Blues evening concert

THE GREYTON LODGE PRESENTS

GREYTON GOT THE

BLUES

WOKE UP THIS MORNING?
GOT THE BLUES FIXIN' TO DIE?
WANNA LAY YOUR HEAD ON THAT LONESOME RAILROAD LINE?
OR WORSE- FEEL LIKE JUMPING INTO A GREYTON POTHOLE?

RATHER HITCH A RIDE TO THE GL BARRELHOUSE FOR
REAL MISSISSISSISSISSIPPI AND CHICAGO BLUES

WHEN? SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER, 7 PM

EACH PAIR OF TICKETS COMES WITH A FREE BLUES CD, RECORDED RIGHT HERE! PROCEEDS TO GREYTON RED CROSS

TICKETS: R80

Special parole granted for the evening, to:

Jane 'Muddy Feet' Gaisford, Steamin' Michelle Holloway, Malcolm 'Leaky Pipes' Devine, Flash 'Tash Carter, the Tinker Taylors, Deaf Dave, Geoff 'Gimme a Double' Palmer, Paul 'Licorice Stick' Williams, Alex 'Head Butt' Carswell, Mitch 'Coolstix' Tunnicliffe and The Blue Dawes...top

METHS, PAINT REMOVER AND GUTWASH ON SALE

TICKETS FROM RED CROSS OR PAY 'AVALANCHE' BÓI OR 'ICEPICK' VILLI AT THE DOOR

Enquiries: Dave 'I got a real bad feeling about this' Jackson 082 853 4771

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THE BLUES PRIMER (with a little help from my friends)

EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES

(to prepare you for the BLUES JAM on Saturday, 5 September at the Greyton Lodge)

LESSONS 1 TO 3

1. WOKE UP THIS MORNIN' (THE OPENING LINE OF MOST BLUES SONGS)

You have to wake up this morning in order to sing the blues tonight. If you didn't, you're a little bit of er, history. Your epitaph will read: HERE LIES (see lesson 3)- DIDN'T WAKE UP THIS MORNING'

2. QUALIFICATIONS TO SING THE BLUES

You may sing the blues if :

You shot a man in Memphis

You're blind
You can't be satisfied
You're down to your last buck

Not if:

The man in Memphis lived
Your woman came back (especially with assets)
You were once blind, but now can see
You marry and become contented and watch TV

You have a trust fund

3. BLUES NAMES

Good Blues names:

Joe, Big Mama, Blind Lemon Bessie, Little Willie, Rosie, Lightnin' Etta

If your name is Cecil, Coenie, Chalmers, Paul, Malcolm, Boi, Kazik, Abdul, Natasha, Pamela, Gay, or Leonè, you can't sing the blues, no matter how many men you've killed in Memphis.

Next Week: Blues drinks, where to have the blues, how to write a blues song.

REMEMBER-GREYTON GOT THE BLUES-GL ON 5 SEPTEMBER AT 7PM

Free Greyton Blues cd with every two tickets purchased

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THE BLUES PRIMER (with a little help...)

EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES, Part 2

(to prepare you for the BLUES JAM on Saturday, 5 September at the Lodge)
Lessons 4-6

4. BLUES DRINKS

If your mama gives you petrol to drink, that's the blues. Here are some other blues drinks:
Bourbon, Sourmash, Whiskey, Muddy water, Embalming fluid, Greyton water (but then you gotta be fixin' to die)

These are NOT the kind of things you drink when you're fixin' to die:

Perrier, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Blended wheatgrass, Chamomile tea, Lismore wines, von Geusau Hotshots

5. WHERE TO SING THE BLUES.

You may sing the blues in a barrelhouse, dodging a bullet from your girl's husband, walking on the highway, in the jailhouse or on the back of a horse with a noose around your neck.

NOT here: In an Ashram, the Cape Grace, the opening of any Greyton art exhibition, over a health breakfast at Via's, .

6. HOW TO WRITE A BLUES SONG.

Start with 'Woke up this Mornin'.
Add a trouble statement, eg 'Greyton got no lights'.

Repeat these two lines in case you're singing to 'Deaf Lemon Johnson'.

Start to resolve: 'Got a real bad feelin'
and then clinch with, 'Somebody gonna start some fights'

Warning: You may not get away with: You stole my wife,
You horse thief, you...

REMEMBER-GREYTON GOT THE BLUES at the GL ON 5 SEPTEMBER AT 7PM

Free Greyton Blues cd with every two tickets purchased
Proceeds to Greyton Red Cross

CueCumber Jazz Concert Live in the GL Theatre

Saturday 6th June 2009, 7:30pm

Hailing from the foot of Table Mountain, Cape Town, CueCumber Jazz is deeply rooted in the Rhythm and Harmony synonymous with Jazz. The band's repertoire moves from Swing, to Latin, to Modern Jazz and Funk, encompassing improvisation as a key factor in their music. With a diverse group of talented musicians, CueCumber Jazz blends music styles with unmatched finesse. With Gemayel on drums, Zanelle on trumpet, Merrilou on piano, Deon on Electric Bass/Double Bass and Craig on guitars, this Jazz quintet is guaranteed to get you swinging' at your corporate/private function!

