South UK's Best Part-Time Band


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This programme contains some strong language

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It's the UK's Best Part-Time Band! Hello!

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I'm Rhod Gilbert, stand-up comedian, and I've had a radio show

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for ten years and people send me music all the time and some of it is absolutely fantastic.

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It's got me wondering just how much undiscovered talent there is out there.

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There are thousands of unsigned bands in the UK,

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from butchers and bakers to selfie-stick makers.

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Men and women rocking, rolling, funking and folking in pubs

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and clubs up and down the country to escape the nine to five grind.

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What possesses somebody of my age to continue being in a band?

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It's definitely not for the money or the glory.

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MUSIC: You Really Got Me by The Kinks

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The BBC have put me up in this ropey old van and I'm off on tour.

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I've hauled in three musical heavyweights to help.

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Silky smooth Soul II Soul legend Jazzie B...

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-Buongiorno!

-Jazzie!

-How you doing, fella?

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..beardy Manchester music icon, Peter Hook...

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-There was some real weirdos in that station.

-Was there?

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Yeah, I felt perfectly at home.

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..and "Grandmaster Tash" himself, Ultravox frontman, Midge Ure.

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-Oh, dear!

-THEY LAUGH

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But this is no run-of-the-mill talent show.

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There is no prize, no Christmas number ones, no recording contract.

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There is shit-all.

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Like massive musical fishing nets, we'll be trawling the UK to find

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the working men and women who play music for the sheer bloody love of it.

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I can channel any of my problems and release it through my music.

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Each legend will pick their top two bands...

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I just felt like an idiot.

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A stupid, inane grin on my face.

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..who will battle it out in a grand final in Manchester...

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Unfortunately, you've got to decide which are your favourites now.

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..where one will be crowned the UK's best part-time band.

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This time, my dicky old tour bus is taking me on an epic

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600-mile road rave around the south of England.

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Riding shotgun is a human trophy cabinet,

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triple-platinum, double-Grammy-award-winning titan of music, Jazzie B.

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# Back to life, back to reality. #

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Jazzie is the man behind R&B giants Soul II Soul.

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And I remember dancing just as badly as him

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to this very track as a young hipster down at Moonraker's in Wales.

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# How ever do you want me... #

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-Buongiorno!

-Jazzie!

-How're you doing, fella?

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-I'm all right. How are you?

-Scraping through, as you do.

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Nice to meet you.

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-CHUCKLING:

-So you've got your GPS on?

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-Oh, hang on...

-You can go up that way.

-Can I go up that way?

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-1,200 bands, Jazzie, have applied for this.

-Whoa.

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We're going to cram in as many as we can this week, and at the end of it,

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you, sir, have got to choose your five favourites.

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What are your thoughts?

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At the moment, a little bit apprehensive about what level they're at.

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What are you going to be looking for?

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Music that sounds a little bit different, you know?

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What's their unique selling point? That'll be the turn-on for me.

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I'm hoping we'll soon have Jazzie frothing with excitement

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as we hit the open road

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heading west out of London to see our first act in Redhill, Somerset.

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We are going to see a country band.

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I come from a reggae background, but I was brought up with,

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you know, listening to country and western that my parents enjoyed.

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-Were you?

-Yeah. I also enjoy folk music.

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-The thread throughout it all is the storytelling part of it.

-OK.

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West Country country and western six-piece The Redhillbillies

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have been playing together for nearly ten years.

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They're fronted by husband-and-wife duo, Tom and Jo Vowells.

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By day, Jo saddles up her five-door hatchback and goes out district nursing.

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It's all down to my parents.

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They have spoon-fed me country music since I was born.

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I just fell in love with it. It gives you a real sense of being part of a community,

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being part of the countryside.

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Jo and hedge-repairer Tom formed the band shortly

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after getting together.

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Spoiler alert! Tom hacks his own leg off here.

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Very interesting, being in a band with your wife.

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It's usually ended in disaster, hasn't it?

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Well, it hasn't happened with me and Jo yet.

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It's hard to play music with someone and not get on with them.

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So it diffuses situations a lot of the time.

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# So take me down that road. #

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The band rehearses every Thursday

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and with a ready-made audience of 42 children and grandchildren between them,

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it's really hard to watch TV in their lounge.

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Trying to go to sleep,

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and my dad comes back from the pub playing the banjo, singing.

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"Dad! I got school in the morning!"

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"Listen to me though, listen to me!"

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I don't approve of the drugs.

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Sleeping pills, pills for arthritis

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All sorts going on!

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These drugstore cowboys are made up of a lorry driver, two woodworkers

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and Ernie, who is so old his head has grown through the top of his hat.

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Unusually, these countryfolk want to escape to the city.

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We've been offered gigs way up country in Liverpool,

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in Manchester... We've got to get up there,

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and it's so far to go, it's a shame we can't, really, but...

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-We've got other commitments.

-Yeah.

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If they can get Jazzie's musical juices flowing,

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they'll have a chance to perform in London for the first time.

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Good luck.

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Good luck, mate! It sounds bonkers in there.

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We've taken our lives in our hands

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and come to watch them mainline scrumpy.

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I mean, play a gig at their local.

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This is different. This is different!

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BAND PLAYS EXUBERANT FAST COUNTRY MUSIC

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# I'm going to the road out back, don't you want to go?

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# I'm going to the road out back, don't you want to go?

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# Come with me, and hear me roar

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# Packing up the truck for the night and day

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# Where we're going to go, nobody can say

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# We might even leave the USA

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# Well, we might even leave the USA. #

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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-Welcome to Somerset!

-Thank you very much.

-Shall we take a pew, guys?

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Grab a pew, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's do it.

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When we walked in with the energy of the audience and everything

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and you guys were going at it hell for leather, there was a lot going on.

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-And a lot of great traditional instruments there...

-Yeah.

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..having their moment. I think that's very important.

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Two things really stood out, other than your voice.

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The harmonica and the squeeze-box as individual instruments, for me

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personally, they're quite special.

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And I thought that was really a nice edge to the band as well.

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But I also noticed on most of the stringed instruments you had

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this electronic tuning device.

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The thing is with a banjo, you've got wood, metal,

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you've got temperature changes, you've a vellum skin on it.

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When that place fills up, it gets warm and everything goes out of tune.

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So you have to stay on top of your game with it.

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People were looking at you a bit, I noticed one or two of them were looking across at you.

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-Well, they're amazed I'm still alive!

-LAUGHTER

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Thanks so much for having us, we've had a great time.

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It was awesome to come here. It felt like a real party.

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Cheers! ALL: Cheers!

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-You're very good, guys.

-Good luck with it.

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What do you make of that?

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I thought the magic was in the instrumentation.

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Each thing had its place.

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But for me, every time the harmonica man came in, he accented

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the music that they were playing in such a way that it just made you listen.

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-You know?

-Yeah.

-And it was nice. It was a whole, complete sound.

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So I really enjoyed it.

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Boom!

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Ooh.

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What time did you go for breakfast then?

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I went at... Breakfast closed at 10:30, I went at 10:29 and 51 seconds.

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Do you know what, it was 10:27 and I was coming down in the lift

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and the lift stopped twice on the way down and this woman got in

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and she had, like, a suit carrier thing with her dresses in or whatever,

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it was just sticking out into the door, so the door wouldn't close properly.

