Sunday, August 23, 2009

Hot Summer Days - Hot Summer Nights

the Gypsy Queens with the man
~ who put the Wayne in Wayne's
http://www.waynes.fr/start.htm





~ here's the band again ~ with Wayne, himself

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the band continues to play out the summer
~ in the heat of August ~ on the Cote d'Azur

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~ in this 17 minute video ~ from Vimeo
http://www.vimeo.com/6194166
~ from the series "the Fiesta de Chopard en Marbella Club"

~ the Gypsy Queens are again associated
~ with their friends at Chopard ~ http://www.chopard.com/

~ you can see the band performing a number of songs
~ with a particularly wonderful vocal performance
~ from Manuel ~ just after 'the 11 minute' mark

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~ finally ~ a last photo montage
~ with the help of the lovely Thea Kronborg



~ thank you, Thea !!

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Summer Songs

The Gypsy Queens' summer continues
~~~ with more music
~~~ more videos
~~~ and more photos !!!

~ here's the band singing "Sweet Caroline" and "Sexbomb" ::

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsncNeEqN3E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NdflOrYFhU&feature=related

again ~ with very special thanks to adam king !!
~ http://www.adamkingtv.co.uk//



~ corsica or bust


~ manuel and didi harmonize


~ a summer evening's break
~ (thanks, Jay Metcalf !!)


~ david lets loose on electric

Monday, August 10, 2009

Jason King : Photojournalist and International Conveyer-Belt Traveler !!!

~ despite the troubles others may have
~ navigating the pavement around the Cote d'Azur
~ 'our boy' from Brighton ~ knows how to travel in style !!!

~ here's Jason traveling the roads back to Nice ...


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~ and ~ as the summer of 2009 continues to race by
~ we have the work of ace photographer ~ Jason King
~ to help us tell the Gypsy Queens' story ::
~

Manuel and David

Didi

~ another plane ~ another delay
~
Manuel and David (again)

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~ you'll never find this bass player from Brighton
~ unwilling ~ or unable
~ to find new and exciting paths to travel !!!
~

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Return of the Octoporsche !!

this has already been a wild summer for the band
~ with August still barely underway

~ a few weeks ago
~ there was this BREAKING NEWS !!!
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIDk2rABxlM

~ special thanks to http://www.adamkingtv.co.uk/ !!!



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hopefully ~ the rest of the summer
~ will bring only good news ~ and more great music ~ for the band !!!
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~ attached are some recent performance photographs of the guys
~ thank you !!! ~ to Vanessa Hartley for her beautiful work !!!


~~ jason ~~~~~~~ david ~~~~~~~~~~manuel








~ " ... all together now "
~ "Cheer up, Gypsy Queens !!! "

~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcwqUV8jeNc&feature=related

Sunday, August 2, 2009

'Hyacinthus Orientalis' ~ the Gypsy Queen



www.sacredmists.com/gyquhehy.html

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after a trip to Corsica ~ this week
~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsica

~ "finally home !"
~ didi ~ Saturday, Aug 1st

~ "same, man ... long night"
~ "took SO long to find a way home"
~ jason ~ Saturday, Aug 1st

~ the band returned to Nice

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~ coming up in future updates

~ the band plans a trip to Tahiti ~ in the South Pacific

~ http://www.legendsresortvillas.com/

~ stay tuned !!