JENNY HALPER MAKES A WELCOME RETURN TO THE SHED, AND ROB SMALLWOOD AND JOHN DREWS MAKE THEIR DEBUTS ON IMELDA MAY’S ‘BIG BAD HANDSOME MAN’

We have been very fortunate to have John Drews and Rob Smallwood joining us in The Shed over the past few weeks 

John is doing a great job of bringing his long neglected keyboard skills back to life, and Rob is a very tasty guitar player. The sounds of The Shed are morphing yet again ! 

Anyway, Rob, John, Chris, Neil and Pete were kicking some ‘try out’ tunes around, when Jenny Halper banged on the door  “Jen.........Haven’t seen ya for ages. Come in come in. Welcome back..........a long overdue return to The Shed”.   In came Jenny, pulled out her iPhone and played us Imelda May’s ‘Big Band Handsome Man’.  Sounded good.............” let’s give that a run.”   

Played it once, thought about it for a minute, turned on the recorder and did THIS.  We’re chuffed. This is one of those magical Shed moments when something really fun drops out of nowhere. This recording is pretty much straight off the desk. 

There were no re-takes, no add-ons, no dubs, nothing – what you hear is what happened. 

It is our first recording featuring Rob and John, so........ a hearty welcome to the PBGB Family lads. And a very warm welcome back Jenny. Let’s do it again 

Jenny Halper sang 

Rob Smallwood played an electric guitar he made himself 

John Drews played Hammond organ 

Neil Porter played guitar 

Chris Ralfs played bass 

Peter Reid played drums