Frances Butt http://www.francesbutt.com the girl from wolverhampton Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:50:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 ‘Sometimes’ at the Pindrop Club http://www.francesbutt.com/2012/02/sometimes-at-the-pindrop-club/ http://www.francesbutt.com/2012/02/sometimes-at-the-pindrop-club/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:45:27 +0000 admin http://www.francesbutt.com/?p=271 Had a such lovely evening on Saturday at the Bristol Music Club

with the lovely Pindroppers and their lovely audience.

Big thanks  to them all.  Here’s Piers’ video of a bit of it:

http://www.pindropclub.co.uk/sometimes

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Frances guests with the ever-wonderful

PINDROP BAND

at the Bristol Music Club, 76 St Pauls Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1LP

£15/£10 conc.

Food served in interval

ffi: pindropclub.co.uk or call 01275 810166 for tickets

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Keith Warmington (singing and harmonica), Stuart Gordon (violin) and Rick Payne (guitar).

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

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Frisbee.
Brambling.
Galaxy counters.
An old but waggy dog.

]]> http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/08/today-frances-likes-2/feed/ 0 Hello August… http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/08/samba-electro-funko/ http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/08/samba-electro-funko/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:42:28 +0000 admin http://www.francesbutt.com/?p=224 … month of  rainy disappointment and motorway traffic jams.
Been noodling around developing me bossa nova guitar noises.
It’s a particular chordal language which takes ages to improve;
there are a few gorgeous chords that are really easy but to get
interesting variations takes the sort of proper slog that I’m
somewhat averse to.  What’s brilliant fun, though, is trying
the bossa nova and samba style on all sorts of other tunes.
Currently, Stevie Wonder’s ‘Another Star’ works great…
Look forward to road-testing that come autumn.

Happy bank holiday – don’t forget those extra bottles
of water for that ten-hour car journey…

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Here are my friends The Flies performing their fantastic song live,
filmed in a gorgeous video shot in Christchurch Studios in Bristol.
The Flies \'Walking On The Sand\'

]]> http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/05/the-flies/feed/ 0 TODAY FRANCES LIKES…. http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/04/today-frances-likes/ http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/04/today-frances-likes/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:52:49 +0000 admin http://www.francesbutt.com/?p=208 …the moon, tulips, soup, cheese, Ian Dury, the cuíca, Prokofiev, biscuits, smiling dogs, a bit of cheek, Johnny Guitar Watson, being warm enough, cobbles, Monsieur Hulot.

]]> http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/04/today-frances-likes/feed/ 0 BRAZIL NIGHT! http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/03/brazil-night-2/ http://www.francesbutt.com/2011/03/brazil-night-2/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:00:32 +0000 admin http://www.francesbutt.com/?p=189 1st APRIL at THE GRAPES, 2 Sion Place, Clifton Bristol

LIVE: FRANCES & KNUD present originals, classics and rarities
DJ SETS from JAMES GRILLO & ANDY SPACELAND
DELICIOUS BRAZILIAN FOOD from Bill’s kitchen
CAIPIRINHA COCKTAILS from Sean’s bar
8pm onwards. Free entry.
www.grapesbar.co.uk 0117 9149109
“É brasileiro!”

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