Wow, the calendar’s really filled up quickly for next month. Some different kinds of shows, like sitting in with The Hallelujah Trails and a rare solo set with me on electric guitar playing my moodier tunes. Check out the details on the Gigs page. Hope to see you down at a show!
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Yeah, we made it! Pretty excited about this upcoming year. A big part of that excitement is the new Norton Money album that’ll be coming out soon. Stay tuned! Speaking of Norton Money, we had an amazing time on our California Tour in October. So great to see so many friends and family at the shows. We thank you for all your support! Enjoyed some time out in the desert, a few beaches and lots of miles on backroads and highways. It also made me happy that my musical gear back home could handle some real, by God touring. Special thanks goes out to my sister, Geralyn, for being our tour manager, photographer and videographer all along the way. Loved playing with some other great bands and artists, like Scary Little Friends, PJ Weston, Dan Juan and Junk Parlor. We’ll see y’all again in the autumn! Still need to get the new album mastered as well as sorting out the artwork. But we’re looking to release it before the summer. Record release party news to follow soon…
Yeah, it’s coming up quickly and we couldn’t be more excited about it. Just added another date. We play The Maiden in Big Sur on Friday, October 14! If you have friends in LA, around Santa Cruz or in the Bay Area, please send them our way. And of course, we’d love to see YOU if you live in or near any of these spots! All the shows can be found on the gigs page.
It’s all coming together. I’m pretty excited to get back to playing some of my favorite spots. And it’ll be Jamie the drummer’s first time in California! So far, we’ll be at Silverlake Lounge in LA on Wed. Oct. 12, Pioneer Saloon in Woodside on Thur. Oct. 20 and Smiley’s in Bolinas on Fri. Oct. 21. Stay tuned for more dates as we confirm them. Woohoo!
There have been a bunch of shows as of late. It’s all been lots of fun but I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t been a blur. All good though. Onward and upward.
So Norton Money is playing as a 5-piece this Saturday night: me, Jeremy on guitar and singing, Anna on bass and singing, Jamie on drums and Greg on pedal steel. We’re playing 2 sets at The Duke in Deptford and are pretty excited to delve into a bunch of new tunes and lost classics, haha.
Still slow cooking the new Norton Money album. Hoping for an autumn release and working on getting some gigs in California for October, as well as the UK.
Been feeling pretty inspired singing and performing lately so hoping to keep that going. Also been learning loads of covers. I’m a bit obsessed with the Roy Orbison tunes right now as well as 60s/70s soft rock: Glen Campbell, Gordon Lightfoot, Bread, yeah!
Got some festivals scheduled in July for both Norton Money and Grace Solero so hopefully it gets sunny and warm again soon.
I’ve had some overseas gigs in the past month and well heck, that’s pretty fun! It was great to finally play over in Dublin. The Grand Social is a really nice venue and we had a great turnout. It was fun to hang out with Rob Corcoran and his band and to head down to Cork with them. Felt like a little sampler trip over to the Emerald Isle but now I really want to get back, rent a car, be out in nature and play some gigs in the West.
Grace Solero played our first gigs over on “The Continent”, gigging in Hamburg, Berlin and Amsterdam. Richard Ellington drove us all over and wow, that’s a lot of driving! Our drummer, Dave Guy, helped out with driving, so thanks to him too for getting us there and back. It was very surreal to be in a car on the upper deck of a train going underwater in the Chunnel. We were in Hamburg for 2 nights so got to see a bit more there but Berlin and Amsterdam passed by pretty quickly. Definitely want to get back there with more time. The gigs all went well and we made some new fans.
Norton Money got back into the studio last week and we laid down the rhythm tracks for 4 tunes that’ll be on the new record. It was more fun than torturous, so that’s a good sign. All 4 songs sound so different from each other but that’s good.
Onwards and upwards!
Hey everybody, Happy New Year! We recently got Norton Money up and running again and have already played some shows in London and Kent the past few days. Trying it as a 3-piece with a bit of instrument swapping throughout the set. If you’re reading this, you probably already know me and Jeremy, but we also have Jamie Shaw on drums. He’s quite the force de groove. For our 3 gigs in Kent, we even had our personal chauffeur, Richard Goldsmith, in his motorhome. First class all the way! We’re going back into One Cat Studio with Jon Clayton next month to work on some recordings so watch this space as we embark on a new record!!!
I’m really excited to play for the first time in Ireland next week! I’m opening up for Rob Corcoran and his fantastic band at The Grand Social in Dublin. I haven’t been to Ireland since I was 2 years old, so it’s safe to say it’s high time I returned for a visit to the Old Country.
Also gonna be on the road with Grace Solero later in February as we play our first full-band shows in Mainland Europe. Playing in Hamburg and Berlin and possibly Amsterdam.
What else? The usual trying to find time to write and record but that’s nothing new. Days are getting longer and that always makes me hopeful.
Back in London and I seem to have hit the ground running. Tonight I’m playing with Grace Solero in Birmingham opening up for Bernie Torme, and last night I played guitar and sang a bit with Of Embla at The Harrison. Our monthly music night at Aces & Eights, “Emperor Norton’s Whiskey Symposium”, returns this upcoming Thursday, so I’m really excited about that! Have some new songs in the works too. Ok, more soon but right now we have to hit the road and try to beat the bulk of the Friday traffic. Have a great weekend!
The rollercoaster of rock & roll continues. Had a great mini tour this past weekend with Grace Solero despite our drummer picking a most inopportune time to quit the band a few days before we set out on the road. But through a series of miracles, we met Dave Guy on the Monday followed by some intensive rehearsals, and we rocked right through the 3 gigs a few short days later. Great job, Dave! The most fun gig was the Oakwell Festival on Sunday. Really great, laid-back vibe, big ol’ stage and a great crowd! Dodgy played after us and they were rockin.
Working out some new songs and re-working some of the old ones too. Really looking forward to the 12 Bar gig in a couple of weeks! It’ll be great to get the chance to have Mr. BJ Cole play pedal steel on a few of our songs with us. Yeah! Check him out here: www.bjcole.co.uk
I’ll also be playing some tunes with Of Embla on the night. Should be fun!
I’m trying to get over to Ireland next month for some gigs so if you know any music promoters over there, please let me know!
Might be playing some West Coast gigs in the fall so stay tuned!!!
I know I shouldn’t jinx it but it’s great to have the sun around and some heat. Feels a bit more like home whenever this happens.
It’s been a busy while since I last wrote. Gigs in Edinburgh, Manchester, Norwich and Brighton, as well as quite a few in London. Our monthly night at Aces & Eights has been going really well and we’ve had some great guests sitting in with us. Really inspiring stuff! We’ll start it up again after the summer but in the meantime, heck, it’s summer! The band and I got into the studio to get going on the new album and the whole experience was really fun, even the mixing. There was just a great atmosphere and I think it shows in the performances. We recorded “Lie Awake” and “Midnight Queen” with gusto.
I just booked a gig in July at the new 12 Bar on Holloway so looking forward to starting a new 12 Bar era.
The new solo record should be out later in the year but it’s really a misnomer, as I’ve had and continue having so many talented friends helping me out on it. I can’t wait to share it with you all but for now, I’m enjoying the process.
More soon!