To celebrate the release of their 7" single, The Rebirth of Reynardine / Cats with Lasers (available from Sound it Out Records and Folk Devils), Blue-John and Rich are planning to do a tour of kitchens.

"KITCHENS?!?!" we hear you cry with a shrill hybrid of disdain and incredulity.

Uh-huh. That's right: kitchens. They're the hub of a home, aren't they!

Here's how we think it will work:

1. You supply the travel expenses, tea, cake, and friends (assuming you have some).

2. Your kitchen provides natural reverb, shelter from the elements, and - may we
suggest - a candlelit atmos.

3. Blue-John and Rich give you an unamplified, acoustic set (they'll be travelling light), and gaiety, lasting a good hour.

So simple, it's genius. Everyone's a winner!

In the past, Blue-John Benjamin And His Amateur Humans were secretive, performing only a handful of carefully selected gigs, and a couple of surreal BBC sessions. This summer, though, they're willing to come to you .. if you'll have them.

Saturday afternoons or evenings are best. Or .. how about this for perhaps the most thrilling idea since old episodes of Follyfoot were broadcast again: what about
an innovative, Sunday morning affair?*

YOU are the promoter - the one in control. YOU send out the invitations, create 'the buzz', and lie across barbed wire if necessary. Heck, there's nothing to stop you organising a support act, if desired. There's nothing to stop you BEING the
support act!

Other than the cost of petrol and refreshments, it's FREE. There's no hornswoggling (look it up) going on here. There'll be no demanding money with menaces unless, that is, Richie's in a particularly quarrelsome mood.**

Those wanting to put on such an event are to send Captain Blue-John an e-mail or a facebook PM, telling him why they imagine a gig in their kitchen is an absolute must.

Let's not concern ourselves with excuses. Kitsch kitchenettes; galley kitchens; kitchens with the dimensions of a doll's house; retro-futuristic factory canteens; soup kitchens for victims of the austerity measures .. Hey, we're open-minded.

All we want to know is: have you got what it takes?

You can also help, if you haven't already done so, by sharing a certain video, set in Whitby, and by dispersing the seed parachutes - putting the word out in respect of our latest venture, coming soon to a kitchen near you .. we hope.

 

 

* By 'affair', we mean a gig, not unbridled physicality .. of any description.

** Like John Martyn Vs Danny Thompson, Blue-John and Rich have been known to resolve disputes with a quick scrap.