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So I was like, "Christ, it's 10:28!" And the door's going "Bing-bong!" She was laughing and I was thinking,

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-"If I miss by breakfast..."

-Time's slipping!

-"..because of you."

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She said, "I hope you don't mind me saying so, but you look like that Welsh comedian."

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I went, "Oh, I am that Welsh comedian."

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And she goes, "Oh, I'm really sorry then." LAUGHTER

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A crack-of-dawn start was essential, as we're headed for the south coast.

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And to be honest, the next band in our adventure fills me with dread.

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Pun totally intended.

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Jazzymus B, we are off to Bournemouth to see...

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..a dub-reggae band called Dubheart.

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That's going to be interesting.

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-This is your...bag, isn't it?

-Good grief.

-Your thing?

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Oh. That's a difficult one. You're sending me to the dentist.

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What are you apprehensive about, if anything?

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It's going to be an insult to my intelligence, you know, if they

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are pretending, trying to copy Bob Marley and the Wailers or something.

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It'll be a real breath of fresh air

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-if they really are deep into their reggae.

-How will you know that?

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Before the first eight bars you're going to hear a tightness

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with the rhythm section. You'll feel that immediately.

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They're either going to be really, really good, or really shit.

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For Dave, dub reggae is a way of life.

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This is Countryman Soundsystem,

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bringing reggae and dub to the people.

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When he's not bringing it to the people with his sound system,

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club promoter Dave is creating it with Dubheart.

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It's quite spontaneous, how we do it,

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it's not orchestrated, so the dubs will be different each time.

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Bournemouth may be more trench coat than trench town,

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but Dave's convinced Dubheart can go far.

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This is quite a small scene in Bournemouth. It's kind of difficult.

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Then there's this opportunity that came our way

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and we thought we'd try and take it.

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Hopefully people will get to know about us, more opportunities for shows.

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Dubheart, it means so much to me.

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It's my reason to really live, you know? Other than my son.

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I've got Dubheart and I love the music we make.

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And there's only one place better than Jamaica to experience

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a dub reggae band - and that's Dave's living room.

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BAND PLAYS HEAVY DUB REGGAE

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# No matter, they can't stop me

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# Too many friends, we've lost too many already... #

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The band is made up of painters and decorators, a full-time dad,

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an urban gardener, (yeah, right) and a cooperative co-owner.

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No, me neither.

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# You've got to be cool about it

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# You've got to be cool about it

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# Don't act like a fool

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# Because it'll only bring you down

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# Open your eyes

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# Can't you read the signs?

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# Stare into the light. #

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-It sounds really good, guys. Really, really good.

-Thanks!

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I'm really glad that you enjoyed it, Jazzie,

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Because I was loving it, absolutely loving it,

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and I thought, "Oh, God! What if he thinks it's not very good?"

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-It's a bit of a worry, isn't it?

-If anybody's coming with reggae,

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you've got to hit one out of the box. You feel me?

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And you did it, but you did it, you know, with quality.

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It was definitely inherently inside of you, as it were,

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-and that's really set me up nice.

-Thanks, man. Nice of you to say so.

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Where do you guys draw all your information from?

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-Roots dub reggae.

-Roots rock reggae.

-Gregory Isaacs, Mighty Diamonds,

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Vultures, Burning Spear...

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We're showing our age now, aren't we, fellas?

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Tradition there.

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-Maturity!

-After 18 years of doing it, what do you want from it now, then?

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Be nice to make a living at it.

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Any advice we could get off you as how we can move things forward...

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-We're a bit isolated in Bournemouth sometimes, like...

-Move.

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-LAUGHTER

-..and it's good to...

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We've all got family here! Can't do it. We've got kids.

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-We're only seeing you down here, so it was definitely worth it.

-Thank you.

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Tell you what, man, I've never been more relieved in my life.

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-Really?

-Because I knew you were apprehensive about going to see a reggae band,

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and I thought, "Oh, my God, we're going in here to see a reggae band - in their LOUNGE!"

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Imagine if they'd been shit or you didn't like them or something?

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I was thinking, "This could be so... This could be the most awkward moment of my life."

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Yeah, I was surprised.

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That was exceptional and I was just so happy it was what it was.

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This is one of the reasons to go and check part-time bands.

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If this is about love of music, both of the bands we saw yesterday and today,

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-you know, they both qualify.

-Yeah.

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-I spy with my little eye, something beginning with..."R".

-"R"?

-Mm-hm.

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-Road.

-There you go.

-My go.

-I was going to say "Rhod".

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-But I chose road.

-Um, I'm stepping up with it, right? A bit harder.

-OK.

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I spy with my little eye, something beginning with "C".

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-What, the chevrons?

-Yeah. RHOD TUTS

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I'm reading your mind, fella!

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LAUGHING: How can you get chevrons so quickly?

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-Because I saw you look at it!

-LAUGHTER

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With white-hot banter like this, the days are just flying by.

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# Boom-ba-doom ba-boom-ba-doom... #

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And they'll need to, as with over

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500 bands applying from the south...

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playing everything from Cajun...

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to thrash...

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..folk to rock and roll...

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..we're going to have to thrash the "folk" out of this tour bus.

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# ..I can't hear it

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# Turn it up... #

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That was pretty typical, sort of like in between Spinal Tap

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and rock and roll there.

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I think the standard has been amazing, Jazzie.

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I don't envy you the job of picking your favourites to go

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through to the live gig.

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How many bands have we got?

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Bloody loads, Jazzie.

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And this doddery old rattle van is seeing more action than

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Sting's Twister mat.

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So we're off to Stroud,

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to see a band called the Russian Flying Squirrels.

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-Nice name.

-Lots of guitars, a bit prog.

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Is that going to be harder for you to appreciate or engage with?

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It depends on how deep the music is.

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When I started off in the old rock and roll business,

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I worked in professional recording studios

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and 90% of our clients were guitar-based bands,

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so it was something that I was brought up with.

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With a guitar band, they can be really boring

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because they're always copying one another.

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You're going to be looking for their unique

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style in terms of their sound.

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For 35 years, the lead singer of Russian Flying Squirrel,

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IT director Rudy Carroll,

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has thought about guitars just a bit too much.

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Why not?

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If it can be done, put on your main instrument and then attach

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another little instrument to it, which can come in useful.

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Because it's possible to do it, it's quite good fun to do it,

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people like it when I do it, and it makes different sounds.

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I learned to play guitar when I was 11.

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My big brother was on Top Of The Pops when I was 11.

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He was in a band called The Members.

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# That's right This is the sound of the suburbs. #

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That was it, that was kind of OK, guitars, music,

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travelling around in a van with your mates - that's what I want to do.

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I conditioned myself into absolutely being obsessed by guitars.

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One, two, three, four.

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Rudy is by far the oldest member of the band.

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Nah! Silly! Those are his kids.

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Seriously though, he formed Russian Flying Squirrel after meeting

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a fellow guitarist outside their school.

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All the guys in the band are very, very family-orientated.

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We care about our families much more than we care about anything else.

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Balancing it is the hardest thing.

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Personally, much as I need to do the music,

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it comes a distant third to family and work, unfortunately.

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-Good to meet you.

-Nice to meet you.

