September 2011 October 2011
Teapot Wright presents… Cheeseweasel Promotions & AmericanaUK presents... Wed 7 Wed 5 Daevid Allen & The Magick Brothers Alejandro Escovedo £10adv £12door plus Roz Bruce £12 plus The Hi & Lo (acoustic) Daevid Allen was one of the founders of the British progressive No Depression’s Artist Of The Decade for the 1990s, Alejandro rock band Soft Machine. After recording just one album with the Escovedo can boast admirers such as Lucinda Williams, John Cale, group, he became the founder/leader of Gong, which he left in Ian Hunter, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams and Bruce Springsteen. All 1973 to begin a solo career. Since then Allen has continued to are drawn to his thoughtful songs, tough rocking music and and explore his quirky, folky take on rock. www.planetgong.co.uk legendary full-on live shows. This special acoustic show marks the first visit to Leicester from a man at the peak of his game. www.alejandroescovedo.com
Fri 9 Teapot Wright presents… Los Pacaminos Sun 16 £12adv plus Angie Boxhill Los Pacaminos formed as an opportunity to play their shared Benjamin Francis Leftwich £8adv plus support passion of border, Tex-Mex and Americana music so loved by the Benjamin Francis Leftwich is an English singer-songwriter from members of the band. Word got around, as word does, and soon York. Leftwich began playing at the age of ten and grew up the band started playing gigs. All of Los Pacaminos have been listening to The Rolling Stones and Nina Simone; later discovering members of Paul Young’s bands through the ‘80s and ‘90s. Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, and Elliott Smith. He cites Arcade Fire, Ryan www.los-pacaminos.com Adams, and Bruce Springsteen as inspirations. www.benjaminfrancisleftwich.com
Fri 16 Airship Sun 23 £6adv £8door plus support Roachford £12adv Airship find themselves somewhere between the gutter and the Ever since bulldozing his way onto the scene with ‘Cuddly Toy’ and stars, they play the highs and lows of their daily lives through a ‘Family Man’ in the late 80s, Andrew Roachford’s maverick take on sound brought together by the glacial shimmer of Sigur Ros and music has spread far and wide. As the first artist to sign a seven- the dark wonderment of the band’s favourite record, The Cure’s album deal with Columbia Records, it heralded the beginning of ‘Disintegration’. www.myspace.com/airshiptheband something big. As if any more proof were needed, the fact that Andrew Roachford has been approached by such luminaries as Michael Jackson and Chaka Khan to write songs speaks volumes. www.roachford.co.uk
Cheeseweasel Promotions presents… Wed 21 Focus Wed 26 £15adv Erja Lyytinen plus Motherlode £7adv plus support With their unique progressive rock, Focus manifested themselves Erja Lyytinen is part of an exciting young generation of European as the most successful of all the Dutch pop-rock exports. Featuring blues artists. From her home in Finland, she has ventured out to founding member/musicial genius Thijs van Leer and stalwart captivate audiences throughout Europe and recorded albums in drummer Pierre van der Linden, fans can once again hear all the places as far flung as Helsinki and the heart of the Mississippi classic Focus tunes as well as some exciting new material. Delta. Acclaimed for her slide guitar playing abilities, keen www.focustheband.com songwriting and smooth vocal delivery, Lyytinen is committed to a life of music. www.erjalyytinen.com
