WILLIAM DEWYS BEDROOM BAND
a short story with music by Alan Ewing
[Links to music under song titles]
[Links to music under song titles]
William Dewy woke up. His head was in a daze due to the cider drinking the night before. The band were slouched around him looking like a heap of coals. They had really lived it up playing at the party the night before, with the dance gig raging by midnight. It had certainly lived up to the name of the band, that being his Bedroom Band. For William Dewy had been named by his parents after a character who appeared in many of Thomas Hardy's novels, who had a band which played church and party gigs. One morning they woke up and launched into a party piece; in their hangover dozing they had forgotten that they were actually in a church service!
The William Dewy of our story called his outfit, "William Dewy's Bedroom Band" in honour of that. They would launch their set with their signature tune:
The band then launched into "Everything You Know", a song based on a crazy party conversion that Dewy had with a barmaid. She kept arguing that she knew everything that he did, while he contended that they both knew a bit of what each other knew. This had all started because she had said that she had nothing to do with her life and and so had nothing to say. Needless to say this abstract debate was fuelled with many glasses of cider.
Further to this Dewy has written "All At Sea" with its central message of being true to what you believe in and getting back to your roots if you became adrift. The band played the number as further flagons of cider entered the pub. Two of the lasses in the bar started to dance and soon the whole room was in a dancing mood.
William Dewy was still in a hungover haze the next morning. The band had flagons around them for a cider cure, while Dewy noticed that he too had one. Much gulping took place and soon the band were in the mood to play. They launched into "Blew It Again" with the intention of stomping the room out and hiking up the dancing.
Upon finishing the song they were greeting by the gaping mouth of The Rector and his congregation. Dewy had forgotten that the band had finished the party gig and had opted in their drunken state to sleep over on the musical area in the church, as they had offered to perform a song there next day.. Dewy was astounded. He had managed to act out exactly what his namesake in Thomas Hardy's "Under The Greenwood Tree" novel had managed. Awkwardly, Dewy took to the microphone and explained that this had just been a soundcheck. The band then played "The Way" which was the intended song for the setting.
After this the Rector and his congregation had beaming, smiling faces. William Dewy's Bedroom Band played their signature outro. Afterwards everybody shared tea and cake, and a few cups of cider ended up in the parish annals.
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William Dewy's Bedroom Band Intro
The band then launched into "Everything You Know", a song based on a crazy party conversion that Dewy had with a barmaid. She kept arguing that she knew everything that he did, while he contended that they both knew a bit of what each other knew. This had all started because she had said that she had nothing to do with her life and and so had nothing to say. Needless to say this abstract debate was fuelled with many glasses of cider.
Everything You Know
by William Dewy's Bedroom Band
Further to this Dewy has written "All At Sea" with its central message of being true to what you believe in and getting back to your roots if you became adrift. The band played the number as further flagons of cider entered the pub. Two of the lasses in the bar started to dance and soon the whole room was in a dancing mood.
All At Sea
William Dewy was still in a hungover haze the next morning. The band had flagons around them for a cider cure, while Dewy noticed that he too had one. Much gulping took place and soon the band were in the mood to play. They launched into "Blew It Again" with the intention of stomping the room out and hiking up the dancing.
Blew It Again
by William Dewy's Bedroom Band
Upon finishing the song they were greeting by the gaping mouth of The Rector and his congregation. Dewy had forgotten that the band had finished the party gig and had opted in their drunken state to sleep over on the musical area in the church, as they had offered to perform a song there next day.. Dewy was astounded. He had managed to act out exactly what his namesake in Thomas Hardy's "Under The Greenwood Tree" novel had managed. Awkwardly, Dewy took to the microphone and explained that this had just been a soundcheck. The band then played "The Way" which was the intended song for the setting.
The Way
After this the Rector and his congregation had beaming, smiling faces. William Dewy's Bedroom Band played their signature outro. Afterwards everybody shared tea and cake, and a few cups of cider ended up in the parish annals.
William Dewy's Bedroom Band Outro
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