He has been to Germany and Canada, not the least to many bee clubs in Great Britain. We invited him to Bee-85 in Sweden together with Brother Adam and Steve Taber. Peter Donovan was highly appreciated as speaker at conferences. Inspecting colonies in the home apiary showing visitors from Germany possible breeding candidates. When Brother Adam died Peter continued his work developing the Buckfast bee, testing and refining new combinations of subpopulations (races) of bees, until several years after his retirenment age. Brother Adam had other persons working for him during the years as well, both munks and non munks. Later he added the blue cap.ĭuring his military service he was stationed in the far east. When he came home he returned to the bee departement at the abbey to work for and with Brother Adam.Ĭarrying mating nuces from the mating station Sherberton on Dartmoor, here together with J. Already here he started using his typical tie, always with him during work. He came to the abbey 1939 at the age of 12 when the war started and helped Brother Adam in his work with the Buckfast bee. Most importantly, it was a way for all of us to still feel connected.Peter Donovan was the longterm, faithful and skilled coworker with Brother Adam at Buckfast Abbey in southwest of England. ![]() “Early on in the pandemic, it was an excellent way to keep busy and motivated to continue playing music. We would record performances on our phones and upload the videos to a social media page we called ‘Breakfast With The Beatles,’ he explains. “Soon after quarantine began back in March 2020, I started passing the time with a challenge amongst friends to learn a new Beatles song each day. Not only is the album Donovan’s most personal effort yet, but it is also a document of him rediscovering what he truly loves music and its inherent camaraderie serving as a beacon of light, guiding him through the darkest days of the pandemic. “And most importantly, we wanted to capture the togetherness. “We wanted to capture the unpredictability of a band in a room,” Donovan says. This Better Be Good was recorded primarily live in just three days, with only a few prior rehearsals and minimal overdubs by Bradley Laina at Strange Earth Studios in Seattle. Embracing WWGBD? (What Would Gin Blossoms Do?) as the band’s operating principle in the studio led us to many tambourines, some jangly 12-string acoustics, and a splash of harmonica courtesy of producer Bradley Laina,” says Donovan. Musically, we drew influence from Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, and 90s bands that I loved growing up, like The Wallflowers and Gin Blossoms. (Note: this is not a good idea.) When writing the song, I was trying to emulate the tongue-in-cheek storytelling of Warren Zevon and Fountains of Wayne. ![]() “Sometimes when you’re still in love with your ex, you drown your sorrows in a variety pack of White Claw, then decide it’s a good idea to telephone said ex and let them know how you feel. Glide is premiering the hook-filled single “You Told Me Not To Call (I’m Wasted), ” (below) proving super snappy nostalgic laden tunes will never go out of style. ![]() After finding success and a dedicated fanbase with Seattle’s All The Real Girls and his side project The Rose Petals (alongside Elijah Ocean), Donovan returns this spring with his first proper solo album, This Better Be Good (4/29). From the first burst of harmonica, jangly guitars, and contagious ’90s melodies on Peter Donovan’s “You Told Me Not To Call (I’m Wasted), ” you know this soon-to-be hit-maker has a knack for Smithereens/Marshal Crenshaw sprinkled power pop.
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