Bob Paterson presents... at the 12 bar club
Andrew John Roberts
1. Bob Paterson and The Cosmic American Music Club presents... Tandy +
Wired Country + Scott MacDonald + JC & Angelina Grimshaw @ the 12-Bar
Club, London Thursday 18th May.
2. Dr Robert May/June 2000 Tour Dates
3. Remaining Bap Kennedy Tour Dates
4. Other Notable Gigs
BOB PATERSON AND THE COSMIC AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB PRESENTS....
at The 12-Bar Club Thursday 18th May 2000
22 Denmark Place, off Denmark Street, London, WC2 8NJ.
Adv tickets: 020 7209 2248. Venue Tel: 020 7916 6989.
Sponsored by SpydaRadio
Thursday 18th May 2000 (£6/£5)
JC and ANGELINA GRIMSHAW
JC and Angelina Grimshaw are a brother and sister acoustic duo from The
Isle of Wight specialising in country blues, hula, Cajun, early jazz and
folk! This potent blend is obvious all through JC's most recent LP
"Dance When You're Living" which frankly is a 5 star record. With a
vocal style reminiscent of Bessie Smith and Memphis Minnie, Angelina
pairs wonderfully with JC's impressive work on Steel guitar, dobro and
mandolin. Their repertoire involves classic acoustic tracks incorporated
with their own original compositions. They've toured extensively in
Europe, Russia, Japan and America and have appeared with the likes of BB
King, Peter Green, Taj Mahal and Van the Man. JC has also played in
Midge Ure's band around the UK and Europe. It's a delight to have them
return to play at The 12-Bar Club following their debut at the BPP
Christmas Party.
WIRED COUNTY
Born out of the North-East London barrio of Dalston, Wired County
subscribe to the time-honoured pub-rock ethic of anytime, anywhere with
minimal equipment and a tough truckload of goodtime downhome original
songs.
The band was first conceived at the beginning of '98 by cheeky cockney
gravel-voiced frontman Laurence Johns and guitar slinger/studio whizzkid
'Baldy' Jon Shardlow. Inspired by his mother's record collection, Johns
drew upon Shardlow's Stones fixation to create some first-rate gutter-
fresh country music. The band's line-up was sealed immediately with the
recruitment of bass virtuoso Dave Farren (ex-Bad Manners), skintight
drummer Bill Austin and Telecaster master Spike Liseiko (ex-Lost In
Austin).
While being peculiarly private perfectionists, they have come out into
the light on various occasions, often on the stage of Dalson's Trolley
Stop, where they have constantly proved themselves a ruthlessly riveting
live machine, and in May '98 at the fabled Philosophy Society, where
they took the early shift after The Gourds. With the album 'Unsafe At
Home' due out late Spring, be ready for a long hot summer getting Wired.
"The ass-kickin' starts here. Wire County seriously take the bull by
the horns with an absolute no-holds-barred cow-punk delivery"
Rock'n'Reel magazine
Cheers Gerry!
TANDY
First of all, Tandy is the name of a character in Sherwood Anderson's
novel Winesburg, Ohio. It's also the name of a band formed in September
1996 by Mike Ferrio. The band leader and songwriter grew up in a very
small town in northern New York state. The drummer Tom McCrum grew up in
Dublin, Ireland. The band's fiddle player Miss Darlene Snow is from
Alexandria, Virginia. She, by the way, grew up right down the street
from where Emmylou Harris grew up. The band are now based in Brooklyn,
NY and Austin, Tx.
In the last year and a half they've been fortunate enough to open shows
for some of the musicians and bands they admire most, including Jimmie
Dale Gilmore, Rick Danko, Steve Earle, Freakwater, Gillian Welch & David
Rawlings, Jon Dee Graham, Robert Earl Keen, Michael Hurley, Kelly
Willis (who sang on a couple songs on their last album) and Jonathan
Richman.
The band return to the UK after their debut last October with a
different line up from that found on their two latest albums "Some
Summer's Day" and on their new CD, "Lichtenstein's Oriole." Scott Yoder
will play bass and Drew Glackin on Lap Steel, Electric Guitar and
Mandolin.
