Thursday, 26 November 2009

The History Of The Jury...

The Jury was formed way back in the year of 2007. The only difference was the bass player. The great Lewis Coleman
Lewis left the band to join rival band Under Global Mass. Who later changed their name to Popeye And The Pixies. The change was needed as their orginal name sounded like "you were having sex with a fat guy"-Sam Hughes. It is worth mentioning that back then The Jury was not called The Jury but... wait for it... Rough Justice! However with no new members the future for Rough Justice didn't look great. Until one Jake Hitch ( Bass ) and Alex Valentime ( Rhythm guitar) of Rimpton (yay) joined the band. Goodbye Rough Justice, Hello The Jury. With help of course from the great Roadie Sam Hughes! The Jury's first gig with new band members would be The Gryphons School Year 9 Ball ( long live rock & roll) incidently Popeye & The Pixies would be playing as well. After a great set from Popeye it was time for the crowd to be judged. But before The Jury would come on stage. Sam gave the crowd an introduction they wouldn't forget... The concerts highlights was there peformance of Free's Mr.Big and Aerosmith's Sweet Emotion. Backing Vocals? It was Sams time to shine... Here are a couple of pictures from the peformance




Several months later Alex died... Not really he was released from the band and we wish him well in his new but un-named band. With Jake. Jake left a week after that. To join Alex in his new band. Jonathan & Louis were upset. They needed a new bass player... One week later best friends Jonathan and roadie Sam

were at The Quicksilver mail in Yeovil watching the great The Hamsters peforman. It was then and there were Sam officially became the new bass player! Then came Battle At The Bands. Now that's finished, new songs both covered and orginal are underway for future gigs.

What's next???

More pictures?








Monday, 16 November 2009

Welcome.

Sam Hughes bassing it up modestly!
Getting Ready for the semi- final and about to do Purple Haze.

Sam & Jonny doing their thing


Louis being nervous



Jonny doing his "thing"
Photos courtesy of Robyn Pitts
First and for note. The blogs underneath this ones are not of The Jury. I'm not sure why they are there.

First off let me intrdoduce The Jury...

We are a Three piece blues/rock band formed in 2007. Since then we have had multiple line up changes. The current members consist of:
Jonny Morgan- Lead Guitarist/Lead Vocalist
Sam Hughes- Bass/ Backing vocalist
Louis Paull-Drums
Our latest gig was The Gryphons School Battle At The Bands contest. We came second, bit of a bummer but first gig with new bass player so all good!

To give you a taste of the type of stuff we play the songs we peformed were................................:

Rory Gallagher - Secret Agent
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
ZZ Top - Jesus Just left Chicago
Chuck Berry - Johnny.B.Goode
Other Songs we play were ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin & Joe Bonamassa - Burning Hell.


(The Jury show that the blues is still alive amoung the younger generation. They play with a fantastic bluesy feel with the energy of AC/DC! Gut Busting Solo's, Soulful Bass & Face Melting Guitar solo's) Jacob Hughes (Drummer Of Two Castles Jazz Band) FIVE STAR!