Glasgow
0 ‘New York Jazz’ Sloans Bar, Argyle F Arcade, Argyle Street. 8pm. £3 (£2
: Platform members). Saxes, trumpet, guitar. synth, bass and drums. Leading members of the scene in the 3 Big Apple. Powerful and masterful players, long on experience with individual members having played with Dizzy. Buddy Rich, George Benson, Jack Bruce. Unsedate. See Edinburgh Festival Jazz.
0 Bourbon Jazz Band Beacon Hotel, Park Terrace. Dixieland Band. Lunchtime.
o Ricki Fernandez and Friends The Tron Bar, Tron Theatre, Parnie
Street. Lunchtime. Good crowd.
O T-Zone Nico‘s Sauchiehall Street, 332 5736. Alternate weeks. Lunchtime. Cool sax music.
MONDAY 1 '
Glasgow
0 Iain McHaliie Trio Kelvin Park Lorne Hotel, Sauchiehall Street, 334 4891. Evening. Guitarist. Clydeside’s Barney Kessell.
TUESDAY 2
Glasgow
0 Bobby Wishart Group Halt Bar, Woodlands Road. Evening. Top flight playing on sax and flute. with electric band.
. WEDNESDAY 3
Glasgow
0 Sandy Taylor/Alex Moore Duo Plus Friends Glasgow Society of Musicians. Berkeley Street. 221 6112. 8.30pm.
THURSDAY 4 Glasgow
0 Rootsy Tootsy Blues Band Halt Bar, Woodlands Road. Evening. R&B a la Bluesbreakers.
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FRlDAY 22 Edinburgh
0 The Hank Wanglord Band Coasters, West Tollcross. 7pm. £4 (£3 UB40 tickets only available from Ripping Records). To clear up all misconceptions (ouch!), Hank’s alter ego is not a gynaecologist. but a family planning consultant who just happens to sing country in his spare time. And he sure seems to have a lot of it. Ifyou still haven’t seen him,
now‘sthetime.
0 Terry and Gerry Hoochie Coochie
Club, West Tollcross. 10.30pm. And
ifyou‘re still in the mood for some
i old-time sounds, move upstairs later
3 on to catch the skiffle duo of the 805
1 doing their thing. Myriad TV and
l radio appearances already.
: Stripped-down, raw, catchy and
enthusiastic.
O Jools Holland Assembly Rooms, George Street. 11.45pm. £4.25
(£3.50). Not much rock in here so
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far, is there? Never mind, when the wit that crushed a thousand pop stars’ egos is here. Brilliant boogie-woogie ivory tinkler, accompanied by ex-Squeeze drummer Gilson Lavis, and probably in fine form between songs as well, Jools has to be seen some night during his run.
0 Red Smithereen and HDK Jailhouse, Calton Road. 10.30pm. Free.
0 Merlin Clowns, High Street. 9pm. Free.
0 Sanity Clause Preservation Hall, Victoria Street. 9pm. Free.
0 The Sticky Sisters Old St Paul’s Church Hall, Jeffrey Street. Check times and prices. A Fringe group on their ‘Rotten Pop Tour’. Sleazily-costumed provocative band ofsurrealist funksters. Final date tomorrow.
Glasgow
0 Event Shadows, Bath Street. 9pm. Free. A non-event.
o The Studio Guests/Splash Me I'm Drowning Midas, St Vincent Street. 10pm. Free. Splash Me I’m Drowning are not a zany, blue-anoraked Velvets/Buzzcocks imitation as their name suggests. They’re funk-tinged pop, all the way from Edinburgh. The Studio Guests are Glasgow-based, and they play funk-tinged pop as well.
Duniermline
0 3 Mustaphas 3 Warehouse, Kirkgate. Get Balkanized! The befezzed Mustaphas spin their own brand of East European folk song and cabaret. 1 can see the joke wearing a bit thin towards the end, though.
SATURDAY 23 Edinburgh
0 The Alice House, Splash Me I'm
Drowning, Heart Industry, Watch With Mother, Zero Zero Jailhouse, Calton Road. Free. Big night, in that these are the bands round here that get the most gigs. It does not automatically follow that they’re the best. Jam session and set by Mr Rhythm in the afternoon.
0 Back Beat Clowns, High Street. 9pm. Free. Covers from yesteryear. O Bald Cormorant Lord Darnley, West Port. 3pm. Free. New name for the AM Band, playing 60s’ R&B, country-rock.
O Rootsie Tootsie Band Preservation Hall, Victoria Street. 9pm. Free.
0 Jools Holland Assembly Rooms, George Street. 11.45pm. £4.25 (£3.50). See Fri 22.
o The Sticky Sisters Old St Paul’s Church Hall, Jeffrey Street. See Fri 22.
Duniermline
0 The Grows (To be confirmed), Warehouse, Kirkgate. One ofthe better local bands and serious contenders for the big time, The Crows have echoes of The Psychedelic Furs and The Stooges in places. Fine debut single still around.
Edinburgh
0 John Martyn Queen’s Hall, Clerk
Street. 10.30pm. £5. Return of Scotland’s folk legend, these days more into a very laid-back MOR. Still one of the country’s finest, subtlest guitarists, he’s reunited tonight with Danny Thomson and Arran Ahmun on percussion and drums in a mainly acoustic set. Also Mon 25 Aug with his full band.
