DEEP FRIED BANANAS
Do you wanna Dance? Phone Julie 07919372542 or Mal 01305 823898
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updated 03rd January 2012
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DEEP FRIED BANANAS
ARE:- A Four Piece Rock Band, Who are......
| MAL | Bass
and Vocals. Uses a Tanglewood viola bass, and a Ashdown bass amp. SM58 mic. Starting playing whilst at school back in the 60's!! and just love playing guitar, that includes 6 string lead, rhythm and bass... Played with Retro for over a decade. |
| PETE | Gibson SG and a Fender Telecaster |
| CHRIS | Drums
and percussion
and occasional Vocals. Premier drum kit and Zildjian cymbols. |
| JULIE | Vocals.
Uses SM58 Has sang with Mellowdrama |
Available for Private functions as well as
Clubs and pubs, if you would like to book us drop me
an email (just click on the icon to the left) and I will get back to
you as soon as I can.
A Potted History...
We have been together since October 2008, and are steadily rehearsing for gigs,
we get together at least once a week maybe twice depending on our work
schedule.
Chris and Julie were first on the scene (both were in Mellowdrama)
after various bodies left the
band
they had at the time, and again after a few changes of bodies
I joined jan 2008.
I have played in a few bands in my time but the longest in a band was
with Retro, and we managed
to keep that going for just over ten years, and it only fell apart when
illness to a band member became
to much, but I have gigged in various towns in the local area in pubs,
clubs and the Weymouth Pavillion
on a few occasions.
Pete is our latest member of the team, been playing for years but this is his first band he has played with.
If you know of a
venue
that would like us please let me know (email on the left hand side).
We are constantly trying to bring in new songs and are working (slowly)
on our own material, and hopefully new
venues to play at. One of our future projects in to cut our own CD with
all our own music (an ambition of mine) and to
produce and market them, but we all know that we are a bit old for a
'boy band' but really enjoy our music and hope
that it comes through in
our performances on stage.
A BIG Thank you to Fyffes who have donated
some inflatable bananas to us (pictures as soon as I can)
KEEP MUSIC LIVE
Mal
Post Gig News
The George Inn
The midst of summer is upon us and so are the roundabouts or are they traffic lights with a roundabout,
whatever they are it makes it interesting just getting to the quay with the gear but on the way we did
notice rather a lot of people in town. On arrival at The George there were also a few there too....
We manage to get a space cleared and get the gear set up, again we had to change Julie's microphone
and it proves that there is something not quite right about it. We used our backup PA amplifier this time
for a direct comparison and it is definately louder out front, I just to to sort the fold backs out now.
Anyway thanks to all our usual crowd that came along and helped make it yet another cracking gig
and I think the best one we have done so far (musically no major mistakes) and getting the dance
floor filled up for most of the evening.
I managed to record around 17 songs last night and once I wake up, I will go through them and see
if they can be used for a cd that we are currently creating.
I overhead whilst packing up that at least one couple at the bar originally came in at the start of
the evening and stayed because "they only expected a pub band and didn't think we would be
so good" which is rather nice to hear. We are playing well as a band and we all get on with
each other really well, and hope our enjoyment comes out in our playing.
Don't forget if you have any suggestions for songs to play, then pop over to our Facebook
page and let us know. (link at the top of the page).
Another great gig and we will be back for more..
Mal
The George Inn
The space was cleared and we managed to get all the gear in and set up in 45 mins, we must
be getting better..... and we managed to get the foldbacks working well this time but it did take
a little while to get the sound out front working to its best but we did get there.
We had three new songs in the sets this time round and on the whole went very well, however
the law of sod states if things go well at rehearsal don't mean it will live....
It seems that we don't have any budding photographers in our midst as hard as I tried I
could find no volunteer to take photo's or video's but did manage to take a few of the gear
which I intend to upload to the gear page soon, and whilst on the subject of photos,
if anybody has some of us 'live' and would like to see them on this website then just get
in touch.
