Nick Simper and the Good Old Boys are due to play a London gig on Sunday, June 21st at the Adam & Eve Garden Party at The Adam & Eve pub, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1RL. The show is due to begin at 8pm.

"The band recently sold out at Mill Hill Jazz Club as a Saturday night special. Bringing us the very best of 50’s and 60’s rock & roll and some rhythm & blues it’s time to party in the garden, and these stalwarts of rock really know how to party! The band features Alan Barratt (ex Jo-Jo Gunne, Cliff Bennett); Nick Simper (ex Deep Purple); Pete Parks (Rick Wakeman, BB King); Simon Bishop (ex Renaissance, The Monks) and Richard Hudson of The Strawbs."

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Thanks to Bill Bass

photo: Christian Schön

The performance of Nick Simper's band Good Old Boys at Jerry Bloom's convention in 2008 is due out on CD in July. 14 tracks with a booklet of pictures and notes. It includes a number of rock and roll standards as well as a cover of Hush.

This can be pre-ordered at DPASMailorder.

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Thanks to Jerry Bloom.

Looks like Nick Simper is working on his autobiography. No publication date known yet, but we'll keep you informed of any progress.

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The setlist for Nick Simper and Nasty Habits' Mk1 tribute show in Vienna on March 14th 2009 was:

And The Address / The Painter / Mandrake Root / Emmaretta (ending with a bass solo and drum solo) / Chasing Shadows / Lalena / Wring That Neck (including an organ solo) / Why Didn't Rosemary / Roadhouse Blues (The Doors) / Kentucky Woman. Encores: Hush / Gimme Some Lovin' (The Spencer Davis Group)

DPAS live review (with photos): Nick SImper & Nasty Habits, live in Vienna, March 14th 2009
DPAS Video page: 'Mandrake Root', March 14th 2009

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Nick Simper was due to play three Mk1 tribute shows in Austria and Germany during November with Austrian rock band Nasty Habits. Sadly all three had to be cancelled, but with the hope of trying again in the new year. Nasty Habits drummer Peter Brkusic has now brought us the good news that two Austrian shows have been rescheduled for the Orpheum, Graz on March 11th 2009, and Reige, Vienna on March 14th. The set list will be comprised entirely of Mk1 tracks

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Thanks to Peter Brkusic.

'The Carlo Little Night of Honour' tribute show played at York House, Richmond on 26th March 2006 has been released as a double DVD set. The musicians include Nick Simper with the Good Old Boys, as well as Dick Taylor & Phil May (The Pretty Things), Wee Willie Harris, Mick Avory (The Kinks), and the late Art Wood. For more information, and to order, visit www.nicksimper.com, who report that "all profits are to go to South Tyneside Hospital, Ward 10, where Carlo spent his last weeks."

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