Well the festie season is complete as far as I am concerned, though there are camp events well on into October. Brrrr. Bit too cold for me!. ..........................................I enjoyed this summer, played a lot more and made some great contacts and played to new people. Deepest gratitude and kind wishes to all of you who were there for the encouragement and the listening. I have acquired a new guitar, which cost me all of £10, (at small world summer gathering) though I had to replace the machine heads and restring it. It's a beauty, great sound, perfect action. The angels again, I am sure. It's my official festie guitar. I have some new songs to record, and gigs to organise, because I wish to play and perform every week, to reach as many people as is possible in a small gig situation.. If you would like me to perform for you please do get in touch via email (see below on menu) , or recommend me to suitable venues in your area. Anywhere warm and intimate, maximum 100 people. As long as my expenses are covered I am cool with anything else above that.

I finished the festie season with Small World Summer Gathering (where I was barded, I am nominated Bard of IS!!) and Tribal Earth (which was such a relaxed weekend - it mended my season tattered body very well. relaxation at last... I had a cool time at the Big Green Gathering! Played a total of 12 gigs there; at Small World(3), Bedouin Cafe(3), Earth Heart(2), Green Forum(1), Planetary Art Network(2) and at The Gods and Godesses Cabaret(1). I got a lovely reception wherever I played, so a big thanks goes out to those who listened, and to the hosts of each venue where I played. THE BIG GREEN GATHERING is a truely beautiful event, with so much colour and diversity, it's got to be the best community event in the UK, it was laid out like a series of vilages linked by grassy paths bounded by hedgerows and tree lines. The weather was good, and the vibe so peaceful. Loads of children! Well done the GREEN FUTURES crew!

I played at the GOLDEN SYRUP TENT at THE GLADE DANCE FESTIVAL and yes I had a blindingly great time. I became their house band bass player, and performed 5 gigs there, as well playing the finale at EarthHeart, after all the sound stages had been closed at 8pm Sunday. We started off with a PA, and after three songs we were asked to go acoustic, so we did and it went on all night, I can tell you. Lovely event.... thanks to all of you happy, shiny people who made it such a good time for me, and for buying my cds, enjoy!! Glade festie photo's

GIGS - 24th JULY - 142, LEA BRIDGE ROAD @ SUNDELIC - 25th July -DAY OUT OF TIME, LEA BRIDGE ROAD @ Gods and Goddesses - JULY 30th CARDIFF @ CIRCULAR MUSIC plus a few open mics in Cardiff in the days prior to the gig. AUGUST 3-6 BIG GREEN GATHERING @ SMALL WORLD, BIMBLE INN, EARTHEART AND OTHER LITTLE CAFE TENTS! - POSSIBLY ATCHOO FESTIVAL IN IRELAND IN MID AUGUST A big hello and a very warm thank you to all those of you who have downloaded my music, I now have a cd quality cd for sale it's available at all my gigs, or email me. -

I WAS AT GLASTONBURY - WORKED FAR TOO HARD TO DO MANY GIGS ... APART FROM OPENING THE SMALL WORLD STAGE, AND AT EARTHEART ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON, (they let me play for an hour) AND THE WONDERFUL BIMBLE INN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. (THANKS TO KEIRON FOR GETTING IN TOUCH.) In MAY I went to the Small World Spring Camp, for a long weekend of music, laughter and a few sunrises. I was well in the mood for it! It was proper

The Newcastle Community Green Fair! On May 29,30, 31 ! WOW! Three glorious days of music in the centre of Newcastle, in Leazes Park. I engineered 22 bands and got to play a set too! The sun came out on Sunday afternoon just as I started to play the "cup of tea" song, and the people there were fantastic, big cheers to all you Geordies you made me feel very good on that stage. Big thanks to Will, Oran, Hilary, Helen, Gavin, Richard (sound system) Richard (stage manager), Chris, Mark, and all those other people who made this event such a sucess. And the Bands too! I loved working for you!! I will come back to Newcastle, for sure. Especially big cheer to the bloke in the crowd who shouted out "i want that song" in a broad geordie accent, after I had finished the "Olympics and war" song .... thanks dude. The 'olympics and war song' is at vitaminic.ie - go there now

THE ACOUSTIC LIVING ROOM ON APRIL 24th... featured SUGARDRUM,, Astrid Brook ,and The Fabulous Bindu Baba's, who performed an acoustic, unplugged set. All was wonderfull, and the sounds of Astrid, Sugardrum and Bindu Baba's were added to by Naveed Ijazz, well known in Camden, for his part in the Circular Music Network and Louise Noble who is currently thrilling audiences in Cardiff with her occasional shows.This show will be on the unity works radio very soon.

The next and FINAL ACoustic Living Room was on May 22nd, featuring Corneilius, Carrie Tree,, Pink and Ruby ,, and surprise geusts. And what a gloroius night it was, again a very intimate gathering, with Carrie playing a bit of piano and singing, as ever so beautifully ... I fly on their comeback tour launch, came back with gales of laughter and great harmonies ... Pink and Ruby started the night, lifting us up on clouds of fairy laughter, floating vocals and glistening guitar work.. After this we are all off to the festival circuit for the summer! Bimbling, boots, smoke in yer eyes and sunrises!!

Wayhey! On December 18th at last, after a long break, the party phenomenon known as CLOCKWORKPRISM invited me to dj and play guitar, for another fantastic event at the arches, coldharbour lane, way down in souff londahn! I arrived early in the afternoon, and work was already underway in converting the arches into a beauty-full party space, with downstairs sound by Norty, and upstairs Jontys' free range rig.

Grep Prism and Feather on the decks! Eventually, after lots of ladder climbing, gaffa usage and and box moving we had the place ready, and the first of our geusts arrived. They continued to arrive untill very late next morning. Everyone had a great time, and I dj'd from 1.30 until 3.00, and later on played guitar with Greg Prism, and provided the finale with some guitar-work at the very end, after both systems had shut down the dance music. Very nice! Go to my music page to get copies of my instrumentals. We left the venue sometime before 11.00, tired and happy.

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Dave Banana's drops another great tune!I'll post a few piccies on this page later on this week. As well as piccies from my appearance at Alexandra Palace at the recent, and utterly amazing Antiworld gig, Paradise City 001. There are some photo'sfrom this event on the arts page....

Played guitar instrumental set at Alexandra Palace rave! Paradise City 001, in Clockwork prism/Fairy Tales Chill out zone, 4th/5th December, 2004. Great reception to 750 people!

This phot taken by Emma Purcell More Photographs!