Jamsters; A New Initiative For Musicians at The Southgate

Bob Marley sang “jammin’ ‘til the jam is through,” Jimmy Cricket’s catchphrase was “come’ere, there’s more,” but it looks like The Southgate in Devizes is combining the two. Jamsters is landlord Dave’s new initiative to provide a Friday night platform for loose groupings and associations created at their regular jam sessions each Wednesday….

The inaugural occurrence of this happened in November, with JP Oldfield, Gordon Thompson and Sammi Evans, this Friday, 10th Jan, sees the turns of Ben Borril, Chrissy “Steen” Chapman of Burn the Midnight Oil, Adam Spanswick and George (not the pub dog!) and they kick off at 8pm. We understand this is to become a monthly occasion,and are happy to hear of it!

Wednesdays jam sessions have been in operation for some years now at the Gate, and have become something of a regular convention for local musicians to gather and network. Perhaps more so even than open mic nights, these jam sessions not only provide entertainment, practice, and the chance of making friends and connections, but are also an opportunity for our local musicians to experiment and see who works well together. During its time we’ve seen collaborations and bands formatted from it, such as Pat Ward and Ben Borrill’s Matchbox Mutiny and Tom Harris’ No Alarms And No Devizes.

Now, with a monthly instalment of this Friday night extension of the jam sessions, we hope to see more groupings form and flourish from it. Through all the current hardships of the hospitality industry, The Southgate continue to buck the trend through their dedication to making the pub a friendly, affordable, and welcoming place and, supporting, not the recognisable big names rather upcoming local musicians; the like who’ll mingle with the punters and be glad you came. That’s it’s community feel and that’s it’s grand appeal… I hope to see you down there soon, mine’s a pint of Rosie’s Pig, cheers!! 

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Rooks; New Single From M3G

Chippenham folk singer-songwriter, M3G (because she likes a backward “E”) has a new single out tomorrow, Friday 19th December. Put your jingly bell cheesy tunes…

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