State of Undress
State of Undress is a rocky rootsy ‘fiddlesome’ band from Dorset playing a distinctive and exuberant brand of original music.State of Undress are a difficult band to pigeon-hole. Their songs move from the poignant and provocative to the downright shamelessly foot-tapping! With music that’s ‘a blend of roots, rock, country, Celtic flavourings and a full-bodied melodic musical assault’ (R2 Rock n Reel), State of Undress promise you a musical roller-coaster of a gig…oh, and they do have a bit of thing going on with some shaky eggs!
The regular line-up is:
- Charlie Rose: lead vocals, and a bit of percussion and harmonica
- Alan Rose: vocals, acoustic, lead and rhythm guitars and mandolin
- Jerry Bird: fiddle, guitar, mandolin and banjo
- Malcolm Windett: bass and electric upright bass; guitar
- Keith Fletcher – drums, African drum, cajon and percussion
History
Charlie and Alan have been writing and performing as State of Undress, on and off, for longer than they care to remember. However due to family and work commitments it was always more off than on! Then, a few years ago, sitting outside a caravan in Brittany under a starlit sky and with glass of wine in hand, they made the decision to take this whole music thing seriously and so Charlie gave up her day job to work on State of Undress full-time. A couple of years later, Alan jumped off the corporate band-wagon too. Now they spend their days in a State of Undress, broke but happy! As they put it, they didn’t want to end up like the character in their song ‘Ghosts of Wasted Chances’ looking back thinking ‘if only ..’! However, it took more than two years to find the right members. Keith Fletcher on drums and percussion joined in December 2004; Samantha Jane started fiddling with us in December 2005; then Malcolm Windett on bass arrived in September 2006. After four and a half years, the lovely Samantha Jane moved to pastures new and we’ve now been joined by Jerry Bird. We are really enjoying playing together and feel the band is going from strength to strength.
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