Hammondbeat review of Chips and Beans/Geno and Done’n’Dusted |
Gene Drayton Unit - Done and Dusted (album) and Chips & Beans/Geno (single) It's no secret that GDU are one of my favourite Hammond bands and the reasons are simple. I like groovy Hammond led musi...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:07:00 PST |
Gene Drayton Unit releases now available here. |
All available Gene Drayton Unit releases can be obtained here.
Order and pay for any (or all!) GDU records via PayPal at this email [email protected].
Make sure to indicate which records an...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:58:00 PST |
New 7 |
AVAILABLE NOW!
GENE DRAYTON UNIT - "CHIPS AND BEANS" and "GENO"
7" vinyl 45
For a limited time, the single is available exclusively direct from us; listen to sam...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:28:00 PST |
Chips and Beans / Geno review in Scootering magazine |
Those lovely folks at Scootering Magazine have reviewed the new GDU single. There’s a few minor inaccuracies (for example it’s only available on 7" vinyl, but their review copy was a...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:25:00 PST |
It was Twenty Years Ago (a week on Saturday) |
Twenty years ago, on November 18th 1987, a 24-year-old alto sax player named Mark Norton joined a rather unusual punk-jazz quartet on stage at the Royal Albert in Deptford. Playing a battered Wurlitz...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:01:00 PST |
Moonlighting |
Dear Gene-tlefolk,
As we all know, Mr Drayton is a hard task-master. At the same time, he likes to reward his charges every now and again by giving them time out to indulge in extra-curricular ...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:01:00 PST |
Thanks Manchester, Glasgow, Bradford, Bristol |
Gene and the boys are now holed up in Cafe Eric, working on what will be the third studio album. If you've thought the last two were lo-fi, wait til you hear this...using portable digital technology, ...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:49:00 PST |
Gene's October Campaign |
Comrades!
Gene and the boys are about to set the controls for the heart of the North, heading off on Friday 5th October to play three sets at Manchester's renowned Matt and Phred's club, 64 Tib...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:43:00 PST |
Gene's Sunday Service |
Dear Groovers,
For those of you of the al fresco persuasion, set the controls for the heart-ford-shire of Hitchin, where the fantastic Rhythms of the World festival takes place over ...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:47:00 PST |
GDU @ Tailormade ,Hitchin |
Just back from a run round the M25 to sunny Hitchin, where young Jones the Bass made his full Unit debut at the Tailormade Club. What a fine evening! We arrived, bathed in sunshine, to be pr...
Posted by Gene Drayton Unit on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:24:00 PST |
