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Raucous Please Y'Self rock skiffle band have strode the wide boundaries
of cabaret, underground, grunge, pub-rock and late night Radio 2. After
30 years of playing alongside such names as Dire Straights, Lonnie Donegan
and Jools Holland (actually joining in on stage!) - the chameleon group
can fit into any genre and are something of a cult band.
They
started as the Rag Bag Spasm Band, stomping the streets of Matlock, pounding
countless pubs with their improvised chaos. When other members had floated
away (or perhaps disassociated themselves) from the band, a small nucleus
was left which evolved into renowned skiffle based band Please Y'Self.
Thirty
years on, the manic 3-piece still reside in the Wirksworth, Matlock Bath
and Starkholmes area of Derbyshire and still create a cocktail of mayhem,
madness, rhythm and noise only this time with wash-board, tea-chest bass
and grinding guitar.
However,
Please Y'Self are more than friends; the Gills are family - brothers and
sister who have been performing solidly together since 1972.
At their busiest moments Please Y'Self nearly caused a riot at an American
air force base by howling out a Vietnam War protest song while the war
still raged, and Chris was wearing out washboards every few months.
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