I Memphis Detour Bugsy's. King's Stables Road. 229 3161.8pm. Rock‘n‘roll.
I First Dew St James Oyster Bar. (‘alton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I Live music Variety Bar. Chalmers' Close. off High Street. 557 5150. 9.30pm. Free.
I Big Bedroom Noise Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Live music Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 2263816. £1 .50 after9pm.
SUNDAY 8
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I The Four Of Us and The Lost Soul Band
King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £5.50. See Fri6.
I Lillian Axe Cathousc. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5 (advance). £6 (door). Hard I rockers. I The Snouts Cottiers. llyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. Self-styled ‘beatbox country pickers‘.
I Haze Dugout. Cathcart Street.
3 Greenock. 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £2.50.
f Edinburgh
I The Senseless Things Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5.30 in advance. £6 on door. See Sat 7.
I The Larch Subway. Cowgate. 2256766. 10pm.
I The Brothers Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1 .50 after 9pm.
l I eluelinger Bertie's. Merchant Street.
225 2002. 1 1pm. Free. Fifties and 60s-style
‘_ rock‘n‘roll. ‘: I The Volunteers Ryrie‘s. Haymarket
Terrace. 337 7582. 9pm. Free.
‘ I Spangleheads Negociants.1.othian
Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
MONDAY 9 '
Glasgow
I Smokey Robinson and As Is Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street.
7.30pm. £18.50. £17.50. £15. Ticketsfrom the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. The sweetest falsetto gracing some of the bestest songs in the stratosphere — a treat which shouldn't be confined to the nostalgists or doe-eyed young lovers he provided soundtracks for in his heyday.
' Support comes from a new crossover
dance band from Hampshire. who have already supported Dionne Warwick this
Edinburgh
I Wasted Days Venue. (‘alton Road. 557 3073. 9pm.
I Texas Breakfast Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 9.30pm. Free. Blues.
I Smak Bertie's. Merchant Street. 225 2002. 11pm. Free.
I Crazy People Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
l TUESDAY 10 r
' Glasgow
I Motorhead Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £10 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Chuck that shampoo away now in readiness for the descent of the greasy masses on amiable old Barrowland. Foundations will most certainly be shaken by Lemmy (and charming chums) as he strains his neck. vocal chords and trusty axe to show up (iuns N'Roses for the pussies they are.
I Galliano Tunnel. Mitchell Street. 204 1000. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street.226 4679. The new-look bold and colourful Tunnel is the ideal place to host a gig by this extended family oftravelling minstrels peddling their highly infectious jazz-funk improvisations embellished by the considerable vocal talents ofthe wondrous Valerie Etienne. Plus lots of stick-waving from largely redundant members of the troupe.
I The Humpr Family Mayfair. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 8pm. £5. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Streel.226 4679. The popular cajun outfit get their teeth into a decent-sized gig and prepare to turn the Mayfair into a birling massof punters. Their debut LP Mothers isout now on lona Records to aid professionalism in the singalong chorussy bits.
I The Moody Marsden Band King'rui‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £7.50. Featuring ex-Whitesnake men Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody. and playing much in the same vein.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Ian Walker Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. This gig marks the launch ofthe Glasgow Songwriters‘ new single. with Ian Walker on the A-side. Plus open platform as usual.
Edinburgh
I Consolidated and Technogod Venue. (‘alton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5.30in advance. £6 on door. Only Scottish date. See preview.
I Riverhead Music Box. Victoria Street. 225 2564. An Avalanche Records party to celebrate the release of Riverhead‘s new 25p one-sided single ‘Was
Away‘f‘l laddit'. Could guest appearances by The Joyriders and The Pralines be out of the question“?
I Rose For Emily and No Love LostSubway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 10pm. Floydian psychedelia.
I The Very Thing Bertie‘s. Merchant Street. 225 2002. 11pm. Free.
I There There Pet Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 11 ;
Glasgow
I The BMX Bandits King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £5. Undertaking a headline gig as a break from supporting kitsch supremos Shonen Knife. this show should feature a new line-up. slightly altered for the zillionth time but ever-reliable in the ‘toplight entertainment‘ stakes. Duglas reclaiming his charismatic raconteur banner from Pulp‘s Jarvis Cocker.
I The Pale. Miss World and Starclub Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. Students and guests. Following swiftly at the heels ofthe Strollercoaster event. which also became a free gig. comes ‘The Rotatinglleads Tour' featuring three relative unknowns. The Pale may be familiar to viewers of The (‘harr Show on which their clever-clever ‘Dogs With No Tails' single was aired. Miss World (possibly the best name ever) and Starclub both have releases forthcoming.
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