I played last night with my dad's band The Shakes on account of him having a sore throat.

I sung

• All over now
• Honky tonk women
• Under my thumb

And then played harp on some others.

Here we are

The gig was actually for a line dancing club - so when we hit the right groove they all moved in a line dance fashion. Very odd experience.

And a whole load of Boll Weevils tracks at

http://soundcloud.com/andrew-molloy/sets/the-boll-weevils/

A recording of Hoochie Coochie Man by my old band The Boll Weevils

I'm learning this for tomorrow night

Tell automatic slim
Tell razor toting jim
Tell butcher knife toting nanny
Tell fast talking fanny
We gonna pitch a ball
Down to that union hall
We're gonna romp and tromp till midnight
We're gonna fuss and fight till daylight
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long

All night long X4
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long

Tell pooter crawling ned
Tell half a senior ned
Tell old pistol Pete
To tell everybody he meets
Tonight we need no rest
We're gonna really through a mess
We're gonna knock down all the windows
We're gonna kick down all the doors

We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long

All night long X4
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long

Tell flats and washboard sam
That everybody gonna jam
Tell shaking box car joe
We got sawdust on the floor
Well how you carry that dime
We're gonna have a heck of a time
And when the fish scent fills the air
We're gonna have a heck of a time

We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long

All night long X4
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long

I'm playing at the Musician as part of a night of harmonica madness on the 20th December. Hope to see some of you there.

I invented a stew tonight. Here is the recipe.

Wild Woodbine Gumbo

• 1 Plantain
• 2 Yams
• 2 closes of garlic
• A lump of ginger
• 1 lime
• 2 courgettes
• 1 tin of coconut milk
• 1 ramiro pepper
• 1 capsicum
• 1 jalapeno pepper
• 1 large onion
• 1 large tomato
• 1 tin kidney beans
• 2 cups of vegitable stock
• 2 measures of rum
• Salt, pepper and smoked paprika to taste

Fry the onion in some oil. Grate the rind of the lime and add to the onion. Add the garlic and ginger and then the jalepeno.

Peel and slice the yams and plantain and add to the mix. Then add the remaining peppers. Leave the vegitables to soften somewhat.

Add the vegitable stock, coconut millk, lime and rum and bring to the boil. Turn down and simmer.

Wash and add the kidney beans.

Taste and then add salt, pepper and smoke paprika to taste.

Finely chop the tomato and then add just before serving.

Serve in bowls with a spook and an accompanying flat bread.

I went to the Marquis tonight with Colin. We both played a couple of times.

First up I did

• Wish you would
• St James Infirmary
• Irene

Then I did

• Aint got the doh ray me
• Hole in my bucket

The pub gradually emptied and twentysomething sophisticates played scrabble and ignored the horrible noise.

Business as usual!

I've just recorded a new Wild Woodbine song with Colin.

Here is a rough film of me playing Wish You Would at Joules Yard today.

I didn't have the luxury of a lay in today. Instead of reading the paper and eating eggs I headed across to Market Harborough to watch The Outwoods County Riders and play a few numbers.  

I got invited up to play harp on a couple of numbers.

In between OCR sets I played some songs on the old cigar box.

• Wish you would
• Hole in my bucket
• St James Infirmary
• Close Friend
• Aint got the doh ray me
• Irene

Hopefully a good afternoon was had by all.