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          Two great gigs last weekend at The Victorian Valentine's Ball in Hanley in support of The s.o.p.h.i.e. foundation and fantastic to catch up with old friends Gladstone on Friday.          Then with something of a contrast at The Dog and Doublet on Saturday with some of the space rock fraternity.  Dale not only playing with BB, also with a resurrection of "Captain Starfighter  and The Lockheeds" who first saw the light of day at the same venue over Christmas.          On the back of this, the project, which looks to play space rock classics with a smile, has turned into an actual entity as a side venture for Dale and the others, who include members of Dr Hasbeen and Red Electra 69.         Look out for a few gigs from the collaborators in the near future and check out the new facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CaptainStarfighter?fref=ts.   ...

               You may have already caught up with the new video for "Naive Common Sense" along the way. If not, it is well worth a viewing on You Tube or access via https://www.facebook.com/BBBLACKDOG?fref=ts.              It has been cut by Karin at LuneCat Films, from some really atmospheric footage she found in a 1908 film entitled "Hotel Electrica". I find it really appealing and it works well with the track.              Hope it gets some good viewing before the new vids. for the No. 2 tunes see the light of day. Still no release date, not long now though!              At time of writing we have just broken the 3000 likes mark on the facebook page. Feels like quite a landmark to reach that point. Freebies in the offing again, for some randomly selected recipients celebrate the event.           ...

It feels like high time we said hello to the new year, so felicitations to you all and hoping that 2014 brings to you all, that which you desire. Here in BB land it has been, at least in outwards appearance, a quiet start to the year. Like the ducks though, whilst serene on top, there is much going on beneath. The artwork for the physical release of the No. 2 album is being for-mated and expectations are high for a February release date, so hopefully details of a launch party soon. Karin is working on several new vids. in support of this along with a brace featuring tracks from the first album, which are again looking to see the light of day soon. Also behind the scenes Dale is working on the festival schedule for the year.   The weekly acoustic open mic. sessions are already back, Tuesday nights at The Bulls Head, Belper Lane End, so if you fancy joining in or just checking out what's on, you know where we are. I understand that Molly was exercising her no...

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...........interminable tv advert campaigns from the supermarkets, the festive lights in town have been on for two months, Messrs' Holder and Lea have tucked away another half a million for "Merry Christmas Everybody", Quo are back in the arenas and in an audacious move by Cadbury the local shop boasts a prominent display of Crème and Mini Eggs!   The good news is however that at least virtual stockings can be filled with the splendid new download of the much anticipated  No.2 album.   Available from Amazon and I Tunes for £7.49 or $8.91, all nine tracks also available singularly for 89 pence or 99 cents.   http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Two-Explicit-BB-BlackDog/dp/B00GOISP2W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386859616&sr=8-1&keywords=bb+blackdog   http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GOMF3WI/ref=sr_1_4_rd?ie=UTF8&child=B00GOMF6ZW&qid=1386172596&sr=1-4%3C%2Fa% https://itunes.apple.com/us/a...

               A good round trip through Continental Europe now put to bed, with  BB and Monty now back in the Derbyshire hills.                To set the record straight, the low bass baton was actually passed back to Molly before the show in France last Friday.              Many apologies for the inaccuracy in last weeks blog which concluded that Sven would be playing that one. It was due to fact I have been considering applying to write for the British national press recently and allowed the concept of, making up what you do not actually know, to run free!               Still as they say "never let the truth get in the way of a good story".         ...