Here you will find some sound and picture files from jams that I have visited and possibly played at.

6th January 2011

Videos from the event.
Photos from the event.

This Jam was a special, as it showed dedication and determination.

The Jack Russel currently runs 2 separate jams. There is the “Electric Jam” and the “Jam2”, which are held on alternative weeks. The latter was originally catering for the aspiring musician, the one that (like myself) likes to learn from others, playing a variety of genre, from the early fifties to the current pop rock and has been a stepping stone to the “Electric Jam”. The “Electric Jam”, by contrast is mainly a Blues Jam, attracting the more “specialised” player. These 2 Jams, have at the end of each year merged to a “Double Jam” event, bringing everybody together for a music feast. This took place at the 30th December 2010.

Because of a confusion over which jam it was supposed to be on on the 6th of January, the event got called off but never the less, many turned up hoping that others too would come in on the off chance; and they did!

We had a great evening of jamming and socialising over a few drinks. This proves willingness and dedication and loyalty and we want more of this.

7th September 2010

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Acoustic Mix 2

The venue was The Fairview Pub in Headington, Oxford.

Another opportunity for an acoustic jam / get together.
This, again was organised on late afternoon and was very pleased with the turnout, especially considering the fact that England was playing football in the same evening.
Unfortunately by the time the e-mail got sent, some people had already planned their evening out.

A very enjoyable and memorable social evening, with good turnout, plenty of music and drinks.

On the left you can hear snippets of some of the songs that we gone through. :~)

You can hear some chattering in the background as the pub hosted also a board game evening, in the same room, as their usual room was occupied by football fans watching the live game (3-1 to England I believe).

Terry finished with a great song... Good Job Mate!

10th August 2010

Acoustic Mix 1

The venue was The Fairview Pub in Headington, Oxford.

On the left you’ll find a mix of some of the many songs that we did on the night.

An unusual Jam. This event happened by chance on a Tuesday evening. It usually hosts a “get together” night by invitation only by the new and growing band “Dixie and Co.” in which I regularly attend. Luckily for us, most of the band wasn’t feeling well (Just a cold) so talking to Chris Weston we decided to arrange an acoustic evening instead. It was getting early afternoon and the assumption was that it was too late to get people to join us. One e-mail to Tony Baker and the word spread... just like the bug on Dixie’s band members. The evening had a great turnout, with 8 people playing guitars, mouth harmonica, singing, harmonising, tapping on the table and having a great evening. Even Gina, the landlady stopped serving at the bar for a sing-along.

A big thanks to Tony Baker and to all that joined us.

30th December 2009
Marston British Legion, Oxford.

A big thank you to Martin for his dedication with organising the songs order of play.

These tracks were recorded using a Zoom H2 Handy Recorder.

This little gem recorded all the tracks on a single, continuos file over 3 hours, I then split them and applied a “normalize” at 0 dB then converted them from WAV to MP3 at 128 kbit/s.  No other editing applied to them.
The unit was left on to record at the rear and above of all amps (on a shelf) hence why the vocals are not loud enough (unfortunately I could not find a safe place for the Zoom H2 at the front section and did not want any drinks to be accidentally spilled on it) . Pleased to say that the Zoom H2 coped well with the extremely loud music. :~)

 Track 1
 Ooochy coochie man

Rob Wakely (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Larry Redington (d), Richard (g), Andy (p)

 Track 2
 Stagalene

Rob Wakely (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Larry Redington (d), Richard (g)

 Track 3
  I feel fine"

Louise (v), Dixie (d), Terry (g), John Duffy (b), Chris Weston (g), Franco Abitabile (g)

 Track 4
 Brass in Pocket

Jane (v) and Dixie (d), Terry (g), John Duffy (b), Franco Abitabile (g), Andy (p)

 Track 5
 I shot the sheriff

Jane (v) and Dixie (d), Terry (g), John Duffy (b), Chris Weston (g), Franco Abitabile (g), Andy (p)

