Schneverdingen, Blues & Rootsfest
July 11, 2009 2009 | (Reply)

On Saturday 13th June Phil Ryan and Pete are doing a short set at the Sussex Academy of Music open day, 11 oc in the morning that's a first.

The T. Mandrake single 'Always in the Summer' will be released in July. They have upcoming London dates to promote. They have just done a live video with Pete on percussion on one track.

A booklet of recent and unpublished poems has been produced by Markings lit mag, the current issue of which features these works. It is called 'Mundane Tuesday and Freudian Saturday', and is available from: Markings, The Bakehouse, 44 High St., Gatehouse of Fleet, DG7 2HP, Scotland.

The Cambridge Rock Fest gig is on August 8th.

On June 20th Pete ill be in the studio in Switzerland to produce Paul Camilleri's record, this should be released in September. There will also be two gigs in Switzerland with him to promote it in November.

Sun 14th  June will be the last in the series of gigs with the Hamburg Blues Band for now. It is at the Worms festival, along with Maggie Bell and Chris Farlowe.

And a personal note from Pete; "I apologize to all those interested but I am currently extremely busy and therefore don't actually have time to send lyrics out to people. I can answer the odd query about the odd word or sentence, but that has to be it for now."

In June/July Pete will be producing a record for Swiss blues-rock star Paul Camilleri and will join his band for a couple of Swiss gigs in November. The release of the single "Always in the Summer", by T. Mandrake, which Pete produced, co-wrote, and co-arranged, is imminent. They are currently playing gigs around London including The Tabernacle on June 2nd.

All of Pete's EMI/Harvest records are currently available through Repertoire in Britain and Germany, and the Bond and Brown record "Two heads are better than one" has just been reissued by Esoteric.

His poetry is being featured in the new issue of "Markings" lit mag, and he's due to perform at a launch on 23rd May at the Bakehouse, Gatehouse, of Fleet, Scotland.

Pete is currently doing a series of gigs with the Hamburg Blues Band in Germany, the dates are in the live section on the right, and there is a strong possibility of more in the Winter.

The Brown/Ryan band "Psoulchedelia", will probably make its first appearance at the Cambridge Rock Festival on August 8th, then head to Germany for some dates to promote the "Road of Cobras" record. There will also be a London launch date at some point around then.