Date: 04th January, 2009 Author: Heather and Pete - The Village Inn Subject: New Years Eve Message: Ray, Its always a pleasure to have the band playing here. You're by far our most successful band. We had so much positive feedback about New Years Eve night, we must have had at least a dozen or so people thanking us for a brilliant night- we didn't do anything, you did! Thank YOU all and we hope 2009 is even more successful for you. Best wishes Heather and Pete Reply - Can I thank you both for such a great night at The Village on Wednesday. We really enjoyed playing that night, and I hope the night was a success for you as well. Happy New Year! Ray - The Unknowns Date: 03rd January, 2009 Author: Rockin Ricky (Sax) Subject: Message for Graham Message: Hi Graham, good to see you today (3rd Jan) and glad to hear your keeping busy musically, cool web-site! We will come and see/hear you sometime. Keep an eye/ear out for The Lateshift on www.thelateshift.co.uk Cheers, Ricky. Date: 29th December, 2008 Author: Wendy Subject: Civil Service Club, Exeter Message: Great night again. Well done to everyone, see you all at New Year at the Village Inn. Reply - Hi Wendy, thanks for the feedback. We had a great night at the Civil Service Club, thanks for the hospitality. Everybody there seemed to love it ... even some of those who came up from the event downstairs! See you at the Village Inn on New Years Eve ... and hopefully again at the CSC. Ray - The Unknowns Date: 22nd December, 2008 Author: Charlie Subject: My 50th at the Coaver Club Message: What a brilliant night! Thank you to Andy and the Band for a fantastic performance. I have some good photos of the gig, so if you would like them please let me know. All the best, Charlie Reply - Charlie ... we loved the night mate. It just got better and better as the night went on. We are still talking about it! Thanks for the feedback, and I have replied to your email with my contact details to get the pix. Ray Ray - The Unknowns Date: 30th November, 2008 Author: Clive B Subject: RE: Civil Service Club - Exeter (Sat 29th Nov 2008) Message: Don't worry about the 2 pints - just dedicate 'Town Called Malice' to me at The Village on New Years Eve - James will bring his iPhone Graham so get some practice in. Reply - No problems, see you there on New Years Eve. ;-) Andy - The Unknowns Date: 30th November, 2008 Author: Clive B Subject: Civil Service Club - Exeter (Sat 29th Nov 2008) Message: Great gig at the civil last night - vocals never sounded better Andy. I hope Graham enjoyed playing the iPhone. By the way that amp was bloody heavy and the taxi driver charged us for waiting - you owe me Reply - Hi Clive, thanks for the feedback and also helping with the gear. Good night, just a shame they had two events in the same club. I will buy you 2 pints next time i see you clive.Thanks Graham. Ray - The Unknowns Date: 10th November, 2008 Author: jimmy d Subject: great gig Message: Hey fellas just wanted to say thanks for a great evenings entertainment at the Jolly Porter saturday night, 4 great musicians playing great live music the way it should be done. "Shook Me All Night Long" is a top addition to your set list, you said you was all a bit iffy with it being unrehearsed, well I'll tell you boys I'm an AC/DC fan and it sounded pretty good to me, keep doing what you're doing, I'll be spreading the word about you all for sure. Reply - Hey Jimmy, what a great night allowing for the weather and the colds in the band! Thanks for the compliments, and hope to see you soon, checkout the gig list. Yeah ... I thought the AC/DC went really well considering we were still rehearsing it. Looks like that one is in. ;-) Ray K Date: 09th November, 2008 Author: Jimmy B. Subject: Welcome to this Four Man Show!! Message: Hadn't seen my mate Andy Carpenter play in a band since he parted company with the FAB, so to the Jolly porter it was then. So good to see you back behind a mic where you belong, great set list, great vocals, great harmonies, even with a couple of colds. [i think you'd cover the Cars "Just What I Needed" and XTC's "Senses" superbly]. With a lack of "quality" cover bands around at present, you're just what the local music scene needs. All you have to do now is include some of the old OUTFIT classics and you can do no wrong, you know you have some top tunes in your back catalogue Andy, don't keep it all to yourself mate, they need to be heard again by a new generation of music lovers, do us all a favour and give us an OUTFIT set for old times sake, you know you want to. Reply - Jimmy, thanks for this. I'll "nag" Andy about Outfit tracks. It was great to see a lot of new faces, so the fan club is growing. Thanks for coming down the JP on such a bad night for weather, also thanks for allowing for the voices ... I was really suffering that night having been ill all week. I'll let Andy add some comments, but thanks... Cheers Jim it was great to see you again and thanks for the compliments.Yeah i'd like to do some Outfit tunes,so watch this space .Cheers Andy Ray K Date: 28th July, 2008 Author: Will Macklin Subject: I have An Album By 'The Unknowns' Message: Walking the dog was done by Rufus Thomas first, not the Rolling Stones just thought you should fix that... And I love the music choices for your gigs, pretty sweet... Reply - Hi Will, we had a message from 'G' last week who said he played for a band called 'The Unknowns' in the 80's, so are you talking about the same band? Thanks