Guitarist, with UK funk band The Fantastics! (aka Reverend Cleatus & The Soul Saviours), and Captain Hammond's orbiting garage psych soul RnB mod-rock trio..
Favourite places - bed, London, the middle of a funky Cleatus jam, the sea, outer space, 1969, Rome, the ceiling........ Least favourite places - 7.30am, 1985, Basildon.......... Favourite things - Fender Telecasters, Hammond organs, pre '79 Porsche 911s, vintage scooters, records, black button down shirts, check hipsters, cats, dogs, lobsters, Rum & Coke........ Least favourite things - hayfever, tabloid newspapers, celebrities, the NME, reality TV, politicians, corporations, banks, royalists, patriots, organised religions, army mentality, class sytems, James Blunt.......... Favourite laughs - Pete & Dud, Bill Hicks, Vic & Bob, Mick & Keef, Larry David, Peter Sellers, Christopher Guest, Monty Python, Bill Bailey, "Now Look Here"...... Least fav laughs - Russell Brand, Joe Brand....... Fav venues - The Micca Club (Rome), and anywhere small with a low stage and a good atmosphere - Mr Green's Onion Club (York) and The Yardbird (Birmingham) ...... Least favourite venues - the one we played in Cambridge, the one we played in Brighton.... ahem.. Favourite music - Rusty Bryant, Lonnie Smith, Jack McDuff, Boogaloo Joe Jones, Grant Green, Charles Earland - those Prestige / Blue Note combos from the 50s, 60s and 70s 'n' all that.. The Meters, The Small Faces, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan.. Soul, jazz, blues, RnB, garage, psyche.. blah blah blah...
A very limited edition Captain Hammond "Live at the Cantina Bar" EP will be available through Hammondbeat / iTunes in October, and "The Origin of Captain Hammond" album, will be available through Hammondbeat in November (P Vine Records - Nov 16th in Japan)....
Also, work is about to begin on some new Rev Cleatus / Fantastics tunes too, so expect some more 45s, or an album, or possibly even a live EP soon...VERY NICE!
Here's some links (click on images).....
Fantastics / Rev Cleatus website | CLICK HERE Next Rev Cleatus / Fantastics! gigs:6th Oct @ The Rare Groove Festival (Paris)10th Nov @ The Soul Cellar 78 (Southampton) - TBC
CLICK ON IMAGES TO BUY!!!
ALBUMSOUT NOW ON SOUL COOKERS RECORDS!
OUT SOON ON HAMMONDBEAT RECORDS!
EPS
45s
COMPILATIONS
Rev Cleatus "The Slip" is also available on iTunes....
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