They have played mainly corporate functions but have extended their performance to a more public scene. With a huge successful run of a Show called “all about love” hosted in Pinelands. They were the featured band at the Overberg Wine Route Book launce. Playing songs from George Benson and Ernie Smith to Latin standards. The band were one of the Top bands at the German October Fest this year.

Tickets R50, sold at Greyton Lodge



Here’s a short biography on the extremely talented musicians that make up Cuecumber Jazz.
Craig Victor – Lead Guitar Craig has started to play the Guitar under the tuition and mentorship of Alan Yon at the age of 16 in 2006. Since then, he has ventured into the vast depths of music. Having being poisoned by his Father's love for Jazz as a kid, Craig has developed a taste for fine music - and now he bleeds these untold stories of black slavery, from which Jazz was born. In 2007 Craig initiated the first ever Jazz band at Bellville Technical High School, named Legacy. The name is self-explanatory, and thus they've made history. One year later, and he's half way through the Certificate Programme at The University of Stellenbosch, studying Classical music. Craig has also been elected to be the Jazz Guitarist for The Stellenbosch Youth Jazz Band and has represented the university at the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival held in Grahamstown annually. That's right, only one year later, and he has performed alongside an endless list of Cape Town's young Jazz musicians, as well as legends such as Robbie Jansen. Craig continues to study music and the Guitar, and aspires to experiment with different genres, art forms and artists: teaming up with Joshua Prinsloo and the gang of Green Room Collective to explore Fine Art as a genre of music. With that said, one cannot deny one's roots and Craig wishes to thank Cuecumber Jazz for granting him the opportunity to once again, delve into the vast depths of Jazz from which he, as a Guitarist, was born.
Gemayel Kroukamp – Drums / Manager
Gemayel started his music studies at the age of 4 playing classical guitar and piano. At age 12 he discovered the drums, which he fell in love with.
At the age of sixteen he played drums for major stage productions such as FAME and Grease. During this period he also played for numerous Gospel bands in and around the Overberg region.
During 2005 he started playing Jazz with a number of Big Bands in Cape Town, developing a new love for Jazz. Some of the Jazz performances were with the Austrian Jazz quartet Six Tension on their Cape Town tour. He also performed with various Cape Town musicians such as Jeff Weiner, Mike Laatz and Ed Kirkwood. It was always his dream to play in his own band, This dream was realized with the creation of a hot and exciting new band called Cuecumber Jazz.
Zanelle Stipp –Trumpet / Synth
Zanelle started having music lessons at the age of 5 and over the years tried and tested many different instruments. She eventually found “the one” and fell in love with the trumpet.
In 1998 she pursued her studies at the South African College of Music (UCT). While studying, she became a member of the UCT Big Band under the direction of Prof Mike Campbell, became a member of the National Youth Jazz Band in 2000 and performed at many festivals in and around Cape Town, such as the Grahamstown Jazz Festival and Joy of Jazz Festival. She also performed with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra on many occasions. She completed her BMus and BMus Honours Degrees in trumpet performance at UCT in 2003.
She has developed a great love for Jazz which grows more and more as each second ticks by…and is loving her hot new band!
Deon Kallis - Bass

Deon started the electric bass in 1994 and spent a few months at the Jazz Workshop under the tuition of Spencer Mbadu. He studied clarinet at the Battswood Arts Centre in 1997 and switched to the soprano and tenor saxophones soon after. After a few years playing tenor saxophone in the Athlone Academy of Music’s Big Band, he currently plays bass guitar for the Connelly Big Band and the Fascinationz Band.

For a sneak preview of the band please visit :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CueCumber-Jazz/30072052212

http://www.cuecumberjazz.com/

Friday afternoon with Jane Gaisford

Jane Gaisford performs live music at Greyton Lodge, Friday 20th May, 5:00pm

Our local Jane Gaisford plays a bit of classical guitar, but mostly her own compositions, many of them acoustic guitar instrumental pieces and there are a few of her own songs thrown in. She has produced one CD which will be on sale at the show. She has played at music festivals and venues all around SA over the years.

Boby Dylan evening in the GL Theatre

Bob Dylan songs and poetry performed by Dave Jackson and the usual bunch of suspects. Dress up as one of Bob Dylan characters and win a prize. Saturday 11th April 7:30 pm. Tickets R40 sold at the door.

Live at Greyton Lodge - Daniele Pascal - Amour

International award winner and popular French chanteuse Daniele Pascal performs at Greyton Lodge on Saturday 18 April 2009 with her new show AMOUR. This evocative production is a celebration of romantic love songs. Fans will enjoy new interpretation of a repertoire ranging from American standards such as the man I love, somewhere over the rainbow to French Café music. Songs of Gilbert Becaud, Eartha Kitt, Patricia Kaas, Charles Trenet and Marlene Dietrich and many more will feature. Daniele is accompanied on piano by Pieter du Plessis. Tickets R100 Show at 4pm. Bookings: Tel 028 254 9800 info@greytonlodge.co.za