The Lunacy Board - 3 Albums in 3 Days

Remember the tenuously-linked-to-CoE Scottish prog band The Lunacy Board? Well, true to their name they are releasing their first 3 albums within 3 days of each other, including one which will be written, recorded and published within 24 hours.

The releases start in the middle of July, but anyone pre-ordering two albums will get a limited edition copy of the third for free.

Full details at www.lunacyboard.com

Tim Barnard

Sad news from the tail end of 2007.

Comedy of Errors' stalwart roadie, sound engineer and driver passed away unexpectedly late in December. Tim was a valued member of the CoE road-crew and retained an encyclopedic memory of stories from life on the road.

Our thoughts go out to Tim's brother, CoE guitarist Mike, and all his family.

Droplets of News

A few things of interest...

There is a short review of the Abel Ganz set at King Tuts here. A very positive report on Joe's performance indeed - hopefully the Ganz will be inspired to keep him on! It's on a page which includes an interview with Hew and Hugh (To wit, two Hughs?) from Abel Ganz and some good pictures (from the soundcheck, I presume). Well worth a look.

I came across a website this week which will also be of interest to some of you - Glasband 80 - a nostalgic look at the rock scene in Glasgow through the 80s, from the bands to the venues. It features lots of photos, music clips and video - even footage from the Kelvingrove Festival in 1985 (no - they don't have any CoE footage - I did ask!). Tommy, the webmaster of the site, was delighted to come across another site about a Glasgow band from the 80s and kindly offered space for a Comedy of Errors page. So CoE are now included on their list of 80s bands - welcome to anybody visiting here from Glasband 80!

And finally, I've updated the links page with some more recent links to better reflect recent happenings on the outskirts of CoE-land.

Prog in Glasgow

Not a bad couple of months for progressive music enthusiasts around Glasgow... Next week sees US progsters Glass headlining a gig at the Classic Grand on 25th of October. Support is from local bands Oswald and The Twisted Melons.

The evening will be kicked off with the live debut of The Lunacy Board - the quirky prog project very tenuously related to CoE.

Doors open at 7pm and tickets are £6.

A Gig!

Joe will be joining Abel Ganz on stage for a couple of songs at their forthcoming gig supporting Pallas at King Tut's in Glasgow on the 31st of August.

Expect a night of guest performers, with former Pallas vocalist joining in on the Pallas set and current Pallas vocalist Alan Reed joining in on the Abel Ganz set as well as Joe.

The Grand Tour now recording

A little more news from The Grand Tour, Joe's latest musical endeavour. They have rehearsed the new material enough to start recording three of the tracks from the forthcoming album. Full details on their website, along with some new pictures of the band together.

Joe's New Project - The Grand Tour

Over the last few months Joe Cairney has been working with Hew Montgomery (Abel Ganz keyboards) and Andrew Young (Ex Mooon guitarist) on a new musical project. Hew has eight songs ready for recording. Andrew is working on the guitar at present while Joe works on the vocals.You can get updated info from www.grandtourmusic.com

From the demos I have heard, this could turn out to be a great album, with a range of songs which are significantly different to Comedy Of Errors, but which provide a suitable setting for Joe's voice. We'll keep you informed of progress as this project moves on.