Hot off the heels of episode #1 comes #2. Eli Paperboy Reed, Village Underground 28th April 2014. A Monday night in Shoreditch, new venue never visited before (there can't be many of those left in London now) and a tube strike means a rare bus journey. I've seen the 'Paperboy' several times before and he never fails to deliver good old fashioned rock n roll. The usual tight band this time with hor...ns and plenty of good tunes to boogie to. He has a new album out and a good chunk of the 90 minute set showcases these songs. All get well received and audience participation is good but the loudest sing-alongs were saved for the old stuff. Its high energy and I defy anyone not to have a good time at a 'Paperboy' show. He's something off a throwback to the sixties when I guess there were plenty of rock n roll bands like this around but there's no sell by date for good music. Venue was OK being situated in an railway tunnel. One comment on merchandise. £15 for a CD come on seriously. £9 on amazon. All in all a great night out and the second of ten gigs currently planned in the next four weeks.
Hot off the heels of episode #1 comes #2. Eli Paperboy Reed, Village Underground 28th April 2014. A Monday night in Shoreditch, new venue never visited before (there can't be many of those left in London now) and a tube strike means a rare bus journey. I've seen the 'Paperboy' several times before and he never fails to deliver good old fashioned rock n roll. The usual tight band this time with hor...ns and plenty of good tunes to boogie to. He has a new album out and a good chunk of the 90 minute set showcases these songs. All get well received and audience participation is good but the loudest sing-alongs were saved for the old stuff. Its high energy and I defy anyone not to have a good time at a 'Paperboy' show. He's something off a throwback to the sixties when I guess there were plenty of rock n roll bands like this around but there's no sell by date for good music. Venue was OK being situated in an railway tunnel. One comment on merchandise. £15 for a CD come on seriously. £9 on amazon. All in all a great night out and the second of ten gigs currently planned in the next four weeks.
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To all my music loving and gig going friends, this is first of a series of gig and new music reviews. Lucero, The Scala, Sunday 27th April. Not the most rock and roll night of the week but if you needed the cobwebs blown away these guys delivered. They rocked like b@$tards. They sit somewhere between the Gaslight Anthem and Drive by Truckers. On record its Americana at its best, great songs, a mix... of electric and acoustic. Live, a twin guitar attack, obligatory crazy bass player, subtle keyboards with a hard core following, singing back every word, is a melee of crowd surfing, mosh pit, stage diving madness. Band end up in the crowd for the encore, Frank Turner joins them on stage. Broken strings, completely forgetting lyrics to one song couldn't take away form the experience. Brilliant. Made a middle age rocker feel 25 again. Be difficult to top this year, you have been warned Jack White, War on Drugs, Isbell, Hiss Golden Messenger and the others. G. |
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