-Come on in. Hi, Rhod.

-Hiya.

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-Nice to meet you.

-You too. Amanda.

-Hi, Amanda.

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Do you go to all the gigs, Amanda? Are you a groupie?

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I've never been to a gig. They've never played a gig.

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-They've never played a gig?

-Never.

-Not one?

-Not one.

-Ever?

-Ever.

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Every week, they're next door playing, rehearsing

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and I hear them through the walls.

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They must be waiting for that perfect moment.

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-They're working it out to perfection.

-Hopefully it's now.

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-Right. OK.

-How long have they been waiting for the perfect moment?

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Erm...a couple of years?

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Well, sometimes people can take almost a lifetime to make

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an album, so let's check them out.

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# Ah-ah-ah ah-ahhhh... #

0:18:380:18:43

# When I'm without I'll be within... #

0:18:490:18:53

-Sounds... Sounds...

-Amazing. This is the bollocks.

0:18:590:19:04

-The bollocks?

-Yeah, this is hot.

-It's the bollocks.

0:19:040:19:07

# When I'm alone I can go home to you...

0:19:090:19:16

# Ah-ah-ah

0:19:190:19:22

# Ohh-ooh-ohh. #

0:19:290:19:34

Fuck. It's...

0:19:380:19:41

Leave that on. That's all part of it. That is... I am...

0:19:410:19:46

I have to be really frank with you.

0:19:460:19:48

I'm not really a guitar man, but when I hear shit like that,

0:19:480:19:52

that's just like... Whoa.

0:19:520:19:55

What was going on even with the effects and your syncopation,

0:19:550:20:01

-everything was just fucking bang on.

-We've all got our own space.

0:20:010:20:04

We all play entirely in our own spaces, which is brilliant.

0:20:040:20:07

We're not trying to make the sound, we're just doing what we do and it happens.

0:20:070:20:10

-Organically happening.

-It's kind of the beauty of us turning up

0:20:100:20:13

every so often and going, "We're not at work, the kids are in bed,

0:20:130:20:15

"let's have a beer and just play together."

0:20:150:20:17

When Amanda said that you'd never done a gig, you're kind of like, "What, really?"

0:20:170:20:21

And you've been together for a few years.

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Are you kind of itching to do a gig or are you just not bothered?

0:20:230:20:26

Gigging is fun but it's not everything.

0:20:260:20:29

I really like the being creative in here

0:20:290:20:31

and kind of writing and developing stuff. It's much nicer.

0:20:310:20:35

We are at that point where we're saying, "Come on, we'd better go

0:20:350:20:37

"and do a gig," which is partly why we've put in for this,

0:20:370:20:40

because we needed something to focus a bit.

0:20:400:20:43

I think this is baked, fellas.

0:20:430:20:45

And somebody needs to eat a piece of this pie.

0:20:450:20:48

Ooh!

0:20:520:20:53

-Man.

-Fella.

-Fella, man.

-Whoa.

-Wowzer.

0:20:570:21:02

-I loved that.

-I think I've...

0:21:020:21:08

-You haven't got one as well, have you?

-I think I have.

0:21:080:21:10

We've both got boners.

0:21:120:21:14

THEY LAUGH

0:21:140:21:17

-You don't see Ant and Dec do that, do you?

-Rhod, that was...

0:21:170:21:22

Go on, you tell me. You tell me.

0:21:220:21:24

Just the little hint of kind of colour on the vocals,

0:21:240:21:28

the harmonies done by the bass player -

0:21:280:21:31

there's four people in that little room, so there's a lot going on.

0:21:310:21:37

Erm...very refreshing.

0:21:370:21:42

With our equipment restored to factory settings, we're

0:21:420:21:45

off again, heading for a veritable musical hotbed.

0:21:450:21:48

James Blunt, Billie Piper, Dave from Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich,

0:21:480:21:53

the list of Wiltshire's musical legends goes on and on.

0:21:530:21:57

We are here to see Sinestar, a five-piece synth pop outfit.

0:21:570:22:02

-We formed about three years ago.

-Fronted by telecoms guru Iain.

0:22:020:22:07

Is this the band? Are you a family band? But you do the lyrics?

0:22:070:22:10

-You write the lyrics?

-Yeah, so most of the time I do the lyrics.

0:22:100:22:14

-I've had some inspiration along the way.

-OK. Have you?

-Yeah.

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So I wrote a poem when I was in Year Six, I must have been about 11.

0:22:180:22:22

And Dad came along one day and went, "Oh, that's all right, actually."

0:22:220:22:26

-How cute is that?

-And made that into the song, I Am The Rain.

0:22:260:22:31

# ..The backwash

0:22:310:22:34

# The colour I paint the sky a shade of grey

0:22:340:22:40

# For the love lost... #

0:22:400:22:42

# I, I am the rain

0:22:450:22:48

# I dance with the light

0:22:480:22:50

# Into a million colours of the day

0:22:500:22:54

# Cos I am the rain

0:22:540:22:55

# I dance with the light Into a million colours... #

0:22:550:23:01

Are you telling us that that's the lyrics that your daughter wrote?

0:23:030:23:08

Yeah, I mean, she was 11, like she said,

0:23:080:23:10

came up with a poem and I went,

0:23:100:23:13

"Better words than I could ever dream up."

0:23:130:23:15

So who's on the publishing on that?

0:23:150:23:18

It's us, basically, with a credit to my daughter, of course.

0:23:180:23:20

-Member of PRS?

-No.

-No.

0:23:200:23:23

I guess the thing is we've never really taken ourselves that

0:23:230:23:26

-seriously, if I'm honest.

-Shut up! With that lyric? Leave it out!

0:23:260:23:31

A lot of people do take the Performing Rights Society for granted.

0:23:310:23:34

You should have that locked down because somebody else could be

0:23:340:23:37

coming along to the gig and snap that one straight up.

0:23:370:23:39

-Hey. Good tune.

-Thank you. Means a lot that.

-No probs. See you later.

0:23:390:23:44

The song had a lot, a lot of potential.

0:23:440:23:48

But it was a bit more sequenced than it was live, you know?

0:23:480:23:54

-Mechanical.

-Yeah.

0:23:540:23:56

Click-click. Boop-boop! Road trip.

0:23:590:24:02

Here we go.

0:24:020:24:04

350 miles into our epic southern adventure and we're heading east

0:24:040:24:07

for London, when normally super-cool Jazzie

0:24:070:24:10

suddenly loses his shit.

0:24:100:24:11

Are we there yet?

0:24:110:24:13

Life on the road is no picnic and it's clearly getting to him.

0:24:170:24:20

I ain't fucking feeding them to you, though.

0:24:200:24:23

HORN HONKS

0:24:240:24:26

-I'm big enough, I'm going.

-Yeah.

0:24:260:24:28

Assert your authority there, Rhod.

0:24:280:24:30

Yeah. Do you know who's in this van?

0:24:300:24:33

Jazzie B and Rhoddy G, innit.

0:24:330:24:36

Gig-wise, do you find everywhere's pretty much the same or have

0:24:360:24:39

you got favourite places, or worst places?

0:24:390:24:42

Usually, anywhere outside the M25 is good.

0:24:420:24:44

-Can't tell you where I go better, because it'll be offensive.

-Oh, OK.

