Bob Drake & Crayola Lectern

About

Born in Ohio but now resident in the South of France, Bob was a founding member of avant-rock heroes Thinking Plague and has been a member of the 5uu's, Hail and The Science Group but it with his series of solo recordings between 1994 and 2023's The Room in the Tower that he has really found his voice as a peddlar of avant-garde, individual, but always highly melodic tales of anthropomorphic animals, haunted farmhouses, wells, fountains, mystical reveries, inexplicable phenomena... the list goes on, all performed by himself and guitar

Crayola Lectern takes the show out on the road to support his third album, Disasternoon, released on Onomatopoeia Records on August 1st. The trio, incorporates Al Strachan on cornet, organs and effects and Damo Waters on percussion and synth. The album features artwork by Alfreda Benge and the piano-based songs bear psychedelic flavours of a darker hue, obliquely reflecting the world around us but still seeking redemption. The group are overjoyed to be playing on a bill with their friend, the effervescent Bob Drake and at the wonderful Rose Hill in what promises to be a very special night