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	February 2012 : I heard from KCOU.FM that their listeners gave favourable comments to ELECTRIC CLOUDS when it was played on the radio station. I sent a copy of I AM YOU and heard from DJ Josh that he liked the songand was playing it on his show. 16th January 2012 : I was contacted by JOSH BOHM of America radio station KCOU FM . Josh wants to play some St Johns Wood Affair on his show. I sent him ELECTRIC CLOUDS. He is ging to broadcast the song and hopes to speak with me on air when the SKY SAXON tribute CD is released. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO RADIO STATION KCOU.FM December 2011 : St Johns Wood Affair have been rehearsing hard for forthcoming gigs. 1st November 2011 : SKY SAXON tribute album update. ST JOHNS WOOD AFFAIR have two tracks on the SKY SAXON tribute CD, their version of "Where is the entranceway to play". The other track is a song celebrating SKY SAXON, it's called "SKY FOREVER". Contributors to the album include, The Bangles, New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, Davey Jones (Monkees), Strawberry alarm clock, The Electric prunes, Arthur Brown, Fuzztones, Hawkwind, The Tubes to name but a few. It will be an amazing album. It was hoped the album would be released in 2011. It was announced today that the album will be out early 2012. Stay tuned for more details as they arrive. 25th October 2011 : Francine and Keith were invited to THE FACES book launch and also a preview of Ronnie Wood's latest paintings. Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones, Mick Hucknall and Sir Peter Blake were there. Above : Ronnie Wood and Keith, the Glimmer twins. ST JOHNS WOOD AFFAIR played Rock the Park on 23rd & 24th of July 2011 in Petersfied, Hampshire. The concert was raising money for HELP FOR HEROES. We played Saturday and Sunday evening. The band had a great time, thank you for coming along. Above : 23rd July 2011, Keith with Zemaitis guitar. Photograph by Martin Hesketh. Above : 23rd July 2011, Carlton THE POWER HOUSE on stage. Photograph by Martin Hesketh. Above : 23rd July 2011. Francine on stage at ROCK THE PARK. Photograph by Martin Hesketh. Above : 23rd July 2011/ Anne on stage at ROCK THE PARK. Photograph by Martin Hesketh. Above : 23rd July 2011, Ken the third on stage. Photograph by Martin Hesketh. ST JOHNS WOOD AFFAIR are playing Rock the Park on 23rd & 24th of July 2011 in Petersfied, Hampshire. The concert is raising money for HELP FOR HEROES. We are playing both days, for the full line up check the ROCK THE PARK web site. CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE 29th June 2011 : Ken's daughter Rosie took some photos of us rehearsing. 15th June 2011 : Filmed our rehearsal. You can watch a clip of SJWA playing SKY FOREVER. This is our tribue to SKY SAXON of THE SEEDS.CLICK HERE TO WATCH Above : 15th June 2011. The band run through the ROCK THE PARK set. Above : 15th June 2011. Francine at rehearsal. Above : 15th June 2011. Keith with Zemaitis Disc front guitar. Above : 15th June 2011. Ken the third holding down the low end of the sonic spectrum. 11th May 2011. St Johns Wood Affair are now on Twitter @theSJWA Above : Ken the Third on bass. 14th March 2011. Rehearsed with new bassist Ken the third. 2011. Latest news. St Johns Wood Affair have two tracks on a tribute album for legendary Seeds front man SKY SAXON, due to be released in the summer of 2011. The band recorded a cover of "WHERE IS THE ENTRANCE WAY TO PLAY?" Other artists who are appearing on the album include IGGY POP, Davey Jones (The Monkees), Hawkwind, The Dammed, Arthur Brown, The Electric Prunes, John York (The Byrds), The Tubes, Kim Fowley and more. As well as covering one of the songs from the Seeds album "Future", I wrote a song for Sky called "Sky forever", that is also on the forthcoming album. More details to follow. Click here for OFFICIAL SKY SAXON web site 4th December 2010. In the studio with the new line up of ST JOHNS WOOD AFFAIR. New bassist Pat Martin added 5 string bass to the two new songs that we were recording. We recorded I AM YOU and FANTASTIC BOOK OF COLOURS. The latter is the longest song that I have ever recorded. It was almost 8 minutes long! After I played the guitar solo at the end I noticed that my fingers were bleeding. Francine added sultry backing vocals and maracas to both songs. Carlton was very brave and stayed in the "Loud room" to play drums as I played guitar. Above : A quick photo shoot in the snow during a break in recording. Above : I was pleased with the guitar sound that I got. I used my Epiphone Revolution Casino, played through a Vox Pathfinder amp. Above : Anne (keyboards) and Pat (bass) chose to stay in the "Quiet room". Above : Pat recording using his 5 string bass. His bass playing on I AM YOU is very melodic. 