Bedouin Jerry Can Band

This summer my photography work took me to the Larmer Tree Festival in Dorset, England where the Bedouin Jerry Can Band (BJB) were playing. Being interested in music from other cultures I had long known about this band but knew little about them or their connection to coffee. When I read the following in the festival programme I knew I had to check them out: The BJB are a collective of semi-nomadic musicians, poets, storytellers, and coffee grinders. There is also an olfactory dimension to their act as a coffee grinder brews and serves coffee for the audience . . . Even though their 'coffee grinder' really only went throught the motions, bringing out ready made filtered coffee from backstage, their performance was true to the grand tradition of the starbarista: engaging and entertaining an audience while making coffee. (If you are not seeing the photos click here for the full post.)

First he roasted the coffee . . .



Then he ground the coffee . . .


He then returned the ground coffee to the pan to either roast it again (surely not) or to brew the coffee . . .



Then out came the coffee pot which promptly went back stage. . .



Then seconds later out came a tray of BJB branded styrofoam cups (please guys have some paper ones printed up) full of what seemed like a very light roast filtered coffee . . .



. . . which was enjoyed by all . . .



After their performance I spotted them and asked if they wouldn't mind posing for a group photo . . .



Here a few close ups of band members . . .