4 Wheel Drive in England, 29 Mar.-2 Apr. 2011

4WD catching the sun at Glastonbury (where Jan had his aura checked)

Thanks to Jan Michielsen of 4 Wheel Drive (D/NL/B) for news of the band's tour in England a month ago. Shortly before it was due to start, the regular 4WD banjo-player Jürgen Biller was obliged to remain at home for family health reasons, and Matthias Malcher (on the left in the above photo) stepped in to fill the gap.

Matthias takes a break at Leeds Bluegrass Club on 31 Mar. (show organised by Kevin Garrett)

On Friday 1 April 4WD played a joint concert with the Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys (UK) in the Arts Centre at Wellington, Somerset. The show was sold out, and Jan reports:

This was a wonderful and extremely successful concert. A 'Night of the Cow' experience! Good crowd including the mayor and his wife, beneficial raffle with prizes from Belgium, Germany, and Holland, and a great atmosphere. The Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys are local heroes and rightfully so. We enjoyed this one a lot... Thanks to Eugene O'Brien [of the Belgian band Sons of Navarone] for getting us to the right persons.

Jan also includes this link to the latest work from Cheap Aldi Camera Productions with footage and stills from the tour, and (as a bonus) the 'Comedy Capers' short we mentioned on 17 April is appended to it.

The band recalibrate their vibrations at Woodhenge