Monkey Business

I had the pleasure of playing drums on a recording session by Brighton band The Monkey Fingers last night. It was the usual story of three-and-a-half hours setting everything up, half an hour playing and two hours trying to sort out the recordings.

The Funky Mingers, as they are also known, play mainly rhythm and blues in a Sixties/Seventies, Stones/Beatles kind of way. And the lead guitarist Gary is 18. He wasn't even born when people were born who weren't even born in that era. And yet he totally has the feel for the music and played some great solos.

I recall my father saying that the music we were listening to in the Sixties wouldn't last. Well, he got that wrong...