for the feedback, I have updated the track list with Rufus Thomas, although our version is nearer the Rolling Stones version ... so I have left both names. And thanks for the feedback on the music choices, we are all too 'long in the tooth' now to be pretentious, so we just play the stuff we and the audience love. It all goes down very well. Four voices helps as well, it makes a great change when we swap lead vocalist leaving three voices for backing. Two 'brilliant' guitarists helps as well! ;-) May be see you at a gig sometime ... but then I have no idea of where you live. Thanks anyway Ray - The Unknowns Date: 26th July, 2008 Author: G Subject: Band Name Message: I was in a band in the eighties call 'The Unknowns' Reply - Hi G, where did you guys play? We play mostly around Exeter, Devon. Ray - The Unknowns Date: 09th March, 2008 Author: Doug Barnes Subject: The Unknowns Message: The Unknowns performed at Withycombe Rugby Club on 16th February 2008. The were quite simply superb. They put on two sets before and after dinner and judged the mood of the people present brilliantly. The dance floor was throbbing all night. I will definately book them again in the future, if you do so you will not be disappointed. They did it with a smile and could not do enough to please. Thank you John, Andy, Ray and especially Graham. Reply - It was a pleasure Doug. It was also an honour to play for your charity. We get asked a lot of times to play for charity events, and we cannot do all of them. We decided in the end to support a single charity each year ... you were the lucky ones this year! Glad to be of service ... our playing that night was fairly insignificant to what you guys do. Well done and thanks. Ray - The Unknowns Date: 13th January, 2008 Author: SD Subject: Sexy Andy Message: Really enjoyed it when you last played at The Village Inn. I thought the bass player was really sexy, almost like a skinny uncle festa. Jonny Rules, funniest by miles. Wade in! Reply - Thanks SD, I am sure we know you? ;-) The Unknowns Date: 28th December, 2007 Author: Ben Carpenter (Nephew Unknown) Subject: Still Rockin' Message: Just writing to say that me and my friends have followed this band since the very begining and all still really enjoy watching them. We are all in our early 20s and a night out watching The Unknowns is better than any nightclub around. wade in. Reply - Thanks Ben ... and thanks for turning up regularly at the gigs. We appreciate you and your mates turning up ... it's a real buzz when people really enjoy the band and the music. Ray - The Unknowns Date: 28th December, 2007 Author: Major Gill Duncan Royal Marines Subject: 42 Commando Christmas Ball Message: Andy and the Guys created a fantastic atmosphere and got everyone up and dancing! Tired feet and happy faces - an absolutely first class evening of fun and music. Well done! Can't wait until next time. Reply - Thanks for the kind comments Gill, and also for the hospitality you gave us all on the night. It was a great night, and you all certainly know how to enjoy yourselves! Like you say ... can't wait for the next time. Andy - The Unknowns Date: 02nd December, 2007 Author: Barry and Tina Subject: Fantastic night at the Jolly Porter Message: Hi guys seen you at Jolly Porter not long ago fantastic. I was singing and dancing all the way through your 3 sets. All of you are great musicians and singers, top harmonies you played a great range of music that everybody knew, thanks for a great night will come and see you again at the Village Inn on the 15th December. Reply - Jolly Porter, what a great gig. We were not sure how this one was going to go and I was pleasantly surprised when it started to really rock. My old mate 'Mitch' Mitchell came down for the weekend and got up to do a number on drums, thanks 'Mitch' ... stunning as ever. Looks like we are back there in the New Year ... see you both at the Village on 15th December, then the Dolphin in Kenton on 22nd, The Strand in Exmouth on 24th. Thanks for the feedback. ;-) Ray - The Unknowns Date: 16th November, 2007 Author: The Unknown Sister Subject: Looking forward to gig Message: I'll be at the gig at Exwick on 17th... be very very good. Reply - Thanks Sue, see you there. Looks we have quite a crowd turning up. Ray - The Unknowns Date: 15th November, 2007 Author: Anonymous Subject: Saw your band a few weeks ago... Message: Saw your band a few weeks ago, thought it was really good, the music you played was really catchy to sing and dance to, me and my mates had a really goog night. will defo come and see you all again, especially the big guy on the guitar, very cute!! Reply - Thanks for the feedback. Ray - The Unknowns Date: 21st October, 2007 Author: Sue and Maggie Subject: The Coaver Club (Friday night) Message: We just want to say "what a great night!" I don't think we have seen such a great band at the Coaver for many years. We knew all the songs you played. There was something for everybody. It takes a lot to get us up dancing but we lo-oved it. See you soon XX Reply - That was such a great night. I don't think I have seen it that packed for a long time. Glad you liked it Sue and Maggie. You must come up and say hello the next time we play. Ray - The Unknowns Date: 02nd October, 2007 Author: Bass Player Subject: Drummer and Bass Player Message: Hi The Unknowns. I saw your gig last week at the Strand in Exmouth and thought you were really great. I just want to let you know that I thought the drummer