A busy summer Wedding season gets underway with a lovely day and a favour for an old friend.
Inn on the Lake
These days Love Junkies blog posts may be something of a rarity. That’s not to say we don’t have anything to share – if anything we have too much. Even after we’ve cleaned it up a bit. It’s just that, well the prose has been lacking of late.
No gain in Gaynes park
Last night, The Love Junkies played Gaynes Park in Essex. The band turned up early to try out a new lighting rig. Having allowed enough time to give the system a proper workout, we got in a sound check and there-in commenced battle with the sound limiter. Booo! Pah! More frustration! Set very low, the […]
Love Junkies on Tour: Part 2 Guernsey
Love Junkies – Guernsey 19th June, Dave, Rachel, Marcus & Chris Did you know the Love Junkies travel? If the last two gigs have been anything to go by this would seem to be becoming a habit. Have van, will travel, etc. And so it was, on a Thursday night in June, driving from St […]
Love Junkies on Tour: Part 1 Southern France
Rozz and Jimmy – It’s a funny old game… Ah June, and the first part of our European Sojourn. Chateau De Massillan, near Uchaux, France the wedding of Victoria and Oliver. And did we mention meeting Jimmy Greaves to boot? The Bride and Groom had seen us at a friend’s wedding at the Royal Chace in […]
Big hand for the band, yaboosucks to the M25
Sunday. It was a day that had we known what was waiting for us, could’ve struck fear into all of our hearts. As it was though, I am able to write this knowing that our duties despatched, The Love Junkies rose through the storm to deliver.
Is it right to charge to learn a new song?
Here’s one that I’m going to put out to the function band community. Is it right to charge for learning a new song for, say a wedding? A song that you’re very unlikely to play again and is not in keeping with the rest of your set. This issue is salient for the hirer also. […]
TV Presenters, Somali Pirates and The Love Junkies
Rox meets Andy Day from CBeebies. Hero worship ensues… Last night’s gig at Fanhams Hall in Ware was the wedding of Laura and Warren. The gig came through our singing buddy Doug Quinn. Doug is also in Speakeasy and joined us in the second set for a few tunes – we like when Doug sings […]
Hats off to the band
Sometimes, articles just speak for themselves. If the wedding’s over-running by an hour, the band happen to be twiddling their thumbs and are holed up in a changing room, they might just get creative…or likely, just start fooling about a little. *The Love Junkies would like to make it clear that no hats were harmed […]
Get your (High) Rocks off
The Love Junkies play High Rocks Hotel, Sun 13th Sept 2009 As Sunday weddings go, this one was pretty darn good. The venue, High Rocks hotel, Tunbridge Wells was a suitably fine hotel. Absolutely lovely setting, over three floors, with a steam train to boot to take the guests round on a jolly (albeit in […]