Sunday, 22nd January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
JJ came at 6pm to help load Neil’s gear into van and then both headed off into the night and icy roads to London – more specifically the Express Inn in Acton –north-west London. For the past month Neil had been transcribing chords copying words and finalising set lists so that everyone could get straight […]
Monday, 23rd January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 2005 Neil approached by Bob Carruthers- he of the very watchable documentary ‘Inside The Bonzos’ – with the idea of maybe bringing the Bonzos together for one last concert. He had just seen Neil’s ten-minute Bonzo tribute which he does at the beginning of his set – very funny and a great […]
Monday, 23rd January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
So when Monday dawned, Neil and JJ drove the instruments to the studio ‘’Panic Music’ meeting Andy and Mickey and setting themselves up with a bank of amps and instruments in the studio. One other thing Neil had asked for in his ‘wish list’ was to rehearse in a large studio, so they could more […]
Tuesday, 24th January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
Enter the Bonzos –Vernon Dudley Bohe Nowell looking exactly as he looked in the original Bonzos. He carried a banjo and a saw ingeniously packed in the same case. Music for the saw maybe? Then Rodney with sax and clarinet and washboard– looking even better than he did in the Bonzos – a really good […]
Wednesday, 25th January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
More first half today with slight changes of the set list suggested, tried and thought about. I arrived in the evening with song lists, Neil’s stage clothes, cameras etc expecting to go out for a meal and a chat, but that was not to be. Bed by 10 – hungry. Found a gnarled old apple […]
Thursday, 26th January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
My first day at rehearsals armed with cameras, to find bad lighting and no room to swing even a cat’s paw, so had to shrink myself to the size of a sweet wrapper to fit between the Rowmonium and the grand piano. This was the day of the second half –for Neil and the band, […]
Friday, 27th January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
What a day. Needed to get the second half together as well as give Stephen Fry, Ade Edmundson, Paul Merton and Phil Jupitus a chance to go over their numbers. I was dispatched to type and print final final set lists so was in and out all day but managed to catch Ade singing The […]
Saturday, 28th January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
Had to be back at Panic Music to remove all instruments by 10 am. That done we could not get into the Astoria till 12.30 so a quiet chat, calm before the storm, in the blue ‘green’ room. Neil, JJ, Tom and Andy quietly contemplate the gig. Then to the gig Neil, leading the way. […]
Saturday, 28th January 2006 in Tours & Gigs, Bonzos 2006
Part One Cool Britannia All Hunting Tigers Out In Indiah Neil :”Good Evening”/Rowmonium Neil/Roger My Brother MakeBonzo – Astoria – Set List _ Neil Inness The Noises For The Talkies Neil Doorstep Neil Little Sir Echo Bob/Sam Ali Baba’s Camel Neil Leg 1 (3 Legs) Roger Falling In Love Again Vernon I’m Going To Bring […]
