…The Biggest Band In The Land!

For the second year running, you’re invited to join in our Biggest Band In The Land world record attempt for the most guitars being played in the one spot at the one time.

The song for this year’s challenge for everyone to learn by October 16 is the classic “Horse with no Name” by America. (You can find the lyrics at the bottom of the page.)

Have a look at our YouTube video:

If you intend to participate, please pre-register using the form below. Once again, if you pre-register for the challenge you can win the chance to be plucked from the crowd and play along on stage with the band! The winner will be announced at the Festival at 4pm on Sunday just prior to the challenge getting started.

BELOW: The 2010 Biggest Band record attempt. Photo by Sophie Bird.

Lyrics

On the first part of the journey
I was lookin at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There were sand and hills and rings

The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
and the sky with no clouds
the heat was hot and the ground was dry
but the air was full of sound

Chorus:
I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name
it felt good to be out of the rain
in the desert you can remember your name
’cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain
la la la la lalala la la la la la

After two days in the desert sun
my skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
made me sad to think it was dead

chorus

After nine days I let the horse run free
’cause the desert had turned to sea
there were plants and birds and rocks and things
there were sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
and the perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
but the humans will give no love.

A Horse With No Name, Dewey Bunnell, 1971. Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.