I named my business after the band I've loved since the early eighties so you can imagine it was an honour and a privilege for me to have my favourite band stay over at my house whilst they were in Edinburgh supporting Mercury Rev at the Queen's Hall. 19th May 2011.
Chameleonsvox includes Mark Burgess and John Lever from the original Chameleons along with Chris Oliver, Ray Bowles and Neil 'The man with the Stereohands' There was also Tony Skinkis their manager, Deano the Merch man and Dug the drum tech. A fantastic bunch of guys.
I got in on the guest list and 'Access All Areas' at the gig where they played a short 45min set of Chameleons favourites including; Soul in Isolation, Tears, Caution, In Answer and Perfume Garden.
Later at the house I supplied and cooked the pizzas and Chris and Neil had a little Jam in the livingroom which inluded: The Doors, L.A. Woman, Status Quo Down, Down, Neil's version of the Velvet Underground's I'm waiting for my man... and some Chameleons stuff - Anyone Alive and Paper Tigers. I was blown away at how good my old acoustic guitar sounded in the hands of professionals. Chris was playing the electric. It was amazing having live Chameleons music played in my livingroom. Mark crashed out early and John mostly played and actually won a few games of Chess on my iPad.
In the morning after bacon butties I got them all to pose in the my garden for a photo. Then they headed back to Manchester in their Spaffwagon.
Definitely a time to remember!
