July 202 bc Carthage
Final rehearsals comlete! The boys said a sad farewell to Mike and Jules from Room 2. But they will return before the end of the year as they will continue to write for a speedy follow up to the new CD.
We will keep you posted on the progress of the CD as it happens, watch this space. Recording starts 3rd August 2010! Are we ready for this. Damn right we are! Let the storm blow hard and the wolves howl on!
April 2010 Four Winds Bar
GOOD NEWS............ Sometimes in life things happen for a reason, we are great believers in this axiom! Just when we were denegrating musicians for lack of commitment, up to the line steps one of our favourite patrons of the Four Winds Bar and saves the day. Chris Wing, long time member of the FWB and long time friend of Davy can now be confirmed as Bass/Keyboard player with LOS. Happy days!
Davy: We all have a tale to recite concerning the notorious Mr Wing! Its a fine day having him back on board. I did ask Chris to get involved when we met in London at Cralls funeral, but he was heavily committed. When he found out we were in a very very difficult position, I got a call and he just said "I suppose I'm going to have to take f*cking holidays in August then". Done deal, he is a great musician, and one of my dearest friends. We are all happy with his involvement, he has worked with Mr Purser before, it should be a great time in the studio. Chris's musicianship is legendary it can only be good for the LOS project having him involved, I am so happy, hey If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it.”
April 2010 Four Winds Bar
BAD NEWS...............having just booked the studio, our boys are now down to four! We have LOSt our bass player Dave Morgan. Sometimes only the F*CK word will suffice. Through an incredible.....mix up in communications , we think? Dave Morgan is out of the country when recording takes place. We can't change dates but we can change bass players! So now we have to rehearse a new bass player, its the ultimate oxymoron, like deafening silence, like military intelligence and the new one is musos commitment. Mr O'Neill is furious, Mr Thurlow is angry, Davy is, well we haven't got a word for it............Mr Lancaster is calm and will come up with a solution, thats why we have him! If you are a bass player and your reading this and you have commitment and you can rock, and you have some studio experience then contact us through the email address Liesofsmiles@ntlworld.com remember Mr Thurlow and Mr O'Neill expect things to be right and it can be demanding but it can be fun. Hey its a free rocket ride, studios paid for, rehearsals paid for, all you have to do is play the songs and be committed.
April 2010 Del Rio
Finally dates set for recording. 3rd August 2010 - 17th August 2010. Recording will take place at Trinity Heights and its a welcome return to a fine studio. Mr Purser will be at the helm and keeping our course true as we set sail for the sun!
Davy: I think we are pretty happy with the situation, I know Pat is and I am! It seems a short CD but as Mr Purser rightly pointed out, we need to avoid that white knuckle ride that recording turns into if the band and producer run out of time. Its been 3 years from the last LOS project, if we do it this way, record 6-7 quality tracks then we will return to Trinity same time next year and repeat the process, I don't want a long gap between this project and the next. Pat, Tony and the boys are writing some great stuff and some of it won't get to appear on this CD but will on the next. People may well ask why we don't keep writing and do a whole 12-14 tracks, well Pat and Tony are very particular about which songs will appear, lots of ideas don't make it, and its about economics, all music is a give away commodity these days, we want a quality end product that we are proud of, hey your only as good as your last song!
March 2010 Four Winds Bar
Well we've opened up our veins to many times, and the poisons in our hearts and in our minds, poisons in our blood stream, poisons in our pride, I'm after rebellion, I'll settle for LIES!
Title for new CD to be fought over soon!
Track listing so far:
Torre Del Angel
Just a Man
Death from above (Divine Wind)
Stone Cold
A Fall of Angels (Fallen)
The War Hound and the Worlds Pain
All the Wind Wracked Stars
March 312 Oct.12th Milvian Bridge
Studio time at Trinity will be finalised April 10th. The boys are looking at at recording time between 22nd July and end August. Rehearsals continue at ROOM 2 studios, what a place, the ultimate rehearsals rooms, it feels like home, we spend so much time there! Lots of decisions to make. CD will me a "Mini" CD, around 6-7 tracks.