4th November 2010. We had a great time at Filthy McNasty's in Islington. We backed singer Kelli Ali when she sang TINY GODDESS. Pat and Carlton were not there, so we did not have bass or drums. We played our versions of ORANGE AND BLUE and also FLOWERS FOR FRIDAY. It was an acoustic evening, but I still managed to make my guitar sound strange! Patrick read from his book PSYCHEDELIC DAYS and closed the show singing I BELIEVE IN MAGIC, ALL OF US and RAINBOW CHASER. The crowd loved him. It was a really good venue and everyone enjoyed the show. Click on the link below to see a clip of St Johns Wood Affair playing FLOWERS FOR FRIDAY. Click here to see a clip of the band 4th November 2010. Francine supplied backing vocals and tambourine. Photograph by Ian Tillotson. 4th November 2010. I enjoyed the gig, the venue was full of interesting people. It was a treat to hear Patrick read from his book. The photo shows me singing/playing FLOWERS FOR FRIDAY with ST JOHNS WOOD AFFAIR. We also backed Patrick on some of his songs. We backed Kelli Ali as shes sang TINY GODDESS. She has a unique voice and is a really lovely person. The evening ended with a Tribal Fusion dance by Kimberly Mackoy. Photograph by Ian Tillotson. 4th November 2010. Patrick reads from his book PSYCHEDELIC DAYS. Photograph by Ian Tillotson. October 2010 : We have been running through a few Nirvana songs for a "Happening" we will be playing at in November. It will be a stripped down St Johns Wood Affair, as Carlton and Pat will not be appearing. August 2010 : Original bass player John left due to other work commitments. Thank you for your playing in the past John. The band were very lucky to find Pat Martin to handle the low end of the music. Pat played bass and supplied harmonies in UNICORN. Their first album "Uphill all the way"(issued under the name The Late) was very psychedelic. Unicorn released a number of albums including "Blue Pine trees" and "Too many crooks". The latter featured a really superb song called No way out of here (Dave Gilmour did a cover version of it). A couple of Unicorn's albums were produced by Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour. Photographs of Pat to follow.............. 7th August 2010 : I went to the studio to mix CAN I BUY YOUR THOUGHTS. 7th August 2010 : Emergency trip to the studio to remix SKY FOREVER. I took out the Rickenbacker 12 string to allow more of the Hammond organ to show through. 6th August 2010 : It's my birthday! In the evening Finished mixing SKY FOREVER and finished vocals on CAN I BUY YOUR THOUGHTS. 5th August 2010: Full band in the studio to record backing for SKY FOREVER and CAN I BUY YOUR THOUGHTS. 6th July 2010 : Back in the sudio. Replaced the bass on Clouds Hill, also added some 12 string acoustic. Remixed Clouds Hill. 2nd July 2010 : Another studio visit. Final mix of Clouds Hill, The Tripster and Electric Clouds. 22nd June 2010 : I nipped into the studio to add vocals and guitars to Clouds Hill, The Tripster and Electric Clouds. Above : Let's climb the old tractor....as you do! Above : A break during recording and a chance to get out in the Surrey countryside. Above : Anne playing Yamaha DX 7. This classic keyboard belonged to the English pyschedelic band Nirvana. The flute sounds on it were used on the song we were recording "Electric clouds". . 21st June 2010 : ST JOHNS WOOD AFFAIR back in the studio to record three original songs "Clouds Hill", "The Tripster" and "Electric Clouds". 13th June 2010 : Patrick Campbell Lyons popped round to hear the cover of The Seed's song we had recorded "Where is the entranceway to play". He asked to hear it quite a few times, so that was a good sign! He liked our version. I played him three original songs that we are due to go into the studio shortly to record. He liked the sounds and was chuffed to hear that I used the Yamaha DX 7 synth that Alex Spyropoulus gave me. That keyboard is on quite a few Nirvana albums. It has a wonderful flute and also harpichord sound. Anne is going to be using it when we go into the studio next week.While he was here he had a go on Mike Oldfield's Fender Telecaster. Above : Patrick Campbell Lyons of the 60's English (actually Irish/Greek) pyschedelic band Nirvana playing Mike Oldfield's/Marc Bolan's old Telecaster. 20th May 2010 Recording session. Above : A quick photo outside. I am holding a guitar to let you know I am the guitarist, Carlton is also helping out by holding drum sticks. Above : Carlton manages to turn my guitar volume down in his monitor. Above : It's 10.25PM and Francine is adding her backing vocals. Above : Anne with Korg M1 keyboard in the control room. Above : I must top up my tea levels. Above : The band gather in the studio in leafy Surrey 2010 St Johns Wood Affair web site goes live . .