The Jackdaws

It's about damn time I did a proper entry on here about Da Boy's utterly fantastic band - The Jackdaws.
Some may accuse me of being biased and maybe I am, a little. I have no doubt I would still go along and watch him play even if his band was sh*t.
But I would not be such a vociferous advocate of their awesomeness if I didn't genuinely love these boys and their cracking tunes!
Da Boy is the drummer (and if I were to be openly biased, obviously the sexiest one - he's a babe) and they have Rich on vocals and guitar, Russ on lead guitar and Lee on bass.
They write what are, quite simply, the catchiest songs I have known of any band in the past decade.
While every one is very obviously "Jackdaws", they're also all very different, which I think is pretty unusual these days when so many bands play a set and you can't tell one song from another - so little of the crap out there at the moment is memorable in any way.
The Jackdaws stuff is all guitar, bass and drums based and it is simply impossible not to get up and do some dancing when you've had a couple of alcoholic beverages inside you.
Those who wish to investigate the evidence behind my claims can do so at www.myspace.com/thejackdawsuk, where there is a selection of their songs to delight your ears.
If anybody fancies checking them out live before considering coming to a gig, you can get a taster here, http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2602716.
They gig mainly across the Midlands and Manchester but have played as far afield as Edinburgh before now and honestly rock the crap out of any place they take to the stage.
So, there you have it. I have officially put aside my impartiality and shamelessly plugged The Jackdaws.
But I do so in the hope that it will enrich the lives of others by showing that there is still such a thing as great music out there if you look elsewhere than the Top 40!
Enjoy!