0 Dwight Yoakam Murrayfield Ice Rink. No time or price yet available for this, an appearance by the new gritty country guitarist and singer that Andy Kershaw’s been playing to death on his prog for months. Unusual venue, extraordinary guy. 0 Peristalsis Brothers Platform One, Caledonian Hotel, Lothian Road. 8.30pm. £1. Scotland’s own up-and-coming jump-jive stars. They played The Tube’s Absolute Beginners special a while back.
0 Jools Holland Assembly Rooms, George Street. 11.45pm. £4.25 (£3.50). See Fri 22.
o Tam White and The Dexters Preservation Hall, Victoria Street. 9pm. Free. Raunchy rhythm ’n’ blues with brass. 10-piece band with a lot oftheir own material. Veterans of radio sessions and Scottish tours. 0 Zero Zero Jailhouse, Calton Road. Free. Concluding, for the moment, the Jailhouse’s big splurge on this slick HM band, tonight’s a live recording — on video too. ' 0 Joolz Assembly Rooms, George Street. 10pm. £4 (£3). Described, hideously, as a ‘post-Cooper Clarke 805 New Wave poet’, and has been gradually working into the public eye, mainly as a support act to bands like New Model Army. Her run at the Fringe coincides with the publication of her first book of poetry, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know.
Glasgow
0 Special Import The Rock Garden, Queen Street. 9.30pm. Free. Special Import at the Rock Garden is, in fact a live band, not a trendy lager promotion night.
0 Scheme Rooftops, Sauchiehall Street. 10pm. £2. Prior to recording their debut album in The Power Station studio in New York, Scheme have managed to fit in a few Glasgow dates — great news for music lovers. 0 The Primevals, James King and Fun Patrol, Kick Reaction, Francis Anthony And The Underworld, The Believers The Mayfair, Sauchiehall Street. 9pm. £3. All proceeds to Scottish Medical Aid for Nicaragua. Musical highlight ofthe fortnight, without a doubt. At time of publication, there was no information available on either The Believers or Francis Anthony And The Underworld. Kick Reaction are a fine, if quirky, pop band, who released a strong debut single ‘Stopping to Speak’ at the start ofthe year. Since then, they’ve kept a very low profile — welcome back. As everybody should know, James King is a legend about the bars of Glasgow, and his latest incarnation, the Fun Patrol, are worthy of note. Headline act The Primevals are good-time, slide guitar Rock ’n‘ Roll.
Duniermline
o Hank Wanglord Band Warehouse, Kirkgate. See Fri 22.
[mt NDAY 25 Edinburgh
0 John Martyn Queen‘s Hall, Clerk Street. 10.30pm. £5. See Sun 24.
0 Jools Holland Assembly Rooms, George Street. 11.45pm. £4.25 (£3.50). See Fri 22.
o Tarn White and The Dexters Platform One, Caledonian Hotel, Lothian Road. 8.30pm. £2. See Sun 24. Beginning oOfa five-night run.
0 Passengers Jailhouse, Calton Road. 10.30pm. Free. Some remnants of the Bay City Rollers, I‘m told. But which ones?
0 Heart Industry Preservation Hall, Victoria Street. 9pm. Free. Slick and competent, could have a chartbound sound if they’d get rid of their Simple Minds fixation.
0 Joolz Assembly Rooms, George Street. 10pm. £4 (£3). See Sun 24.
O The Wall Hounds Onion Cellar, The Mission, Victoria Street. 9pm.
Glasgow
0 Pure TV Halt Bar, Woodlands Road. 9.30pm. Free.
TUESDAY 26 Edinburgh
0 Rory Gallagher Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street. 10.30pm. £5. Irish guitar hero returns to unleash some more bluesy licks at us. How many times round the world is that now, Rory? Second show Wed 27 Aug.
0 Hank Wanglord Trio Elephant Fayre Tent, Hole in the Ground. 10pm. Trimmed-down format due to noise restrictions, but still pure, and terribly sincere, country.
0 Tarn White and The Dexters Platform One, Caledonian Hotel, Lothian Road. 8.30pm. £2.
See Sun 24.
0 Alter Eight Mince Lord Darnley, West Port. 9.30pm. Free. Enjoyable and popular jazz-funk combo.
O The Heaters Preservation Hall, Victoria Street. 9pm. Free.
0 Section B Jailhouse, Calton Road. 10.30pm. Free.
Glasgow
0 Morgan Laiay Shadows, Bath Street. 9pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 27 '
Edinburgh
0 Rory Gallagher Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street. 10.30pm. £5. See Tue 26.
o Tam White and The Dexters Platform One, Caledonian Hotel, Lothian Road. See Sun 24.
0 Joolz Assembly Rooms, George Street. 10pm. £4 (£3). See Sun 24.
0 Deal Heights Cajun Aces Jailhouse, Calton Road. 10.30pm. Free. The sound of Louisiana accordion-based dance music from the heart of darkest Edinburgh. Scotland’s best (or is it only?) cajun band.
0 Nightshilt Lord Darnley, West Port. 9.30pm. Free.
THURSDAY 28 Edinburgh
0 Blues 'n’ Trouble and Avalon Queen’s Hall, Clerk Street. 10pm. £4.50. Good times to be had from the city‘s premier R&B group, given superlative praise by BB King when