and base player were tight as and I assume have played together before. Can you let me know when your next few gigs are so I can introduce some of my friends to something real. Cheers lads keep rockin... Reply - Hi, Andy and John have been playing together for some time ... they are brothers! Great to heear you liked the gig last Saturday, if you check the calendar on the website you can see where we are over the next few months. We are back at the Strand on 24th December, but you can see us at the Village Inn, The Dolphin in Kenton, The Jolly Porter, etc... Thanks for the kind feedback... Ray - The Unknowns Date: 01st October, 2007 Author: Trout Subject: Ray is back! Message: It's good to see that you are back on the local music scene again Ray... Andy has been keeping me up to date with what's going on and I'm looking forward to seeing the Unknowns at the 'Coaver Club' on the 19th. Reply - Well it's been 5 years since I played in a regular band and last Saturday was a really great evening. I was afraid I had lost it when Andy and the boys asked me to play with them, but it's all starting to come back. See you at the Coaver Club on the 19th. Thanks for the support. I also want to take this chance to thank Pete from Dunkeswell. He repairs amps and I got his name from Mansons. He rebuilt my old Fender Deluxe and it is awesome. He knew every trick in the book to strip it back and rebuild it to a late 60's spec. It has never played so well ... even when it was new. A really, really big thanks Pete. And I suppose Mansons cannot go without a mention. When we discovered that Fender do not make a 'leftie' Clapton Stratocaster ... the boys down there built me one. They're such a great shopful of guys ... evey last one of them. Thanks Mansons! Ray Date: 16th August, 2007 Author: Pete R Subject: Feedback from Pete R on the Viillage Inn gig in August Message: Hi guys, what a stunning gig at the Village Inn. It looked like you had another guy come on for the second set. Is he permanent or just standing in? We loved the numbers by the Jam. Awsome... Pete Reply - Thanks Pete, it was the last night for Jimmy who played a great night and I joined from that night onwards, but only knew the second set. We have had a few private party's since then and the band seems to be getting tighter as we re-learn all the stuff. See you at the Village soon I hope… keep a check on the gig calendar for more gigs around Exeter Ray - The Unknowns Date: 07th August, 2007 Author: A fan Subject: See this band! The Village Inn, Exeter on Sat 28th Jul 07 Message: This band is brilliant! After a leisurely start, having a bit of banter and playing songs designed I think to get everyone listening while having a pint and chilling out, they let rip in the long (not long enough) second set with some well rehearsed, very well played classics ranging from Clapton, Stones and Beatles through to some fantastic unknown songs from (I learnt later) Robert Cray and the Boss. All four members of the band did their share of vocals and it has to be said all had great voices, but for me the guitar player, Graham was the best for my ears with a rough bluesy edge to go with his very own style of playing. Being a bandy myself I sat and had a good chat and a pint or three with the guys after the gig and learnt that all four had spent time in other good bands before joining up together. Having seen and heard them play it's pretty obvious to anyone that all these guys are more than competent on their instruments and I hate to admit it but any one of these musicians would walk straight into my band! To anyone out there who wants to be fully entertained and hear some top class music go see this band! To anyone who books music for any kind of venue book this band and tell the world you have them on! A music fan, Tue 7th Aug 07 Reply - Thanks, we really enjoyed that evening. Lots more to come! Andy - The Unknowns Date: 31st May, 2007 Author: A fan Subject: rockin' night The Village Inn, Exeter on Sat 26th May 07 Message: Went down to see an unknown band, came away with a buzz after listening to a cracking band play a brill range of music from the last few decades. Stood listening and as the night went on it was impossible to keep your feet still and not sing along to the constant stream of hits played by this very altogether band. If they are in your area or even if not, go check them out you won't be disappointed. Well done lads, excellent entertainment. A music fan, Thu 31st May 07 Reply - 'A music fan' seems a bit anonymous, but thanks anyway. ;-) We had a great night. Andy - The Unknowns Date: 31st May, 2007 Author: Heather Subject: Unknowns - not for long! The Village Inn, Exeter on Sat 26th May Message: We knew this band were good from the grapevine, but we didn't know just how good they were. They started with a few well-known Beatles covers just to get everyone going and the tempo just went up from there. By the end of an extremely lengthy second set and many encores later, the crowd was totally won over! Even the bar staff were out dancing! I couldn't believe how little the band have played together. They were as polished and professional as any bands I've ever seen. We've had so much positive feedback from those that were here, that we can't wait to get them back again. they are amazing - I kid you not. PLEASE go and see this band. Heather, Thu 31st May 2007 Reply - Heather, thanks for the write up on LemonRock. Glad you enjoyed it. Andy - The Unknowns