JUNE 2009 JULY 2009 Tue 2 Sun 5 Po’ Girl Big Dog 3 feat. Al Perkins £10 plus Sarah MacDougall £10adv plus special guest Brigitte DeMeyer “Vancouver female quartet Po’ Girl are a smart, sassy trip through Having played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, The hillbilly blues, roadhouse gospel and back-porch field hollers” - Eagles, Dolly Parton, Gram Parsons and The Rolling Stones to Morning Call. “A veritable force of nature with a sound that alludes name but a few, maestro of the pedal/lap steel, dobro and to country, blues, jazz, gospel and folk without falling squarely guitarAl Perkins is steppin’ out with his own band Big Dog 3. Band in any one of those categories” - Evanston Review.“Po’ Girl has members are Brady Blade on drums (Patty Griffin, Steve Earle, Dave the same womanly (not girlish, mind you) croon of the 1920s and Matthews) and Chris Donohue on bass guitar (Allison Moorer, ‘30s blues mamas - yet their music isn’t of another era.” - No Rodney Crowell, Buddy Miller). All three are of course present and Depression. www.pogirl.net www.sarahmacdougall.com former Emmylou Harris band members. www.bigdog3.com Sun 7 Wed 8 King Creosote Dirty Strangers £10 plus Pictish Trail and Player Piano £8adv £10door plus Fallen Angels In 1995 Kenny Anderson, then lead singer/songwriter for Scottish The Dirty Strangers were born in ‘86 riding on the coat-tails of punk bands Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khartoum Heroes, launched while mixing the rootsy rock ‘n’ roll of Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent his own solo project King Creosote. KC set out to make home and Chuck Berry with a little bit of Otis Redding. Keith Richards recorded music in as stress-free an environment as possible. and Ron Wood appeared on their self-titled 1987 debut album Having supported James Yorkston and other Domino label acts and rave reviews followed. In 1993 a fine second album, Burn The for much of 2004, KC has just completed his first headline shows Bubble, emerged but the world missed out and the band lapsed in England. KC is also a part-time player with Magnetophone, into hiatus. The Strangers were reborn in 2007 and a third album U.N.P.O.C. and Adem. www.kingcreosote.com ‘West 12 To Wittering’, once again featuring Keith and Ronnie was released. www.myspace.com/dirtystrangersw12 Sat 13 Magic Teapot presents… Peacock and Pirates Burlesque Ball Fri 10 £8 Starring Chrys Columbine, Emerald Ace and Harlequin The BellRays Our star is Chrys Columbine, she has modeled for Dita Von Teese! £10adv plus support Chrys does a mesmerizing fan dance. We also have the lovely For those of you who don’t know, this is the real deal. Sexy and Emerald Ace with her sea monster and hilarious rubber duck intelligent, passionate and powerful all at once, listening to the BellRays routine. On the bill too is the delicate Harlequin with her classic is like getting kicked in the balls by James Brown. The BellRays call strip tease. Music is provided by The Gadjos (gypsy jazz) and The their music “Maximum Rock & Soul,” which is as much a description Bonners (rockabilly). Dress code: rockabilly! pirate costumes! of the heart that goes into their music as it is the music itself. Taking a monsters from the deep! glamour puss! Be sure to book early for nod from the MC5, Parliament, James Brown, Miles Davis, The Stooges what is likely to be a sold out event. and The Who. Imagine a bus full of Motown artists being steamrollered by Black Flag, and you have a pretty good idea of what the BellRays sound like. www.thebellrays.com Wed 23 Magic Teapot presents… Lucy Wainright Roche Tue 21 £7adv £8door plus David Wyatt Jason Ringenberg Roche is the daughter of Suzzy Roche and Loudon Wainwright. £9 plus Hi and Lo Her maternal aunts are Maggie and Terre Roche, with whom Suzzy “He still has that unbelievable energy level…high kicking around Roche formed the group The Roches. Her paternal half-siblings are the stage like the 20 something country punk he once was, well the singer-songwriters, Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright. still is really… as a protest singer there are few better and none Lucy was a teacher in NYC for several years but went into music more entertaining.” - Americana UK. “One of the most overlooked full-time in 2007, touring with her father Loudon Wainwright III, country rock pioneers still in the business… Ringenberg has her half-brother Rufus Wainwright and many other musical acts. gained a reputation as one of the most dynamic live performers of www.myspace.com/lwrlwr his generation.” - The Times. www.jasonringenberg.com Fri 26 Wed 22 Tracie Hunter Band and De Sade Dan Baird and Homemade