Davy: We have thought long and hard on this one. The last time I went into Trinity we had very limited time and recorded 12 tracks, I think it was rushed, Fred Purser did a great job on a very limited budget, but 12 is to many. We have the tracks so after discussions with Fred and the boys, 6 - 7 tracks is the ideal. 3 of the tracks are pushing 6-8 minutes long (sorry Pat!). We want the quality to be right, its about balancing our budget and the quality. I don't think that anyone will be disappointed with this product. We will keep the price to a minimum. This band are so good, the musicians I am working with will not let this product out unless it is right. We don't have to make money, trust me! But we do have to recoup our recording costs, or Mr Lancaster will kill us!
March 2010 The Lighthouse at Los Christabel
We have heard the new TANK tracks! All praise the War Machine! Check it out at Tankofficial.com it rocks.
February 2010 Four Winds Bar
A LOS gear page! We have received many emails asking about guitars, backline, Drum kits and all things gear. Next few days should see a gear page, dedicated to the gear used by the boys in LOS. Interesting? Mr O'Neill thinks not, Mr Thurlow thinks so! Getting Davy organised could be a problem, Dave M will probably need a truck to bring his bass guitars into one place, Keith likes having his kit photographed (and sometimes his drums) We will pursue it, we are all for enlightenment at the FWB. So it is written, so shall it be!
February 2010 Four Winds Bar
New track completed in a blistering session today!
Stone Cold - an under 4 minute track, Mr O'Neill is very very happy! We think you'll like this one!
& a beautifully haunting new song, it really is a different angle for the boys! It should be ready for the CD recording sessions. It could be the suprise song of the sessions.
Of Time and Stars and Sirius Rising currently on the site wide player may appear in some form on the new CD.
February 2010 Four Winds Bar
My my how time flies, well depending on where you are! Rehearsals continue, working on two more tracks. Just can't stop Mr O'Neill, riff meister!
LOS are to continue their relationship with Trinity Studios and are due to visit the studio March 6th to set dates/times.
Davy: We are looking forward to working with Fred Purser again, I am sure the boys will like Trinity its a great atmosphere and the surroundings are very pleasant, and these boys like pleasant.......... believe me. There have been unavoidable delays, Fred is very busy so getting time booked is pretty difficult. We could go into other studios with just an engineer but this isn't ideal, it leads to engineer led artistic conceit, all bands need a good producer, a fresh, objective pair of ears and I like working with Fred. We have had emails asking when the new CD is out, all I can say is its well on its way. Pat and Tony are perfectionists they like things right, so we are getting things right...........
December 09 Four Winds Bar
5 tracks completed. Time to tighten em up and get in those recording studios.
Fallen
Death from above (Divine Wind)
Torre Del Angele
Just a man
The Battle (Har MÉ™giddô) .........working title to be confirmed with Tony!!!
It rocks oh how it rocks!
November 09 The Lighthouse at LOS Christabell
Took some time, but we got Pat to play and record this piece for the site. This is a piece Pat sometimes plays at rehearsals and we all liked it so much we made him record it. At around 1.46 mins its a lot longer than he probably would have liked it, but..........sometimes we have to work outside our comfort zone!
Rehearsals continue and two new songs are almost complete, one at a staggering 7.45 minutes, just the job we say.......too long Mr O'Neil says! Epic we say........!
November 09 Four Winds Bar
Sirius Rising was kindly read by Michael Keegan. Thank you Michael.
Davy: Pat is working on a beautiful guitar piece at the moment. We need to keep the site fresh and this will be available soon on the site. These small samples are just to give a feel of what we are up to.
In the meantime I had the melody for Sirius Rising kicking around, although its not a million miles away from an idea that Mick Tucker and I used to play at the beginning of a track called Dream after Dream (Axis). That was actually written by Mick and John Lancaster (hey he's multi-talented). Thank you for the inspiration boys! A similar feel. I think it sets the scene for the tracks to come. They have a recurring theme!