0:24:440:24:47

I go better in the shitholes.

0:24:470:24:50

-What do you mean?

-If somewhere's a bit of a dump,

0:24:500:24:52

I find it more up for my stuff.

0:24:520:24:54

The bigger the shithole, the better I go.

0:24:540:24:56

Is it north or south?

0:24:560:24:57

It's not Tunbridge Wells, I'll tell you that.

0:24:570:25:00

Finally, Jazzie B and Rhoddy G land in the big smoke

0:25:000:25:03

and point the van in the direction of hip and happening east London,

0:25:030:25:07

to see a band who offer something we haven't seen yet on this trip.

0:25:070:25:10

We're going to see an East-West fusion band, six-piece.

0:25:110:25:15

Some of the music that I'm into

0:25:150:25:18

has an Eastern flavour.

0:25:180:25:20

I think the biggest thing I'd be looking for

0:25:200:25:22

is their instrumentation.

0:25:220:25:23

How much they have taken from the East.

0:25:230:25:27

SHE SINGS IN HINDI

0:25:290:25:31

Fronted by vocalist and medical student Vidushi

0:25:430:25:46

this seven-piece fusion band is made up of a delicious

0:25:460:25:49

blend of students, with hints of ultrasound technician,

0:25:490:25:52

traces of IT consultant and a bit of a banker.

0:25:520:25:55

-All of the instrumentation is very Western, all right.

-Yes.

0:26:030:26:07

S'up with that?

0:26:070:26:08

Qawwali, traditionally, is played with the harmonium and a tabla,

0:26:080:26:12

and we are playing exactly that.

0:26:120:26:14

The same structure, the same scales as Qawwali and we play it using...

0:26:140:26:18

Western instrumentation.

0:26:180:26:19

-I really liked it. It's kind of cool and it does work.

-Thank you.

0:26:190:26:22

Vocally, as well, some of the acrobats and stuff like that

0:26:220:26:25

-is kind of cool.

-Cheers, means a lot.

0:26:250:26:28

-What language was used?

-Hindi, both Hindi.

0:26:280:26:32

But, we should point out that music has no language.

0:26:320:26:35

No, but the vocals did.

0:26:350:26:36

What did you make of them? Different.

0:26:400:26:41

Really different. I think what I found unique about them

0:26:410:26:45

is the Eastern sound mixing with the Western thing...

0:26:450:26:48

-Western instrumentation.

-Very interesting.

0:26:480:26:51

Could do with tightening up a little bit, but I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it.

0:26:510:26:54

I thought, musically, they were different.

0:26:540:26:56

MUSIC: Brimful Of Asha by Cornershop

0:26:560:26:58

550 miles munched...

0:26:580:26:59

Happy days.

0:26:590:27:00

..and Jazzie's totally losing it again.

0:27:020:27:05

On a scale of one to ten, I just really do, I enjoy music,

0:27:050:27:09

-but my roots are...

-What do you mean, "On a scale of one to ten you enjoy music?"

0:27:090:27:12

-Well, because I...

-Where was the scale of one to ten?

0:27:120:27:15

Yeah. Well, all right, one to 11,

0:27:150:27:17

-I really...

-So, what number is it?

0:27:170:27:20

# Scissor, paper, stone paper,

0:27:200:27:21

# Scissor, paper, stone

0:27:210:27:23

# Scissor, paper, stone paper,

0:27:230:27:24

# Scissor, paper, stone...#

0:27:240:27:26

With over 100 bands

0:27:260:27:27

applying from London alone,

0:27:270:27:29

on a scale of one to ten,

0:27:290:27:30

we're really busy.

0:27:300:27:31

At the end of our trip,

0:27:340:27:35

Jazzie will pick his favourite five to play at a gig in London,

0:27:350:27:39

where they'll battle it out for a place in the grand final.

0:27:390:27:42

And on a scale of one to ten, I'm very excited.

0:27:420:27:45

If you say on a scale of one to ten or 11, you've got to give a number.

0:27:450:27:48

All right. 13,

0:27:480:27:50

I enjoy music.

0:27:500:27:51

This is going to be a long week.

0:27:530:27:54

It's going to be a hell of a long week.

0:27:540:27:56

We're clearly suffering a severe case of van fever,

0:27:560:27:59

but stumble on to another east London studio

0:27:590:28:01

to meet indie band, Tall Poppies.

0:28:010:28:03

MUSIC: Cat Got Your Tongue by Tall Poppies

0:28:030:28:06

A four-piece fronted by twin sisters,

0:28:080:28:09

with three doctors and a fashion student.

0:28:090:28:12

No, hang on, that's six pieces.

0:28:120:28:13

# The face that you hide behind

0:28:130:28:16

# Open mouth, no words coming out

0:28:170:28:19

# Just take a breath

0:28:190:28:20

# Spit it out

0:28:200:28:23

# Has the cat got your tongue?

0:28:230:28:25

# Oooh

0:28:260:28:28

# Oooh

0:28:280:28:29

# Oooh

0:28:290:28:30

# Oooh. #

0:28:300:28:32

-Thank you very much.

-How long have you been together?

0:28:380:28:41

It's coming up to two years, but we met in a psychiatric asylum.

0:28:410:28:44

Oh, really.

0:28:440:28:45

In an asylum, did you say?

0:28:450:28:47

So, I'm a psychiatrist and we met when you were doing psych training.

0:28:470:28:50

I did some psychiatry. I'm a doctor, as well.

0:28:500:28:52

I met Diarmuid at a more conventional hospital.

0:28:520:28:54

-And were you already in bands then?

-So, I've always played bands.

0:28:540:28:57

-Do you know the band Noah And The Whale?

-Noah And The Whale? Yeah.

-My brother's the lead singer so I...

0:28:570:29:01

Were you the drummer for Noah And The Whale?

0:29:010:29:03

That's right, a long time ago.

0:29:030:29:04

-It's a bit like...

-You coy little bugger, sat at the back there.

0:29:040:29:09

So, you sort of tasted success and didn't necessarily like it as much as you...?

0:29:090:29:12

I went to go and be a doctor instead.

0:29:120:29:14

You're a great example for young people getting into the music business...

0:29:140:29:17

That's very kind of you to say, Jazzie.

0:29:170:29:19

..cos they always say you should have something to fall back on.

0:29:190:29:22

Onward and upwards.

0:29:220:29:23

That's right.

0:29:230:29:25

Not too upwards, otherwise you'll lose your drummer.

0:29:250:29:27

You know how fickle he is.

0:29:280:29:30

Jazzie's clearly loving being on the road with me

0:29:340:29:36

and, off-camera, he cries real, hot, wet tears when he learns it's nearly over,

0:29:360:29:40

as we're heading to north London to see our final act.

0:29:400:29:44

King Salami And The Cumberland Three.

0:29:440:29:47

That's a name and a half there, innit?

0:29:490:29:51

Drummer and graphic designer Eric literally couldn't live

0:29:510:29:54

without his garage punk band.

0:29:540:29:56

It's a bit like a drug.

0:29:560:29:58

I really need to play music, really.

0:29:580:30:00

If I don't play music, I get a bit depressed.

0:30:000:30:03

I think about the band most of the time.

0:30:030:30:05

Cheer up, Eric. You'll get to play once I've done this bit.

