The Lazy Jumpers

As promised I went to photograph The Lazy Jumpers live in concert last night (12th April). The venue was mostly full, but I suspect the only reason that it wasn’t bursting at the seams is because this guys are mostly unknown in the UK, but this certainly wasn’t a testament to the bands ability. From start to finish their playing was tight and clearly moved the audience right from the very beginning, with a style that was reminiscent of Paul Lamb, with a distinct rockabilly jive feel to it. Blas Picon (Lead Singer and Harmonica) has a tremendous voice which is totally suited to being behind a microphone, after hearing him, you’d think this would be his strong suit, but when he picked up his harp and green bullet mic, he can wail with the best of them, adding tremendous energy to the performance. Mario Cobo (Guitarist & Vocals) contributed some awesome jazzy licks to the performance and was solid for the entire set. The rhythm section powered the whole thing, with fantastic Double Bass provided by Ivan Kovacevic (I prefer Double Bass over Bass Guitar every time) and clean beats coutesy of David Garcia. The two hour set was awesome with a few old favourites, but the bulk of the evening was filled a huge amount of original material, if these guys aren’t well known in the UK it’s a shame, I think these guys would hold their own at any Blues Festival. I’d recommend going to see them without reservation, they’re from Barcelona and only in the UK for a short time!! Catch them while you can. Cheers for a great night guys!!

As far as the photography aspect goes, lighting was a little low to produce great images, working on ISO3200 @ f2.8 and 1/125th was still producing under exposed images, oh well, better luck next time… the images are good, but could have been better with better lighting… C’est La Vie!