Liverpool Acoustic Festival 2015

SABJuly L1312 Delighted to be playing at The Unity Theatre on Friday 20 March 2015  on the Liverpool Acoustic Stage. We’re doing a 30 minute set at 7.30pm and then a 20/30 minute Q&A on songwriting at 8.15pm. There are some great local acts on as well as Marketa Irglova and The Lost Brothers. Get all the details here; https://www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk/whats-on/liverpool-acoustic-festival-friday.html#liverpool-acoustic-stage

Bay TV

Southbound Attic Band by Lis Garretphoto by Lis Garrett It’s great to welcome a new TV channel for Liverpool, Bay TV, and even better that, thanks to our good friend Jodie Schofield, aka SheBeat, we were invited to go in and play some songs for their new Acoustic music programme. Well looked after by Neil Duffin and his colleagues we had a very happy hour recording four songs for transmission 1 January 2015. My Irish Home, Silver Thread and The Ballad Of George and Maude from new CD Our Day In The Sun and old favourite Last Man Standing from No More Tears CD. If you can find the channel on your freeview, please check it out. Some nice little appearances scheduled for the run up to Christmas please have a look at the gigs page, it would be great to see some of you at the shows. If not please accept our best wishes for a Happy and Peaceful Christmas and a prosperous and healthy New Year. Barry & Ronnie (SAB) And here it is on Youtube first half Me and Deboe and second half Southbound Attic Band  http://youtu.be/eones0dtfjc

Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge 2014

Barry has entered this competition for the 3rd time. The judges have already decided on the winner, but the 10 finalists will perform their song at The View Two Gallery on Mathew Street Liverpool on the evening of 21 November where the winner will be announced and the award of Audience Favourite. Tickets are £5 in advance from; http://www.wegottickets.com/event/293239

This is Barry’s song;https://soundcloud.com/songwritingchallenge/e-barry-jones-the-fair?in=songwritingchallenge/sets/showcase-final-2014

And this is the full playlist of finalists;https://soundcloud.com/songwritingchallenge/sets/showcase-final-2014

Our Day in the Sun

SABJuly L1312 Our Day In The Sun(SAB5) is the title song of our new CD, currently available in promo form for distribution to radio stations and reviewers, and in News from Nowhere, Bold St Liverpool, Quicksilver Music, Market Street, Southport  and Formby Books, The Cloister, Halsall Lane, Formby, at the Promotional price of £5. All new original songs penned by Barry the CD contains songs written and recorded over the last two years since Living The Dream(SAB4) and includes San Vito 1970 and The Ballad of George and Maude, Barry’s entries to The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge, performed at the finals night at The View Two Gallery, Mathew Street, Liverpool by Barry and Ronnie in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Both songs are featured in videos and Soundcloud on the music/video page, along with a solo version of the opening track of the album, My Irish Home/Formby Shore. We’re delighted with the way the CD has turned out and it features songs which are rapidly becoming the mainstay of our current live act, the most un-lullaby like lullaby, Silver Thread and the mysterious Lone Crow as well as the light-hearted profanity packed morality tale about the perils of swearing, Hide The Sausage. We’ll have advance copies at gigs if you’re interested come and have a word with us. Or order direct from this website at £5.50 including p and p.

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