News update 09/02/10

Red Snapper are currently mixing their new album. They have been roadtesting new tracks live over the past months with sellout shows @ London’s Koko, The Belgrade Jazz Festival, Holland and Athens, the crowd reaction has been fantastic. They have taken their unique sound to new limits, "Fuck Off Jazz" meets "Cockabillyhop" leaving fans sweating in their wake.

A sonic journey through dark hiphop, future blues and tearing afrofunk.

The original line up of Rich Thair (drums), David Ayers (guitar), Ali Friend (double bass) and Tom Challenger (sax,clarinet and melodica) will be joined on the album by guest vocalists Eliza Carthy, Gavin Clark, Lindsay West and a young gun called Ali Friend.

Red Snapper plan to promote the new album at festivals this summer and venues throughout UK/Europe.

/webmaster

Happy 2010 from Rich

hello All,

Belated new years joy etc,
I've been out of action on the snapper front, producing 2 great bands in Holland...check out dedudes on youtube..ooh-ooh. Thanks to all the people who looked after me out there and worked so hard.... jan, jammy and Edis and of course Kings of The Day and dedudes.

There are some new photo up from our pre xmas trip to Greece..thanks to everyone that worked really hard on those gigs.

We are mixing our album in march so be patient and there will be new music with you soon.

Thanks to everyone for their support in 2009 and we look forward to getting new music to you soon...

cheers
Rich x

Labels: snapper in Greece/2010

Decibel Prize

Hello everyone,

David here in Oslo. I arrived yesterday and the rest of Red Snapper are turning up today for a gig this evening. Its great to be here and Im really looking forward to the show tonight. I went out last night walking around in Oslo just exploring the city. Its a real winter wonderland,all white and twinkling and freezing but so beautiful. I had a lovely breakfast in the hotel this morning. They had lots and lots delicious things to eat. Its what we in America refer to as a "Smorgasbord" . The salmon with cocoa powder and chili flakes was so good I nearly had a Smorgasm. By the way,as an American I'd like to apologize to the people of Norway.I don't know why Obama didn't have lunch with the King, but Im sure it was nothing personal. Maybe he just wasn't hungry?
Red Snapper have never won a Nobel Prize and Im not sure if we ever will, but I do know a thing or two about international diplomacy. In fact, you could say it's a bit of a hobby with me. Kind of like a retired surgeon who likes to keep his hand in by doing the occasional operation on his kids. Perhaps if they were handing out Decibel prizes we would be contenders?
I have recently seen two excellent documentaries. "Soul Power" features James Brown, BB King, The Spinners and loads of other musicians at the height of their powers,doing their thang in Zaire, 1974 as part of the Ali-Foreman fight. If you ever watched "When We were Kings" and wished you could hear more of the fantastic music, then your wish has come true. The other one is "It Might Get Loud" featuring Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White talking about what music means to them and playing it. All three are thoughtful, interesting characters and even if I wasn't a guitarist I would have been fascinated by this.