Life in a rock band can be hard, trawling from town to town with a truckload of gear to play gig after gig in front of everyman and his dog for very little financial reward and no recognition. There’s never any money for food, drink, equipment or recording time. Any sort of success is a dream, the future is perpetually bleak, and as for groupies, well, what self respecting groupie would go near a band which stinks to high heaven, wears rotten stage gear and whose skin care leaves a lot to be desired?But what a life…Life in The Dave Howes Band is distinctly different however, thanks mainly to the good fortune of Otto “Bassman†Bastion-Smythe and his parents, who won a substantial amount of money on the Lottery. Otto is dedicated to life in the band, and his parents are very understanding, so they gifted a huge percentage of their winnings to their son. He purchased a sizeable mansion in a leafy corner of Surrey, and invited his band-mates to move in with him. He built a nice, compact and user friendly rehearsal/recording facility under the watchful eye of Stan “The Man With The Cans And The Sliders And Ideas Above His (Work) Station†Stanchion, installed a games room, mini-bar and small spa, and the future of The Dave Howes Band was assured.It was January 2007 and a momentous band meeting was called. Everyone was there. Dave “Dave†Howes, Jeremy “Fingers†McGraw, Ian “Sticks†Flashman, Otto and Stan all agreed that there were two things which were on their “urgent requirements†list:
1. A manager,
2. A gig.Dave decided to chart the progress of the band during 2007 and to post it here on the band’s myspace site. If you’re reading this, then you’ve found it, and we, (The Dave Howes Band) hope you enjoy it.I edited my profile at Doobix.com
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