SJI: The Elephant, Ashington. 18th April 2008.

Setlist:
01 - Toledo
02 - Matty Cabbage House
03 - Between The Rows
04 - American Sound
05 - The Pigeonmen
06 - Ashington
07 - What Use Is Love?
08 - Goodnight and God Bless

g.w.lang (Gtr, Vox), Tony Bennett (Dr), Mark Oliver (Gtr), Tony Davison (B), Simon Foster (Gtr).

Matty Cabbage House:

SJI: Head of Steam, Newcastle. 21st November 2007

Setlist (Links to YouTube footage where available):
01 - Toledo
02 - Matty Cabbage House
03 - I Have The Proof
04 - Pigeonmen
05 - Old Fashioned Arms
06 - What Use Is Love
07 - Goodnight and God Bless


Personnel:
g.w.lang (Gtr, Vox), Tony Bennett (Dr), Mark Oliver (Gtr, Vox), Bing Bongo (B), Simon Foster (Gtr), Andrea Woodyer (Vox)

Photo Credit: James Grey on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/stetsonography/)

What Use Is Love?:

SJI: Ashington Football Club, 10th March 2007

Setlist:

01 - I Hate Richard Carter
02 - Young People, Fuck Off
03 - Matty Cabbage House
04 - Exploding Head
05 - Thin
06 - Peace Of Mind
07 - Don't Touch My Lemonade Mind
08 - Let's Wallow In Despair
09 - You Can't Make Somebody Love You
10 - Take Me Home Station Road

Personnel:
g.w.lang (Gtr, Vox), Tony Bennett (Dr), Mark Oliver (Gtr, KB), Bob Wire (B) 

SJI: Head Of Steam, Newcastle, 8th January 2007

Setlist:
01 - She's Off Her Head
02 - Young People, Fuck Off
03 - Matty Cabage House
04 - Thin
05 - Piece Of Mind
06 - Northumbria Dreaming
07 - Let's Wallow In Despair
08 - You Can't Make Somebody Love You
09 - A Short Walk

Personnel:
g.w.lang (Gtr, Vox), Tony Bennett (Dr), Bing Bongo (B), Mark Oliver (Gtr), Andrea Woodyer (Vox)

Review:
http://woodside-design.blogspot.com/2007/01/tell-my-girl-that-i-miss-her.html

Later released on the DVD-R "File Under Engaging Misanthropy" (2007).

SJI: The Cluny, Newcastle September 2004

Setlist:

01 - Now I Make A Fist
02 -


Personnel:
g.w.lang (gtr, vox), Tony Bennett (dr), Bing Bongo (B), with Mark Oliver (disembodied narration on cdr)

Almanac 1.0 (2004)

Almanac 1.0 was a project that saw SJI release a CDR of material every month throughout the year 2005. It was sent free to interested parties.

In time I will revisit this post and edit to include all of the track names from Almanacs 1.01 - 1.12.

Introduction, Mission Statement

"Sometimes whimsical, sometimes melancholic, sometimes abrasive, but always following their own star; SJI are the baby, pet, and brainchild of g.w.lang, and he is the one consistent element of everything they produce."


St. James Infirmary, of Ashington, Northumberland was formed in the mid-1980s by songwriter and multi-instrumenatlist g.w.lang and has been active ever since. Over the last 25 years SJI have released untold numbers of cassettes, CDRs, and 7" and 12 vinyl records; a legacy of DIY music production that has few equals anywhere in the world.

SJI performances can consist of g.w.lang on his own, or with a floating roster of collaborators (the number of present and former members of SJI stretches well into the thirties). Being in SJI is a bit like being in the Hotel California: you can check out but you can never leave.

The purpose of this blog is to document SJI's live and recorded exploits as they happen, to pull together links from around the internet and generally just to provide a resource on a genuine underground phenomenon. The first step is to backtrack a few years in order to detail some of what has happened recently. In places details are sketchy, and there will be omissions - hopefully with this blog in place there will be fewer going forward.