0:30:050:30:08

Eric's day-job comes in handy.

0:30:080:30:10

He designs all the band's artwork.

0:30:100:30:12

"Fourteen Blazin' Bangers."

0:30:140:30:16

And you can see the doggy judge is in most of the records.

0:30:160:30:21

I think he was in like five different bands when I met him.

0:30:240:30:27

So I knew what I was getting into, I think.

0:30:270:30:30

Eric hides his passion for music so well,

0:30:300:30:33

his wife Maki has barely noticed he's in a band.

0:30:330:30:35

He always practices regularly, so Thursday,

0:30:350:30:39

we can never do anything on Thursdays.

0:30:390:30:41

And if he's got a gig in the weekend,

0:30:410:30:43

he prefers not to do anything on the Friday.

0:30:430:30:46

And he's often away throughout the weekend if it's abroad,

0:30:470:30:50

so I don't really see him that much.

0:30:500:30:53

HIGH-OCTANE PUB ROCK

0:30:570:31:01

INDISTINCT LYRICS

0:31:010:31:07

Jazzie and I have come to an intimate venue in north London

0:31:120:31:15

to grab a slice of King Salami.

0:31:150:31:17

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

0:31:170:31:19

# Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... #

0:31:190:31:21

Being part of the programme, it will give us exposure.

0:31:290:31:33

We'd like our music to be heard by as many people as possible, really.

0:31:330:31:37

To play in front of a good audience

0:31:370:31:39

as opposed to in front of ten people.

0:31:390:31:42

I like them even more now. Cos that's their own...

0:31:460:31:49

Thank you, everybody.

0:31:490:31:50

APPLAUSE DROWNS SPEECH

0:31:500:31:53

AUDIENCE: Whoo!

0:31:530:31:55

Well done, guys. That was great. I enjoyed that.

0:31:550:31:57

I thoroughly enjoyed that.

0:31:570:32:00

What I enjoyed most about it, honestly,

0:32:000:32:02

was the fact that it looked like fun,

0:32:020:32:05

not being so serious and being really entertaining.

0:32:050:32:08

There's too many bands who are too serious about it, you know,

0:32:080:32:11

to focus on glory and fame and when they're on stage, they're paralysed.

0:32:110:32:16

They're looking at their feet. And I'm like, "Come on, man!"

0:32:160:32:19

You know, it's supposed to be fun.

0:32:190:32:20

Did you have the character before the hat and stuff,

0:32:200:32:22

-or did you put the hat on and then it all changes?

-He always had a bit of a character.

0:32:220:32:26

-He always had the character?

-Yeah.

-What's the day job, Seb?

0:32:260:32:29

I coach tennis.

0:32:290:32:31

OK, I can see that.

0:32:320:32:34

LAUGHTER DROWNS SPEECH

0:32:340:32:36

Hey! Can't you tell?

0:32:360:32:38

THEY LAUGH

0:32:380:32:41

What's nice is to see a band with a character front man,

0:32:410:32:44

cos I think that's a little bit unusual.

0:32:440:32:46

-Most of the guys try to play it down a little bit.

-Great gig.

0:32:460:32:49

-Thank you, man.

-Great gig.

0:32:490:32:50

I like the way he's so animated and it's great to watch.

0:32:500:32:55

-Yeah.

-Really good to watch.

-You can imagine them working, like, put them in a...

0:32:550:32:58

That was a really small pub gig.

0:32:580:33:00

-You can imagine that working on a...

-On a larger scale.

0:33:000:33:02

On a bigger scale, really working the audience.

0:33:020:33:05

600 miles munched and our southern road trip is over

0:33:050:33:08

and on a scale of one to ten, we've seen a lot of amazing bands.

0:33:080:33:12

It's down to Jazzie which five will be invited to perform live in London.

0:33:120:33:17

Coming into this, I mean,

0:33:170:33:19

the standard has been a lot higher than I thought. How has it been for you?

0:33:190:33:23

I've been pleasantly surprised with the whole thing.

0:33:230:33:26

There's been variety, there's been depth.

0:33:260:33:30

It's been real rock and roll. It really has, yeah.

0:33:300:33:33

What's inspired you? I mean...

0:33:330:33:35

I think what's inspired me is just...

0:33:350:33:37

Just all these people at it and the WAY they're at it

0:33:380:33:41

and the fact that music still exists out there, in any way,

0:33:410:33:46

in any shape, in any form - it's all there

0:33:460:33:50

and it makes me appreciate much more of what I'm involved with.

0:33:500:33:55

Happy days!

0:33:560:33:58

We've had a ball.

0:33:580:33:59

-We've had a real good time.

-We've had a REAL good time.

0:33:590:34:02

-And your driving's not that bad, fella!

-My driving is all right.

0:34:020:34:05

I'm going to miss you. I'm really going to miss you.

0:34:050:34:07

-Ah!

-I'm really going to miss you.

-Yeah.

0:34:070:34:11

I'll see you again, fella.

0:34:110:34:13

This is edited, so I only have to wait a few seconds to see Jazzie again.

0:34:130:34:17

Boom! The day of the live gig is upon us.

0:34:170:34:20

-Well up for this one!

-So am I but who have you invited?

0:34:210:34:24

So who have we got here? Tonight, we're going to have Dubheart.

0:34:240:34:27

# A hard day's night... #

0:34:270:34:29

The reason why I put Dubheart through -

0:34:290:34:32

I think they're real,

0:34:320:34:33

I love their vibe, but can Dubheart bring it to the stage?

0:34:330:34:36

King Salami and the Cumberland Three.

0:34:360:34:38

INDISTINCT LYRICS

0:34:380:34:41

They had character, spirit, energy.

0:34:410:34:43

They're a bit punky.

0:34:430:34:44

They're great entertainers.

0:34:440:34:46

I put Side Partition through

0:34:480:34:49

because I like the idea of them fusing East and West.

0:34:490:34:54

They need to up their game from what happened at rehearsals.

0:34:540:34:59

Then we've got the Redhillbillies.

0:34:590:35:01

Seeing them in their own environment,

0:35:010:35:03

they had a huge following but I think giving them the opportunity

0:35:030:35:07

to actually play a live show in London - can they blow us all away?

0:35:070:35:12

Then we also have the Russian Flying Squirrels.

0:35:120:35:15

They are quite epic and I feel that they had their own unique sound.

0:35:170:35:22

Maybe the idea of an audience could disrupt them a little bit,

0:35:220:35:26

because they're very much used to playing in their own environment.

0:35:260:35:30

-Never done a gig?

-Never done a gig.

0:35:300:35:33

I thought, where better to do their first gig?

0:35:330:35:36

A first gig here is going to take some balls.

0:35:360:35:39

Hello.

0:35:390:35:40

So I hope the Russian Flying Squirrel remember where they hid their nuts.

0:35:400:35:43

But for all the bands, this is a very big gig.

0:35:430:35:47

Come on!

0:35:470:35:48

At the end, Jazzie will pick two acts to go through

0:35:480:35:50

to the grand final in Manchester.

0:35:500:35:53

What are we doing with the vocals?

0:35:530:35:55

You got no Avalons or anything, no?

0:35:550:35:58

No!

