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Where next? Frinton?

After three albums since 2020, and with Colin and Andy now both over 70 (“surely not!” I hear you cry) how much longer can we carry on? Certainly Bern has no difficulty coming up with new material. It’s now a year since we last played a gig but we’ve been in and out of theContinue reading “Where next? Frinton?”

Guitar Acquisition Syndrome

My first guitar was a nasty, cheap acoustic with steel strings and an action higher than a guillotine. My parents had clearly bought it with the object of putting me off. Despite it cutting my finger tips to shreds, I remained intent on becoming a rock star. In 1973, for my 18th birthday, they generouslyContinue reading “Guitar Acquisition Syndrome”

Memoryland reviewed

After the Difficult Second Album, the Critically Acclaimed Third? We live in hope. Launched at our Oxford gig on 1 March 2024, it’s entitled Memoryland. Once again, just a measly £10 UK, including postage. Just go to the Contact page and send us a message. You will hear back from us within 24 hours tellingContinue reading “Memoryland reviewed”

Scent of the Moon reviewed

The Difficult Second Album proved not to be so difficult after all. We have got used to getting together every couple of months at best, and we took to Covid lockdown rather well. Lots of emailing bits of music back and forth until we found arrangements we were happy with. Issuing a second CD lessContinue reading “Scent of the Moon reviewed”

The Lover’s Song reviewed

Eleven of Bernard Hanaway’s tunes for only £10 UK, delivered in a chichi shiny-white padded bag. Play The Lover’s Song over and over in the discomfort of your own home, droning along until you go hoarse. It comes with a 12-page booklet with the lyrics, cleverly printed so that you can read them without aContinue reading “The Lover’s Song reviewed”

Move the Air, on the air

A nasty old year 2020 is turning out to be. But for the band, there’s been a few ups to go with the downs. Like being on the radio. We enjoy playing music in the old-fashioned way, all in the same room at the same time. We don’t get together often but we’ve had aContinue reading “Move the Air, on the air”

Harcourt incident

After a productive weekend rehearsing at Glasshouse Studios in Cumnor in September 2018, we decided to drop in on the popular open mic night on Sunday evening at the Harcourt Arms in Jericho to see if we could play a few songs. We arrived good and early so it was soon sorted. After our firstContinue reading “Harcourt incident”

Boardroom news

Eyebrows were raised at last month’s OftW Zoomed Board meeting when Colin Wight, Chair and CEO, announced that he had spent 115% of the annual equipment budget on a plectrum. “It’s not your run-of-the-mill sort of pick,” said Mr Wight. “It’s made from Jimi Hendrix’s ground-up metacarpals infused with Gibeon meteorite and bonded with pyramid-curedContinue reading “Boardroom news”

Reviewing the past

Lockdown has given us the opportunity to get round to things that we’ve put off for years. Hence this website for One for the Wall. Although we are now playing brand-new material, many of the songs we present here go back to our early days in the late 70s and early 80s. We were youngContinue reading “Reviewing the past”