BP Fallon

Sonny Boy Blues: Tim Cullen & BP Fallon & Wayne Soper at rehearsals in Dublin, by Franky Kelly

The Hot Sprockets recorded their tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Boy Blues. BP Fallon wore this jacket to one of the rehearsals for BP Fallon & The Hot Sprockets – BP backed by these v vibey honeyskippin’ guys plays at the Electric Picnic festival in Ireland today and Sunday. Sonny Boy Williamson embroidered on BP’s jacket by Brigid McCabe 1989.

BP Fallon & The Hot Sprockets
BP Fallon – vox
Wayne Soper – guitar/vox
Tim Cullen – guitar/vox
Franky Kelly – vox/harmonica/mandolin
Joe Lynch – bass/vox
Andy Sutton – drums

Friday Sept 2nd (today) 10.30pm Electric Picnic at Salty Dog
(a little taste)
Sunday Sept 4th 8pm Electric Picnic at MindField in the Leviathan tent (full set)

From Warbles To Verbals
BP Fallon also appears at Electric Picnic at:

Sunday Sept 4th 3pm Ignite at Mindfield. A speedy illustrated five-minute recitation.

Sunday Sept 4th 5.00pm at MindField in the Leviathan tent:
Bob Geldof & BP Fallon & Annie Tierney (Tieranniesaur). This unique triad will discuss the future of music and how to get it out there, and no doubt whatever pops into their heads. This panel will probably become benignly anarchic and boasts David McWilliams in the moderator’s chair. Audience participation and heckling welcome.

Bob Geldof and friends in London by BP Fallon

And we all shine on…

Some tickets still available here

The Electric Picnic Music & Arts Festival, Stradbally Estate, Ireland
this weekend Fri/Sat/Sun Sept 2nd/3rd/4th.

BP Fallon & The Hot Sprockets – with Dylan lurking stylishly on the very left – by Peter Pureheart.

BP Fallon singing his songs with Dublin’s Hot Sprockets for the first time ever, talking with Bob Geldof in MindField probably about whatever comes into their heads, a speedy recitation… herewith the programme:

Friday 10:30pm @ Salty Dog
BP Fallon & The Hot Sprockets (a little taste after The Hot Sprockets have played). Some sonic foreplay before the BP & Sprockets full set on Sunday night @ MindField

Sunday 3:00pm @ Ignite in the MindField area
BP Fallon kicks off this year’s Ignite with a five minute recitation. Hit, git and split.

Bob Geldof & BP by Jennifer Andrada. Annie Tierney & BP by Kay Gourley.

Sunday 5.00pm @ MindField in the Leviathan tent
Bob Geldof and BP Fallon and – from Tieranniesaur – Annie Tierney discuss the future of the future and music, moderated by David McWilliams. This’ll be very vibey and probably fiercely irreverent.

Sunday 8:00pm @ Mindfield Finale Party in the Leviathan tent
BP Fallon & The Hot Sprockets (full set). The rock’n'roll poet gets choogling backed by the blueswailin’ honeyskippin’ cats from the Southside delta of Dublin. We can’t help it – Sprocket to me, baby!

BP on The Hot Sprockets: “I love their ‘Honeyskippin’ album and went to meet them in Dublin at their rehearsal space and there on the walls are their posters – Son House, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Raconteurs, Blind Willie McTell, John Lee Hooker and Led Zeppelin. I thought ‘That’ll do!’”

Other bands playing Electric Picnic
Arcade Fire – Pulp – The Chemical Brothers – Big Audio Dynamite – Interpol – PJ Harvey – Beirut – Mogwai – Underworld – The Family Stone – Sinéad O’Connor – Public Enemy – Jimmy Cliff – Joan As Policewoman – Death In Vegas – Toots And The Maytals – The Mighty Stef – Sweet Jane – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – The Black Angels and a million more!

The Salty Dog stage in the woods before the deluge, by BP Fallon. We jest you not!

Some tickets still available here