Sweet Baboo is Welsh musician Stephen Black (born in Bethesda, Gwynedd) now… Read Full Bio ↴Sweet Baboo is Welsh musician Stephen Black (born in Bethesda, Gwynedd) now based in Cardiff. Before becoming a solo artist, he played with the band JT Mouse. Alongside his solo work, he has also played with many other artists, including with Gruff Rhys, Cate Le Bon, Euros Childs, and Slow Club. He is bilingual in Welsh and English but usually sings in English.
Black began making music with a Casio keyboard, a cheap microphone, a small four-track recorder, and his father’s guitar. His early songs were rooted in Welsh Psychedelic Pop (S.F.A, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci) and a love of his parents records (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash).
Relocating to Wales’ capital City, Cardiff, for a degree in playing the clarinet, he did a stint in local bandJT Mouse.
A five track single ‘C’mon Let’s Permoose’ was to be released on Huw Stephen’s (BBC Radio 1) record label Boobytrap Records. He then released two singles himself, ‘Mountain’ and ‘C’mon Beef’ over the following two years.
He played at the Green Man Festival four years in a row, and supported the likes The Hidden Cameras and Jeffrey Lewis, and played in other Cardiff bands such as Neon Neon member Cate Le Bon’s solo project and Spencer McGarry Season.
In 2007 he was asked to play bass in Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci front man Euros Childs’ solo project. Gigs at Glastonbury festival, a tour in both Europe and America, a recording session with Grammy-nominated producer Mark Nevers in Nashville ensued.
In summer 2007, he was asked to assemble Daniel Johnston’s backing band for the Cardiff leg of his European tour, as well as offering his solo services to support.
On the solo front, his debut album, ‘The Mighty Baboo’, was recorded partly in church, partly in his housemates loft studio, and partly on his own. The album was played on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6 and XFM and has earned praise from Bethan Elfyn (BBC Radio 1) and Mark Riley (BBC Radio 6).
Sweet Baboo's album I'm a Dancer / Songs about Sleepin' was nominated for the first ever Welsh Music Prize in 2011.
The album "Ships" was released in April 2013 on Moshi Moshi Records. Sweet Baboo followed the release with his first headlining tour in the UK and also performed solo shows and band shows in several festivals during summer 2013. Another headlining tour followed later in the year.[8] The album was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize in 2013.
On 11 November 2013, Sweet Baboo released an EP titled Motorhome Songs.[9]
In July 2014, Moshi Moshi released a limited edition 12" vinyl collection of tracks recorded during sessions on Marc Riley's show on BBC 6 Music over the previous decade. The release was followed by a short series of performances named The Test Pressings Tour and a duo tour with The Pictish Trail. The duo returned to that set for a one-off performance at the 2015 Green Man Festival, where Black also performed a full-band set (featuring The Mavron Quartet) and as part of the bands accompanying H. Hawkline and Meilyr Jones.
In December 2014, Black contributed vocals to Mowbird's Lady Lion EP on Shape Records. He also played saxophone on the track "Lady Low" from Teleman's 2014 debut album.
His following album, The Boombox Ballads, was released in August 2015, again on Moshi Moshi. The track "You Got Me Time Keeping" features Tender Prey (Laura Bryon) on vocals. In March 2016, he released an EP, Dennis, which featured unreleased tracks from the recordings of The Boombox Ballads and two covers, one of them of a Dennis Wilson track.
Sweet Baboo's next album, Wild Imagination, was released in June 2017 on Moshi Moshi. In October 2017 the album was nominated for the 2016–2017 Welsh Music Prize.
Black began making music with a Casio keyboard, a cheap microphone, a small four-track recorder, and his father’s guitar. His early songs were rooted in Welsh Psychedelic Pop (S.F.A, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci) and a love of his parents records (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash).
Relocating to Wales’ capital City, Cardiff, for a degree in playing the clarinet, he did a stint in local bandJT Mouse.
A five track single ‘C’mon Let’s Permoose’ was to be released on Huw Stephen’s (BBC Radio 1) record label Boobytrap Records. He then released two singles himself, ‘Mountain’ and ‘C’mon Beef’ over the following two years.
