Links
Including Billy's
Music & Business Buddies!
The
Billy Jenkins Webzine
Almost All You Need To Know
About Billy Jenkins is here! Scratching the surface of over 35 years of
music making!
Key interviews over the years
- including the full wonderfully mad 16,000 word transcript by painter,
musician and writer Max Jay in discussion with Billy in the spring of 2004.
Blues Collective 'lookalikes'. Trivia, in depth
discussion, open forums, history, over 140 barking 'Who Is He Like', web
cross references, BJ links and much more.
A semi-locked site, lovingly assembled
by Ian Bolton, with lots to see and enjoy!
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www.jazzcds.co.uk
Secure online site where
you can purchase Billy's CD's and many other recordings by Billy's
musical alumini.
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www.babel.ithinkmusic.com
Get Billy music on download
here! The best and highest download quality (at 320kbps) which is
the highest possible for Mp3s and about three times that of the same music
on sale at ITunes. Complete albums are mostly £6.99 or less and single
tracks are 79p.
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www.tunetribe.com
Another recommended 'pay
to play' site for downloading some of Billy's recordings on the
Babel Label. Also has an excellent Billy overview article by John L.
Walters, music critic of The Guardian.
Just punch in Billy's name
to find him.
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Here
Is The Blues!
Low down electric guitar
twang and buzz blues with Billy and fellow SE London blues guitarist Steve
Morrison - the king of low strung open tune rhythm.
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Billy
Jenkins' 'Songs of Praise'
Full biographies of the musicians
& photo gallery from Billy's 2006-07 touring band.
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sadtimes.co.uk
The site of the CD or the CD of the
site?
A locked archive site but one which
has excellent in depth interviews with members of the Blues Collective,
photographs, reviews, a full band biography and all Billy's blues lyrics!
If you want Billy's blues - this
site has 'em.
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Billy
on Myspace
Become a Billy friend
on MySpace! Match reports from live performances which have originally
appeared here on Billy.com are archived on the blog page
and of course you can also add witty and pithy comments whilst listening
to some choice Billy tracks!
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Billy
on YouTube
Quite a few clips to enjoy,
including the Craig Duncan documentary 'A Virus Called The Blues',
the Belgium Blues Collective with guitarist Mark Somers, five separate
'Here
Is The Blues!' live tracks and a brace of bowls clips set to Billy's
music by filmaker Dave Eyre - and more!
SHOVE BILLY UP THE YouTube
CHARTS BY MAKING SURE YOU RATE EACH VIDEO!!
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HAT
Find out about HAT
- the surreal wool and knitting show written and performed by poet
and BBC Radio 3 presenter Ian McMillan with music composed and performed
by Billy alongside Spacehead and Pale Boy Andy Diagram (ex
James) on cornet, loops and samples and Angie Harrison (ex Hallé
orchestra) on viola and knitting needles. Another brilliant Simon Thackray
concept.
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The
Babel Label
Companion label to VOTP, the
Babel
Label was formed, with Billy's encouragement in 1994 by Oliver Weindling.
Since then, they have released over 50 CD's documenting innovative and
creative musicans - many of whom have worked with Mr Jenkins.
Several articles of interest about
and by BJ and the rest of the Fabled Babel Label Stable.
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Helmut
Riedl's Music On Photo
Helmut lives near Wiesen
in Austria and has been photographing Billy since 1987. His
huge BJ portfolio captures some classic and curious events. He also has
photographs of Billy's many musical associates.
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Espresso
Animation
Home of the wonderful people
who have made the Blues Al Fresco DVD. Animation is their normal
business, but you can find out more about the making of the film and view
stills and clips here.
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Resonance
104.4FM
Broadcasting in London and
worldwide on the web, this unique radio station is, to quote the New York's
Village Voice 'the best radio station in the world'.
Billy J was one of the station's
original presenters. During 2002/3 He created and broadcast over
40 two hour Sunday lunchtime shows called 'One Way Single Parent Family
Favourites'.
No matter what time you tune
in, there's always something to enjoy, irritate or inspire.
