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Welcome to this months newsletter. The end May / beginning of June marks the start of an exceptionally busy season, with more recording of the Walker Broad album, a second tour of France, and more in the pipeline. * Videos * Quite a crop of new videos since the last newsletter: o Andy Broad playing Brownseville Blues @ The Rose & Crown Charlbury http://youtu.be/NYK6RNpDwck o Burnt Ice performing Black Cat Bone @ the R.M.A. Tavern http://youtu.be/fF3NYI1od5A o Burnt Ice with their version of B.B. Kings "You Upset Me" again at the R.M.A. tavern. http://youtu.be/SF5IM3h7bTg o And finally Walker Broad performing Kirsty MacColl's "In these Shoes?" at the Auckland Arms, Southsea. http://youtu.be/xt5xOmFLHe0 You can also watch the Walker Broad video on the new dedicated videos page on the walkerbroad website www.walkerbroad.co.uk choose video from the menu. * Walker Broad Recording * We've been making good progress on the new album. 6 Rhythm tracks down with vocals and guitar of 4 of them, with another vocal and guitar session at the beginning of June. It's all sounding pretty good! * French Tour 2012 * Now making final preparations for this years visit to France, 6 great gigs booked in from 8th June through till the 21st. I will be revisiting both the venues I played last year plus some exciting new ones. Full details on my website. There a few dates free still over the time there, so anyone with suggestions for a last minute booking do get in touch. * Limited Edition Prints * I now have some high quality prints of my painting of Muddy Waters and Lighnin' Hopkins for sale. Please get in touch if you might be interested. Prints will be priced at £15.00 plus p&p and ready for framing (sized just slightly smaller than A3). * Gigs * Tuesday Ma›y 22nd The Golden Lion, Southwick, Fareham Walker Broad band. Our loveley regular gig at The Golden Lion comes round again. Great atmosphere here, great food too. Tuesday May 29th The Tuesday Lounge @ The R.M.A. Tavern Walker Broad Band. It's quite a while since we played at Dan Ogus' tuesday lounge, a laid back mostly acoustic night. This will be the first time there with the full Band. Friday June 1st Walker Broad studio session. Saturday June 2nd The Portsmouth Hoy, Poole Quay, Poole. Walker Broad Duo. Last month we played at The Portsmouth Hoy for the first time after it being recommended to us by our good friend Adam Franklin. It went down very well and we are pleased to be invited back. It's lovely sea front venue, and well worth the trip down. Sunday June 3rd 12:00 till 2:30 The Florence Arms, Florence Road, Southsea Andy Broad's Blues & Jazz Jam. The regular Jam at the Flo, all welcome. Every month comes out a little different, so come down and put you own spin on it. It's mostly blues based but we don't object to the odd out of genre spot. Sunday June 3rd 7:30 till 10:00 pm Hobbits, bar & Restaurant Hythe Andy Broad, solo Blues. This will be the warm up for the french tour.... Friday 8th June Dixieland Cafe, Verteiul-sur-Charente, FRANCE Saturday 9th June Le Pub Kennedy, Angouleme, FRANCE Thursday 14th June O'Sullivans, Bezier, FRANCE Friday 15th June Bar MaryJohn Lamalou-Les-Bains, FRANCE Saturday 16th June Bar Des Sports, Graissessac, Herault, FRANCE Thursday 21st June Mad Hatters Kitchen, Caunay, FRANCE Andy Broad solo Blues. Thursday 26th June back in the UK for the next visit to The Golden Lion with walker Broad. See you all at a gig soon! Andy