Category: Frankenjams

Work-in-progress, the “Purple Shuffle”, before it got edited down for a single! Ben Craven – guitar Dean Povey – drums Geoffrey Elgey – bass Recorded at The Forbidden Room Of Mystery, 16 December 2018.

Geoff decided in these troubled times he wanted to do a song in 19-4 time. Dean figured out how to play drums over it, Geoff added a string riff, and Ben added some chords and bass. Geoffrey Elgey – string riff Ben Craven – keys, bass, guitar Dean Povey – drums Recorded at Desert Comb…

The end of a hot day’s jamming. Ben Craven – keys, guitar Geoffrey Elgey – bass Dean Povey – drums Recorded at The Forbidden Room Of Mystery, 28 December 2019.

Originally featured on the FrankenOpenDiscussion podcast in the FrankenLotto segment. The lucky wheel selected style “Reggae2” and tempo 90 BPM. Ken Robinson – improvised vocals Ben Craven – guitar Geoffrey Elgey – bass Dean Povey – keys Mooer Groove Loop – drums Recorded at The Forbidden Room Of Mystery, 15 August 2019.

Originally entitled “Geoff Part 2”, this track feels like part of a bigger ethereal epic. It’s not Radiohead. Geoffrey Elgey – keysBen Craven – guitarDean Povey – drums Recorded at The Forbidden Room Of Mystery, 3 February 2019.

By special request, presenting for the first time EVER, the legendary LOST (until now), FULL “Bluesy Fillmore” jam! Without fear of overstatement, this is the holy grail for Frankenfidofetishists everywhere! Ben – guitarMalcolm – keysGeoff – bassDean – drums Recorded at The Forbidden Room Of Mystery, 30 June, 2017.

Actually it was Good Friday. Excerpt of the band improvising on themes from the upcoming song, “Turn Out The Light”. Ben – guitarMalcolm – keysGeoff – bassDean – drums Recorded at The Forbidden Room Of Mystery, 14 April, 2017.

Occasionally Frankenfido gets together and we just play. Anything. For fun. The tapes are always rolling and bits of music fall out. Malcolm – keysBen – guitarGeoff – keysDean – drums Recorded at The Forbidden Room Of Mystery, 25 September 2016.

Geoff sliced open his finger over lunch. We bandaged him up and got on with playing anyway. This particular spontaneous jam ended abruptly unfortunately and we sent him to the blood bin. Malcolm – keysBen – guitarGeoff – bassDean – drums Recorded at The Forbidden Room Of Mystery, 25 September 2016.