Sin Double bill £6 £10 plus support The daughter of Mott the Hoople legend Ian, Tracie’s vocals are Putting Dan Baird and Warner E. Hodges in the same band is like unmistakable, with character and passion dripping from every packing hydrogen and plutonium into the same bomb: it’s not an note, bringing to life the emotional lyrical content at the heart intriguing combination, it’s a got-damn weapon of mass destruction. of every song. De Sade’s unique brand of heavy blues influenced In Homemade Sin, you get three-fourths of the original Georgia cock rock will drive you wild. Get ready to punch the air! Satellites line-up - Baird, bassist Keith Christopher and drummer www.traciehunter.com www.myspace.com/pornocopia Mauro Magellan - augmented by Scorchers gunslinger Hodges. The guitars tangle like rival strands of kudzu underneath Baird’s paint- stripping howl. www.danbairdandhomemadesin.com Tue 30 Sat 25 Miles Hunt and Erica Nockalls Stevie Jones and Mark Gill (The Wonder Stuff) £8adv £10door £4adv £5door plus John Budding and special guests With a sound that mixed post-punk guitars, psychedelia, pop-rock This hard-working duo have steadily built up a reputation across and folk The Wonder Stuff were the perfect alternative band in a the East Midlands as a solid live act. Stevie’s lyrics and powerful time of Stock Aitken and Waterman. Armed with killer, catchy tunes vocals cut straight from the heart, whilst Mark’s guitar skills are and sneering lyrics The Stuffies were to go from indie darlings to second to none, touching influences spanning Ryan Adams to Van headlining the Reading festival and enjoying hit success with Morrison and Dylan. This gig will be a special night recording new ‘Welcome To The Cheap Seats’, ‘Size Of A Cow’ and ‘Dizzy’. songs for a live album and filming a DVD with very special guests www.myspace.com/theactualmileshunt as support. Don’t miss the party! www.myspace.com/steviejonesmusic 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 June July Mon 1 Musician Open Stage - free Wed 1 Giles Likes Tea - £3 Electric and acoustic open mic session. Bands welcome. plus Jo Hamilton and Femmepop. Indie songsters. Tue 2 Po’ Girl - £10 Thu 2 Christine Collister - £8 plus Sarah MacDougall. Sublime rootsy Americana. plus Jinski. “A voice personally delivered by God.” – The Times “ Wed 3 Steve Tilston - £8 Fri 3 Piston Broke - £3 plus Andy Whittle. Accomplished singer-songwriter and virtuoso acoustic guitarist. plus support. Hard rock and biker blues. Thu 4 Howard Smith & The Razors - £6 Sat 4 NRG Vibes - £5 Hard driving electric slide guitar. plus Out of Karma, Bread Fruit and The Truth. Reggae night. Fri 5 Original Band Showcase Heat 6 - £4adv £5door Sun 5 Big Dog 3 feat. Al Perkins - £10adv Battle of the bands. plus special guest Brigitte DeMeyer. Legendary Bob Dylan sideman. Sat 6 Forgotten Sun - £3 Mon 6 Musician Open Stage - free plus Hit or Miss and TDH. Killer new hard rock band. Electric and acoustic open mic session. Bands welcome. Sun 7 King Creosote - £10 Tue 7 Grant Langstone - £5 plus Pictish Trail and Player Piano. “Classic winsome loveliness”- The Sunday Mail. plus support. Roadhouse country meets rodeo rock. Mon 8 Musician Open Stage - free Wed 8 Dirty Strangers - £8adv £10door Electric and acoustic open mic session. Bands welcome. plus Fallen Angels. Stonesy rock ‘n’ roll. Tue 9 Ezio - £8adv Thu 9 Natalie Squance - £3 The ever popular roots duo return. plus Joel Owen and Grace Petrie. Up and coming singer-songwriter. Wed 10 The Heartland Roots Band - £4 Fri 10 The BellRays - £10adv Acoustic folk and Americana. plus support. Magic Teapot presents… Thu 11 tbc Sat 11 Lighting Willie and The Poor Boys - £6adv £7door Check site for details. plus Backline. L.A. based electric blues guitarist. Fri 12 Dumpys Rusty Nuts - £8 Sun 12 Closed Biker friendly hard rock. Mon 13 Musician Open Stage - free Sat 13 Peacock and Pirates Burlesque Ball - £8 Electric and acoustic open mic session. Bands welcome. Burlesque night featuring dancers and live gypsy jazz and rockabilly music. Tue 14 Eve Sellis - £8 Sun 14 MadagaSKA - £3 plus Paul Handyside. New country and Americana. plus support. New local ska group. Wed 15 Derrin Nauendorf and Refuge - £3 Mon 15 Musician Open Stage - free Double bill. Australian roots wizard and new local hotshots. Electric and acoustic open mic session. Bands welcome. Thu 16 Anny Celsi & Nelson Bragg - £7 Tue 16 Rachel Harrington - £6 with Richard Snow & Friends. Acclaimed U.S. singer-songwriter. plus Mr Plow. “Enthralling stories... in old-timey acoustic arrangements.” Fri 17 Soulsmith, The Radio Collective, The Pennyhangers, Fazed Wed 17 Kristyna Myles - £5 and Steve Faulkner - £4adv £5door.