 Dodies, the Scobes and Todd Oliver all playing in the baller and it's going to be an absolute belter of a night but I'm delighted to say that two members of the band have joined me and that is Jack Smith and Hugh Johnson hello to you both hello to you how you keeping all right not too bad so tell me is this your first time up around these parts or no I actually have a lot of uh most of my dad's family are from around here so all right okay and I'm up here a good bit and tell us a bit about the Scobes where does how long he is going I know there's four of these uh the drummers currently in Australia yeah well Hugh and I have been playing since July last year okay and we're actually searching for a drummer for a long time and this drummer that has gone to Australia literally just came back from Australia to be our drummer and now he's gone again unfortunately not ideal so your your drummer is now in Australia okay so you're looking for a drummer yeah absolutely right so uh the style of music considered rock or yeah we have a lot we have a lot of rock influences we have a lot of funk influences you know um a lot of blues like the doors and pop and red hot chili peppers what was songwriting do you do songwriting yourself yeah as you set all your own yeah for this Saturday night it will be brilliant right I'll tell you what we're going to go straight on to piece of music so first up you've got first is uh an original yeah it's called tragedy it's our first thing tragedy whatever you're ready just making drumming too yeah okay you're nobody's listening all right yeah sorry about that folks you're all from the all right take a time one two in this house the boy you're the cat to my mouse released a couple of weeks ago just two weeks ago and it's available everywhere on all streaming platforms all streaming platforms and uh when uh when did you actually uh write that one oh well we started yeah we started playing the tune a couple of times we ended up coming with the actual meaning and the lyrics of the song good stuff which was actually a huge idea well and we built upon that you see that must have done a goal connection because we've got a request in here Paul grit here in the lads on especially Hugh Johnson and all his friends uh grit done reconnection from mary and helen and desert head me all right yeah hello to them it's absolutely it's up with the family from originally down there um kind of I mean my dad's family originally from dairy but I think his grandmother was from around there so they have a strong connection to there have you been out there oh yeah yeah we still have the grandparents out there oh that's where russia's staying like tonight and excellent lovely part of the country oh it is yeah so uh this uh this hang on let's see here uh good evening boys and paul from oma that's from uh foxes uh thank you very much indeed and uh class band yeah you see so people looking to go along this uh Saturday night tickets are available online or the box office or what what's the story tickets are available online on at the box office we wouldn't know as much as the other bands playing you just don't know sorry that's the way they do you know you're far better doing that so uh and so there's four of these the drummers away three of us just the three of these yeah sorry my drummer is away and uh your drummer list so well there'll be a stand-in drummer on Saturday night yeah um we're gonna work through a week and see who we can you know drag a drummer yeah of course of course well listen I'm sure a lot of people are looking forward to hearing you is this your first time playing up here yes is it yeah and where where's the gig in sort of you know geography for years where boys do you round me ever since we started we we've only been playing in pubs and stuff like that pretty much anywhere that we can get okay but it's very difficult to get local gigs well we did the folly festival at least their last for you did what did you know yes that was our first like kind of big gig enjoying that great yeah it was brilliant right um another track um you're going to do first is uh just the two of us and this is an original as well no it's a bit withersong you know oh oh that one all right okay we're looking forward to this we'll get the same right and it's Grover Washington I think I think that's a common mistake what is it I think it's Grover Washington was it yeah I think I would I would have said the same thing there though it's only when someone else says I thought well they're not saying that no that's what I thought too he might have a part to play in it yeah well you know well we'll you go for that and we'll google it so whenever you're ready lads nice no pressure I see the crystal the raindrops fall and the beauty is when the sun comes shining through to make those rainbows in my mind when I think of you sometimes and I want to spend some time with you just the two of us we can make it if we try just the two of us just the two of us building them castles in the sky just the two of us I see the crystal raindrops fall on the wind comes and I see the morning sun I want just the two of us this is here messes come on uh are playing as I said exclusively this come on Saturday night in the baller theater along with the midnight preachers the dodeys and uh taught all over now thank you very much indeed and by the way bill withers did write that along with grover washington jr the two of us is a song written by bill withers William salter and Ralph mcdonald and recorded by grover washington jr with bill withers on vocals just in case anybody asked when you said it then I was going I swear bill withers but I mean that's the power of google listen uh lads Hugh and jack we want to thank you very very much indeed fair play the scopes the original song is very different than what you commonly hear um we'll have to listen to more of their tracks from harry mclaughlin and milford harry thank you very much indeed for getting a touch so there you go people like original music and long may have continued we have more to come yeah more to come over the next month or so should be a relationship music we're not sure exactly but okay and where are we're going people find you on social media we are the scopes on instagram and kick talk and on facebook we also have a page that's the scopes print well as I say thanks for making the journey up uh enjoy when you're here thank you for having us oh the pleasure source that's the scopes this coming saturday night thank you very much indeed