daniel asked the landlord for a gin and tabasco sauce coctail. There was no tabasco to be had, but the landlord did have some ‘hot chilli sauce’ which he place a drop of into a double gin. Daniel took a sip and had to stop singing as his throat was on fire, so Ben had to take over singing duties. I also had a taste, and didn’t think it that bad, so had a 2nd taste. Then my throat also caught fire. Then my guts felt that they were being wrenched out. I had to go outside for fresh air as I thought I was going to be sick and had broken out into a sweat. After 10 mins I had calmed down enough to go back and request an orange juice with plenty of ice to cool the fire. The landlord told me he made a large Chilli, using 5kg mince, 4 large tins of tomatoes and 4 large tins of beans and a teaspoon of this firewater, and no one could eat it, it was that hot. He then went on to tell me about some University students who came in to taste the sauce and one snorted some through his nose, followed by snorting 4 litres of milk to cool his nose down, followed by 4 days in hospital! The moral of this story – don’t try this at home, kids!
Bill