0:35:580:35:59

We are the only reggae band in Bournemouth,

0:35:590:36:02

so there's no competition around and there's no yardstick

0:36:020:36:06

to, like, measure yourself up against.

0:36:060:36:08

The bands can finally check out the competition.

0:36:090:36:13

APPLAUSE

0:36:130:36:15

-I think they'll really work.

-Yeah.

0:36:150:36:17

We want to win the competition. That's why we're here.

0:36:190:36:22

Can I make a quick suggestion? We need to see the accordion player.

0:36:220:36:26

You can't split the family up.

0:36:260:36:28

It's really different playing in London, compared to down there,

0:36:280:36:30

-because...

-We've never played in London.

-We've never played in London before!

0:36:300:36:34

Where are all the trees?

0:36:340:36:35

-We're quietly excited and...

-Quietly?

0:36:360:36:40

..quietly confident as well.

0:36:400:36:42

Who's this venue going to suit tonight, do you think?

0:36:420:36:44

I actually think it's a pretty even playing field.

0:36:440:36:46

I'm just anxious just about one band

0:36:460:36:48

but once we get through the rehearsal, or the sound check...

0:36:480:36:51

Anxious about one band?

0:36:510:36:52

Yeah. Just the Squirrels.

0:36:520:36:54

Get yourself settled first. Say hello. Lovely.

0:36:590:37:02

Tonight is going to be difficult and we've only ever

0:37:020:37:04

played in a room facing in and looking at each other,

0:37:040:37:08

so this will be the first time we're all sort of spread out

0:37:080:37:11

and the drums are behind.

0:37:110:37:12

We were thinking of getting mirrors on our microphone stands

0:37:120:37:16

so we could actually sort of see each other!

0:37:160:37:18

Either that, or all performing in like a little hole,

0:37:180:37:21

-in the middle of the stage.

-Recreate our room!

0:37:210:37:24

What about even if you just had the velocity down -

0:37:240:37:27

HUMMING

0:37:270:37:28

Yeah, from the instrument itself?

0:37:280:37:30

Yeah.

0:37:300:37:31

You know, a few dBs.

0:37:310:37:33

It's ruining his... It's ruining his home-made guitars.

0:37:330:37:35

-Yeah, it is.

-It's made them too loud.

0:37:350:37:38

One is ten!

0:37:380:37:39

Yeah, one is ten!

0:37:400:37:42

Sound check was a bit shaky at first.

0:37:420:37:44

-A bit shaky at second and third as well, wasn't it?

-Yeah.

0:37:440:37:47

I was uncomfortable on many levels.

0:37:470:37:49

I was very, very uncomfortable on many levels.

0:37:490:37:53

As Russian Flying Squirrel battle their nerves,

0:37:530:37:55

the crowds gather outside.

0:37:550:37:58

Support for the bands has come from far and wide.

0:37:580:38:01

-We've been on the coach for about five...five, six hours.

-Yeah.

0:38:010:38:05

-There was about 60, 70 of us.

-Yeah.

0:38:050:38:09

The annexe is small and

0:38:090:38:11

in there is massive, so...

0:38:110:38:15

The other difference - no audience in the annexe.

0:38:150:38:17

Here, hopefully, quite a few people.

0:38:170:38:21

Including us.

0:38:210:38:22

It's all right, it's all right. Sh, sh.

0:38:220:38:25

Give him the paper bag to breathe into.

0:38:250:38:27

Go back to your happy place.

0:38:270:38:30

CHEERING Hello, hello.

0:38:300:38:33

Hello, London.

0:38:330:38:34

-Hello!

-Hello, Scala.

0:38:340:38:37

Here we are. It's the UK's Best Part-time Band.

0:38:370:38:39

-Give us a U! AUDIENCE:

-U!

0:38:390:38:40

-Give us a K! AUDIENCE:

-K!

0:38:400:38:42

-Give us a...B! AUDIENCE:

-B!

0:38:420:38:44

Give us a... Fuck it! LAUGHTER

0:38:440:38:47

Thanks, all of you, for coming, so much.

0:38:470:38:49

It's rammed in here. That's fantastic.

0:38:490:38:51

This is Jazzie B of Soul II Soul fame.

0:38:510:38:54

CHEERING

0:38:540:38:57

Jazzie chose all the bands here tonight.

0:38:570:39:00

So, they were his particular favourites.

0:39:000:39:02

It was incredible,

0:39:020:39:03

some of these guys in their front rooms, in their sheds.

0:39:030:39:07

It was so, so interesting.

0:39:070:39:09

-So, for me, tonight is really, really, really, really a big deal.

-The other thing to remember,

0:39:090:39:14

at the end of tonight, Jazzie's going to pick his two favourites from this five,

0:39:140:39:17

and half are you going to be going, "Oh, it was the wrong bloody choice. He didn't go for the band I like."

0:39:170:39:22

Right, we couldn't give a fuck. Right? LAUGHTER

0:39:220:39:24

There is no prize.

0:39:240:39:26

It's just a bit of fun.

0:39:260:39:27

Try and remember that.

0:39:270:39:29

But we want you to enjoy yourselves as much as you can.

0:39:290:39:31

-Our first band are all the way from Bournemouth.

-Yeah.

0:39:310:39:34

CHEERING

0:39:340:39:36

-Feeling good.

-Er...yeah, good, yeah.

0:39:360:39:39

Yeah, happy, nervous.

0:39:390:39:41

Nobody ever wants to go first cos the crowd is cold.

0:39:410:39:44

Whack it up, give them all the love in the world, please, for Dubheart!

0:39:440:39:47

-CHEERING

-Dubheart, ladies and gents.

0:39:470:39:50

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. How we doing?

0:39:530:39:55

CHEERING

0:39:550:39:57

Is everyone feeling happy?

0:39:570:39:59

Hope you enjoy our vibes.

0:40:010:40:02

We're called Dubheart.

0:40:020:40:04

Jah!

0:40:040:40:05

# Whoa-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh

0:40:370:40:39

# Oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh

0:40:390:40:41

# Oh-oh. #

0:40:410:40:42

# Whoa-oh-oh-oh

0:40:440:40:47

# Oh na-na here

0:40:470:40:49

# I say

0:40:490:40:51

# Cool Cool under pressure

0:40:510:40:55

# The more you give The more you get

0:40:550:40:57

# I tell you this now

0:40:570:40:58

# Cool Cool, never surrender

0:40:580:41:01

# Open your world Know you've got to stay

0:41:010:41:05

# Cool Cool under pressure

0:41:050:41:09

# The more you give The more you get

0:41:090:41:11

# I tell you this now

0:41:110:41:12

# Cool Cool, never surrender

0:41:120:41:16

# Open your world Go!

0:41:160:41:19

# Go

0:41:190:41:22

# Go

0:41:220:41:24

# Whoa! #

0:41:260:41:31

CHEERING

0:41:350:41:38

Thank you very much.

0:41:400:41:42

They totally nailed that. They got into their zones and they totally... It sounded beautiful.

0:41:420:41:46

-I love his voice.

-Sounded great, looked good.

0:41:460:41:50

-You could see at the end there they really enjoyed that.

-Absolutely.

0:41:500:41:53

APPLAUSE

0:41:530:41:56

We've warmed them up for you, yeah? We've warmed them up for you, yeah?

0:42:000:42:03

-Don't nick my jokes.

