My Mate's Band was formed in Nottingham in 2012. They all live in Nottingham. Their songs are written, performed & recorded in Nottingham. They are the first band in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, The East Midlands, England, UK, Europe & the world ever to write and perform exclusively in unusual time signatures. Their first album has 7 beats to every bar. Songs about our planet & us the people on it. Surely worth a listen?

World Music (single Version)

Honest Freeborn John Lilburne
written & composed by Champion the Underdog
Joe Champion - rhythm guitar & vocals, David Davies - bass guitar,  Anna Marshall - violin & vocals, Josh Horsfall - lead guitar & vocals, Leigh Ecuyer - vocals, Gaile Gumbiene - vocals, Henry Claude -lead guitar, produced by Daniel Taylor.

Honest John, freeborn John
Honest freeborn John Lilburne
Honest John, freeborn John
Honest freeborn John Lilburne
Honest, freeborn, 
John Lilburne
Honest freeborn John Lilburne

Jailed and tried
Both hands tied
to the back of an ox cart 
for his hellbound trip
to Westminster from Fleet
and all the way down every street
his bare back was flogged
with a three thonged whip

Honest John, freeborn John
Honest freeborn John Lilburne
Honest John, freeborn John
Honest freeborn John Lilburne
Honest, freeborn, 
John Lilburne
Honest freeborn John Lilburne

Mothers, daughters, 
sisters and orphans
spread the words
that flowed from his pen
into books and pamphlets
distributed through secret outlets
supporting the cause of freeborn men

like..
Honest John, freeborn John
Honest freeborn John Lilburne
Honest John, freeborn John
Honest freeborn John Lilburne
Honest, freeborn, 
John Lilburne
Honest freeborn John Lilburne

Honest Freeborn John Lilburne

Inspired by The Liverpool Poets of the 1960's who toured the UK with a backing band, we are creating opportunities for invited Nottingham poets to record their poems and perform them live with My Mate's Band as a backing band.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mersey_Sound_(anthology)

This is the background music / backing track for different Nottingham poets to recite their poems in some way related to the theme of "anxiety, depression worldwide recession". Poems do not have to be recited in any relation to the music in the background as the music is merely meant to provide an atmospheric backdrop to the poem during it's performance.
Good luck & thank you!

anxiety, depression  worldwide recession  (Mix For Poets)

IGNORE ALIEN ORDERS (and just groove) 2018 version

Awesome

We hope YOU have a wonderful time
We hope YOU have a wonderful time
We hope YOU have a wonderful 
Truly wonderful 
We hope YOU have a wonderful time

Wonderful Time

Inspired by The Liverpool Poets of the 1960's who toured the UK with a backing band, My Mate's Band are creating opportunities for invited Nottingham Poets to record their poems and perform them live with My Mate's Band as a backing band.

Manjit Sahota - My Flag

Anxiety Depression Worldwide Recession
Jesse Eden Freeman - Mental health Battles
Inspired by The Liverpool Poets of the 1960's who toured the UK with a backing band, My Mate's Band are creating opportunities for invited Nottingham Poets to record their poems and perform them live with My Mate's Band as a backing band.

Anxiety Depression Worldwide Recession

Jesse Eden Freeman - Mental Health Battles (contains potentially distressing material)

My Mate's Band play acoustic punky folky world music and you can expect an award-winning songwriter, compact, variable line-up, original songs & unique rhythms when you see them live at one of their gigs.Before he ever played a gig, Joe recorded and released a record.
Copies of which now sell for £50.
Joe received £1000 the 1st time he played guitar on stage.
In 2012, in an interview with Simon Wilson, Nottingham Post, Joe declared "I am the first singer songwriter ever to write and perform exclusively in unusual time signatures"
Six years on, Joe also fronts a band who all live, perform & record in Nottingham. Their first single world music was written and recorded in Nottingham & in 2018 they performed it live in Nottingham at Busk Off - Busking Festival in Cobden Chambers raising funds for Nottingham Arts Mental Health Projects in May, at Brian Clough Statue to celebrate 70years of the NHS in June, at The Matlock Bath Music Festival in July, at the Maze for the Stand Up to Racism gig in August, The Golden Fleece in September just before the brewery sold it.
more info at..
http://mym8s.co.uk

My Mate's Band

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