THE CHEESEMAKERS 20

Now the dust has settled on Cheesemakers20 I want to send out a massive Thank You to everyone who came and got involved and helped make it a fabulous night. So many great moments, so many great people, far too many to mention.

I have compiled a list of photos and pics from the night here:

https://www.facebook.com/The-Cheesemakers-173231189403854/…

...don't know if it's everything or if everyone will be able to see all of it, but feel free to add pics or videos to it if you can. 

Who knows what the future holds for The Cheesemakers, let's face it, we've never really known, but one thing that will always be there is that Cheesemakers20 was a triumphant and brilliant night.

THANK YOU
Andy x

p.s. Anyone who didn't get a badge, let me know and I shall send you one, got a few left

https://www.facebook.com/The-Cheesemakers-173231189403854/?fref=nf

THE CHEESEMAKERS 20

SATURDAY 10th SEPTEMBER 2016

THE CENTRAL BAR, GATESHEAD

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Available NOW from

Reflex on-line

Reflex in-store

23 Nun St, Newcastle 0191 260 3246

See Tickets

Me in person

Tickets £5 

plus relevant booking fee

THE CHEESEMAKERS 20

The Cheesemakers formed in a car-park in Boldon in 1996 for a one-off gig and yet, against all odds, here they are 20 years later celebrating two decades of doing it their way.

After the gig in ’96, the band decided to continue on, despite the heavy, almost foreboding culture of cover/tribute bands which still dominates today, and ply their trade playing purely original material, something they have stuck too stringently in that time, with several albums and singles in the bands catalogue filled with varied original songs.  Many kind comments and somewhat surprised reviews have come the bands way in this time and people continue to be pleasantly amazed by how the band’s music affects them, as they weren’t expecting it to....this has been a theme!

Well over 100 songs and 20 years later they return to the stage to plunder that vast catalogue in a two-set extravaganza featuring old and new, borrowed and blue (dress), obscure and familiar in the company of their tragically loyal followers.

Some songs you may recall – Bob Bizarre, You Sold Your Records (1983), Hate The Milkman, Fly Buster, White Mouse, When The Girl In The Blue Dress Sings, Creatures, Leicester..........the list is almost endless

Taking to the stage tonight with the band will be a selection of special guests, faces from the past and present, all of whom contributed to the band’s creative & reactive output, stamina and downright elitist blinkered path through the shit to achieve this milestone (millstone)  ....Higher Than You!

So come and join The Cheesemakers as they say loud and clear from the stage ‘We Did It, and we did it with THESE SONGS!’

Each gig ticket comes with a special commemorative Cheesemakers20 pin badge that you can collect from the venue on the night. There may well be other surprises and giveaways on the night. Don’t be square be there!

Come Out and see the sun...............

THREE NEW LIVE VIDEOS

Have been added to the You Tubes all taken from our live set back in July at Flat Tops in Boldon, a fantastic music venue.

View them here:

White Mouse (Don't Forget Nancy Wake)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HObpMWVsqGo

Lyin' To Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rjolw8WuzQ

Pinball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSJIPQhSok

THE CHEESEMAKERS NEW SINGLE - OUT NOW!

'When The Girl In The Blue Dress Sings'

Audio - https://soundcloud.com/cheesemaker-1
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mUsFkYfPs8

The Cheesemakers new single, and Part Two of 'Inspiring Women' series. For Part One search 'Cheesemakers White Mouse' on the You Tubes

Synopsis: "A song about the songs of Bridie Jackson & The Arbour and how they make people feel. Part 2 of our 'Inspiring Women' series, (Part One is White Mouse about the life of WW2 heroine Nancy Wake). After talking with other listeners about this music they all agreed. This song describes how you can feel a breadth of emotions all within one tune, whilst listening to BJ&A you can have tears streaming down your face one minute then be laughing heartily the next, and within music this is an astonishing feat. I am very aware of how Bridie & the group wish to come across and they achieve that with aplomb. This song is The Cheesemakers attempt at describing that, and portaying how you can feel the whole spectrum of emotion all within 4 minutes."

