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About Me

I is a full time musician/Drummer/songwriter who loved getting his hands dirty with such acts as Leya (www.leya.info), Mr Foy Vance (www.foysnoise.com), Claire Sproule, Matt McGinn & other like minded & open people who love to make noise's for the right reasons. a

My Interests

Music, Rain, Travel, History, Film, Forests, The Sea, Outerspace, Summer, Christmas, Life . . . . . . . . . .

I'd like to meet:

Kind hearted good craic people.

Music:

Bjork, Tom Waits, Ani Difranco, Sparklehorse, The Jules Maxwell Project,Radiohead, Duke Special, Van Morrison, The Band, Jeff Buckley, The Divine Comedy, Foy Vance, Pearl Jam, The Blue Nile, EST, Daft Punk, Wilco, Johnny Cash, Stina Nordenstam, David Bowie, Kings of Leon, Muse, James Brown, AC/DC, Matt McGinn, Woody Framer, Weezer, DJ Shadow, Bob Dylan, Herbie Hancock, The Crusaders . . . .

Movies:

Amelie, Any movie by Peter sellers, Dancer in the Dark, Young Frankenstein, Hear No Evil Sea No Evil, O Brother where art thou, Jesus Christ Superstar the musical (1973), The Last Waltz, Elizabeth, Human Traffic, Its A Wonderful Life . . .

Television:

"Not a Lot" But when i do - Scrubs, MTV2, Jools Holland, Discovery channel & history Doc's

Books:

Harry Potter

Heroes:

My Family, Friends, Patricia & Santa.

My Blog

Just back from - Fete de la Musique festival

We timed our arrival in Paris (Amien - North of Paris) for Fete de la Musique on June 21st for the Summer solstice. We organised a 5-piece band for the event, two of us flew from London and the rest f...
Posted by Hammy on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:49:00 PST

Last day in Rotterdam - May 2007

I want to share a little story with you guys. As some of you know The great venue in Belfast we loved so well named The Rotterdam has been closed and boarded up. It sadly is getting demolished next ye...
Posted by Hammy on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:06:00 PST

Radial Nerve (Ex Kidd Dynamo) EP Review

He broke our hearts when he was Kidd Dynamo, he pleased our bones when he drummed for the Desert Hearts and he lit our expectations when he headed off for New York. It's been a year an a half since Co...
Posted by Hammy on Mon, 21 May 2007 06:22:00 PST

BBC Leya - Album Review. Watch You Don't Take Off

LEYAWatch You Dont Take Off (Rubyworks)Suffused with a timeless elegance, Watch You Dont Take Off, the debut album from Leya, provides many spine tingling moments. The sound is expansive and, at times...
Posted by Hammy on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:40:00 PST

Leya Play The Barfly London - On Stage 8.45pm.

London Barfly - On Stage @ 8.45pm. Thanks for listening H - x
Posted by Hammy on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:38:00 PST

Leya Play Oxegen 06 - NME Stage @ 12.05pm.

Leya Play Oxegen 06 - NME Stage @ 12.05pm.If your @ the festival come see us play on the Sunday @ 12.05pm. If we don't see you - enjoy your weekend. See you soonHam.
Posted by Hammy on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:36:00 PST

Foy Vance + Band play the Hammersmith Apolo 14th April 06

Foy will be on tour all over Europe as the main support act for Bonnie Raitt. He will be performing one very special gig with the full band on Friday 14th of April in London which is in the Hammersmit...
Posted by Hammy on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 06:42:00 PST

Leya Tour Dates

LEYA TOUR DATES APRIL/MAY--------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------- 04/17/2006 08:00 PM - 'WATCH YOU DON'T TAKE OFF' Album Release , UNITED KINGDOM, - -----...
Posted by Hammy on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 05:59:00 PST

Me and my little space are getting along just fine

Hello to the few people that are my friends. I look forward to a little bit action on this little space thing . . whatcha call it?
Posted by Hammy on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:54:00 PST