The Old Brief in George street is being refurbished.
When it comes back it will not be a big music venue.
The directors at the brewery have decided to turn it into a restaurant (mmm.. nice).
So the Final week at the Old Brief for the BBB will be Monday the 1st February 2010 (next week)

So some time in march you will be able really push the boat out and take your loved ones for a delicious slap up meal at the The Old Brief, Main Street, War-Torne-Central, Beirut.
We wish the Brief the best of luck but we do have to question the cerebral capital of the pubs owners…

No matter how much you try to polish a turd it will not come up shining.

If they were to do The Bogs up with gold taps and put Persian carpets on the floor and employed a scantily clad blond to hand out hand cream.
Also Employed Gordon Ramsey or Jamie Oliver to posh up their soup in a basket and they adorned the walls with modern art and gold leaf’d everything.
…. can you honestly see the venue attracting anything more than a couple of hoodies, a lashed up business man or a couple of local chav couples.
Those they do manage to shoehorn in the door will probably do a runner.

There are music venues in that area that would love to have that back room with the sound system.. its great.

That area of Croydon does not need a half baked managed restaurant…It needs a pound shop with posh toilets which is ultimately I feel what will become of the Brief.

Any way enough rubbish from me….
The BBB Needs a new venue… Watch this space and we will find one.

Tis the Season To be Jolly and sing ones  heart out.

I have decided to announce another BBB Singers Night (before our usual quarterly  deadline).
On the 21st of December there will be Yet Another Singers Night…. But with a difference (middle brass: Dut, Dut Daar)
This evening of merryment will (if I can find them) contain all christmas songs.

Why, Why, why have we done this(Delilah!) I hear yo ask. Well, this year the last BBB’s Monday before Chrimbo’ is just 4 days before Santa empties his sack down your chimney. By then everyone should be well and truly in the Christmas spirit And ultimately everyone, even me… will hate serious jazz!….. bring on the schmaltzy  christmas Tat!.

The Available Songs Will be appearing here over the next few days weeks:

..Pick one and give me a shout.

Santa Baby (C) — Georgie Fellows
Sleigh Bells
Baby It’s Cold Outside … Emer and Anton
Here Comes Santa Claus (F)
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Instrumental)
Christmas Song  (Eb) — Sarah Newbury
Have Your self A Merry Little Christmas (
Frosty the Snowman (G) or (C)
Winter Wonderland
White Christmas
Let It Snow — Janet Penfold?
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
…bandleader

Yet Another Singers Night
It Is going to happen on June the 1st not long to get your song requests in.

Confirmed Singers:

Mark Jarvis

Georgie Fellows:
Lullaby of Broadway
S’Wonderful

Christine Hipkiss
BLUE MOON
IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON
YOU DO SOMETHING TO ME

Jess Edwards
L-O-V-E,
Knock on Wood
Just The Way You Look Tonight

Pork Chops in hand we will be back at the Brief This evening.

(Meaning of Pork Chops… One who owing to the fact of no practise finds it somewhat difficult to play even the most rudimentary of music presented to them.)

We Are Closed

We Will Be Back on the 7 of September

Thanks for your support throughout the year

We will see you soon

Twitter is a very popular website these days. It gets millions of hits every day.

This site is dedicated to people talking soundbites about nothing… in essence they are just talking crap.

So I was thinking why not buy the domain www.shitter.com. The Idea being that if anyone has a monumental ablution. one will have the ability to whiz around (whilst still sweating), catch a picture on their mobile and then upload it to www.shitter.com for the world to see.

Its the same as twitter. But with real rather than virtual sh…. genius!

I think that this is a worth while social experiment.

In order to satisfy Croydons’ Appetite for High Art. I (Nigel) decided to put myself through the psychological mangle (also known as Singers Night) once again for you lucky thrill seekers.

The Personel on this singers night were as follows:
The BBB usual suspects plus some highly talented individuals.
Lewis Dixon, Colin Anthony, The Marjorie Belles, Emer MacParland and Hannah Lindo.
First Half:
The evenings’ idle chitter chatter was bought to a shuddering halt with the BBB doing an instrumental arrangement of I Ain’t Got Nobody to kick of the evening.

Lewis Dixon opened the show with Frank Sinatras’ Come Fly with Me. Lewis has come quite some way since he first sung with the band about 10 years ago, and did a great job well done Lewis.

We were honoured to have the fabulous Colin Anthony come down and sing with us. He Sang 2 Songs from his own pad and he was even posh enough to bring down his own conductor in the form of Barry Forgie; it was just like the Eurovision song contest but with talent. Not even Anton Browne Does that!. …more

Saves: Nigel Crane, Adam Talbot, John Shenoy, Lucy Palmer, Nicki Hutchins.

Trumpets: Rob Sneddon, Pete Cooper, Miles Le Vogeur, Chris Hickox

Trombones: Reg Brooks, Alison Henry, John Mathews.

Rhythm: Gordon Livesey, Steve Cooper, Richard Madgewick, Lewis Turner

I found a new baby. Gordon Goodwin are