MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
ROCK & BLUES
oates listed below are tor one-oti shows: see separate section for residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. oates will be listed, provided that details reach our offices art least one week before publication. Rock and Blues Listings compiled by Alastair Mabbott and Fiona Shepherd
FRIDAY 12
I The Shaman and Utah Saints Motherwell Civic Centre Concert Hall. Airbles Road. Motherwell. 0698 266166. 7pm. £10 plus booking fee. Tickets from the box office and usual TOCTA outlets. Despite all but shooting down their intellectualisation of drug use with ‘Ebeneezer Goode’. The Shamen persevere in their quest to educate the pop-loving masses about the psychic benefits of hallucinogenics with their new single ‘Re-Evolution‘. drafting in the learned assistance of psychedelics guru Terence McKenna. a sort of Timothy Leary for the 90s. Utah Saints educate in a different field — teaching the hapless likes of Undercover how to breathe danceable life into old songs.
I The Auteurs and Tarte King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £4. See preview. Ex-Anton and the Moon members provide rocky but melodic support.
I The Aphex Tivin Wax Factory. industria.
Union Street. 221 61 I 1. 11pm. £6. The innovative electronics merchant Richard ! James in his best-known guise. although he also records prolifically under such 1 names as Polygon Window and Analogue Bubblebath. producing freaky ambient soundscapes. Pushing The Orb in the far- ! out stakes. ; I tiative charm and The Supernaturals Mandela Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. Free. é Students and guests only. 5 I Big George And The Business J Nice’n‘Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 i 9637. 10pm. £3. Big George does his 1 blues business. ; I The Blues Poets MacSorley's. Jamaica 1 Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. , I The Snouts Cathedral House. Cathedral 2 Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free. Self-styled S ‘beatbox country pickers’. I La Hoop McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
1. I The Love Snorkels Cottier‘s. Hyndland 1 Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. Soul.
' I Angela Cameron Cottier‘s. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 1 1pm. Free. The Supper Club.
Edinburgh
I Carol Laula Music Box. Victoria Street. 225 6766. With a single to come off her successful Still debut LP. Carol steps out with a set of intelligent songs shot through with subtle folk and even blues influences. I saldtlorence La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate. 225 5775. £3. Moptopped Beiishill band mark the release of their debut major label single. Definitely Maybe' - all very 90s generic chart pop style.
I riyah Feartles Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. Doors open 9.30pm. Despite being poised on the edge of stardom a few years ago. Lugton's finest never crOssed over — a shame. because their crazed
performances are utterly compelling.
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35 The List 12 —25 March 1993
I Wayne Fontana And The Mlndbenders Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 11.30pm. £5. ‘Um Um Um Um Um Um.’ Er . . .
I Jeggro Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. A well-stirred pop concoction. with Jamaican and African influences to the fore.
I Past Redemption Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1.50 after
9pm. ‘ I The Very Thing Cas Rock Cafe. West
Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I The Gods 0t Glam Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Teen sounds of the 70s.
I Peter Fenton Fortunes Tavern. Candlemaker Row. 226 7190. Free.
I This Way Up Marine Lounge. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. I live music Partridge. West Nicolson Street. 667 0876. 10pm. Free.
I Live music Jolly Farmer. Moredunvale Road. 664 7214.
' SATURDAY 13
I The Shaman and Utah Saints Motherwell Civic Centre Concert Hall. Airbles Road. Motherwell. 0698 266166. 1.30pm/7pm. £8/£10 plus booking fee. Tickets from the box office and usual TOCTA outlets. Note the addition of a matinee performance with a cheaper admission. See Fri 12.
I That Petrol Emotion and Ac Acoustics Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 9pm. £4. Students and guests. With the imminent release of a new single. ‘Detonate My Dreams’. That Petrol Emotion are still on the crest of the twisted indie guitar pop wave they‘ve been surfing for years now and still twitching with passion and vitality when they come within range of a stage. AC Acoustics have a mini-album under their belts which will hopefully see the light of day sooner rather than later. which. if their taster demo is anything to go by. will exemplify their love affair with barbed. grinding guitars and other Sonic Youthisms.
I Stone Temple Pilots and Baby Stattord King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 9pm. £5. Stone Temple Pilots are described as ‘Califomian New Age Rockers'; Baby Stafford are more than likely content tojust be described as ‘rockers'.
I Thundersoup and Murmur Renfrew Ferry. Clyde Place. 429 2683. 9pm. £6. Tickets from the Ferry booking office. and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 551 1. I Summertield Blues and ilev ooc And The Congregation Nice'n'Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £2.50. Kirkcaldy-based blues band whose originals and cover versions span a variety of blues styles.
I The Cloud Assassins MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I The Duke Bliss Trio featuring Storm Gordon Cottier‘s. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free. The Supper Club.
I Grazy People Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Fjaere NiLssen’s band.
I The Blues Poets McCool‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Boogalusa Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £2.50. Cajun.
I Bop Street Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. 3pm. Free. Rockabilly.
I Live Music Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Rock Against Racism Assembly Rooms. George Street. £5 (£4). A host of local bands from a variety of disciplines — Avalon (folk-rock). Jeggro (reggae). The Hideaway Blues Band (obvious. really).
Lights Out By Nine (big blues and soul band) and The TCs (rock‘n‘roli) — find themselves talked into sharing a stage with Stu Who'.’ in the name of anti-racism. I The Auteurs and Primary Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 7.30pm. See preview.
I Big Guitar Yeah and Bella Bat Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm.
I The oebonairs Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free.
I The Hideaway Blues Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1.50 after 9pm.
I Stevie Walker Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 11.30an £3.
I Sideshow Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Jlm Foster Gold Tankard. Houdon Street. 667 0328. 9pm. Free.
I Skin it Back Marine Lounge. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. I The Rhymes St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 9pm. Free.
I Seconds Out West 13nd Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10pm. Free.
I Live music Partridge. West Nicolson Street. 667 0876. 10pm. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street.
SUNDAY 14
Glasgow
I Eddi Reader. olive Gregson and Boo llewerdine Mayfair. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 7.30pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See preview.
I Therapy?, Silverfish and Gallon Drunk Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. 7pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from the porter's box and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See preview.
I Running Scared, Wake Up Screaming and Chinese Burn Nice‘n‘Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I 2 Die 4 and Junkyard East Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5 (advance). £6 (door). Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. 23rd Precinct. 8th Street. 332 4806. and Whiplash Records. Virginia Galleries. Virginia Street. 552 0957. Recent WASP support 2 Die 4 blend hard rock and ‘sampled street sounds' while local duo Junkyard East return to The Cathouse. following their Christmas Goodbye Mr Mackenzie supports.
I Seven Drunken Knights McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Fireball Liquor Store. The Area. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 9.30pm. Free. Ex-Big Dish man Brian McFie follows up a recent King Tut's gig with his new combo.
Edinburgh
I Mouth Music Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 8pm. Doing a good job of fusing ethnic music with dance culture (and taking on the odd advertising commission). and voted by this magazine as one of the most important individuals/groups in the country. Guess you'd better go and see them. then.
I Splkey oream Flowers Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Kindred Soul La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate. 225 5775. 8pm. Free.
I The Volunteers Ryrie’s. Haymarket Terrace. 337 7582. 9pm. Free.
I ileart Industry L'Attache. Rutland Street. 10pm. Free.
I live music Bertie‘s. Merchant Street. 225 2002. 1 1pm. Free.
I Talent showcase Bugsy's. King's Stables Road. 228 6669.
MONDAY 15
I vlelcome McCooI's Ruling Cowboy, Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.