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Saving Our Marriage

from Gentleman Giant by Jimi Beavis

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    Jimi Beavis’ Gentleman Giant has been an album in the making since he was 19 when he developed a desire to one day put the songs he was writing into an album form. Or perhaps as a 16 year old, fuelled by his discovery of music of Bob Dylan and his contemporaries and then tracing back their influences to the blues and folk of the 1950s and earlier. His songwriting has improved since then and along the way he has amassed a knowledge of roots music from all areas, as well as formidable harmonica chops.

    After recording two EPs as a solo artist, Jimi collected his favourite blues originals and his band and started recording Gentleman Giant in Brisbane’s humble Parsonage Studios with producer Steve Robin. The band laid down three songs over a weekend and returned in May to finish the rest off, along with two B-sides.

    As with his previous recordings, the basic recordings were laid down live for drums, double bass, guitar, harmonica and vocals.

    “The best blues is made with the musicians all perfoming at once, reacting off each other to make the music seem real,” said Jimi. “Some of my favourite blues albums, have that feel – listen to Muddy Waters’ Hard Again or Junior Wells’ Hoodoo Man Blues. The music feels like it is a living, breathing being.”

    After the basic tracks were recorded, horns, percussion and piano were added for dramatic effect. Jimi even adds banjo and slide guitar on some tracks. Steve then makes the final mix through his ancient tape machine for old, warm sound of Jimi's favourite blues recordings. However, while Jimi loves the blues of yesteryear, he is also keen on doing something different.

    “By no means am I rewriting the book on blues,” said Jimi. “But if I can find a different way of writing a blues song while keeping it authentically blues, then I will. At the same I think it is necessary to make my lyrics reflect my personal experience rather than echo the exact same kind of song as Muddy Waters or Robert Johnson or Willie Dixon – they had a different culture, they have a different way of doing things.”
    credits
    released 27 November 2013
    Jimi Beavis – vocals, harmonica, banjo, slide guitar, percussion, backing vocals and grunts
    Dave McGuire – guitar and dry witticisms
    Costas Constantinou – double bass and wet witticisms
    Scott Nosworthy – drums on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and the general vibes, man.
    Joachim Alfheim - drums, percussion on tracks 1, 2, 4 and backing vocals on track 1 and his amusing anecdotes about driving.
    AND…
    Trav Jenkins – piano on tracks 1, 4 and 5
    Steve Robin – extra percussion, backing vocals and keyboards
    Papa Joe Roberts – baritone sax on tracks 3 and 9 and clarinet on 10
    Dan Quigley – trumpet on tracks 3, 5 and 10
    Andrew Garton – tenor sax on tracks 3, 5 and 10
    Ronan Lock, Ngaire Lock, Niyi Adepoyibi, Lauren Lucille and Ryan Wijeratne – handclaps, percussion on track 6 and party noises, percussion and backing vocals on track 10

    Engineered, produced, mixed, mastered by Steve Robin at The Parsonage Studios. Ably assisted by studio owner Mr Geoff Parsons himself.
    Cover Design by Brett Harris.
    Cover Photo by Amanda Buckley and starring Jimi Beavis and Flash the Great Dane. Photography assisted by Flash-wrangler Catherine Smibert Toomey.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Gentleman Giant via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    The re-release of my debut album Gentleman Giant, produced into the format it was made for: vinyl.

    Jimi Beavis’ Gentleman Giant has been an album in the marking since he was 19 when he developed a desire to one day put the songs he was writing into an album form. Or perhaps as a 16 year old, fuelled by his discovery of music of Bob Dylan and his contemporaries and then tracing back their influences to the blues and folk of the 1950s and earlier. His songwriting has improved since then and along the way he has amassed a knowledge of roots music from all areas, as well as formidable harmonica chops.

    After recording two EPs as a solo artist, Jimi collected his favourite blues originals and his band and started recording Gentleman Giant in Brisbane’s humble Parsonage Studios with producer Steve Robin. The band laid down three songs over a weekend in January 2013 and returned in May to finish the rest off, along with two B-sides.

    As with his previous recordings, the basic recordings were laid down live for drums, double bass, guitar, harmonica and vocals. After the basic tracks were recorded, horns, percussion and piano were added for dramatic effect. Jimi even adds banjo and slide guitar on some tracks. Steve then makes the final mix through his ancient tape machine for old, warm sound of Jimi's favourite blues recordings. However, while Jimi loves the blues of yesteryear, he is also keen on doing something different.

    Credits
    CD/Digital released 27 November 2013
    Jimi Beavis – vocals, harmonica, banjo, slide guitar, percussion, backing vocals and grunts
    Dave McGuire – guitar and dry witticisms
    Costas Constantinou – double bass and wet witticisms
    Scott Nosworthy – drums on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and the general vibes, man.
    Joachim Alfheim - drums, percussion on tracks 1, 2, 4 and backing vocals on track 1 and his amusing anecdotes about driving.
    AND…
    Trav Jenkins – piano on tracks 1, 4 and 5
    Steve Robin – extra percussion, backing vocals and keyboards
    Papa Joe Roberts – baritone sax on tracks 3 and 9 and clarinet on 10
    Dan Quigley – trumpet on tracks 3, 5 and 10
    Andrew Garton – tenor sax on tracks 3, 5 and 10
    Ronan Lock, Ngaire Lock, Niyi Adepoyibi, Lauren Lucille and Ryan Wijeratne – handclaps, percussion on track 6 and party noises, percussion and backing vocals on track 10

    Engineered, produced, mixed, mastered by Steve Robin at The Parsonage Studios. Ably assisted by studio owner Mr Geoff Parsons himself.
    Cover Design by Brett Harris.
    Cover Photo by Amanda Buckley and starring Jimi Beavis and Flash the Great Dane. Photography assisted by Flash-wrangler Catherine Smibert Toomey.
    Released on Rearview Clouds Records.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Gentleman Giant via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ... more
    ships out within 3 days
    edition of 250 
    Purchasable with gift card

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7. Saving Our Marriage – Jimi once heard a story of a couple who worked so hard in various social justice groups that they neglected their own children. With that in mind he started "Saving" about five years ago as a country song but eventually adapted to this stripped back 12 bar. He and double bass player Costas Costantinou attempted it in the first sessions in January, working from different rooms for mixing purposes. However, it didn’t work and they tried it again in the May session (it was the last song recorded). This time they stood facing each other and the intensity came off – rough and raw, just vocals, harmonica and double bass.

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from Gentleman Giant, released November 27, 2013
Jimi Beavis - vocals, harmonica
Costas Costantinou - double bass

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Jimi Beavis Brisbane, Australia

Jimi Beavis is all class. A gentleman giant of the Brisbane roots scene who knows what’s what. Like his heroes Nick Cave and Tom Waits, Jimi’s original songs draw upon the darkness of humankind but the hipshaking old school rhythms that gave music its good time dancibility. Yet the songs remain relevant and irresistible to live audiences when Jimi delivers them in his inimitable way. ... more

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