 Track 6 
 Rude Ginger Blues in B

Larry Redington (d), Richard (g), John Soul (v, g), Jake (g), Kirkpatrick (b), Chris Weston (g), Neil Robinson (k), Andy (p)

 Track 7
 Need your love so bad

John Soul (v), Jake (g), Kirkpatrick (b), Chris Weston (g), Richard (g), Graham Quelch (h), Andy (p)

 Track 8 
 Phone Booth

John Soul (v), Jake (g), Kirkpatrick (b), Chris Weston (g), Richard (g), Paul (d), Graham Quelch (h), Andy (p)

 Track 9
 “Blues number" (?)

John Soul (v), Jake (g), Kirkpatrick (b), Richard (g) Roger Warner (b), Larry Redington (d), .Rob Wakely (g), Graham Quelch (h), Andy (p)

 Track 10
 Down The Road Apiece

Mark Freeman (v, g), Alyson Bateman (s), Rob Wakely (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Larry Redington (d), Richard (g), Neil Robinson (k)

 Track 11
 Black Velvet

Alyson Bateman (s), Jane (v) and Dixie (d), Terry (g), John Duffy (b), Franco Abitabile (g)

 Track 12
 The shoop Shoop song

Louise (v), Philippa (v), Alyson Bateman (v), Dixie (d), Terry (g), John Duffy (b), Franco Abitabile (g)

 Track 13
 Moondance

John Soul (v), John Berry (g), Jake (g), Kirkpatrick (b), Richard (g), Paul (d), Andy (p)

 Track 14
 Larry's Blues

Larry Redington (v), Dixie (d), Neil Robinson (k), Aaron (g), Chris Weston (g), Paul (b)

 Track 15
 Sweet Home Chicago

Dixie (d), Neil Robinson (k), Aaron (v, g), Chris Weston (g), Alyson Bateman (v), Paul (b)

 Track 16
 Let me Explain

Mark Freeman (v, g), Rob Wakely (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Dixie (d), Neil Robinson (k), Chris Weston (g)

 Track 17
 Black magic woman

John Soul (v), Larry Redington (d), John Berry (g), Kirkpatrick (b), Richard (g), Andy (p)

 Track 18
 Red house

Richard 2 (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Paul (d), Richard (g), Andy (p), Chris Weston (g)

 Track 19
 Who do you love

Mark Freeman (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Larry Redington (d), Richard (g), Andy (p), Chris Weston (g)

 Track 20
 Let It Rock

Mark Freeman (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Larry Redington (d), Richard (g), Andy (p), Chris Weston (g)

 Track 21
 Imagine

Anthony Baker (v), Dixie (d), Terry (g), John Duffy (b), Franco Abitabile (g), Andy (p), Alyson Bateman (s)

 Track 22
 Black Horse and Cherry Tree

Jane (v), Philippa (v), Dixie (d), Terry (g), John Duffy (b), Franco Abitabile (g), Andy (p)

 Track 23
  Share the darkness

Terry (v, g), Jane (v), Dixie (d), John Duffy (b), Franco Abitabile (g), Andy (p)

 Track 24
 Spoonful

Rob Wakely (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Larry Redington (d), Richard (g), Andy (p), John Berry (g),

 Track 25
 Hey Joe

Rob Wakely (v, g), Roger Warner (b), Larry Redington (d), Richard (g), Andy (p), John Berry (g), Chris Weston (g), Neil Robinson (k)

 Track 26
 Apache by the Shadows

Mark Freeman (d), Chris Weston (g), Rob Wakely (g), Roger Warner (b), Dixie (p)

 Track 27
 Monkey Man

Louise (v), Alyson Bateman (v), Jane (v) Philippa (v), Dixie (d), Terry (g), Chris Weston (g), Franco Abitabile (g), Rob Wakely (g), Roger Warner (b), Andy (p), Neil Robinson (k)