He played at the Green Man Festival four years in a row, and supported the likes The Hidden Cameras and Jeffrey Lewis, and played in other Cardiff bands such as Neon Neon member Cate Le Bon’s solo project and Spencer McGarry Season.
In 2007 he was asked to play bass in Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci front man Euros Childs’ solo project. Gigs at Glastonbury festival, a tour in both Europe and America, a recording session with Grammy-nominated producer Mark Nevers in Nashville ensued.
In summer 2007, he was asked to assemble Daniel Johnston’s backing band for the Cardiff leg of his European tour, as well as offering his solo services to support.
On the solo front, his debut album, ‘The Mighty Baboo’, was recorded partly in church, partly in his housemates loft studio, and partly on his own. The album was played on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 6 and XFM and has earned praise from Bethan Elfyn (BBC Radio 1) and Mark Riley (BBC Radio 6).
Sweet Baboo's album I'm a Dancer / Songs about Sleepin' was nominated for the first ever Welsh Music Prize in 2011.
The album "Ships" was released in April 2013 on Moshi Moshi Records. Sweet Baboo followed the release with his first headlining tour in the UK and also performed solo shows and band shows in several festivals during summer 2013. Another headlining tour followed later in the year.[8] The album was nominated for the Welsh Music Prize in 2013.
On 11 November 2013, Sweet Baboo released an EP titled Motorhome Songs.[9]
In July 2014, Moshi Moshi released a limited edition 12" vinyl collection of tracks recorded during sessions on Marc Riley's show on BBC 6 Music over the previous decade. The release was followed by a short series of performances named The Test Pressings Tour and a duo tour with The Pictish Trail. The duo returned to that set for a one-off performance at the 2015 Green Man Festival, where Black also performed a full-band set (featuring The Mavron Quartet) and as part of the bands accompanying H. Hawkline and Meilyr Jones.
In December 2014, Black contributed vocals to Mowbird's Lady Lion EP on Shape Records. He also played saxophone on the track "Lady Low" from Teleman's 2014 debut album.
His following album, The Boombox Ballads, was released in August 2015, again on Moshi Moshi. The track "You Got Me Time Keeping" features Tender Prey (Laura Bryon) on vocals. In March 2016, he released an EP, Dennis, which featured unreleased tracks from the recordings of The Boombox Ballads and two covers, one of them of a Dennis Wilson track.
Sweet Baboo's next album, Wild Imagination, was released in June 2017 on Moshi Moshi. In October 2017 the album was nominated for the 2016–2017 Welsh Music Prize.
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Sweet Baboo Lyrics
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If I Died… If I died would you remember that you left me? Or…
Let's Go Swimming Wild Out of mess sometimes comes great success When I met your…
Sometimes Sometimes I'll say goodbye And leave you on your own awhile…
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TheNotoriousYUM
The fact that this video has only 19K views in 5 years is a perfect analogy of everything that is wrong with this world. I couldn't find it in a while and was sad it might be gone for good. This is truly youtube video gold and should already be considered a classic.
otto houlihan
Fantastic. Whoever gave this the thumbs down....shame on you. Seriously.
asswupn
otto houlihan
Your bang on on mate , brought up with music , around the house as a child, parents also fully into anything that sounds good , dad went to the shop to spend his wages on revolver when released etc , apparently, and biologically, only 75 percent of people have the luxury of being genetically able to really appreciate music And I dare say the nay sayers of this perfect , in my opinion on the lugs ditty are In the other 25 percent , it’s not their fault though , btw listen from anything from motzart to slayer .
Goonerak
I stumbled across this a few days ago. I've now got 15 years of Sweet Baboo to catch up on.
Richard Watts
Love this song, my favourite of the year so far
C McD
Brilliant video and the music just transports me into a happy place. Searched for this guy after I noticed a chance recommendation to someone else on Twitter. Was pleased to discover he comes from Bethesda and lived in Trefriw for a bit - I'm in Llanrwst. Also tickled to see the Morris dancing as I play music for a Morris Side. Fan for life now :)
yomp599
Where do the dance influences come from...
Brazil?
Peru?
They’re wonderful.❤️
Ruby Flood
Amazing my family loves it :0 Makes us l;augh
MashPotatoJohns
I never new Cate Le Bon's bass player is so dope
TheEvilDoner
If you don't own the Sweet Baboo albums you've been missing out.