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 Me and Bobby's Profile |
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Glorious melodies & acoustic loveliness - Time Out |
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| Location: | London, |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | May 19, 2008 (109 days back) |
About Me |
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| So, who's Me and Bobby? Well, Me and Bobby is Me, who is Nan, and Bobby, who is Bobby, and Fay, and David, and James, and Sholto, and Andy, and Genevieve. This is how the band has grown successfully since 2001. The story of the creation of the band varies, depending on who you ask. Bobby likes to tell the story of how boy meets girl under a butcher's awning during a fierce rainstorm in London, and how they write their first song even before they know each other's name.....as told in a BBC radio interview in 2002. If you ask Nan, however, you get the less imaginative story of how girl met boy in a bar in Notting Hill, introduced through friends and flatmates, and a conversation that went something like this: "Hi, so what do you do? Oh, you play the guitar and write songs? What a coincident, so do I. Wanna get together and play sometime? Great, see you then!" And thus follows the first performance at Crowbar's open-mic night. No comment on the nervous-filled performance. And the name? The name is not, as often mistakenly assumed, taken from the Janis Joplin song, but a result of a rather rushed and semi-desperate decision before their first 'real' gig at 12BarClub on the infamous Denmark Street. But the name grew on them both, and, though still a source for some confusion (especially when Bobby says Me and Bobby, and people wonder who the other Bobby is, or when Nan is mistaken for the Bobby), the name prevailed, and now incorporates all the 8 band members. (For excited fans, please check out the surname of the man who mastered our first 7"single). Throughout the years, M&B has done a lot and not so much. The 12BarClub became their second home for a long time, at one point doing a gig every other week, but the band had to stop playing there due to the growing amount of bandmembers - the last gig they did there, there were 6 of them, and 3 of them had to play their instruments on the floor next to the stage. For those who've been at the 12Bar, and know the size of the place, can probably imagine the senario. Now, the band is increasingly making a home of the slightly larger stage at the Spitz, which is a great venue to play (whenever people can keep their talking to a whisper) and that has the desired atmosphere and sound. But M&B has played oh so many other places, mentioning the Borderline, 100Club and Kashmir Club in London, in addition to a few selected places in Norway, and a few festivals, including a very strange experience in Kingston where they were the first band on at twelve o'clock noon, and their audience consisted of 3 people, which included the 2 sound engineers - and a spider spinning a web at Nan's left hand during one of their quieter songs. Needless to say: that was without doubt the quietest gig the band has ever done. M&B has also managed to record and release a few songs over the years. The first release was a AA 7" single in 2002 with the songs September and Number 33, which aquired a nice little display spot at HMV on Oxford Street for about a week or so. Since then, home recordings have produced 'the Demos', where the songs Like Mercury and In This State (listen to them above) are taken from, and in 2004 M&B splashed out and did an intense two day recording in Konk Studios, owned by Ray Davies, who some may know from the Kinks. The sessions resulted in the 'EP' where the songs Circumstance and Capsized (or Circumsized as they sometimes mistakenly get called) are taken from. The band is currently recording more songs, so watch this space for new songs! br / a |
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Music:Member Since: 1/14/2006Band Website: meandbobby.com Band Members: Nan Espeseth - vocals, guitar Bobby Williams - guitar, vocals, harmonica Fay Walsh - cello, banjo, vocals David Bond - piano, concertina James Lawrence - trombone Andy Simms - tenor sax, clarinet Sholto Byrnes - double bass Genevieve Wilkins - percussion Influences: Nan: Ani DiFranco, Hem, Sarah McLachlan, Erykah Badu, Bob Dylan, The Beat Generation, Coffee and Cigarettes, Flying in aeroplanes, Indigo Girls, Dictionaries, Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos, Alicia Keys Bobby: Astral Weeks, David Sylvian, Tom Waits, Sandy Denny, Bob Dylan, Ted Hughes, Prince, Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Charles Mingus, Beastie Boys, Leonard Cohen, The Smiths, Frank Sinatra, Arvo Part, Miles Davis, Haruki Murakami, Billie Holliday, Tim Buckley Fay: Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Johnny Cash, J.S. Bach, Bob Dylan, Billy Connolly, The Beatles David: J.S. Bach, David Bowie, Hoagy Carmichael, The Smiths, Elton John, Daniel Barenboim Andy: Vince Mendoza, Stevie Wonder, John Coltrane, Lewis Taylor, Danny Elfman, Elliott Goldenthal, Steve Coleman, Charles Mingus Sounds Like: Hem, Ani DiFranco, Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, Ane Brun, Jose Gonzalez, Vashti Bunyan, Beth Orton, Madeleine Peyroux, Nina Simone, Cowboy Junkies, Gillian Welch, Jolie Holland, Patty Griffin, Ryan Adams, Adem, Espers, Beth Gibbons, Emiliana Torrini, Hanne Hukkelberg, Hope Sandoval, Innocence Mission, Damien Rice, Kings of Convenience, Mojave 3, Ron Sexsmith, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Folk / Alternative) |
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My Blog |
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We've been hacked!! |
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| My deepest apology to everyone who've received that horrible 'tracker' mail. It's spam, just delete it. We don't spam intentionally and I wish I had the technological know-how to crash the computer to... Posted by Me and Bobby on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:27:00 PST |
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Oslo in Spring.. |
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| is rainy. But that didn't bring me down:-) I came to Oslo on Thursday evening and got up at 7 the next morning! I normally sleep til 12, so that was pretty early - just picture yourself getting up 5 h... Posted by Me and Bobby on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:03:00 PST |
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Friends of Me and Bobby |
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| Me and Bobby now have a *friends group* for those of you who would like to help out with promotion for gigs etc. We won't ask much, but every little helps.To join up, please visit: this spaceThank You... Posted by Me and Bobby on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:28:00 PST |
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43 South Molton Street and Recording |
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| Last week Me and Bobby ganged up for some quick rehearsal, giging and recording (all done in 3 days!) in the marvelous city of London. Nan took a few days off studying (just coz she can), whilst the o... Posted by Me and Bobby on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 05:32:00 PST |
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Righteous Babe Records, Ani DiFranco, Jolie Holland, Hem, Genevieve Wilkins, Iain Ross, Nan, Elisabeth Yndestad, Tom McKean & The Emperors, Nizlopi, Bob Dylan, Thomas Dybdahl, Ryan Adams, Ray LaMontagne, Erykah Badu, John Legend, Ophelia Hope, Jose Gonzalez, Tori Amos, Ane Brun, Iron and Wine, Jeff Buckley, Salvador, Van Morrison, Danny White, De Andre Søstrene, Fantastic Plastic Luc, Adam Beattie and the Consultants, Astronauts of Antiquity, Connemara Stone Company, Al Perkins, ZAMAN, Sonic Lane, Max Greco, Jonny Bridgwood, Julio Pereira, David Lemon, Kevin Montgomery, Jay, THE ELEPHANTS, Ruby Bane, Simon Stalspets, Shifarow, EARL AND DALLAS, Oya Forgione, Fazlin, Kimo Holland & The THINK Band, Calling Neo, Sarah Cheevers, Christy aka Katwoman, THE CROW & THE DEADLY NIGHTSHADE, Trials&Errors, ROLAND BECKER, Harvesting The Seeds, FGJW ™, Luigi Di Cesare, Aaron Jones Trio, alan frew, Jacek Daszynski, Coup D'etat, Flowerbed, Jacques Mees, Richard J Morris, Guilt Hands Shining, Daniel Peterson, Nelly Furtado's Sister, Strail, kazvic, AMS Systems
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