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Murder on the Orient Express
Written by Chris, arranged by Karen & Chris
Recorded at Nether Edge Bowling Club (The Grand Ol’ Bowling Club) on 12 March 2026
This one is a bit new and we are definitely still learning how to play it 🙂

Fumblin with the Blues
Written and originally recorded by Tom Waits
performed by Gloria Monday (Karen Hisom & Chris Rust) at Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield (The Grand Ol’ Bowling Club) on 9 April 2026

Columbine
Written by Chris, arranged by Karen & Chris
Recorded at Nether Edge Bowling Club (The Grand Ol’ Bowling Club) on 9 April 2026

Mermaids
Written by Chris, arranged by Karen & Chris
Recorded at Nether Edge Bowling Club (The Grand Ol’ Bowling Club) on 9 April 2026

Hallelujah I Love Her So
Written and originally recorded by Ray Charles, performed by Gloria Monday (Karen Hisom & Chris Rust) at Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield (The Grand Ol’ Bowling Club) on 9 April 2026

Oh Caroline
Robert Wyatt’s 1972 love song to Caroline Coon, originally recorded by Wyatt’s band Matching Mole. Performed by Gloria Monday (Karen Hisom & Chris Rust) at Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield (The Grand Ol’ Bowling Club) on 9 April 2026

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Traditional song recorded by a great many people, associated with the Civil Rights Movement
Performed by Gloria Monday (Karen Hisom & Chris Rust) at Nether Edge Bowling Club, Sheffield (The Grand Ol’ Bowling Club) on 9 April 2026

This arrangement started when Karen and Chris were jamming at a party a few years ago with Chris’s brother Godfrey, who was a great musician and songwriter. Godfrey died a few days before this performance so it’s very much in his memory, hence Chris’s uncharacteristic comments at the start.

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When we were Break a Leg!

The ones below were recorded before we changed our name in January 2024

Carrickfergus
Probably written by Dominic Behan in the 1960s based on a 19th Century Broadsheet called ‘The Sick Young Man’.
Recorded by Jaq Pixelwitch at Cafe #9 in Sheffield, 22 June 2017

Ain’t No Pleasing You
Our (Received English) take on Chas ‘n Dave’s classic.
Recorded by Jaq Pixelwitch at Cafe #9, Sheffield, 22 June 2017

Eat at Joes
Thanks to Danny Gilhooley for unearthing this song, written by Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison. Recorded at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Birmingham in June 2016.

Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
One of our favourite jazz classics
Recorded by Jaq Pixelwitch, 22 June 2017 at Cafe #9, Sheffield

Hard Times Again
Written by Chris and arranged by Karen & Chris. Vocals were getting a bit croaky late in the evening but the audience joined in!
Recorded by Jaq Pixelwitch at Cafe #9, Sheffield, 22 June 2017

Blue Moon
Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, recorded by almost everybody, including us at Cafe #9, Sheffield in Jan 2015.
It’s a bit slow and ploddy by our current standards but it was notable for us because we re-arranged it on the fly that night as we played and we are still playing more or less the same arrangement.
Recording by Vladan Zdravkovitch