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Doors 7.30pm

No Support

NBZ

 8.45pm

Close 11.00pm

This is a standing gig.

  It had been a few years since we had NBZ in Newcastle, but last November we were reminded just how fantastic a live show this band delivers ....

 WOW! what a gig!!!

It certainly had been far too long since we did a gig with NBZ, but managed to bring the lads back to Newcastle last November. It was a fantastic night with a big, enthusiastic crowd and NBZ responded with a seriously brilliant performance. They really were firing on all cylinders and it could have been mistaken for a party if it wasn't for the outstanding musicianship on the stage. They covered the lot, cracking R&B, blues, a touch of pop/soul and even a hint of reggae. Straight after the gig we talked to the band about a speedy return and this is it .....      FIVE STAR RECOMMENDATION

Brief biog about the band ....

Dennis Greaves heads up the band, playing guitar and singing better now than at any time in his career, a legend in waiting persona! Then there is the mighty rhythm section of Gerry McAvoy and Brendan O'Neill blowing up a storm! Gerry is a bass player's bass player, who spent 15 years laying it down for Rory Gallagher as did Brendan on drums for 10 years. 

Over this fat slice of rhythm, comes the unique harmonica of Mark Feltham ,since January 2001 Mark has been back playing with Nine Below Zero needless to say anyone who knows the band will be aware of his history, himself and Dennis being the founder members of the band. Live, this combination is lethal, hammering and nailing the big R n B sound to the floor of many a famous stage. It is not unusual for the band to sell out big clubs weeks up front so don't leave it too late for this Cluny gig.

"NBZ are brilliant live, they work so hard , the audience often go home as exhausted as the band" so says Andrew Zweck of top promoters Harvey Goldsmith Ents. They have carved out a very credible niche, a place they will be for a very long time to come, because, who else is this good?.....this often? NBZ are the viable alternative to Alternative, a band that most definately come to play, a band with their own genuine sound and deep understanding of their musical roots. NBZ have a tireless spirit, no regrets, no excuses, no crap.

Riding Shotgun

35 years on the road with Rory Gallagher and Nine Below Zero

Gerry McAvoy's long-awaited autobiography - Riding Shotgun: 35 Years on the Road with Rory Gallagher and Nine Below Zero - was released last June at the Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival in Rory's place of birth, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. Gerry McAvoy was Rory's bass player from 1971 through to 1991, the only constant factor on all 14 of Rory’s solo albums which sold over 30 million copies worldwide. No-one knew Rory better or was closer to him throughout this most creative period of his life, before serious illness blighted his career.

    Gerry is highly regarded as a musician's musician and, as Rory's right-hand man for over 20 years, his career has given him the opportunity to meet and play with a veritable who's who of rock and blues performers - from Muddy Waters, John Mayall and Van Morrison through to Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, Rod Stewart, ZZ Top, Rush, Eric Clapton, Sting and U2.

    In 1991, with Rory's health having deteriorated to the point where he had all but given up touring and recording, Gerry reluctantly left the band to help reform R&B legends Nine Below Zero, with whom he has recorded eight successful albums. Nine Below Zero continue to tour Europe almost incessantly and remain one of the UK's hardest working bands. Gerry was also responsible for creating the Band of Friends - an informal reunion of ex-Rory Gallagher band members who get together several times a year to play tribute concerts and festivals all over Europe, following Rory's tragic death in 1995 at the age of 47.

    Riding Shotgun is the story of Gerry McAvoy's life before, with and since Rory Gallagher. But it's also a story about a group of young musicians growing up amid the madness that was Belfast during the Troubles. And how, out of that cauldron of violence and hatred, emerged a group of performers who were to take the world by storm and launch an Irish assault on popular music that continues to this day. The story of how, amid the hype and insincerity of the music business, a softly spoken and intensely shy Corkman could become a legend: a folk hero to whom all modern Irish musicians - from Bono to Boyzone - acknowledge a debt of gratitude.

    Based on over 100 hours of personal recollections and interviews with many of Gerry and Rory's friends and colleagues in the UK and Ireland, and illustrated throughout with dozens of unique and previously unseen photographs from Gerry's personal collection, Riding Shotgun is a sometimes shocking and often hilarious account of what it was really like to be a musician in one of the 1970s' biggest rock bands. It's also quite possibly the nearest we will ever get to unravelling the complex character that was and remains Rory Gallagher.

Riding Shotgun: 35 years on the road with Rory Gallagher and Nine Below Zero by Gerry McAvoy, with Pete Chrisp, is published by SPG Triumph at £18.99. Hardback. 375 pages plus 32 pages of photographs.

For more information please contact:

www.ridingshotgun.co.uk Get the full NBZ background from http://www.ninebelowzero.com/ 

"Raucous R&B and Blues from an outstanding bunch of musicians. The atmosphere is special, the ales are delicious and it's a fabulous night. What more do you want apart from a bog win on the Lottery?"