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Do It Again - OHIBO PARONTI

Cover Version LIVE of Rare Bird's song Birdman. Pewrformed probably at The Dublin Arms Swansea around 1976 when Paronti were just beginning to write a whole new set of their own

Birdman (Dublin Arms)

Mighty Emmerald OHIBO PARONTI Live Acapella Intro

Recorded at Pete King's Studio, Llangyfelach Road, Swansea.

Broadway By Ohibo Paronti

My Baby Left Me By OHIBO PARONTI

Inspired by Kelvin to dig out what I could find. Found an old cassette with no label etc This is probably one of the last songs Ohibo Paronti started to write. Don;t think it ever saw the light of day. A rough cassette recording but there are some little gems within the recording. 
Hope you enjoy something that no one has heard before.

Radio By OHIBO PARONTI (song Writing&rehearsal)

Mercedes Benz - OHIBO PARONTI Live

The last set track Live in Llanelli. Visually this offered a lot. Make a cup of tea around 2.45 when the idiot lead singer ran around the Auditorium getting the crowd up for it. Their reaction at the end seems to show it worked. Richard Rees of the BBC announcing at the end.

I'm Like A Man Insane

This is a 34 year old cassette recording, just a mic in the middle of a rehearsal room. Recorded in the basement of Aberaman YMCA as a reference for song writing/development. Warts and all, but a bit of Aberdare Rock History nonetheless

Compromise (I Give You My Life) OHIBO PARONTI Songwriting - Rehearsal Session

The Encore by Ohibo Paronti Llanelli Civic Hall. 
Down So Long

Down So Long Encore

Okey Dokey. First track for 2013. Listening Politicians, a visit to some roots for a change. Another Rooty one completed and ready to upload. 10 tracks on the HDD waiting to be completed, mixed etc. Lots to do in one lifetime.here's the blurb again
..Allan is the former lead singer and bass player with Ohibo Paronti and more recently his band KissThis. 
His live work as a bass player has seen him play at various venues such as the Hammersmith Odeon, London, The Brixton Telegraph, London, The WestOneFour Club, Showcase London, The 101 Club, Clapham,The Dublin Castle, London and The Cavern Club, Liverpool, The Milenium Centre Cardiff.
He has had solo and co-written works played on many Radio Stations in the UK and US, such as BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Wales, UIC Chicago, and Indie Stations in New York, LA , Philly etc. Allan recently played his first live solo acoustic performance on BRFM Radio.
As the bass player and lead singer with Ohibo Paronti, he appeared on BBC 2 Wales television, showcasing one of his solo compositions as well as three co-written songs. He has had a co-written song, Do It Again, released on an RCA Compilation Album.
His tastes and musical involvement are wide and varied. He has recently payed bass with Jazzy Africana, a fusion of traditional African music with Jazz and blues, peforming at the inaugrel Black History Day Concert in Stirling Scotland, October 2011. He has also recorded a live performance with them for BBC Radio Wales.
The late Phil Lynott once commented to Mike Oldfield, having watched Allan play at the Hammersmith Odeon, that he was..."an amazing bass player and vocalist"
Recently, multi-Grammy nominated Producer Dennis F Moody from LA said of Allan's current songs, "Great songs, great melodies and a unique voice." Equally praising him, top UK Producer Andy Hayman said, "I really like the songs and ideas, great work."
 DJ Claire Scott, Wave Radio, says "a great sound, very individual. There is simply nothing like him around at the moment."....and so it goes on.
His debut album, Caught Inside A Spinning Wheel, was realeased on 1st June 2011 at Cd baby and is available for download at itunes, amazon, Napster etc, Allan plays all instruments from drums to acoustic guitars, lead guitars, bass, keyboards etc and recording all the vocals himself. A number of classical musicians have made comment on the great string arrangements on some songs.
Question and Answer session
Q1 Too old to rock and Roll?
A. Possibly?
Q2 Too young to die? 
A. Hopefully!
Q3 Too stuborn or stupid to stop writing?
A. Absolutely Definately hahahahahahah

Allan Price;- Musician/Composer/Engineer/Producer/Lover of Music.

ALBUM REVIEW
Caught Inside A Spinning Wheel
By Chris Phillips BRfm

No not the one from the Animals is probably an answer Allan gives on a regular occasion, despite the slightly different spelling. There is a strong sense of Sixties style melody perfectly married to a more angular Bowie/Talking Heads manner of delivery. I'm Coming Back is a brilliant statement of intent, while Dreaming Of 66 is a heady mix of Psych with a tinge of David Essex vocal swagger. The press is giving a good kicking along with the politicians on Believe Everything You Read (Great arrangements), You and I is a simple dreamy ballad drenched in psych effects, it could go horribly wrong but somehow just works. Home To You and It's All A Dream have Beatles coming from every pore and Why Not......
Love Brings Me Down is surprisingly upbeat and You Have To Be is pure summer pop. There are Fifteen songs on this album and the best news is that it isn't Quantity over Quality because they will all find a special place in your head. Allan hasn't reinvented the Wheel but he has polished the spokes a little and it is running freely. Definitely check out especially if you like melodic sixties pop given a new wave makeover with barbed lyrics and unique vocal stylings.....
Chris Phillips....
www.brfm.co.uk...

"This is a great album!"  Phil Richards - Radio Verulam, St Albans.

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