Every time I get together with Michael (Keegan) we drink brandy and I say "hey I'd love you to do a monologue (is that what its called). So this time we did it, Michaels background in theatre lends that rather splendid gravitas to the piece I think, first take, a true pro"
September 33AD Valley of the skulls
Rehearsals rehearsals, how much fun are they! The boys are currently spending time in the ROOM 2 STUDIOS and what a splendid place it is. The ultimate rehearsal rooms, without a doubt. Tracks are been hammered out and can we just say, it sounds rather splendid. But we would say that wouldn't we as they are our boys!!! No samples as yet, we may yet have some. Two tracks finalised, a true metal track on the way!
Torre Del Angele
Just a man
Rehearsals will continue until its studio time. Watch this space. Check out photo page for pictures from ROOM 2 STUDIOS.
Davy: Room 2 is the business, it couldn't really get any better, its perfect, we turn up plug in and play, the atmosphere is great, the people that run it are friendly and helpful. Rehearsals are going so well, its the right way to do it, the whole band playing live, you can find out what works and what doesn't. Beats sitting in a bedroom and playing with yourself (can I say that!) but for a lot of musos that I know, that works, in fact it must work a lot as a most of em are still doing just that!!!!!
August 1177 Montgisard
We have archived all the LOS Mark I stuff in the LOS1 Archive. Reviews, CD buy page etc. We will keep this on for a while longer. LOS Mark II is a totally different project, expect a change in musically direction. Life is ever changing and band line ups change. We like to think that the Four Winds Bar legacy will continue, with some new players and with the involvement of some of the original Four Winds Bar/Nightwinds Bar members, Davy, Mr Lancaster, Mr Tucker! And so it shall!
"In hoc signo vinces"
July 2009
My how time flies, well for you in your universe, but here at the Four Winds Bar time is..................a line, liquid and fine, time is a game, a rope and a chain.........for most people but not us...... Eternity stretches before us, and drags ever on! Just like Tank and Mr Tuckers war
Talking about eternity, its taken us an eternity to sort the LOS rythmn section. My my my............we have finally tracked Dave Morgan down, we lost sight of him after the Tribute to Crash Crallan, and he soooo impressed us, that we had to have him, and now we have, plus we have Davys long time friend Keith Naylor on drums. This line up rocked the Studio at the Bash for Crash.
Davy: It felt right on the night, it was a great night, but this line up felt good, it was good to have Keith up there with me, just to know you had this solid, reliable, powerhouse drummer keeping it together...and Dave Morgan, well what can I say, no rehearsal, one night to learn the songs and he was brilliant, an outstanding musician and he is made of the right stuff, stepped up to the line and delivered. I think both guys will bring a lot to the LOS project.
So thats it, the line up:
Tony Thurlow - Vocals/Guitar
Pat O'Neil - Guitars
Dave Morgan - Bass Guitar
Keeth Naylor - Drums
Davy Little - Guitars
Plan is two rehearsals, then in to record 4 tracks, we'll keep you posted!
May 2009
Oh we are very angry! Those bad bandzoogle boys have lost our news page! Hey no news is good new right! Well no actually. We are far from amused. LOSt news indeed!
May 2009
Whoops, Tank are now unable to play the warm up gig at the Ironopolis club. The club statement as follows "ere we can't put a bluddy heavy metal band on as we are double booked with our whippet club meeting. Cant 'ave those noisy buggers upsetting ur whippets".
We are never suprised, really, tickets, posters, flyers printed and its double booked with a whippet meeting. Now here at the Four Winds Bar we are open to learning new things, so can someone please tell us what a whippet is!!
Two other dates were offered by the Marton Country Club, now thats a nicer place, certainly more upmarket and a fine gig. Unfortunately Tank are not available on those dates. So for all you doubting Thomas's, or whatever your names are, Tank were booked. Mick has stated he will try to bring the boys up later in the year.
Look on the bright side, if your a would be guitar player and hey there are a few in the locality, it would only have depressed you watching Mr Tucker play and realising that he is still light years better than you and yes its back to the bedroom, searching guitar101 for a friend. You know who you are!
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