-THEY LAUGH

0:42:030:42:06

So, the next band...

0:42:060:42:07

What am I going to tell you about the next band? They are from Redhill in Somerset.

0:42:070:42:11

CHEERING

0:42:110:42:13

There's a couple of fans there, isn't there?

0:42:170:42:20

Our family's out there, we're all good.

0:42:200:42:22

The Redhillbillies, ladies and gentlemen, The Redhillbillies.

0:42:220:42:25

# An old cowboy went ridin' out one dark and windy day #

0:42:490:42:52

# Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way

0:42:540:43:00

# When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw

0:43:000:43:04

# A-ploughin through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw... #

0:43:040:43:09

OK, all together!

0:43:090:43:11

# Yippee ay-oh

0:43:110:43:15

# Yippee ay-ey

0:43:150:43:19

# The ghost riders in the sky

0:43:190:43:27

# Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel

0:43:270:43:32

# Their horns were black and shiny

0:43:320:43:34

# And their hot breath he could feel

0:43:340:43:36

# Hoo! Ha!

0:43:360:43:38

# A bolt of fear went through them as they thundered through the skies

0:43:380:43:42

# For he saw the riders comin' hard

0:43:420:43:44

# Whoo!

0:43:440:43:45

# And he heard their mournful cries... #

0:43:450:43:47

# Ya!

0:43:470:43:49

# Yippee ay-oh

0:43:490:43:53

# Yippee ay-ey

0:43:530:43:57

# The ghost riders in the sky. #

0:43:570:44:05

-Ya!

-Moo!

-CHEERING

0:44:050:44:08

Moo!

0:44:080:44:10

Look at them.

0:44:140:44:17

Whoo! Whoo, whoo, whoo! Yee-ha!

0:44:170:44:20

-CROWD:

-We want more! We want more! We want more!

0:44:200:44:25

If we come last, I still enjoyed that.

0:44:250:44:28

The next band, ladies and gentlemen, is from London.

0:44:280:44:31

CHEERING

0:44:310:44:34

They're ultrasound engineers, they're in finance, IT, doctors,

0:44:340:44:37

all sorts. CHEERING

0:44:370:44:39

Are you...? Which one? Which one are you?

0:44:390:44:41

-Medics.

-You're medics?

0:44:410:44:42

Fucking look at you! Are you on strike right now?

0:44:420:44:45

LAUGHTER

0:44:450:44:48

Jazzie, what did you like about these guys when you saw them?

0:44:480:44:52

I like the instrumentation,

0:44:520:44:53

I like the whole crossover between East and West.

0:44:530:44:56

They're pretty outstanding.

0:44:560:44:58

Bit nervous!

0:44:590:45:00

Give them a huge, huge round of applause, a cheer

0:45:000:45:03

for Side Partition.

0:45:030:45:04

-CHEERING

-Yeah.

0:45:040:45:07

Good luck, guys.

0:45:090:45:11

HE SINGS IN OWN LANGUAGE

0:45:140:45:16

Thank you.

0:46:350:46:36

They're amazing. They're like a kind of Indian...subcontinental prog band.

0:46:360:46:40

They're wicked.

0:46:400:46:41

-OK, that was good.

-That was amazing.

-It was good.

0:46:440:46:46

They smashed it. So, our next band,

0:46:460:46:48

our next band... Where did we see them?

0:46:480:46:50

Er...Stroud.

0:46:500:46:52

CHEERING

0:46:520:46:56

-Oh, there's a few locals, then.

-HE LAUGHS

0:46:560:46:59

Ah. The Stroud massive is in town. JAZZIE LAUGHS

0:46:590:47:04

I'm up for it. We've just got to enjoy it, really.

0:47:040:47:07

They've never done a gig.

0:47:070:47:09

CHEERING

0:47:090:47:12

Have they done three gigs?

0:47:120:47:14

-AUDIENCE:

-No!

0:47:140:47:15

Have they done two gigs?

0:47:150:47:16

-AUDIENCE:

-No!

0:47:160:47:17

-Have they done one gig? AUDIENCE:

-No!

0:47:170:47:19

-How many gigs have they done? AUDIENCE:

-None!

0:47:190:47:21

That's right. LAUGHTER

0:47:210:47:24

We saw them in, like, a conservatory sort of annexe,

0:47:240:47:27

I think, where they've been locked in for the last three years,

0:47:270:47:31

honing their craft.

0:47:310:47:32

Jazzie and I came out and, er...

0:47:320:47:34

we both had boners.

0:47:340:47:37

-LAUGHTER

-He had one.

0:47:370:47:40

I was on a semi.

0:47:400:47:42

LAUGHTER

0:47:420:47:44

That was a semi?!

0:47:450:47:47

I can hardly get my head round it. LAUGHTER

0:47:480:47:51

That didn't happen. Erm...

0:47:510:47:54

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up, the Russian Flying Squirrel.

0:47:540:47:58

CHEERING

0:47:580:48:01

# Fallen leaves

0:48:240:48:25

# Fallen leaves

0:48:250:48:28

# William likes these

0:48:280:48:30

-# Holds them to his face

-Holds them to his face

0:48:320:48:37

# And releases

0:48:370:48:38

# Ah-ah-ah-ah

0:48:580:49:02

# Ah-ah-ah-ah

0:49:020:49:06

# Ah

0:49:060:49:10

# Ah. #

0:49:100:49:13

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:50:010:50:03

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

0:50:070:50:08

I think they done magnificently.

0:50:090:50:12

I actually a feel a bit, like, a moment, like, you know...

0:50:130:50:17

Something that we discovered like that,

0:50:170:50:20

and their first gig, um...

0:50:200:50:23

Yeah, I'm chuffed - sorry, I'm a little bit...

0:50:240:50:27

-Are you going to cry?

-No, I'm...

-He's going to cry!

0:50:270:50:29

I'm getting emotional, yes.

0:50:290:50:31

MOCKINGLY: # Jazzie's going to cry Jazzie's going to cry. #

0:50:310:50:35

And I know that they were fully out of their comfort zone,

0:50:350:50:38

but watching them here tonight, it's a proud moment for me, yeah.

0:50:380:50:41

Wicked. Nice one.

0:50:410:50:43

I'm very proud of Rudy,

0:50:440:50:46

and I really hope the band got everything they wanted out of it.

0:50:460:50:50

They finally got out the annexe - the Squirrels have been released!

0:50:500:50:55

Brilliant. About bloody time!

0:50:550:50:57

So our next band, ladies and gentlemen, is from north London.

0:50:580:51:01

This is your massive, innit, Jazzie? Talk to them, this is your massive.

0:51:010:51:05

Well, you know, this next band coming up absolutely blew me away.

0:51:050:51:09

You know, it's not every day I get to listen to music like that,

0:51:090:51:13

but it was a massive, massive turn-on,

0:51:130:51:16

so I hope you're going to enjoy them as much as I did.

0:51:160:51:18

-Nervous.

-Yeah, very nervous.

0:51:180:51:20

-Brrr!

-MARACAS RATTLE

0:51:200:51:23

-King Salami and the Cumberland Three!

-Yes!

0:51:230:51:26

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:51:260:51:28

Ladies and gentlemen, do you want to hear some rock and roll?

0:51:290:51:33

-AUDIENCE:

-Yes!

