Our very own Mr. Motown recently paid a much anticipated visit to the legendary birth place of "The Motown Sound" in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. He also took the time to visit the Stax Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Below are a few photos from his trip.

View Photo: Motown Museum - Hitsville U.S.A. - The Motown Sound - Stax Museum - Stax Records - Soulsville

We've added a great new video of us performing 'Knock On Wood' at The Harvester last month. It is available in the Video section or through our MySpace and Facebook pages.

View Video: Live At The Harvester

Last week the band visited the photo studio to have some new publicity shots taken. Once they've been finalised they'll be up on the site.

From what we've seen so far, the new shots look fantastic and should really do the band justice. So watch this space for a Junction 2 image refresh.

Here's some photos taken from a recent birthday party we performed at. Great fun!

View Photo: Party Time - Ripping It Up - The Horns - Pete & PJ

Here's three photos from the last two gigs with Joe Greaves filling in for PJ.

View Photo: The Old Dial - Bossa Nova 1 - Bossa Nova 2

PJ has had to take a few weeks off due to an unfortunate case of eye strain, we suspect as a result of Denny's recent choice of shirts, but we're nevertheless pleased to announce, after a bit of wangling, the almighty soul sensation Joe Greaves is to stand in for PJ whilst he's recovering.

As well as being the only professional soul singer to denounce Booker T's classic 'Green Onions', simply because it had no vocals, Joe is renowned for his energetic style and soaring vocal range, brought to the fore back in '96 after performing live on BBC2 for Jools Holland with his band at the time, 'Fleiy'. A brilliant and exciting outfit that can only be described as a 'Commitments' sound on original material.

Joe will be performing with us at the 'Old Dial' this Saturday (9th Feb) and at 'Bossa Nova' next week (15th Feb).

The band return to the Bossa Nova club in Worcester this Friday (23rd) to raise the roof once again with a dance filled evening of classic Soul, Blues and Motown.

If you're new to the venue (and if you are, where have you been?) directions can be found in the Gig Guide. So join 'Junction 2' this Friday night for the very best of Soul, Blues and Motown! Don't miss it!

The BOSE people sent us some more photos and a video taken at the Harrods show. They're much better quality than the ones we managed to capture ourselves (see previous blog entry). Check 'em out.

View Photo: PJ - PJ Comedy Club - The Dr & Colin - Givin' It Some - The Dr - Stop To Pose / Yawn - Ripping It Up
View Photo: Hearty Anne - The Maestro - The Bass Man
View Video: Live At Harrods (5.2MB)

The band had the pleasure of playing at Harrods down in London this week to help demonstrate and promote the new BOSE L1 sound system which the band has just started using. The band performed as a 6-piece instead of the usual 10 but still delivered a stunning showcase performance for the crowd, shoppers and (during the sound check) Mr Al-Fayed himself. Check out the below snaps taken on the day, apologies for the poor quality.

View Photo: Live At Harrods - Anne De La Croix - Entertaining The Crowd - 6/10 - Bose & The Red Keyboard

I thought I would put together some photo and video content from one of our recent Christmas gigs for your viewing pleasure. The video footage was taken from the opening of 'Car Wash' and it was actually the first time we had ever performed it. It's a great tune!

View Photo: On Stage - Wink - The Girls - Denny & Jo
View Video: Live At The Hen House (4MB)

Junction 2 has extended its presence on the web even further today by unveiling its very own My Space page. It will make it even easier to see what's new with the band and to get in touch with us. All content available on our My Space page will always be available here on our main site first, you've just got more ways to view it now.

http://www.myspace.com/junction2band

If you already have a My Space page and would like to show your support for the band, you can visit this page (also available through our My Space site) and add a Junction 2 banner to your page.