28/06/2017 The Music Of Viola Beach The Music Of Viola Beach By Alexander Baron - Feb 16, 2016 Viola Beach : Tom Lowe, River Reeves, Kris Leonard and Jack Dakin (Georgia Park) 31 12 1 0 17 1 0 0 0 SHARES a d y n f h k m It’s a sad task writing the obituary of someone younger than you, and a reminder of your own mortality. This though is not an obituary, although for the four men concerned, it is the end of a dream. I must confess I’d never heard of indie band Viola Beach, and generally I don’t listen to this kind of music, being more into heavy metal, singer-songwriters, and the enchanting Candice Night. Sadly, the music of Viola Beach will consist of a very limited repertoire forevermore, because the band was formed in Warrington only two and a half years ago, and on February 13, all four members were killed. Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin were in a hired car with their manager Craig Tarry when it plunged from a highway bridge into a canal. This was their first time in Sweden where https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/tln/The%20Music%20Of%20Viola%20Beach-.html 1/3 28/06/2017 The Music Of Viola Beach they had played a festival. Leonard and Dakin were founder members; original bass player Jonny Gibson was replaced by Tomas Lowe, and Reeves replaced guitarist Frankie Coulson. Lowe had previously been a drummer, playing with a band called The Stocks. Viola Beach made their debut at the new Cavern Club – the original of which was of course made famous by the Beatles. Their music is a bit on the light side, and not the sort I would normally listen to, but there some decent samples on SoundCloud. Their first offering was Swings & Waterslides, which was released around September of last year, it is a passable if fairly intense number. Boys That Sing was released last month. The grammatically incorrect title – Boys Who Sing is to be preferred – and the infantile rhyming are fortunately rescued by the music. This uptempo number could pass for background music. Released a tad before this was Cherry Vimto (Vimto is a drink popular in the North of England – at least it was when I lived there, before Tomas Lowe, their oldest member, was born). This is a much better effort, strong melodically. I have been unable to find any credits, individual or other, so presumably their songs were group compositions. They would undoubtedly have progressed as a band too. Alas, https://www.infotextmanuscripts.org/tln/The%20Music%20Of%20Viola%20Beach-.html 2/3 28/06/2017 The Music Of Viola Beach now we will never know. 31 12 1 0 17 1 0 0 0 SHARES a d y n f h k m Articles From Around The Web Ever Owned An These The Cameramen 15 Rare Photos Egg Card? You Celebrities Lost Captured More That They Don't Could Be Due A All Their Money Than Expected Show You In Refund And Now Work History Class Simplify People Born Old Camera Dug Monica Business. Between 1953 Up Near WW2 Lewinsky's Net Automate Data & 1979 With No Battlefield Worth Doesn't Transfer Life Insurance Shows Us A MakSpeon sAorned yby SReevcnonstenet Alexander Baron http://www.infotextmanuscripts.org http://www.thelatestnews.com/the-music-of-viola-beach/ 3/3.