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An update after nearly 8 years

If anyone stumbles across this site and wonders if we all just called it a day in 2012, well we didn't.  A brief catch-up on the last 7 years: As you'll have seen from the previous entries, having released 'Centrifugal Bugle' in 2008, we began work on a new project in much the same way as b...

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  November 3rd:  The Shorty Blackwells have officially announced that they will be recording and releasing their seventh studio CD in 2012. This reverses a previous decision to abandon recording and focus purely on performance. The band have continued to write and perform new ma...

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Thursday's Show in Camden

    Just a short note to say we hope to see as many of you as possible at Thursday's show (That's Thurs Oct 28th) We're making our debut at The Enterprise in Camden, London Full addy is 2 Haverstock HillCamden NW3 2BL Doors 7.30 On Stage 7.45 We're doing a full hour ...

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Jan 29th 2010 Gig Debrief

    On Fri January 29th, we played our first gig of 2010, at The Comedy Pub,in Leicester Square.Head over to youtube and you can see the full gig (and tons of otherShorties content) athttp://www.youtube.com/user/reverendslWe came to an arrangement with the promoter that meant we ...

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On November 23rd I turned forty, and unbeknownst to me my wife organised a surprise party. She enlisted all the other Shorties, all seven of them, and they worked up a 14 song set (7 originals and 7 covers). Saul had arranged to meet me for a drink, and then when we arrived at the pub he had su...

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Great News. We have decided to make Longevity, The documentary covering the first ten years of The Shorty Blackwells, available to all via the magic of You Tube. Showing in seven manageable parts, if you haven't seen it the documentary is a no holds barred, behind the scenes look at the fi...

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Curry Night: November 2008

The problem with not updating the blog, of course, is that your memory goes. These pics are from November last year and it appears we went for a band night out at a curry house in East London  Above: Dan and IBelow: Chris and DaveBelow: Mike and Matt

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Looking Forward

Well it's certainly been a while since I posted here. Lots has happened in the meantime: We've played alongside Loyd Grossman's band at a charity benefit in January, which was great fun. Saul took to the stage for the first time in five years at our most recent gig in July and although the...

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  Our CD launch gig on Friday 3rd October, at our usual haunt, 'The Comedy Pub', was not without its troubles (when are they ever) but overall it was a positive experience on several levels. We knew from the outset we would be without Dave, but our keyboard player Mike had to pu...

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New Gig and New Album!!!

Firstly, Apologies it has taken me so long to post here. However I'm back with our latest news. On Friday october 3rd we play a gig at The Comedy Pub, 7 Oxendon Street, Piccadilly Circus, SW1. We're on stage at 8.40pm (doors open at 8pm). It's only our second gig of the year, and the main...

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Early in October we hooked up to record the last two basic tracks of our next album, 'Centrafugel Bugle'.  They were 'The British Trust for Conservation Gay and Lesbian Clean Up at Mile End' and 'Centrafugel Bugle' the song which gives the album its name. In keeping with the style we have ad...

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  Two pieces of exciting news to kick off with. In the podcast section of the site, you can hear a brand new radio show presented by Dan, Saul and I. We play a selection of our fave tracks and chatting about them. Plenty of Shorties humour throughout, and we hope that you'll dig t...

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Our most recent gig, at the Hope and Anchor, was our first attempt to do an acoustic gig for more than 3 years, and got a great reception from the crowd. Within the band, opinion was divided. Personally I felt we were much less tight than at recent gigs, and I felt that we can do a lot better.&nb...

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Early in June, Saul, Dan and I got together  at Dan's house to record a couple of new radio shows, which we hope to upload as new podcasts sometime in 2017 (!!), or hopefully a little sooner. It's the editing that takes the time on these things, and as we all do music for the love of it, and...

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Got to kick off this latest blog entry by telling you we'll be doing a special unplugged/acoustic concert on August 1st at the Hope and Anchor pub, nr Kings Cross, at 8.40pm. We haven't done an acoustic for 3 and a half years, but they are great fun. Really relaxed, to me they feel more lik...

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Archive Site Updated

This month it's the turn of our archive site to be updated. We've reached 2003 in our year-by-year guide. Read all the behind-the -scenes gossip and find out what really went on. Plus view exclusive, previously unseen pics, a couple of which accompany this blog post. Go to www.shortyblackwells.i...

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As I type this, I'm listening to Springstein's 'The Seeger Sessions', which is an album that could raise a dead man and make him dance for joy. If you haven't got it, buy it ..NOW!  Anyway, that's got nothing to do with The Shorties (except that our love of groovy music and the sheer pa...

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Update at last!!

Is it really August when I last posted??!!  Many apologies for this tardiness. My only excuse is that Collette and I have been moving house, but that is finally done and dusted and normal service can be resumed I'm delighted to say that our Osbert Scoon CD has been a b...

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The news you've all been waiting for. You can now pre-order our Osbert Scoon CD for the very special price of £5.99! That's £2 of the normal listed price. 14 amazing tracks, all your faves that we've been playing at our most recent gigs: 'He plays The Lottery', 'Armies Of Terror', '...

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