|
Purchase tickets
here for some of the Northeast's leading music
concerts and shows.
Tickets available on the
door tonight. Call 07760 400 226 with any queries.
Doors 7.00pm
Dr Brown 7.45pm
Wishbone Ash
8.45pm
Close 11.00pm
This is a standing gig.
Dr Brown
provide us with an excellent opening act.
No-nonsense blues led by ace harp player Dr
Brown who favour the music of West Coast
America. Styles and influences include the
Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmie Vaughan and Ronnie
Earle. |
|
+ Dr Brown & The
Groovecats
The bands equipment arrived at 3.00pm.
That's typical of WA always bang on and
extremely professional. Thirty minutes later and
the crew are beavering away setting up the stage
and getting a sweat started when the mobile
rings ...... "there's a problem Jim ..... the
band are stuck in Gretna. Someone [?] has filled
the bus with petrol instead of diesel!" Oh dear
.... "We are waiting for the AA to sort it out
...... we will keep you posted." No problem.
Dr Brown arrived from all corners of
the Northeast and quickly loaded in for a sound
check to ensure we kicked the show off on time.
Brief background blurb ....
Wishbone
Ash deserve long service medals for their 35
years of touring the world. The band are
renowned for delivering high quality rock, the
sort that has depth not just volume. Stalwart
Andy
Powell remembers back in the 60’s when the
band were looking for a guitarist, “they
started running advertisements in the music
papers and prospective guitarists would come to
the house and audition. It finally came down to Ted
Turner and me and they couldn't decide
between us. So the band decided not to hire a
keyboard player, as they'd originally planned
and took us both instead!"
The
group was subject to a variety of influences -
Powell was a veteran of various semi-pro blues
and soul outfits and a player who listened to
bands from Fairport Convention to the Who.
"Pete Townsend had a profound impact on me
as a rhythm player", Powell says and
credits his experience in soul bands, working
with horn section harmonies as the inspiration
for the dual lead guitar format that he and Ted
Turner developed.
Powell
continues, "It was crucial in those days
that everybody have their own sound, there was a
great spirit in the air in the late 60's. The
clubs were very active, there was a lot of
R&B and a lot of blues, like the Pretty
Things and early Fleetwood Mac. The scene was
open to anything that would expand the
imagination."
As for
the group's name, Powell explains, "We
wanted something that wouldn't tie us down to a
particular style and came up with a number of
wacky names - I remember Third World War and
Jesus Duck. Finally there were two lists, one of
which had the word Wishbone on it and the other
of which had Ash. The combination sounded
intriguing - actually, it sounded like more than
it was."
|
|
|
.Guitar
|
Guitar
|
|
Guitar
|
|
Drums
|
Remember you can also
purchase CD's at the gig or online if you click on to the
band or artists own web site
|