0:51:330:51:35

Mr Baconstrip...

0:51:370:51:39

It wouldn't be King Salami without the appropriate hats.

0:51:390:51:44

We're not funny. We're dangerous.

0:51:510:51:54

Do you want to hear some rock and roll?

0:51:560:51:58

-AUDIENCE:

-Yeah!

0:51:580:52:00

I want to hear you say "Yeah!"

0:52:000:52:02

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:52:020:52:04

# Yeah!

0:52:040:52:06

# Down at the Corn Rocket I feel all right

0:52:140:52:16

# So I took my baby dancin' on Saturday night

0:52:160:52:18

# Gonna teach her a dance that's outta sight

0:52:180:52:20

# It goes ha-ha!

0:52:200:52:22

# Come on, pretty baby, do the wurst

0:52:230:52:25

# If you don't know how to do it watch me first

0:52:250:52:28

# You gotta take a chance You gotta do the dance

0:52:280:52:30

# The wurst is bliss and it goes like this... #

0:52:300:52:33

SPEECH DROWNED OUT BY MUSIC

0:52:350:52:37

Ladies and gentlemen, it is the time now for you to repeat after me.

0:52:460:52:53

# You gotta shake your bones and boogie down low

0:52:530:52:55

-AUDIENCE:

-# You've gotta shake your bones and boogie down low

0:52:550:52:58

# Do a little jig and shimmy real slow

0:52:580:53:00

-AUDIENCE:

-# Do a little jig and shimmy real slow

0:53:000:53:02

# Stomp your feet from side-to-side

0:53:020:53:05

-AUDIENCE:

-# Stomp your feet from side-to-side

0:53:050:53:07

# Now you're doing the wurst, you're doing all right

0:53:070:53:10

-AUDIENCE:

-# You're doing the wurst...

0:53:100:53:11

# You're doing all right!

0:53:110:53:12

# Come on, pretty baby, do the wurst

0:53:120:53:15

# If you don't know how to do it watch me first

0:53:150:53:17

# You gotta take a chance You gotta do the dance

0:53:170:53:19

# Mama-ma-ma-ma-ma Do the wurst. #

0:53:190:53:22

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:53:270:53:29

-You're supposed to throw it to me and I smash it out the park.

-OK.

0:53:370:53:40

-Smash it out.

-Too late, now, innit?

-Brilliant.

0:53:410:53:44

-We're not talking to you.

-Shut up.

-We're not.

0:53:440:53:46

In fact, you should have shaved, you should have shaved.

0:53:460:53:48

That was phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal.

0:53:480:53:52

-You're lying.

-I'm not lying.

-You're a pleaser.

-I'm not lying.

0:53:520:53:55

Honestly, I'd have walked past if it had been embarrassing.

0:53:550:53:58

People are friendlier - as I've been walking through the gig,

0:53:580:54:00

people are actually in a better mood.

0:54:000:54:02

-People are friendlier.

-You make that happen.

0:54:020:54:04

You've changed the mood. Don't wave your maracas at me.

0:54:040:54:07

All five bands have played.

0:54:090:54:10

Jazzie and I go upstairs to mull over his decision

0:54:100:54:14

and, on a scale of one to ten... Sorry.

0:54:140:54:16

Rhod, fella.

0:54:160:54:18

Oh... Time for a decision, now, isn't it?

0:54:190:54:22

It's a really difficult one. I didn't...

0:54:240:54:25

I've got to say, I didn't think it would be that hard,

0:54:250:54:28

or as hard as this, but it's fucking hard.

0:54:280:54:31

It's really, really hard.

0:54:310:54:33

I'm going to be heartbroken for somebody.

0:54:330:54:35

-Absolutely heartbroken.

-I think...

0:54:350:54:37

I am as well. I am already, cos I have to make this decision

0:54:370:54:42

and I think I'm going to go with who I felt, on the night,

0:54:420:54:46

they were on point,

0:54:460:54:49

and...I've made my decision.

0:54:490:54:51

-Let's go and tell them.

-Let's do it.

-Let's go and tell them.

0:54:510:54:53

-Where's the exit?

-YOU go and tell them.

0:54:530:54:55

JAZZIE LAUGHS

0:54:550:54:57

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:54:580:55:01

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back.

0:55:010:55:05

Thanks to all of you, so much, for staying around.

0:55:050:55:07

I'm glad that you're as invested in this as we are.

0:55:070:55:10

-I've gone home!

-You've gone home, have you? Good.

0:55:100:55:13

You've seen such amazing talent for people who don't do this at all

0:55:140:55:17

as their first job, it's just part-time,

0:55:170:55:19

it's their passion, it's their love,

0:55:190:55:21

so give them all a round of applause.

0:55:210:55:22

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:55:220:55:25

Having said that, Jazzie's going to invite two on into the final.

0:55:270:55:31

I'm going to bring the bands on, just to make it more awkward.

0:55:310:55:34

Let's do it in front of them, why not?

0:55:340:55:37

Tonight, you saw the Redhillbillies.

0:55:390:55:41

You saw the Russian Flying Squirrel.

0:55:450:55:48

You saw King Salami and the Cumberland Three.

0:55:490:55:52

You saw Side Partition.

0:55:570:56:00

And, at the top of the show, Dubheart.

0:56:020:56:05

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:56:050:56:08

Here we have it. Um...

0:56:120:56:14

The two bands that are going to be invited back...

0:56:140:56:18

Cos you're all great. Everybody here is great.

0:56:190:56:22

King Salami and the Cumberland Three.

0:56:240:56:26

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:56:260:56:29

And I'm also going to invite back...

0:56:380:56:42

..Dubheart.

0:56:440:56:45

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:56:450:56:48

Feeling a little bit disappointed, but it's been a great day

0:56:570:57:00

and all credit to the bands that went through,

0:57:000:57:03

cos they were fantastic.

0:57:030:57:04

King Salami and the Cumberland Three totally blew me away

0:57:050:57:08

and I just thought they had the energy,

0:57:080:57:10

and I really feel that they had all the attributes.

0:57:100:57:13

I've been invited by 52 people for a drink.

0:57:150:57:18

It could be a long night.

0:57:180:57:21

CHEERING

0:57:210:57:23

For me, Dubheart were just...

0:57:270:57:29

There was a purity about them

0:57:290:57:30

and it didn't actually matter

0:57:300:57:32

whether they went first, third or last -

0:57:320:57:36

they've really left an impression on me.

0:57:360:57:40

We're in Bournemouth, we don't get many opportunities.

0:57:410:57:43

People having faith in us to move us forwards to the next step, it's amazing, so...

0:57:430:57:47

-Thank you very much.

-Blessings.

0:57:470:57:48

There it is - the end of our final tour

0:57:480:57:51

and we now know our grand finalists,

0:57:510:57:54

who will battle it out next time

0:57:540:57:56

in Manchester.

0:57:560:57:58

-Hey!

-You will see his bongos,

0:57:580:57:59

ladies and gentlemen.

0:57:590:58:00

Come on, let's do it.

0:58:000:58:02

# Ah...!

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# Packed my things and back to work... #

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Hey, that's woken me up!

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-So good.

-They are good.

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THEY LAUGH

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Forget the fun - we're going out there to win, fella!

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