The history of Scotland’s one-time least hard working, hard touring, hard living blues band

The Adjournments were formed in Glasgow in late 2003, after almost 3 years of talking about getting together.Only 2 of the original line up remain, namely Syd and Jim the Guitar.

The band has earned the right to play the blues, or to listen to the blues at least. Indeed, the band’s share of bad luck and trouble perhaps suggests that the members were all “born under a bad sign”.The band’s original bass player, Greg, disappeared off the face of the Earth in November 2003. Rhythm guitarist, Scott, left the band a few months later in order to pursue a career as a magician. It is suspected that Greg’s disappearance had something to do with Scott’s fascination for illusions involving boxes, swords and cleavers.

Calum and Stevie joined up in early 2004. The band, mostly through a combination of ennui and a bizarre litigation and alcohol related incident, had that line-up until mid 2007 when multi instrumentalist Jim (the sax) McCann joined the band on a permanent basis, as a saxophonist and also to play any other instrument that he could find.Stevie and Calum left the band at the end of 2007 and currently the boys are recruiting a new bass player.The band has signed up former Hugh Reed and the Velvet Underpants drummer Tom Docherty as a replacement on drums. Indeed Tom has gigged with the band before, having featured in the band in 2006. Most recently John G joined the band on bass, adding a wealth of experience in the process. 

The band’s influences are many and varied, taking in such diverse elements as Daredevil comics, bonsai trees, macrame and the purple ones out of Quality Street along the way.When asked to summarise their style concisely, they often opt for blues-rhythm-and-blues-soul-funk-blues-jazz-rock-blues, and back again. And why not?

The band is now fast gaining a reputation as a fantastic live outfit.

The band is committed to free Sloppy Joes for all children of primary school age, and the canonisation of E.W. Hornung. The Adjournments believe passionately in animal rights, and only ever eat dead animals. They encourage their fans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by moderation of their post-gig kebab intake.

More seriously, the band is dead against “pay to play” scams run by promoters. It will not accept a booking which involves this, and will report the matter to the Musicians’ Union in the event of such a practice being discovered.

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