http://www.bridieandthearbour.com/

 
With great thanks to Bridie Jackson and The Arbour for inspiration and Iona Frances Brown for making the film

WHITE MOUSE 
(DON'T FORGET NANCY WAKE)

NEW SINGLE RELEASED NOW 

As part of our plan to release 'singles' and impact releases, this is the first of a two-part series of individual tracks about inspiring women. The first one is, I believe, maybe the best song we've ever written and is inspired by the life of one Nancy Wake. Please go and find out about her after you have listened to the song, an amazing woman and hopefully she would appreciate our song about her life.

All we ask is you listen and let us know what you think

Listen to it here now -  https://soundcloud.com/cheesemaker-1/tracks 

WHITE MOUSE (DON'T FORGET NANCY WAKE)

From cosmopolitan Marseilles 1939

Seduced by proficient tango

Nancy married Henri, wealthy so he was

Charm & sophistication

Champagne & caviar

Living on a hill on the harbour

Who’d have thought that Nancy Wake

Would turn into the White Mouse?

Have you ever been afraid?

‘I’ve never been afraid in my life’

Nancy Wake The White Mouse said

500k through German checkpoints

I guess that’s not being afraid?

Nancy Wake The White Mouse

False papers & a purchased ambulance

Trained at Scotlands MOD

She joined the French Resistance

7,000 Maquis troops she led

The SS nor the Gestapo

Could capture The White Mouse

Who’d have thought that Nancy Wake

Would turn into the White Mouse?

Have you ever been afraid?

‘I’ve never been afraid in my life’

Nancy Wake The White Mouse said

A sleepless life on the move

The Plateau was her great win

Nancy Wake The White Mouse

On returning to Vichy in liberation

She learned Henri had died

For he would not betray her

Post war decorations came

And glory to this day

‘A lady till the fighting starts’

Who’d have thought that Nancy Wake

Would turn into the White Mouse?

Have you ever been afraid?

‘I’ve never been afraid in my life’

Nancy Wake The White Mouse said

Her ashes scattered on the hills she fought

‘That was good enough for me’

Nancy Wake The White Mouse said

The next song in the series is due mid-September and is about another inspiring woman's songs & lyrics, a film has been commissioned to go with it, so watch out for that 'impact' release very soon...

Thanks for listening and sharing

NEW SINGLE ANNOUNCED

Monday 11th May The Cheesemakers return to the studio to record a new single to be released thereafter in a matter of a week or two...it's a new concept and is free of charge, all we ask is you L I S T E N.......watch this space keenly

A NEW MORNING

I have been quiet on this, and other, forums over 'holiday' period and this year I will prefer to wish Happy New Year to folks in person. But to those I won't see..Happy New Year! As usual I declined the many party offers for NYE (thanks again to everyone) and the evening was going as it usually did...then something happened!! As I'm a poncy prat I've written this little number about it...hope it makes sense. See you all out and about in 2015!!!


A VISITATION

T’was an austere New Years Eve
Two thousand and fourteen
Another blank year
About to roll over and die
When a vision occurred
On approaching of midnight
That spoke with great words
I would seek to ignore

Said vision informed me
In no un-certain terms
That I had engulfed in the sadness
With gusto and reverie
“Such a sad fucking sight
You are” it spat forth
“Go and sit in your wallow
And let life drain from you”

I understood it’s resolve
Was to kick up my spirit
And by twelve and then thirty
I felt fresh and anew
Its warmth and clear breathing
Was still there in the morning!
Even sunshine was clear
It was time to begin

So after that visit
Harsh words were absorbed
And I’ve demanded of myself
The only path I can choose
That the pain and the misery
Can stay in the past
I can visit it sometimes
But it now will not last

A few years then some ago
I spoke gently the words
‘Don’t be scared darling’
And now it’s my turn
To walk into the street
Not knowing defeat
Take a breath of fresh air
It’s a brand new morning

Andy 1st January 2015 x