Friday 21 October 2016

WANNA BUY SOME SNAKE OIL?

It's been a while since Neil had a song posted on the blog, but here is the latest, just in time for the US election.  Click HERE to listen.


What needs to be said? 
An antipodean response to the lunacy that is the Trump "campaign". 

Peter Reid on drums, 
Mick Nadin on harmonica, 
Kerry Hynes on vocal 
Neil Porter on vocal, bass, guitars and production 


Mean Mr Mustard 
Got his foot in the door 
I don’t understand 
What you opened it for 
Drop your guard 
And he’ll walk right in 
Oozing that snake oil 
On everything 

Chorus: 
Snake oil, snake oil 
Come and get your snake oil 
And you’ll stay alive 
Til a hundred and ten 
Snake oil, snake oil 
Buy my fine snake oil 
Gonna make you richer 
Than you’ve ever been 

Mass hypnosis 
Wild tirade 
He’s got all the skills 
Of the snake oil trade 
Big on slogans 
Small on hands 
Gonna make America 
Snake again 

Chorus

Money on the counter 
He’ll give us all a case 
Snake oil man 
In a snake oil race 
Drop your guard 
And he’ll walk right in 
Oozing that snake oil 
On everything 

Chorus
Gonna make you richer 
Gonna make you richer 
Gonna make you richer 
Than you’ve ever been 
Snake oil, snake oil 
Gonna make you richer 
Than you’ve ever been

Friday 14 October 2016

KERRY HYNE'S SWEET DEBUT........'SUGAR'

'Round about August 2016 Kerry Hynes strolled into The Shed. We knew Kerry as one of the regular crowd who used to hang out at Figz Gigz at the fabled Cheeky Mango. 
Anyway, in she came, and before long was fronting up to a mic adding backing vocals to this and that. 
Next thing we knew she came in with some lyrics for a song she called Sugar. We added a pinch of blues, a spoonful of swing, and it started rising. Tasted pretty sweet. Mick added a dash of harp, Dawson threw in a dollop of the old Resonator, and we thought we pretty much had the ingredients ready to cook. As it happened, groovemaster Ken was lurking. You want swing ? 
We set a date for recording, and figured that we should have a crack at a totally live take. And that is pretty much exactly what happened..........a warm up, then one shot, two shots, and THIS is what came out - second time through. Sugar ? Sweet !! 
Well done Kerry ! Great debut. Welcome to the PBGB Family ma'am ! You nailed it. You can read a bit about Kerry's past musical exploits by clicking HERE