Elephant Shelf Gigs for May 2010

     Posted on April 26th, 2010 by admin
MAY 2010
Sat 1st 9.00pm FREE
The Mermaid, 98 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Herts
Sun 2nd 6.00pm FREE
Pear & Partridge, 182 High Street, London Colney, Herts 01727 827271
Bank holiday sunday blues fest.
2 great blues bands and BBQ from 4pm
5.00pm FREE
Sat 8 ES with Earl Jackson !!!
Its Rock & roll Jim but not as we know it:

Earl Jackson & Elephant Shelf poster

Earl Jackson & Elephant Shelf poster

Fri 14th 9.00pm FREE
The Peacock, 13 Hatfield road, St Albans, Herts 01727 864136
And there’s more stay tuned folks for more gig info :-)

Elephant Shelf Gig this Thursday 22nd at The Pear and Partridge 182 High Street, London Colney, Herts AL2 1JY

     Posted on April 19th, 2010 by admin

Hi all,

This Thursday 22nd Elephant Shelf are at:

The Pear and Partridge
182 High Street,
London Colney,
Herts AL2 1JY

Starts at about 09:00

The Pear and Partridge is in the heart of one of the biggest villages in the country,
The Pear and Partridge boasts energetic staff and a lively atmosphere,
a great party and live music venue.

Love Vicky Diana Terry Robbie & Rosie

Don’t forget to check out our Blogs too for more info >>

http://www.elephantshelf.com/blog/

and the

http://www.deltaladies.com/blog/

Elephant Shelf gigs this week Sat 17th @ the Maynard

     Posted on April 14th, 2010 by admin

We are doing just one Shelf gig this week which is at The Maynard in Crouch End

Blues Matters magazine is sponsoring a monthly Rhythm & Blues Night at the Maynard,
its to be called ‘BLUES at the MAYNARD’, this Saturday the Shelf provides a little prelude
to what is hope will become one of the best R&B Blues gigs in North London.
It starts at 9pm

The MAYNARD
70 Park Road Crouch End N8

Glenn Patrik Talks About Recording With Elephant Shelf

     Posted on April 8th, 2010 by admin

Well its a few weeks now since we finished recording album tracks with Glenn Patrik and we’re deep into mixing and overdubs, etc. We’ve now got some nice video to show you where Glenn Patrik talks about the recording with us Elephant Shelf. It all brings back memories of two great weeks of Blues. So please enjoy and we’ll soon some video of the actual genesis of the recordings.

Our gigs this week starting 03rd April are…

     Posted on April 3rd, 2010 by admin

03/04/2010

The New Inn

Witney

08/04/2010

The Blues Kitchen

Camden

09/04/2010

10/04/2010             

The Blues Room

 The Goat        

St Albans

St Albans

Great night with Tim Aves

     Posted on April 2nd, 2010 by admin

Last Saturday night’s gig at the BLUES ROOM with Tim Aves was a blast – it was so good the 1st set lasted 1hr 45 mins- including an absolutely stonking version of Killing Floor.

The Elephants were in great form and Timbo was great at entertaing the audience. Tim will be abck with us for a show in the not too distant future, but he also has his new band ‘TIM AVES WOLFPACK’ set up and running with a great selection of Howling Wolf songs – all in all, its all better than good!

LA HORA DEL BLUES

     Posted on March 31st, 2010 by admin

Hey we got a good album review in spain :-)

http://www.lahoradelblues.com/criticas.htm

Its a way down the page in Spanish and English:

Elephant Shelf “In Trouble Again”. Shelf Life 2009. Una banda que nos llega del Reino Unido, divertida, sin complejos dispuesta a pasárselo bien y hacer bailar a todo aquel que acuda a una de sus actuaciones. Elephant Shelt es un grupo compuesto por cinco miembros, Vicky Martin guitarra y voz, Diana Stone voz, teclados y violín, Rosie Swan voz y percusión, Terry McInerni batería y Robbie Charles bajo y, para la grabación de este álbum, también han contado con la colaboración de Dave Shannon a la armónica. El repertorio de los Elephant incluye tanto versiones como temas propios y su música recibe influencias del country, rhythm and blues, swing, folk, rock y algo de reggae. Como puede verse, el grupo explora formas y caminos que se alejan de la temática del blues clásico, en especial del de los doce compases y los shuffles, con excepción del lento en menores, “When You Left Me”. No obstante, el proyecto que proponen es interesante por su temática y por las formas con las que juegan, arriesgando en su propuesta, una propuesta por otra parte innovadora, que asume sin reparos los riesgos que todo ello conlleva. MUY BUENO

A band coming from United Kingdom, joyful, uninhibited, ready to enjoy themselves and make dance everyone who goes to see them live. Elephant Shelt is a five musicians group with Vicky Martin on guitar and vocals, Diana Stone on vocals, keyboard and violin, Rosie Swan on vocals and percussion, Terry McInerni on drums, Robbie Charles on bass and Dave Shannon on harmonica as guest musician in the recording. The Elephant Shelf repertoire includes versions and own songs with country, rhythm & blues, swing, folk, rock and a little bit of reggae influences. As you may see, the band explores ways and forms that go further away from traditional blues, especially twelve bar blues and shuffles, with the only exception of the slow minor key blues “When You Left Me”. Anyway, their proposal is an interesting one, especially for the subject and playing format, on a very innovative work that courageously takes on the danger of such a risky proposal. VERY GOOD.

Elephant Shelf video in Trouble again at Skegness Rock and Blues weekend.

     Posted on March 27th, 2010 by admin

Elephant Shelf doing in Trouble again at Skegness Rock and Blues weekend.

Gig 27/03/2010 The Blues Room with Tim Aves St Albans

     Posted on March 26th, 2010 by admin

27/03/2010

We are @  The Blues Room with Tim Aves in  St Albans.

About Tim below:

Tim Aves + Elephant Shelf

About Tim Aves:

Says I sing, play harmonica and guitar. Until the beginning of April, 2008 I fronted a great funky Texas blues band called THE ROCKIN’ ARMADILLOS- check them out on their myspace page at myspace.com/therockinarmadillos and their fabulous website at www.rockinarmadillos.com

My old band, AUTOMATIC SLIM still gigs occasionally, too. ‘Slim also has a myspace page (myspace.com/autoslim) and a website www.automaticslim.com

 

I’m currently working on a number of musical projects, but the most regular is my collaboration with Alaskan singer, guitarist and lap steel virtuoso SON HENRY under the working name, The Tim Aves-Son Henry Band or TASHB for short!
We’ve played several festival gigs and completed an eight-date tour of southern England in the spring of 2009 – boy, was that some fun! We are next due to tour in January, 2010, but in the meantime, we have a live album available right now!

I also host a two-hour weekly blues show every Sunday night on SAINT FM on 94.7FM (if you’re within gobbing distance of Burnham) and online at www.saintfm.org.uk if you can’t get it on the radio. Have a listen sometime – and don’t be afraid to get in touch if to tell me what you think, or request a favourite blues tune…

Cheers!!!

Tim

Elephant Shelf at the Kings Head Islington

     Posted on March 25th, 2010 by admin


This was shot last year with Dave Grigg on Bass.

Note also the George Melly look a like who dances in about half way through. Very good hat.