Yeah, we know… it’s been awhile since you’ve heard us Mess up a song or two… Here’s a taste of what you might expect, in addition to The Bearded Lady et.al.

• Miserlou Ohhhhh, so exotic, so sensual. And this is one that Kyle & Marty did the track for all by their limited keyboard technical skills selves!!! And belly dancer’s have requested us to play this. Really!
• Putting on the Ritz Our electro-swing version!
• Happy Happy Medley We did this fun fun combination of Happy and Happy Together (yes, THAT Happy Together).
• Here We Go Again Kyle evokes his Inner Ray Charles
• Do Dilly Do Okay, Marty happened to turn on the Oscar broadcast and caught this song. “What the hell is this??!!” exclaimed he. “Kyle, you gotta hear this!!! I think we gotta Big Mess song!!!” By Walter Martin for the cartoon ‘Missing Link’, most definitely a Big Mess song!! Oh what a mystery!!! Huge help from Antonio Gradanti making it happen!
• Smile & Mad World A couple of songs for peeking internally
• Tarantula Well, it goes without saying that we had to do this favourite song from Kyle’s youth. Be warned, it’s a terrifying ska tune from The Aquabats, featuring a terrifying Man vs Beast combat inspired by The Darkness!! Huh? Another Gradanti amazing track!!
• Toxic Now that Brittney Spears appears to be free from the clutches of her father, we are quite proud to present our Post Modern Jukebox version of this song. There was no way this could have happened without Nico Rhodes!
• And more that are not quite ready to reveal….

We have to admit that it’s true: Our last Big Mess update was February 2019!! That must totally be why we’re neither rich nor famous. So instead of more apologies, here is a bit of what’s been going on:

This 2021 summer (without doing extensive research into our past performances) has been (we believe) the busiest that we have ever ever been! Performances for Crimson Coast Dance, Downtown Nanaimo Business Association, a couple of shows for Duncan’s 39 Days of July Music Festival, lots of private parties on Vancouver Island… and some really fun busking, too.

Last Saturday, we played at the Downtown Nanaimo Farmer’s Market. It happened to be quite rainy and cool, but we merely added layers of clothing as needed. Gitsula Galapagos Galadriel Ghiscari (Kyle’s Most Adorable Dog) (The Big Mess Mascot) snuggled most of the time under the covers in her Git’s Bed. While we were packing up afterwards, I said to Kyle, “Hey, I wanted to be very careful not to jinx anything while we were playing, but I think that was the absolute best that we’ve ever played together!!!” Kyle said,”Yeah dad, I noticed that you kept playing some really interesting things during your solos!” “Oh Kyle, you totally, too. That’s why I think that it was so good!”

So what’s happening musically with The Big Mess???? Please wait for the next EXCITING episode…