The Cluny, Newcastle - Thursday 5th June  2008

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Snake Davis Band

Doors 8.00pm

Snake on stage at 8.45pm

Fabulous Soul and Funk and Midnight Blues with the Snake Davis Band

Snake Davis .. Saxes flute,  shakuhachi and whistle

Paul Birchall .. Keyboards

Bryan Hargreaves .. Drums

Neil Fairclough .. Bass

www.snakedavis.com

www.myspace.com/snakedavisband

More details soon.

Sax, Soul & Shakuhachi

As a leading musician you get to play with all the top names, but it’s also good if you have your own band. Top British soul and funk saxophonist Snake Davis will be returning to the Northeast in June to celebrate the release of his 8^th album, Talking Bird.

The new album contains a mix of styles with bags of soulful searing tenor sax, some funky flute, a jazz ballad, some fast Latin, there’s a Japanese influence with the Shakuhachi and even a beautiful ballad featuring just soprano sax and strings.

Snake the “sax man” is widely known for his solos on tracks such as Lisa Stansfield’s Change, M-People's anthemic Search For A Hero and Moving On Up and Take Thats hit single A Million Love Songs.  He has played and recorded with artists ranging from James Brown to Paul McCartney, The Eurythmics to Amy Winehouse – having recorded on more than 400 tracks in recent years for over 60 artists and played live with dozens more.

Snake is in demand across the world; playing the saxophone family as well as flutes, whistles and the ancient Japanese wind instrument, the Shakuhachi. This unusual instrument was found on his recent 40 date 3 month tour of Japan with the rock star Eikichi Yazawa, which included his 100th appearance at Tokyo’s famous Budokan Hall, seating15,000!" This guy is so famous that Japan is issuing a set of stamps with his face on them.

Snake and his band will be playing music from the new album as well as some old favourites. Fens are used to an entertaining, uplifting musical treat and on this tour they won’t be disappointed.  As always, his love of soul music comes through in his playing as well as jazz, R&B, Funk and world music. 

Snake Davis is the only saxophonist we know who can literally make his instruments sing.  A thoroughly entertaining evening for anyone who appreciates the finer art of real music. The band also has Paul Birchall on keys, Bryan Hargreaves on drums and Neil Fairclough on bass. More details from www.snakedavis.com and www.myspace.com/snakedavisband