The Flaming Czars - 500mph Instrumental East European Folk   Dan Whaley - Guitar                 Geoff Graham - Accordion

Classically trained ivory tinkler Geoff & hamfisted garage punk string plucker Dan first met when playing in rock'n'roll and blues bands, but discovered they had a shared love of music from the opposite hemisphere. Since mid 2006 they have been plying their hi-octane East European instrumental folk at a number of Sussex's fine folk clubs, and occasionally tread the boards up in that London. See below for details of when you can next catch them, or when you last missed them.

Video footage

The following YouTube clips were filmed by Dave Hopkins at the British Red Cross benefit gig at Oxford House, Bethnal Green on 20th September, 2008. From my persepctive, there are two particularly notable things from this footage: 1) I really didn't appreciate how fast we play until I saw this footage and 2) I really ought to heed my own advice and shut the fuck up between songs. Still, drunken overexcited high-pitched ramblings aside, these songs crackle with enough energy to power a Soviet agricultural production co-operative. Rospryahaite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhRoyiI5SoA   Zwei Gitarren http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opBoqvU5MXg   Hungarian Dance No 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYBPGwzi0g8   Ach, Du Dunkle Nacht/Fag Butt Frank http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_eYZGu-c58   Hava Nagila http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQHbdX_S3Qw   Shazam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSJDTVV-xeE

Forthcoming Gigs
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Previous Gigs

14th July, 2006: Scaledown, London W1 (preceded 3 hours and several pints earlier by a live set on the Scaledown Radio show on Resonance FM) 19th Sept, 2006: Six Bells Folk Club, Chiddingly, East Sussex - fantastic venue, great atmosphere, great performers 31st Oct, 2006: Fireman's Arms, Five Ash Down, East Sussex - Splendid monthly open mic night featuring a wide variety of performers 14th Nov, 2006: Six Bells Folk Club , Chiddingly, East Sussex - fantastic venue, great atmosphere, great performers 28th Nov, 2006: Fireman's Arms, Five Ash Down, East Sussex 9th Jan, 2007:  Six Bells Folk Club, Chiddingly, East Sussex - as well as playing the usual rip-roaring East European folk tunes, Geoff switched from accordian to joanna for a quick runthrough of some of the old r'n'b/r'n'r numbers we used to do in The Silencers 12th Mar, 2007: Brighton Singaround, The Lord Nelson, Trafalgar St, Brighton, East Sussex - we also joined in on some of the English & Irish folk tunes being played by the regulars 16th Mar, 2007: The Basement, MCPS-PRS, 29-33 Berners St, London W1 14th May, 2007: Brighton Singaround, The Lord Nelson, Trafalgar St, Brighton, East Sussex 26th June, 2007: Fireman's Arms, Five Ash Down, East Sussex 11th July, 2007: What's Cookin' at Leytonstone Ex-Servicemens Club, Harvey Road, Leytonstone, London E11 with Manuela & The Music Makers & Dan Mangan 19th July, 2007: Uckfield Festival, The Fireman's Night at the Luxford Lounge, Uckfield Civic Centre, East Sussex  11th Sept, 2007: The Round Georges, Brighton, East Sussex 18th Sept, 2007: Six Bells Folk Club, Chiddingly, East Sussex 5th Oct, 2007: The Greenhouse Effect, Hove, East Sussex 10th Oct, 2007: The London Unity, Brighton 18th Oct, 2007: The Royal Oak, Lewes with the excellent Ben Paley & Tab Hunter 6th Nov, 2007: The Round Georges, Brighton, East Sussex 27th Nov, 2007: Fireman's Arms, Five Ash Down, East Sussex 10th December, 2007: The Borderline, London W1 8th January, 2008: The Round Georges, Brighton, East Sussex (extended set i.e. we played every tune we knew, and a few we didn't) 2nd April, 2008: The Crown & Anchor, Brighton, East Sussex 2nd July, 2008: The Crown & Anchor, Brighton, East Sussex 15th July, 2008: Uckfield Festival, The Pig & Butcher's Night at the Luxford Lounge, Uckfield Civic Centre, East Sussex 19th July, 2008: The Prince Albert, Brighton with Los Fantasticos and The Richwoods 29th July, 2008: The Round Georges, Brighton, East Sussex 6th Aug, 2008: The Crown & Anchor, Brighton, East Sussex 9th Aug 2008: Desmond Dekker stage, Endorse It In Dorset Festival, err, Dorset 20th Sept, 2008: British Seaside Cabaret at Oxford House, Bethnal Green with The Richwoods, Don Tempi and many more fine acts