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Michael J Sheehy has been down to Psychotic Episodes studio laying down some Shipwrek'd tracks along with Sir Eddie Real casting an ear over the songs before he goes off with the Alabama 3 for a swar-ray around the UK and Europe. Underwater Blues!

Hi folks, Ray here, saw an amazing couple of gigs recently, one at the Borderline and the other at Victoria Park down near me and the Powder Lady. Man these guys that Joe Elliott has got together in the 'Down 'n' Outz' can really play, I was honoured & flattered at the same time with the great job they'd done on some Mott & British Lions tracks that I figured were long gone, but they really stand up to this 21st century treatment these guys have given them, keep on Rockin' Men, and try and get yourselves a copy of 'My Regeneration' on Mailboat Record, it'll blow you away.

SANDY DILLON & RAY MAJORS

14th April saw the 10th birthday of the Eel Pie club in Twickenham.

Sandy and myself were invited down to put a couple of numbers

together for this occasion.

I loosened myself up with Tom Nolan's Bluescasters on a sprightly

little jamm 'off the top of our heads'- Sandy meanwhile had shouts for

Honky Tonk Woman down to the 'youtube' clip no doubt, and a cool

rendition of the classic 'Piece of my Heart', Sandy was on top form as

usual, I had some problems with my throat due to the radical surgery

and the radiotherapy I been through, but I did manage to hit the high

harmonies on the middle eight and the chorus's (or Cor-eye) as Mott used to say.

An enjoyable little Swa-Ray, a good time was had by one and all.

After the gigs in Amsterdam & Den Hague

Powder Lady has laid down some new stuff in Berlin at a secret location.

Also a further outing from Ray Majors is being recorded down in East London, deep in the heart of.........

Jack the Ripper territory.

Over the next few months we will be recording music for two different projects,

SHIPWREK'D, A Microtonal Opera using natural sound (acoustic) and artificial (electronica) harnessed together with handmade instruments like the Formicatron, amongst others, so named as its made from harpsichord strings and a kitchen worktop.

The songs are based on factual shipwrecks that took place between The UK and New England, specifically, the coastal area of Boston and Cape Cod between 1700 and 1900. Many of the ships have women's christian names. Did sailors feel more protected by the girl next door?

available at:www.tradition-moderne.com

The song collection will continue stripping down blues but with much more emphasis on drumming. Achim Farber and Sir Eddie Real [Alabama 3} double drummed for me at Quasimodo Club in Berlin last year and having the power of all that rhythm really put Ray and I into an altogether higher trance like, shamenistic chanting level! We were High on it for days afterwards. Thats where we aim to take you to on this follow up CD. We will debut some of this material in Europe this year before heading back to East Overshoe to listen to the waves for a bit and finish building some new instruments from stuff we keep finding in Murray's garage-boudoir to use for the recording and development of Shipwreck'd...

FOOTNOTE:Lord Ray-ving Majors has taken over the running of THE EAST OVERSHOE GAZETTE [under construction over the next few months, yeah! Right....Ed.]. Using his name de plume-Swami Lok-jaw, THE ALL KNOWING SWAMI, (He will be serializing his book with the aid and help of Keith Smith's magazine Two Miles From Heaven) about the life of guitarist Ray Majors in: KNOCK KNOCK THE HOOF OFF, MY LIFE IN MOTT WAS...NOT. He will keep you posted

mick the gun with ray in berlin

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