Posted by Nick Courtney As I approached the Oh my god, ive played the CDs 20 times mark, I realised I needed help, but most of all, I needed to see them Live. It was only May and June 2nd was still 3 weeks away, it was no good, I was going to have to go to London. The evening started at 7pm with a theatrical MC called Bob Sinfield boldly introducing the first band "Mambo Jambo" an unusual and lively session of world music that began in Hull and ended in London several instruments later. A very nice start to the evening that also accompanied my Prawn starter, as we were actually candlelit and dining at the same time. At 9pm and not a minute later, according to theatrical Bob, 3 blind Mice appeared on stage and like magic, my fillet steak arrived on my table and there I was sitting on a candlelit barge on the Thames or on a sand bank anyway, eating the best steak money can buy and listening to the best music I have heard for years. As I gazed out the windows watching the sun go down over London, I experienced one of those heavenly moments that are as rare as my steak, which was actually quite rare. It was one of those moments when you could actually believe that all was right in the world or at least time to slow down on the rum and cokes anyway. My wife and I were happily subjected to 2 hours of some of the best music I have ever heard, there were harmonies to die for and a tightness of sound that is rarely obtained by lesser musicians. Their amazing songwriting abilities and onstage expertise created a perfection that would normally take a lifetime to achieve, it was the music of giants, everything I had hoped for and more and to top in all, in between songs they were actually very funny. So I had bought the CDs, seen them play live and even though I had not yet been offered the T shirt, I knew that one day I would probably end up wearing one. "Have you even seen such a thing in your life" 3 Blind Mice. Booked to appear at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club in Portsmouth on 2nd June 9pm - 11pm - Do not miss !! Nick Courtney
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on May 13, 2005, 2:39 pm
Message modified by board administrator May 13, 2005, 2:41 pm
A short while ago a member of staff in my record shop in Portsmouth received a call from the Farmers wife, he said "I have a band on the phone who want to play your club, they are called 3 blind mice" "Pass me the phone" I said, "better see how they run then" That was my brief and somewhat silly introduction to the 3 Blind Mice. It turned out they wanted a warm up gig outside London for their tour of Alaska. Well it is pretty cold there, so I thought we better warm them up and agreed instantly to accomodate them in sunny Southsea on the 2nd June at Roger Courtney's Open Mike Club.
As a record shop owner and the MC of a weekly open mike club, it would take something musically brilliant to make me sit up and listen. I downloaded the 2 free tracks on their website and liked what I heard, infact I loved it and went in search of more mouse droppings on the net. At the itunes website I found 2 complete CDs containing songs that had made the 3 Blind mice famous and that was it, I was hooked, caught in a trap, no turning back, just like Elvis.
I checked out their website and found a Mouse Party on a barge in Battersea on the 11th May, so with wife in hand, I headed for London, well the train station anyway.
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