The Son's
Of M.O.D.
Photograph
by Patrick Trollope
THE
band are one of many budding jazz bands on Merseyside
who have started to make them selves known to the
rapidly growing jazz and blues audiences in the region.
Considering Son’s of MOD have only played three
performances in public, before we turned up to see them,
it was astonishing to see that in the very shot time
they had already developed a fan base. And from seeing
them live you can understand how. The band has got lots
of talent, with good technical skills and a fantastic
sense of rithem.
The band
still have a long way to go, but considering they are
just starting out, they are just as good, if not better
than most bands on the I have seen in local Jazz pubs
and Jazz clubs in resent years. The venue, the Ship and
Anchor in Southport, is a small venue and not set out
with live music in mind. Most professional bands would
find that the venue would give them such a headache,
getting balanced of the PA, most would give up, but this
band has achieved it with ease and again that shows that
the band has got lots of technical skill. This will help
them go a long way in what is one of the hardest
jonarers of music, where rhythm and the balancing of
instruments is so essential. Sadly they are lacking in a
few instruments at this time and I would think the
addition of a Saxophonist and a Keyboard player would
really improve them father. Also they really do need a
good lead singer. I am really looking forward to seeing
how this band develops over the next few months as they
build up their presentation skills and loosen up more.
One really big point they will also learn better
microphone dissiplin and the is will be very advantages
to their development on the road to being leading local
jazz and blues band. One bit of music they should try
and have go go at playing is Camelion as this will lead
them into finding new ways of playing and also blending
their talents together, but it will require more
instruments to play. They are very promising and should
go far, so pop on down and lend your support to them,
every Saturday night from 9pm till closing time at the Ship and Anchor over the next
mouth and maybe longer!
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Drugs
seized In Operation Hawk
MERSEYSIDE
Police Officers from the award winning Operation Hawk
team in Wirral have seized drugs including cocaine,
ecstasy tablets and a stun gun and CS spray after a raid
at a house in Birkenhead on 31 March 2006.
A 25 year old man was arrested on suspicion of
possession of controlled drugs with intent to supply and
bailed pending further enquiries.
The seizure is the latest in a number by Hawk officers
which has included hauls of heroin, crack cocaine and
amphetamines.
Neighbourhood Inspector Ian Shaw said:- "Operation
Hawk is an ongoing operation which targets drug dealing
and associated crime and to date has led to the arrest
of over 350 people. We would like to reassure the
local community that we act on all information received
and would encourage people to continue to come forward
and contact us with any information they may have."
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