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concerts and shows.
Tickets £17.50
Doors 6.30pm
Oli Brown Band
7.15pm
Walter Trout
8.00pm
Close at 10.00pm
Then out for a meal at one of the fine restaurants in
Newcastle!
This will be a standing gig.
After The 2007 Gig ....
Carvin Jones was as much a showman as we had been told.
He twisted, he pulled the most amazing faces and he
certainly laid in to his guitar. With only an hour to do
his thing, Carvin chucked his heart and soul into a
virtually non-stop journey through blues and rock. You
have to see this guy and the speed at which he plays. In
fact, see him at the Cluny on the 20th February 2008.
Walter Trout .... there is only one Walter Trout. He has
to be one of the very best electric blues guitarists on
the road today - anywhere in the world! There's
light and shade, astounding guitar playing and of course
he has a superb band behind him. Always topical, he
dedicated a number to Sir Paul McCartney and with more
than a little understanding of what is happening with
the divorce.
Back to the music, another five star performance from
Walter.
EXTRA GIG
Thursday 2nd October
The Old Picture House
31 Lothian Road
Edinburgh. EH1 2DJ
Ticket Line
0844 847 1740
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+ The Oli Brown Band
LATEST - Also
appearing in Edinburgh on Thursday 2nd October - see
below for details.
World
Class Blues Guitar
Not
one, but two superb guitarists lined-up for this
Newcastle gig.
Walter
Trout can be found on many a top ten list of the world’s
greatest blues guitarists.
Walter has been
gigging in the Northeast for over a decade and has justly
earned his big fan base for his masterly control of the
guitar. Over the years he has played with some of the
giants of blues such as John Lee Hooker, Big Mama
Thornton, John Mayall and Canned Heat. His between the
eyes direct approach and passion for the blues puts
Trout firmly in the premier league of blues guitar
greats.
With an
outstanding technique, this imposing big American is not
the shy, retiring type, but likes to get up there, go
eyeball to eyeball with the fans and deliver the blues
to the spot that matters. His ability to burn up and
down the guitar neck made him a sought after sideman for
John Lee Hooker, which eventually launched a solo career
after cutting his teeth in the same way that Eric
Clapton and Peter Green did, by playing in John Mayall’s
band. Trouty loves the Northeast, “I love playing here,
you guys know your blues, the audiences just go wild and
I can even understand what you guys are talking about!”
As if
Walter Trout isn’t enough to more than fill any blues
gig, the support act is also a bit special.
Here's a bit of Trouty background .......
Having
played alongside some of the greatest names in
Blues including John Lee Hooker, Big Mama
Thornton, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
and Canned Heat, the adage "six degrees
of separation" certainly does not apply to
world-renowned musician, Walter Trout.
With the release of Go
The Distance, released last year, fans
and critics will no doubt agree that Walter
Trout is now zero degrees away from the Blues
greats.
The
Los Angeles Times describes the Southern
California resident as “a torrential,
gladiator guitar player - the kind the term
‘guitar hero’ was coined to describe.”
With his arresting technique, relentless tour
schedule and exhilarating showmanship, Trout
merited the cover of Blues Revue in
October 2000 and his first American live album, Live
Trout (released in 2000), hit #15 on the
Billboard Blues charts.
Go The Distance increased the forward
momentum. The 13 original tunes were recorded at
Ardent Studios in Memphis and produced by Jim
Gaines, (Blues Traveler, Santana, Stevie Ray
Vaughan) who also worked on Trout’s 1999 Livin’
Every Day and
Live Trout.
As cuts like "Ride 'Til I'm
Satisfied" and the title track
attest, Walter Trout & The Radicals' final
destination may be unknown, but they have
embarked on the journey and are enjoying the
ride, picking up rabid fans along the way.
Playing
live is something Trout knew, even as a
youngster, that he wanted to do.
A chance meeting during his childhood
with the mighty Duke Ellington catapulted
Trout’s interest in pursuing a professional
music career. “That was the turning point
in my life,” he recalls. “I was there
for two hours while Duke, Cat Anderson, Johnny
Hodges and Paul Gonsalves sat in a circle and
talked to me about music and life.
They were so warm and generous and kind
to me.
I was in awe.”
As
a teenager Trout got bit by the rock bug,
plugged into an amp and never looked back.
It didn’t take long for him to gain
entry into the major leagues.
His ability to tear up the neck made him
a sought after sideman for John Lee Hooker
and eventually launched a solo career after
cutting his chops the way Eric Clapton
and Mick Taylor did, playing with John
Mayall & The Bluesbreakers.
In
a BBC radio poll, Trout was ranked #6 out of the
top 20 all-time greatest guitarists (where a few
more votes would've landed him snugly in the Top
5 amongst Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page!).
Trout has his sights set on similar
stateside notoriety.
His 1998 self-titled release sold 25,000
units, locking the disc into Blues Revue’s Top
40 sales chart for a year where it peaked at
#18.
Consistently packing crowds into 1,000+
seat venues nationwide, look for Walter Trout
& The Radicals to ride coast to coast this
summer playing at clubs and festivals including
returning to the Tampa Bay Blues Festival after
the organizers handed Trout a contract the
moment he walked off the stage in 2000.
Both
on record and on stage, Walter Trout keeps the
art of blues thriving and vivacious.
Blues Revue comments “Trout gets
into the groove where the magic happens.
But each night offers a particular set of
circumstances that keep the music fresh.”
From introspection to full blown rockin’
blues, Trout’s music is always marked by his
adept songwriting, sturdy vocals, searing guitar
work and ability to enhance the boundaries of
one of music’s oldest forms.
But as Trout is quick to point out,
"the blues shouldn’t be a museum.
The music ought to constantly expand and
be alive."
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Oli Brown Band
Oli was the support
for the Fabulous Thunderbirds [17 April] and went down a
storm. Only 18, his guitar playing was superb, the lad
can also sing and the bonus was the set list which was
terrific.
In 2006
Oli Brown was told by Carl Gustafson from the
American Blues band Blinddog Smokin' that he
should form his own band in his own name, this was the
birth of the
Oli Brown Band.
Towards the end of 2006, whilst playing at jam sessions
in Norwich, Oli met drummer
Simon Dring whom he really admired and asked if he
would be prepared to join the band. Oli's next task was
to find a bass player. Luckily, Simon knew of a talented
bassist and recommended that Oli give
Fred Hollis a call. January 2007 saw Oli, Simon and
Fred start rehearsals, and March 1 saw The Oli Brown
Band perform their first gig at The Walnut Tree
Shades in Norwich.
Since that first gig, the band has played up and down
the country. One of the highlights was recording a live
session for BBC Radio 2 (at Maida Vale studios) for the
Paul Jones Blues Show which was transmitted 14 May 2007.
Other highlights include supporting acts like Walter
Trout, Aynsley Lister, Devon Allman, Dr Feelgood, Ian
Parker and performances for BBC Radio Suffolk, Radio
Norfolk and Radio Cambridgeshire.
2008 is shaping up to be another exciting and extremely
busy year for the band, with the release of their first
full-length studio album, a European tour, American
appearances and of course
gigs throughout the UK.
www.myspace.com/oliblues
www.oliselectricblues.co.uk
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