It was a tradition in the 1920's and 30's that blues and jazz musicians would play at house parties and pass the hat around. They were also called "rent parties" because as well as raising money to pay the musicians, the money went toward paying the host's rent. According to that venerable source of true facts, Wikipedia, the word "skiffle" is defined by the lesser-known Oxford English Dictionary as "rent party". The Dictionary also says "boogie" is a term for rent party. For those of you not old enough to remember, "skiffle" is a genre of music, similar to jug band music, and if you don't know what jug band music is, its an up-tempo swing jazz style - sort of. The house parties, or rent parties were swinging, goodtime, happy affairs.

George attempts to bring the same up-beat, swinging atmosphere to your house party. Instead of passing the hat around, you just need to persuade some friends to buy some CDs. But if you want to pass the hat around to cover your rent or mortgage, that's O.K. with Tinfish George and he'll even urge the punters to dig deep into their pockets on your behalf.

How to get Tinfish George to play at your place in 3 easy steps:

Step 1: Round up 9 friends or more
Step 2: Convince them to buy the album
Step 3: Email Tinfish and tell him you want him to play at your place


And this is what will happen - Tinfish will get in touch with you and talk about your gig. For example, you might be having a barbecue outside for no particular reason, or it could be a birthday or some special event. Tinfish has a wide repertoire and will try to accomodate your requests so the music fits your occasion. And if more than 10 people have committed to buying the CD, he will probably bring along some friends to accompany him. We should mention at this point that the cost of each CD in this instance is $20, not the $25 when bought online.

Don't have 9 friends? Don't worry... just email Tinfish and he will try to work something out with you.

And there's the bonus that everyone who buys a CD gets it personally autographed. We will also arrange a Tinfish George poster advertising your gig for you to send to your friends.

Just email - mygig@tinfishgeorge.com