Hi all,

Martin Smith has done some great pictures at Cush's birthday gig. You'll find them in our picture section. Thank you, Martin.

There is a detailed article on Catch 22 (Swill, Jon and Paul) playing with the Clash on their 16 tons tour in 1980. Link: http://www.siiye.co.uk/E4/PAGE_001.html

Hello TMTCH people,

here's a brief update about a project i'm working on at the moment which you might find interesting. regular gig go-ers have probably seen naomi bedford at our shows, particularly singing the female part in silver gun. well, for the last few months i've been collaborating on her 2nd album 'tales from the weeping willow' - a folk/country hybrid of murder ballads both old and new. i'm playing guitar, plus a few other things and helping to produce and write.

there's a fair few special guests on this album. justin currie from del amitri sings 2 duets; 'one of a kind' a new song by naomi, and 'castle and keep' which he wrote especially for the record. there's also a new song 'ferryboat inn' written by paul heaton from the beautiful south which he also sings on. It is a bizarre kind of fairground waltz.

elsewhere there's two guest contributions from will oldham - also known as bonny prince billy - one on a very old ballad called 'elendor' and also a vocal on a new song of mine called 'daddy's got a gun' about a notorious recent family murder.

as if that weren't tasty enough there's also two spots for ultra good new folk artist alisdair roberts - including a cover of 'colwyn bay', a yet to be recorded track with dick gaughan, contributions from our own ricky mcguire and tom spencer and a version of warren zevon's 'roland the thompson gunner'.

should see the light of day in the autumn with a bit of luck.

for previews check out naomi's site: www.myspace.com/naomibedford1

see you down the line

Paul Simmonds

Silvertown and Domino Club CD's are re-released on T-Bird Records

Cherry Red label, T-Bird have licensed "Silvertown" and "The Domino Club". The 2 albums have been re-released with their original artwork plus extensive new sleeve notes, photo's and extra tracks. Originally released in 1989 and 1990 respectively it's been years since these albums have been available in the shops and they have been changing hands on eBay for upwards of £25. These digitally re-mastered versions sound better than ever and are now available from our mail order page or at HMV or through Amazon, Play.com, etc.

Silvertown track list is:

1. ROSETTES
2. A PLACE IN THE SUN
3. HOME FIRES
4. DIAMONDS, GOLD AND FUR
5. COMPANY TOWN
6. LOBOTOMY, GETS 'EM HOME
7. BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
8. RAIN, STEAM AND SPEED
9. DOWN ALL THE DAYS
10. HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION
11. EL VAQUERO

Bonus tracks:

12. RUBBER BULLETS B SIDE SINGLE
13. THE DAY THE CLOCKS WENT BACK B SIDE SINGLE
14. ROSETTES EXTENDED MIX
15. A PLACE IN THE SUN DEMO
16. RAIN, STEAM AND SPEED DEMO
17. A MAP OF MOROCCO A SIDE SINGLE

Running time 1hr and 6 minutes!!!


The Domino Club track list:

1. The Lion And The Unicorn
2. Great Expectations
3. The Family Way
4. Handy Man
5. Kingdom Of The Blind
6. Grave-Robbing In Gig Harbour
7. Industrial Town
8. You're The One
9. Australia
10. Dogs Eyes, Owl-Meat, Man-Chop
11. Billy Morgan
12. On The Razzle

Bonus tracks

13. The Family Way [Demo]
14. Walking To Wigan Casino [Demo Of Track Not On Finished Album]
15. Great Expectations [Demo]

Running time 58 minutes.

This month, The Men They Couldn’t Hang head up to Derbyshire for our first festival of 2010. The Bearded Theory is a family friendly festival set in the beautiful countryside of Bradley Nook Farm and comes highly praised by all that were there last year when the main stage famously blew down and away. Gig date is Sat May 15 Bearded Theory Festival, Hulland Ward, Derbyshire, DE6 3EL.

Friday May 21st, Ricky McGuire will be playing bass with his other outfit the Killer Bees at The INN ON THE GREEN, 3-5 Thorpe Close (Portobello Green), London, W10 5XL 020 8962 5757.

Sat May 22nd - To mark the auspicious occasion of Mr Cush's 50th - The Men They Couldn't Hang present an evening of folk rock frenzy @ Llandeilo Rugby Club, Cae William, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, SA19 6RS Wales. Featuring special guests +D.J's. Admission £7.50 (Kid’s go free).Doors 7.30 til late!

There are limited tickets available which can be reserved by emailing orders@tmtch.net. For hotels, B+B's + camping details, google Llandeilo. This will be unlike any TMTCH gig you've ever seen. A night u won't remember for sure!