Outsider Promotions presents… Thu 27 Wed 28 The Trews Slaid Cleaves £7adv plus support £10adv £12door plus support The Trews are a Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Austin, Tex.-based singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves is one of the Scotia. Since 2003 the band have racked up eleven Top 10 rock most widely respected (if frequently critically overlooked) artists radio singles in Canada, including two chart-toppers, have sold in his genre. Generally considered a “songwriters’ songwriter,” over 200,000 albums and have shared the stage with The Rolling Cleaves has produced a number of albums which are far better Stones, Robert Plant, Guns’n’Roses, KISS, Nickelback, Cheap Trick, than he gets credit for. www.slaid.com The Tragically Hip and Kid Rock among many others. www.thetrewsmusic.com
Cheeseweasel Promotions presents… Wright Teapot presents… Fri 30 Mon 31 Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash Skinny Lister £12.50adv £15door £6adv plus support With millions of album sales and concert attendances worldwide, Skinny Lister are the life, the soul and the party, their music equal Wishbone Ash’s heritage as one of the most enduring and best parts traditional folk and ramshackle pop. A Skinny Lister gig is an loved British rock acts is assured. Original member Martin Turner experience that spins you round, lifts you up and puts a smile on continues to perform the band’s best loved works with his your face all the way home. Whether it’s heave-ho-ing shanties, current line-up. In the words of Turner himself, “I am confident family penned traditional songs or their own trademark sounds, that we have compiled a show that will please all true Wishbone Skinny Lister is a lifestyle and the soundtrack to happiness. connoisseurs.” www.wishboneash.co.uk www.skinnylister.com Need a gig? Contact Darren on either 07970 529 760 or [email protected] 8.00pm until midnight Sunday to Thursday 8.00pm until 1.00am Friday and Saturday Live music starts around 9.00pm Full disabled access and facilities
September October
Thu 1 Venue available Sat 1 Lay-Z Boi presents .... To book contact Darren 07970 529 760 Details tbc. Check website for details. Fri 2 Keep It CASH - £8adv Sun 2 Rage Fest - £7NUS £10adv £12door (12 noon – 12 midnight) Authentic Johnny Cash tribute. feat. Eastern Front, Ancient Ascendant, Abadden, To-Mera, Wizard’s Beard, Merciless Terror Sat 3 Kingsize - £6 Mon 3 The City Acoustic Club - Free Big band 60s ska. Open mic session. Sun 4 Leicester Rocks - Free Tue 4 Andy Cutting - £10 1pm til 5pm. Band workshop. plus Jim Causley. Greenbird Promotions presents Sun 4 Davey Arthur & Friends - £8adv £10door Wed 5 Alejandro Escovedo - £12 plus Dan Britton and Adele McMahon. Irish folk legend. plus The Hi & Lo (acoustic). No Depression’s Artist Of The Decade for the ‘90s. Mon 5 The City Acoustic Club - Free Thu 6 Dean Friedman - £18 Open mic session. plus Boothby Graffoe. One of the finest singer/songwriters of his generation. Tue 6 Venue available Fri 7 Panic Room - £8adv £10door To book contact Darren 07970 529 760 plus David R Black. Award-winning UK rock band. Wed 7 Daevid Allen & The Magick Brothers - £10adv £12door Sat 8 Twin Lizzy - £7 plus Roz Bruce. Teapot Wright presents… plus Remedy. The finest Thin Lizzy tribute around. Thu 8 Talon - The Acoustic Collection - £8adv Sun 9 Paper Aeroplanes - £5adv plus Chris Conway. Contemporary acoustic classics. plus support. Melancholic acoustic music centred around distinctive vocals. Fri 9 Los Pacaminos - £12adv Mon 10 The City Acoustic Club - Free plus Angie Boxhill, Paul Young’s Tex-Mex and Americana band. Open mic session. Sat 10 Natalie Squance - £5 Tue 11 Virgil & The Accelerators - £7 plus support. Lay-Z Boi Music presents… plus Howlin’ Matt. An insanely talented blues power trio. Sun 11 Miles Hunt & Erica Nockalls - £8adv £10door Wed 12 Iona - £14adv £16door plus support. Wonderstuff frontman