It was during that lovely in pre-Christmas week, I was invited over to Jackson Cage‘s house to hear some of their new tunes – including their first ever, ever single – “Help Me Mama”.

Sometimes this happens. After the camera comes out, and you do a few warm up tunes, you get some bands who just can’t shut up – they’ll keep playing, because that’s what they would have been doing before you turned up with a camera anyway.

So it is with Jackson Cage. They just fucking love music so much, and good for us, because they’re so fucking good – one song became two, or three and four. The moment you’re about to see with the ukelele in the kitchen (playing appropriately enough, “A Hard Night In The Kitchen”, mmm…) was as spontaneous and unrehearsed as it looks.

Part 1 – Jackson Cage – A Hard Night (In The Kitchen) / Help Me Mama

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Then it was back into the warm, for more tea and some heart-warming tunes.
Needless to say, this is only a highlight – when I left later that afternoon, they were still playing Fairport covers..

Jackson Cage’s new single “Help Me Mama” is out on 16th February 2010.

Part 2 – Jackson Cage – Rescue Me / Love Has No Feelings

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Filmed by Will McConnell
in Belfast, December 2009

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