We are getting a lot better playing as a band and again last night proved it, just a shame
we don't have a way to record the audio yet, I hope to get a digital recorder soon and
this will make things easier to get that cd made... Deep Fried Bananas live cd?
I must say that I thought Julia did a cracking job and I got a bit really good feedback
and a possible wedding gig coming up soon....
As alwasys thanks to all those who turned up last night, it took a little while to loose
those inibitions and start to dance but you got there and looked like you all enjoyed it.
Another good night and with lots of new faces and I hope to see you all again next
time around..
Mal
The Cove Inn
We got there nice and early and managed to
set up the PA as the staff had moved a couple of
tables out of the way for us (they know how big we are now), and Chris
managed to fit in the
corner and the rest of us set up around him... but I also downloaded
the instructions for the
mixer unit and set up the audio in the channels properly and both the
audience and us managed
to hear the vocals very well this time.
I had snags with my amplifier (rather upset about that as it was only
the THIRD gig with this amp,
I will be gettting in touch with the makers very soon) for one song but
managed to get it working
for the rest of the evening.
We played to a full house, with the seating completely full, dancing
outside by the beach and the
bar area rather full too. I did howver manage to give out some
'bananas' whilst on the break to
keep up the spirits.. We did another new
song this time, which went rather well, this one by
The Calling. Yet again the wonderful fingers of Dave in 'Black Magic
Woman' to name just one
occasion and the silky vocals of Julie with the precussion being spot
on from Chris ment the
gig was another very good one..
I must say a big thank you to all those who came to support us yet
again, it was gret to see some
new faces too...
I am not sure when we are back at The Cove, but when I find out I will
put the date on the web,
and of course keep listening to Wessex FM...
Mal
Music in a Marquee/Tunes in a Tent....
Initially there was a bit of confusion
with the place to put the gear, but after that was sorted we managed
to get all the gear in and do a sound check before the due start
time...... and looking at the clouds....
yep we got some rain but fortunately not much, as the Marquee was not
covered on the seaward side,
which was great for all of those on the beach , as they could see and
hear us ok.
As the tent filled up it became a bit awkward to get the volume of the
vocals perect, but I think we
just about managed.... and the occasional whistle!!
apparently you could hear the bass fine in the bar!!!!
It was rather busy, the bbq was doing a great job and the que was
rather long but that did give most
the chance of getting a bit closer to us... We changed the
sets a bit for this gig and started with
Bohemian Like You, and also included a couple of new songs, even up to
date ones.... with
Please Don't Leave Me by Pink, and Sex On Fire by Kings of Leon.
I know there were quite a few taking photos again this time and when I
get them I will upload the good ones
but not sure how many videos were taken this time as access into the
Marquee was a bit awkward with so
many bodies all over the place, but again when I get them, they will be
uploaded to YouTube (links on the
Songs Page) for all to enjoy.
Towards the end of the gig whilst it was getting dark, I turned on my
t-shirt again and it look rather good
as there was no lighting in the tent, but we did have our own lights
for the music.... this was a bit of a pain
for breaking all the gear down, but we managed...
We also had some very nice comments and we gave out a few of our cards.
Again it was nice to see so many familiar faces, thanks for the
support..
Mal
Comments received from various sources
FACEBOOK
Wwoooooooowwwwwwwww wot a night great band great
guitar playing
excelent.
pub was packed if i owned a pub/club i would book u fantastic.
FACEBOOK
Fantastic night, couldnt move in the pub it was packed thank
u 4 a great night wouldnt have missed it.
Youtube
You guys sound awesome I love your cover of Who Knew
Youtube
You do sound really good
Sounding good, keep on
rocking!.
Way
to GO!! I liked it.
sounds great.......love her voice
Youtube
Wow I like it...good voice and the instruments too
‘Sex On Fire’
better version than indie whiners
....I
want more
Good
song and very well
done!