Gigs

For further information please contact

By phone: Mike Pembroke 0161 430 4170

By email: mike.oflb@talktalk.net

OFLB G I G S OFLB

Venues featuring The Old Fashioned Love Band

May	Sunday 4th	Old Brown Jug, Newcastle 1.00 to 3 pm
	Thursday 8th	Keswick Jazz Festival
	Thursday 22nd	Unwin Road SC, Sutton in Ashfield
	Saturday 31st	Alvaston Hall Nantwich 5 pm till late

June	Sunday 1st	Old Brown Jug, Newcastle 1.00 to 3 pm
	Monday 2nd	Eagley Jazz Club, Dunscar Conservative club
	Saturday 7th	Waterworks Jazz Club, USC,Gough St Birmingham
	Monday 9th	Barnsley Jazz Club,Silkstone Lodge, Silkstone
	Thursday 19th	The Swan, Chaddesley Corbett
	Friday 20th	Doncaster Jazz Club, Rockingham Arms
	Monday 23rd	Rotherham Jazz Club, Rotherham Transport Club
	Wednesday 25th	Hyde Cricket Club, Werneth Low, Hyde

July	Thursday 3rd	Didsbury Cricket Club, Manchester
	Saturday 5th	Oulton Village Hall, Stone
	Sunday 6th	Old Brown Jug, Newcastle 1.00 to 3 pm
	Monday 7th	Trentham Gardens, private event
	Tuesday 8th	Trentham Gardens, private event
	Wednesday 9th	Trentham Gardens, private event
	Thursday 10th	Trentham Gardens, private event
	Friday 11th	Trentham Gardens, private event
	Thursday 31st	Marstons Social Club, Burton on Trent

August	Sunday 3rd	Old Brown Jug, Newcastle 1.00 to 3 pm
	Thursday 7th	Private function
	Thursday 21st	Didsbury Cricket Club, Manchester

The Old Fashioned Love Band is also listed in the

following web sites:

From Tony Sheldon's Jazz Review in the Rochdale Observer

One of the highlights of 2002 was the visit of the Old Fashioned Love Band last October and its eagerly awaited return was greeted with great enthusiasm, a large crowd and a performance of the greatest quality.

With six excellent musicians, who blend the crafts of their trade into a singular unit par excellence, it is easy to run out of superlatives.

Led by trumpeter Mel Hill, who vocalised with 'You Always Hurt The One You Love', 'Wrap Your troubles In Dreams', 'Make Me A Pallet On The Floor', 'Running Wild', 'You Made Me Love You', and Chris Barber's 'Salty Dog' plus cameo solos and a fine duo with clarinet plus bass on the classic 'You Came To Me Right Out Of Nowhere'.

Eric Newton's clarinet was a joy to the ear, always prominent, but heard at its best on 'St Philip Street Breakdown' and featured on 'Ice Cream' and 'Hello Central'.

Completing the frontline Mike Pembroke's charismatic trombone and vocals shone through with 'Baby Wont You Please Come Home', 'Shine', 'Mamas Gone Goodbye', 'At The Dark Town Strutters Ball' and 'Ice Cream' duo with Newton's clarinet.

But here is a band which complements the drumming of Dave Timmis with the talents of banjo/guitarist Jake Reeves and bassist Pedro Robinson who performed a selection of duos throughout the concert.

From Just Jazz Magazine

Straight from the Heart

The Old Fashioned Love Band

p.e.k. Sound: PKCD222

Recorded at the 45 Club, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, 7 April 2003

Total playing time: 73m 44s

Pretty Baby; Mama's Gone Goodbye; Maria Elena; The Darktown Strutters' Ball; Chloe; I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen; Blues For Bunk; Oh You Beautiful Doll; Out Of Nowhere; Make Me A Pallet On The Floor; Some Of These Days; St.Philip Street Breakdown; There's Yes Yes In Your Eyes; You Always Hurt The One You Love; Too Busy;You're Driving Me Crazy; Till We Meet Again

Mel Hill (trumpet, vocal), Eric Newton (clarinet), Mike

Pembroke (trombone, vocal), Jake Reeves (Banjo, guitar, vocal), Peter (Ped) Robinson (Bass), Dave Timmis (drums)

What a pleasure it is to hear this New Orleans-style band from Stoke-on-Trent. From the first few bars one senses straightaway that these vastly experienced musicians are all pulling the same way � it shows in the delicately interwoven ensembles, the instinctive interplay of the front-line, and the relaxed cadence of the rhythm section.

Mel Hill's trumpet lead, with its echoes of Bunk Johnson, is precise and unerring - as surefooted as a mountain goat and yet so much more balletic; he solos exquisitely, as on Chloe and Some Of These Days, and his vocals are delightfully relaxed and comforting. Listen out for a hypnotic bass/vocal duet chorus on Out Of Nowhere, for example.

Clarinettist Eric Newton is an interesting player too. I find him to be quirky and original with lots of runs and trills that don't sound like anybody else's. He is bold and adventurous and 'lives on the edge', so to speak, and as a result has his anxious moments, but these are easily outweighed by the numerous excellent solos and an especially memorable lower register chorus on Out Of Nowhere - quite beautiful.

Also worthy of special mention is Peter (Ped) Robinson on string bass. His solos are a cut above the ordinary and, to my ears, he is a musician with experience in all styles - he is so completely on top of the job.

The band as a whole has that lovely, loping New Orleans swing, illustrated typically on /'// Take You Home Again Kathleen, where drummer Dave Timmis is, as usual, so light, tight and un-busy, and where the metronomic banjo of Jake Reeves propels the band along, aided and abetted by the astute promptings of trombonist Mike Pembroke.

If you appreciate authentic New Orleans-style jazz

you are sure to like this - recommended.

Roger Marks, Just Jazz Magazine

A jazz enthusiast in Detroit, USA was so interested in what he heard and read he contacted the band and ordered both CDs, and the band played at his recent wedding in the UK.........

Some time ago Jim Slade emailed from Australia -

I think that OFLB/1 and PKCD-222 are complimentary - they are very entertaining and also excellent recordings.

The OFLB seems to have recaptured that fresh and lively sound that many bands had in the early 1950s, but most lost when they began to sound tired and uninteresting when many became full-time professionals when the "Trad" boom happened.

"Till We Meet Again" is delightful, bringing back happy memories of the Crane River Jazz band who used to play in a pub in West London, who also recorded it.

My sincere thanks again for sending the CD, and our very best wishes to you and the OFLB for the future.

In December 2004 Jim said by email:

A very happy Christmas to you and The O.F.L.B.

Thanks for the great enjoyment you've all given to us through your records, most particularly the latest 'One Hour Tonight'. Having now listened to it a number of times, the rendition of 'LOUISIAN-I-A' disarms all of the critics who claimed that British jazz bands couldn't swing - I think that it is the best performance that I've heard for a very long time. Having heard live and having on record most of the best bands in the U.K. since 1950, I have no hesitation in putting it in my 'Top Ten' of best performances.

OFLB B A N D C O N T A C T S OFLB

For further information please contact

By phone: Mike Pembroke 0161 430 4170

By email: mike.oflb@talktalk.net

The Old Fashioned Love Band

is available to play at

All types of Jazz Venues, Clubs, Pubs and Festivals.

Civic Functions, Carnivals and Fêtes.

Corporate Functions, Promotions and Fund Raising Events.

Private Functions, including Weddings, Birthdays and Anniversaries.

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