A Home Spun Yarn

The ‘Homespun’ project was begun by Dave Rotheray, guitarist and song-writer with The Beautiful South,
initially as an outlet for his writing while the 'South were on sabbatical’. The original idea was simply to make home recordings, purely for the benefit of himself, his family and friends; no commercial release was intended. Dave had a bunch of so-called ‘fire-side’ songs (i.e. simple acoustic guitar-based country/folk music) that had been written in the previous year and which he was longing to record.

Sam Brown ( under-rated chanteuse, and famous daughter of Joe) became involved right at the beginning of the project as the first choice to take on the vocals.
Dave then enlisted the help of his musician friends, all boasting impressive credentials;
Tony Robinson took on keyboards, he had previously worked with the Super Furry Animals,
Gary Hammond then came onboard as the percussionist, he had previously worked with the Nina Simone band,
Clare Mactaggart then got involved, who has worked with Portishead, amongst others
& Melvin Duffy, who previously had been in
Robbie Williams band, works the pedal steel guitar.

The first musical offering from Homespun, was a self-titled album released in 2003. The album received a lot of positive press, and after touring they generated a loyal fan base consisting of fans, both old and new. Their second
Album "Effortless Cool".
was released in
July of this year

I had a very enjoyable evening back in January
with "Sam & Dave" at the
Marrs Bar in Worcester
when they Headlined
a gig along with
The Jayne Powell Band
and Eleanor McEvoy

So if you'd like to be warmed up on a cold winters evening,
get your credit card out and contact one of the venues below.

The Tour Dates announced for early 2006
are as follows.

Friday 20th January:
LEICESTER - The Musician (0116 283 5533)
www.themusicianpub.co.uk

Saturday 21st January:
WINDSOR - Windsor Arts Centre (01753 859336)
www.windsorartscentre.org

Sunday 22nd January:
BRIGHTON - Komedia (01273 647100)
www.komedia.co.uk

Friday 27th January:
PUTNEY - Half Moon (020 8780 9383)
www.halfmoon.co.uk

Saturday 28th January 2006:
MILTON KEYNES - The Stables Theatre (01908 280800)
www.stables.org

Sunday 29th January:
SWINDON - Swindon Arts Centre (01793 614837)

Friday 3rd February:
ALDERSHOT - West End Centre (01252 330040)
www.westendcentre.co.uk

Saturday 4th February:
GATESHEAD - The Sage (0870 703 4555)
www.thesagegateshead.org

Sunday 5th February:
SHEFFIELD - Memorial Hall (GIG CANCELLED)