Lend Them Your Ears - The B Goodes

Ipswich’s The B Goodes have been creating a storm in the local area since their formation in 2009, thanks to a slew of gigs, including a triumphant performance on the Lake Stage at this year’s Latitude Festival. It’s not hard to see why – their brilliantly written songs and obvious musical talent are brought together into energetic, feel-good performances – whether they are playing to tens or to hundreds of people.

What you get, first and foremost, with the B Goodes is fun, and fun in a big way – the band are having fun, everyone around you is having fun and, if they haven’t plastered a big, stupid grin across your mush by the end of their set, then you are, most likely, clinically dead. Described by Tom Robinson at 6 Music as “Daft, splendid, retro” the band have an infectious enjoyment of what they do that spreads like wildfire.

The B Goodes performing Feel Alright at Latitude 2011 - download the studio version at www.bgoodes.com

But The B Goodes are not some kind of silly purveyors of novelty, oh no. At the heart of all the excitement are a bunch of extremely well written songs. Borrowing from a range of rock n roll influences – such as The Beatles, Sam Cooke and The Sonics, the band still breathe freshness into a sound that has been around for 60 years. 

Every member of the band – John B on guitar, Phil on piano/guitar, Jay on bass and John R on drums - is extremely good at what they do and the different elements of the music all demand your attention without ever stepping on each other’s toes. This gives tremendous depth to songs that seem deceptively simple at first, and demands that they be listened to repeatedly. And loudly. With friends, lovers or just on your todd. Songs such as Feel Alright, Never Forget You, Sleep So Soundly and Girl on the Carousel get firmly lodged in your brain and you find yourself singing them for days after you hear them.

 Will I Remember In The Morning by bgoodes

Will I Remember In The Morning - including a piano lick that Jerry Lee Lewis himself would be proud of

Not only are The B Goodes boys very talented and great fun, they're also generous, giving away a free download of their set-closing, rabble-rousing, roof-raising track Feel Alright on their website www.bgoodes.com

The band's next scheduled gig is at The Bull in Colchester on Friday 14th October and their debut album is due for release before the end of the year.

There are many ways you can find the B Goodes online (they're not shy boys) -

bgoodes.com
facebook.com/thebgoodes
twitter.com/thebgoodes
youtube.com/user/TheBGoodes