Bands in Shoreditch: Interview with The Goodtime Family

G: Tell us about your band?

We play an old-timey cross of blues and country with Willie Singerman on banjo, Gwendolen Chatfield on accordion, Graham Farnworth on Resonator Guitar, Boxcar Joe Strouzer on harmonica, Rob Rider Hill on long-neck banjo, Rebekah Robertson on Bass (everything but the fish) and Annie Ball on the spoons. We have been a band for about 6 weeks, which is the gestation period of a squirrel, I believe, but have played with each other in different line ups over the past year. Our name was inspired by Willie’s banjo, Miss Goodtime.

G: What was your most successful or most enjoyed gig so far?

The most fun we’ve had and the best crowds are down Columbia Road flower market on Sundays.

G: Where have you performed in Shoreditch and what are the other places you would like to perform in?

We play down at Mason & Taylor on Redchurch Street and regularly haunt Jamboree in Cable Street Studios and The George Tavern on Commercial Road.

G: Who writes the lyrics to the songs? Are the music and lyrics written in conjunction, or separately? How would you describe your ‘creative process’?

We glean most of our lyrics from the graveyards of the American South; our creative process involves drinking and desperation…

G: What are your plans for the future?

We hope to all ride hover-cars, then the cold embrace of the grave.

G: Who/what are your favourite Artists/Businesses in the area?

Dakota Jim, The Tin Can .44s, Brooke Sharkey, Adam Beattie & The Consultants, Garance Louis & The Mitochondrie, Franky & The Jacks and John Fairhurst.

G: What are your favorite places in Shoreditch?

Boxcar Joe likes Wholesale Tropicals on Bethnal Green Road, they have plenty of fish…

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