acoustic. plus special guest Yvonne Lyon. Celtic pop, rock and new age. Mon 12 Wired - Free Thu 13 Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts - £7adv Open mic for bands plus Fay Brotherhood. Forty Tenth Promotions presents.... Tue 13 Sam Baker - £8adv Fri 14 The Sounds Of Simon - £7adv £9door Acclaimed Texan singer-songwriter. Lazy Sunday presents... Wed 14 Cosmo Jarvis - £7adv Sat 15 Slip-Not - £6adv £8door plus support. Wright Teapot presents… Xander Promotions presents... Thu 15 Joel Owen & The Antoine Band - £4adv £5door Sun 16 Benjamin Francis Leftwich - £8adv plus support. Soulful big-band blues. plus Daughter. Teapot Wright presents… Fri 16 Airship - £6adv Mon 17 The City Acoustic Club - Free plus support. Sigur Ros meets the Cure. Open mic session. Sat 17 Purple Zeppelin - £8 Tue 18 Rod Picott - £8adv The best of Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. plus Ben Sures. “I put him up there with Springsteen and Guthrie.” - Slaid Cleaves. Sun 18 Eyeless In Gaza - £7adv £8door Web 19 Ben Calvert & The Swifts - £5 plus Kevin Hewick. ‘80s post-punk art-rock. plus support. Horus Music presents... Mon 19 BettySoo & Doug Cox - £5adv £6door Thu 20 Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley -£8adv plus Mr. Plow. Folk, country, gospel, and rock from Texan singer-songwriter. plus support. Founder members of folk band Last Night’s Fun. Tue 20 Among Brothers - £5adv Fri 21 The Rassoodocks - £5 plus support. Teapot Wright presents… plus support. Rock ‘n’ roll roots with a contemporary post-punk bravado. Wed 21 Focus - £15adv Sat 22 Leatherat - £8adv plus Motherlode. Unique progressive rock from ‘70s pioneers. plus Roz Bruce. Forty Tenth Promotions presents… Thu 22 Johnny Butten & Telegraph Road - £8adv £10door Sun 23 Roachford - £12adv plus The Lean Valley Band. Guinness World Records’ fastest banjo player. plus Scarlette Fever. Rock ‘n’ soul from ‘Cuddly Toy’ singer. Fri 23 John Butler - £5adv Mon 24 Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - £8adv plus Paul Handyside. Lead singer and lyricist of Diesel Park West. plus Gill Sandell. “A compelling songwriter with a gift for melody and words.” Sat 24 Private Party Tue 25 Good Luck Mountain - £8 Sun 25 Derrin Nauendorf - £7 plus Ana Egge and The Smokey Grass Mountain Boys. Feat. Mike Ferrio of Tandy. plus Tony Alles. An intense live show with raw, emotive music. Wed 26 Erja Lyytinen - £7adv Mon 26 Treetop Flyers - £6adv plus support. Exciting young European blues artist. plus support. Teapot Wright presents… Thu 27 The Trews - £7adv Tue 27 Rory McLeod - £9 plus support. Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia. plus Paul McHugh. Greenbird Promotions presents… Fri 28 Mentallica - £6adv £8door Wed 28 Slaid Cleaves - £10adv £12door plus Temple Of Lies. Xander Promotions presents… Outsider Promotions presents… Sat 29 Mick Pini - £10 Thu 29 Brian Houston - £8adv “The legitimate successor to Peter Green.” plus Toby Beard. “A tunesmith, a poet, a bard and a comedian.” Sun 30 Talulah Blue’s Tassels and Treats! - £8adv £10door Fri 30 Martin Turner’s Wishbone Ash - £12.50adv £15door Burlesque feat. Cat Aclysmic, Talulah Blue, Miss Bruise Violet, Cadillac Arrest One of the most enduring and best loved British hard rock acts. and live music from Drugstore Cowboys Mon 31 Skinny Lister - £6adv plus support. Wright Teapot presents… To book tickets visit - www.wegottickets.com
November 3rd Willie Nile • 10th Strawbs • 15th Kim Richey • 23rd Josh T Pearson 26th The Tangent • 28th Beth Hart • 29th Simon McBride December 1st Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby • 2nd Guns 2 Roses • 4th Bonafide 7th The Dylan Project • 9th Dan Baird & Homemade Sin • 14th Boo Hewerdine