See TANDY elsewhere:
8th: The Attic, Edinburgh (supporting Bap Kennedy)
9th: The 13th Note, Glasgow
10th: The Ropery, Sunderland
11th: Night & Day, Manchester
12th: Bayou Club, Leicester
13th: Maze Bar, Nottingham
14th: Whelan's, Dublin, Ireland
16th: Jug Of Ale, Birmingham
17th: The Beamish Mary Inn, Stanley
18th: The 12-Bar Club, London
20th: Tom Tom, Heythuysen, The Netherlands.
SCOTT MACDONALD
Scott MacDonald is a singer/songwriter from Eaglesham, a village on the
outskirts of Glasgow, his music has best been described as where celtic
meets country. His acoustic and harmonica driven songs are often
accompanied by many well known local musicians. His debut EP was
released in the summer of 1999 on the Glasgow based Catacol Records
label to great acclaim and the title track was chosen by the BBC and
Scottish Art Council to feature on their new talent sampler CD titled
Seriously Scottish. The sampler CD was officially released in January at
this years music industry convention MIDEM in Cannes. The 3 track CD
titled Burn Baby Burn is songs written about his time in Australia where
he played Perth & Melbourne where he was known as the Celtic Neil Young!
His debut album "New Heart" will be out by the time he plays here
tonight.
On stage times:
J C and ANGELINA GRIMSHAW 8.30-9.15
WIRED COUNTY 9.35 - 10.20
TANDY 10.40 - 11.50
SCOTT MACDONALD 12.00
If you want to come along and you want to get in cheaper - please
respond before Tuesday 16th May quoting "PUT ME ON THE £4 BPP LIST".
Just say your name on the door - and you'll never know what will
happen!!!!
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COMING SOON AT THE 12-BAR CLUB
Monday 19th June: Nick Drake Tribute Night (Part 4): Mal Darwen +
Caroline Kendall + Scott MacDonald + Tim Bowness/Samuel
Smiles + Nick Martin + Chris Healy
Thursday 7th September: Landspeed Loungers + Angelou + Agent-J
Thursday 2nd November: A Cosmic American Music Club night
Thursday 21st December: The BPP Christmas Party 2000
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DR ROBERT - May/June 2000 tour
Former Blow Monkey - now established solo artist with several albums
released to date. "Other Folk", "Realms Of Gold", "Bethesda" and
"Flatlands" are now available on his own label and to promote these has
gone back on the road acoustically. He toured the UK in November with
his mates The Gallowstree Jug Band and will be repeating the tour in
May.
http://www.drrobert.net is now up and running!!! Come and visit us for
the latest Dr Robert info and news, tour dates, picture sleeve
discographies, photo galleries with loads of unpublished pics of the Dr
and his cohorts, the shop where you can purchase CDs, videos (and much
more soon)!
"Dr Robert's booming presence easily covers the gaps once occupied by
The Blow Monkeys. A fireball of emotional energy, he darts from raucous
blues to his own personal Fen odyssey, Flatlands, achieving an
extraordinary range of sounds and moods with his guitar that must scare
the daylights out of the Junction bats". MOJO
Sunday 14 May - Sunderland, Marina tel: 0191 515 3583 - Onstage
3pm.
Tuesday 16 May - Dundee, The Westport Bar tel: 01382 200 993 - £3.
Onstage 9.30pm.
Wednesday 17 May - Edinburgh, L'Attache, Shandwyck Place, West End of
Princes Street tel: 0131 313 2727. Tickets £5 in advance and £6 on the
door.
Thursday 18 May - Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree tel: 01224 642 230. £3
(special discount)/£4.50 concessions/£7
*Sunday 21 May - Nottingham Social tel: 0115 950 5078. £5. Onstage
9.15pm.
~Wednesday 24 May - Leigh-on-Sea, The Grand Hotel tel: 01702 710 768.
£5.
*Thursday 25 May - Brighton, The Greys (Brighton Fringe Festival) tel:
01273 680 734. £5. Onstage 10pm
*Saturday 27 May - Bath, Moles Club tel: 01225 404 445. £5
Monday 29 May - BBC Millennium Festival, Newcastle (Tyne Festival)
tel: 0191 232 1232.Onstage 9pm. Free concert.
~Tuesday 30 May - South Shields, Turks Head tel: 0191 456 4988. £4.
Onstage 9.45pm.
