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BB Skone

Music when it hits you you feel no pain

About Me

Minimalist post rock twizzle finesse morris minor driver with exploding seagulls of rock angst.Writing and broadcasting about music in west Wales.Chronicler of megalthic monuments.Walker in the outdoors, and indoors too when space allows.Event to manage or programme?CURRENTLY ACTING AS CONSULTANT TO EVENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY.Need to commission some writing? Contact me.CURRENTLY WRITING ARTICLES FOR VARIOUS MAGAZINES, BOTH ONLINE AND IN REAL GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY PRINT, ALSO PRESENTING THE SUNDAY NIGHT (AT 7PM) LOCAL MUSIC SHOW ON RADIO PEMBROKESHIRE - TUNE INTO 102.5FM OR CONTACT ME IF YOU WANT TO RECORD A LIVE SESSION OR COME ON AIR TO DO YOUR THING.Managing the amazing acoustic band THE CROOK FAMILY. Contact me for further info. We have songs and we will travel.May 2008 - looking for acts to perform at a number of Festivals the 3rd Tenby Blues Festival.To get airplay, send demos to: BB SKONE, RADIO PEMBROKESHIRE, STATION ROAD, NARBERTH, SA67 7DU.All enquiries, requests for sessions and signed photographs, entries in the comprehensive Gig Guide and so forth to this site or [email protected].
The Crook Family feat. Ian Anderson
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KfgVGs8ni7M

The Crook Family on stage in Cardiff - special guest Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. They sold out of CDs after the show! If you like their music why not book the band? Contact me for details.


Yellow Submarine, Narberth, Pembrokeshire
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CuS1iBs-h6w

Ramp and Ludo discuss the Yellow Submarine and thus give further meaning to their relationship.

My Interests

Music, books, nooks, cooks, spirituality, architecture, Neolithic monuments, art, people, rocks, the sea, writing, Dada, Zen, soccer, family, friends, humour.

I'd like to meet:

Those who are still with us of course especially Mo Tucker, The Handsome Family, Robyn Hitchcock, Sid Griffin, The Sadies, Nelson Mandela, my plumber, Lucinda Williams, Ken Dodd, Paul Merton, the guy who didn't indicate in front of my daughter when she failed her driving test, Mark Radcliffe, Homer Simpson, Victoria Wood. (that's enough, ed.) "; I edited my profile at Freeweblayouts.net , check out these Myspace Layouts!

Music:

Where to start? Afro-american roots music, world, folk, R'n'R, alt country, experimental, roots country, trash pop, Western swing, Northern soul, reggae, Eastern drones, Mr Zimmerframe, surf twangarama; this doesn't exclude Hanky Williams, The Velvets, The Searchers, The Soft Machine, The Soft Boys, Chuck, Bo, Lee Perry, The Fall, Don Van Vliet, The Beatles, The Kinks, Gorkys, Mean Vincent, The Self Righteous Brothers, Tommy Tucker, Jonathan Richman, The Residents, The Sadies, Terry Allen, Petula Clark, The Bonzos, Christian Marclay or anyone named after a root vegetable (except Jasper Carrot).

Movies:

Directors: Coens, Herzog, Wenders, Altman, Mike Leigh etc. Hopeless weepies like Hi Fidelity. Comedies like the Marx Bros or Hellzapoppin'. Music biopics.

Television:

The Simpsons, Have I Got News For You, Match of the Day, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Pobl Y Cwm, Monarch of the Glen (RIP).

Books:

Oh, Malcolm Pryce, Paul Auster, David Ashworth etc etc, now read on dot dot dot dot

Heroes:

My mum and dad, Alys and Lucy Cawley, John Peel, Nelson Mandela, Bob Dylan, AW Wainwright, Jonathan Meades.

My Blog

LISA MILLS PLAYS TENBY

LISA MILLS, THE DE VALENCE, TENBY  THURSDAY 17TH JULY Lisa Mills, the sensationally gifted American soul and blues singer, returns to Tenby for a concert at the De Valence on Thursday 17th July, in ...
Posted by BB Skone on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:19:00 PST

BO DIDDLEY

The great Bo Diddley died today and I'm feeling sad but his indominatable spirit lives on in his gloriously uplifting music which I'm listening to right now as I pen this blog. He was the best live pe...
Posted by BB Skone on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:27:00 PST

TENBY BLUES FESTIVAL LAUNCH GIG

TENBY BLUES FESTIVAL LAUNCH  THE RUGBY CLUB, TENBY   WEDNESDAY 23RD APRIL 2008. BULLITT & THE BAND WITH NO NAME The third Tenby Blues Festival is being held in this lovely Welsh seasid...
Posted by BB Skone on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:20:00 PST

BB SKONE PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY 26TH JANUARY 2008

BB SKONE'S PLAYLIST ON RADIO PEMBROKESHIRE, SUNDAY 26TH JANUARY 2008. Christopher Rees 'How Did You Sleep Last Night?' (Cautionary Tales CD) Lowri Evans 'Sorry Smokey' (Kick The Sand CD) Cerys Mathews...
Posted by BB Skone on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:59:00 PST

Pembrokeshires Comprehensive Gig Guide

BB SKONE'S COMPREHENSIVE GIG GUIDE FOR WEST WALES   SUNDAY 20th JANUARYLive Music, Cromwell's Tavern, Pembroke Ted Crook's Blues Highway, The Lifeboat Tavern, Tenby TUESDAY 22nd JANUARY Folk Ses...
Posted by BB Skone on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:27:00 PST

BB SKONE PLAYLIST SUNDAY 12th/19th JANUARY

BB SKONE PLAYLIST ON 102.5 RADIO PEMBROKESHIRE (EVERY SUNDAY 7PM) Sunday 12th January John Cale - Save Us (Helen of Troy) Euros Childs - The Miracle Inn (The Miracle Inn) Sendelica - Sun of Sunfazed (...
Posted by BB Skone on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:21:00 PST

JIM FOX MEETS CROMWELL

JIM FOX at CROMWELL'S TAVERN, CHRISTMAS 2007   Cromwell's Tavern in Pembroke is hardly seething with festive joy. Its' as if someone has just announced that Santa Claus has lost the disc contain...
Posted by BB Skone on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:55:00 PST

WEST WALES MUSIC AWARDS 2007

THE BB SKONE 'BROWN SHOES DON'T MAKE IT' AWARDS 2007   BB Skone has been a purveyor of fine music awards in west Wales since 1991 and is now pleased, privileged and pert to bring you the sought ...
Posted by BB Skone on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:34:00 PST

TENBY BLUES FESTIVAL

Tenby Blues Festival was a roaring success with record crowds attending keynote gigs in the Rugby Club and the De Valence. The free pub circuit, which saw a ten acts play in eleven pubs all day Saturd...
Posted by BB Skone on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:30:00 PST

LISA MILLS VERY MUCH ALIVE IN TENBY

LISA MILLS AND THE REVELATORS, TENBY RUGBY CLUB THURSDAY 21ST JUNE   The second Tenby Blues Festival preview gig of 2007 took place on Thursday 21st June at Tenby Rugby Club  home of the festi...
Posted by BB Skone on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 10:04:00 PST