Many years ago, Shirley and Jane were part of a set of irregular ladies who harmonised whenever the opportunity arose. As some of them became more irregular, Shirley and Jane looked for someone to fill the gap, and discovered that, actually, Tony could sing a bit, and was loud enough to stand in for up to three other people (unless appropriately restrained) and was easily available.
Thus was born “Unpaid InVoice”, the cheapest close-harmony trio in Hampshire.
Early performances were fundamentalist folk stuff, but subsequently we discovered that people preferred a bit of a mixture, the odd laugh, and some occasional contemporary material. This means that a typical UI performance might include songs by Cyril Tawney, Flanders & Swann, Richard Thompson, Henry Purcell, Noel Coward, Sting, A.Non and Tony, who occasionally sets bad jokes to old tunes. We were strictly amateur, but always open to invitations (especially those involving alcohol!)
Obviously, Jane’s passing meant that UI is no more - though we did put a few tracks together for one last song collection entitled...