~Wednesday 31 May - Berwick-upon-Tweed, Barrels Ale House tel: 01289
308 013. Tickets £4.50 - on stage 9pm
Thursday 1 June - Inverness, Station Hotel ("Singing Songs In The Rain,
The Songwriting Tour For The Highland Festival) tel: 09063 020083.
Onstage 7.30pm. Support from Scott MacDonald and Jeep Solid.
Friday 2 June - Portmahomack, Caledonian Hotel (as above Highland
Festival) tel: 09063 020083 Support from Scott MacDonald and Jeep Solid.
~Wednesday 7 June - London, The Heavenly Social 5 Little Portland
Street, Oxford Circus, 0171 636 4992 £3 tickets. No Box Office. Doors
8pm. Support from Tasha Lee, MOJA 9pm. Dr Robert on 10.15pm.
*~Thursday 8 June - St Albans, The Horn Reborn tel: 01727 853 143
1st/2nd July - final details TBC: BRACKNELL FESTIVAL
Thursday 6 July - Birmingham, Ronnie Scotts Tel: 0121 643 4525
*Sunday 27 August - Isles of Scilly, Camel Rock Festival
* Gallowstree Jug Band support
~ Moja support
BAP KENNEDY REMAINING DATES
Former front man of Northern Ireland band Energy Orchard - now solo with
a Steve Earle produced album and an album of Hank Williams covers under
his belt. Both have received excellent reviews and have established Bap
as a credible solo artist. His 3rd self-produced album "Lonely Street"
is out in the UK on May 8th on his own Lonely Street Discs (marketed
through Dressed To Kill). Initial reviews are extremely favourable - a
departure from the Steve Earle sound - taking a more Van Morrison,
Martin Stephenson/Cowboy Junkies vibe.
May 2000:
8th: Edinburgh, The Attic (0131-226 7010)
10th: South Shields, Turks Head (0191-456 4988)
11th: York, The Fibbers (01423 521176)
15th: Chester, Telfords Warehouse (01244 390090)
17th: The Blue Bell Inn, Shortgate, Lawghton, East Sussex (01825 840080)
18th: Sheffield, The Boardwalk (0114 2 799090)
19th: Leicester, Bayou Club (0116 2 230318)
22nd: Manchester, Night and Day (0161-236 1822/0161-445 9805)
25th: Southampton, Talking Heads (02380 555899)
26th: Lydney Town Hall, Lydney, Gloucestershire (08701 688668)
27th: Brighton, Hanover Centre (01273 680734)
28th: Putney, Half Moon (0208 780 9383 or from Ticketweb 0207 771 2000)
Irish dates in June to follow
OTHER NOTABLE GIGS (mostly London)
Robbie McIntosh
As a guitarist, Robbie McIntosh is probably the most highly prized
sideman amongst the top names in the music industry. He is in the ears
of those who know, the "guitarist's guitarist". As a member of The
Pretenders for 5 years and then The Paul McCartney Band for a further 5
years, Robbie has toured the world several times. He completed a
successful 3 month tour last year to promote his debut album "Emotional
Bends" (which has become a big hit on Radio 2). In his band: Pino
Palladino (bass), Mark Feltham (harmonica), Melvyn Duffy (steel guitar)
and Paul Beavis (drums). A new "unplugged" album is out imminently and
he will be playing live acoustically and with a band.
Thursday 15th June 2000 - Customs House, South Shields (0191) 454 1234
Friday 16th June and Saturday 17th June 2000 - Helensburgh, Scotland
01436 671789 (m) 07939 086687
Sunday 18th June 2000 - Worcester Park Club, Worcester Park 0181 560
6252
Friday 23rd June 2000 - Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale 01495 308996
LONDON
9th May: The Bottle Rockets - The Borderline, London
10th May: Angelou - The Borderline, London
13th May: Lambchop + Calexico + Freakwater - Queen Elizabeth Hall,
London
15th May: Stacey Earle + Mark Stuart - The Borderline, London
16th May: Will Kevans & Junk TV - Dingwalls, London
20th May: Neal Casal - The Borderline, London
26th May: Little Mothers - Orange, London
30th May: Laura Cantrell - The Borderline, London
1st June: The Rosie Flores Band + Terry Clarke - The Borderline, London
2nd June: Vigilantes of Love - The Borderline, London
19th June: Nick Drake Tribute Night (Part 4) - London, The 12-Bar Club
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Bob Paterson
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