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The
Shed
For over the last dozen years photographer,
sculptor, painter and inspirational arts inventor Simon Thackray
has been inviting creative performers to a tiny room in North Yorkshire.
BJ hates travelling, yet he's there in a flash when invited. Find out why.
You can listen to Billy talking and playing with Snake Davis in
the second hour of the Shed's Teenage Radio Party live on BBC
Radio York.
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British
Humanist Association
Provides support for people
who seek to live a good life without religion. Trains and accredits humanist
celebrants and officiants for non religious funerals, weddings and namings.
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National
Secular Society
Many people, while standing
up for freedom of religion, and freedom not to believe, feel that the proper
place for religion is in the place of worship or home. The NSS is a rallying
point for opposition to religious resurgence and political manipulation.
Regular relevant world news.
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Billy's Music & Business Buddies
Alfie
Goodrich - Big Fight visual recorder & great photographer
Alan
Springate - National Steel and Isle of Wight angst
Art
of Blues -
Steve Morrison creates just that
Ben
Watson - writer, critic, philosopher & Billy listener
Beowulf
Mayfield - performance poet, journalist, musician & great cook
Blue
Elephant Theatre - Camberwell's cutting edge theatre
Blues
Abuse - guitarist Steve Morrison's blues projects
Blues
In Britain - monthly UK blues magazine
Blues
Matters! - bi-monthly UK blues magazine
Brian
Irvine - the happening jazz composer, bandleader & performer
Brooks
Blues Bar - Billy's favourite London blues promotors
Cadillac
Jazz - retail distribution and mail order for all Billy releases
David
Sinclair Jazz Photography - contains a great Billy portfolio
FlexiMusic
Audio Editor - easy use music tools. Even
Billy understands!
Freethinker
- monthly secular humanist magazine
Francis
Drake Bowls Club - play bowls with Capt. Billy!
FTP.com
- This site is uploaded thanks to these very nice people
Fun
Horns of Berlin - crazy guys, great musicians
Golddust
Studios - Bromley recording studios and CD duplication
Greg
Lyons - inspirational saxophonist working out of SE Asia
Janey
Lee Grace - broadcaster, singer and Imperfectly Natural guru
Jazz
Angels - top wedding, event & party band led by Ian Trimmer
Jazz
Services - huge UK jazz database
Jazzwise
Magazine - leading UK monthly publication
Jeff
Scott - artistry in motorcycle speedway writing Read
and be hooked!
Leeds
Jazz - cutting edge jazz promotion
Mark
Lockheart - big boots VOGC tenor saxophone and much more
Mark
Somers - Archo Antwerp guitar terrorist & Rottenond Productions
Martin
Speake - great saxophonist featured on 'Entertainment USA'
Matthew
Bourne - pianist, composer, forward thinker
Max
Collie - another Bromley bandleader!
Maxwell
Jay - blog of writer, painter & musician Maxwell Jay
Pi
Internet - mine host for this site & superb web management
Real
Vision Records - BBC
R2's Janey Lee Grace's record label
Richard
Russell - clarinettist, composer, writer & Billy commentator
RMS
Studios - Croydon recording studios and CD duplication
Roadhouse
Records - Canadian label feat. Pat Coleman, Colin Lazzerini
Rupert
Loydell - poet, painter, polemic
Sam
Vloemans - Antwerp trumpet maestro, composer, arranger & more
Shropshire
Entertainment - your one stop shop for Shropshire music
Slug
- IoW jazz & blues duo w. Alan Springate & David Sanchez Statcounter.com
- superb web count used by this site
Stewart
Lee - writer, comedian and Billy fan
Stuart
Howitt - superb soundman and full production services
The
Big Mojito - #1 NW UK Afro/Latin/Salsa outfit founded by Sam Dale
The
Legendary Tiger Man - visionary Portugese bluesman
Tony
Bartholomew Photography - has a large Billy portfolio inc. 'HAT'.
Wakefield
Jazz - award winning jazz club
Wing
Music - SE London music equipment & hire
Vortex
Jazz Club - London's 'listening jazz venue'
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