musu: ROCK & BLUES
I Workers In Song Gallery Bar. North Bank Street. The Mound. 9pm—lam. Free. Information: 440 4303. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with around ten performers playing three or four songs each.
I Junkyard Angels St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free.
I Feemolator Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I lied Hot And Blue L‘Attache. Rutland Street. llpm. Free. Rock‘n'roll.
I live music Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 10pm. Free.
I live music Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 7
I ElD Part II Pavilion Theatre. Renfteld Street} 332 1846. 8pm. £9.50. £8.50. 70s pomp rockers return with some of the original members. notably Bev Bevan. Mike Kaminski. Kelly Groucutt. and Louis Clark. plus Pete Haycock. formerly ofClimax Blues Band stepping into Jeff Lynne's shoes.
I ththm Dil Tron Theatre. Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £5. Three guitarists: Anglo- Irish Terry Clarke. award-winning British slide player Michael Messer and. from Lubbock. Texas. Jesse Taylor. Johnny Cash called thetn 'bare-bones blues gut- bucket rural rock‘. What more recommendation do you need?
I Colour Joe MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Jiveass McCool‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 10pm. Free.
Edinburgh
Nick Robertson
I Bulletproof, Skunk and The Sundogs Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Nick Robertson (of Slice fame) bounces back in Bulletproof. and is apparently getting record company attention again after a lull since being unfairly dropped by Circa. Those who haven't seen Nick before can expect a skilful blend of rock and soul with a vague Celtic tinge creeping in on occasion.
I The Roadrunners Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Rock and soul.
I Kettleiish Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Freedom Train St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free.
I The Gods Dt Glam L’Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 11pm. Free. Teen sounds of the 70s.
I live music Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free.
I live music Burnt Post. Lothian Road. 229 4942. 9.30pm. Free.
I live music Black Bull. Grassmarket. 225 6636. Free.
THURDAY 8
I 3.3. King Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 10.30pm. £20. £17. £15. £10. See Glasgow Jazz Festival listings.
I The Bocklngbirds and Whiteout King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street.
221 5279. 8.30pm. £4.50. Music for the soul to feast on from those patrons of the rnarguerita The Rockingbirds. the band mainly responsible for popularising country music with a non-country. tnore indie-orientated audience. Repertoire ranges from the rockier. accessible likes of ‘Jonathan Jonathan'. a paean to mentor Jonathan Richman. to more purist numbers with pedal steel. Support from Greenock‘s accomplished and eclectic indiepoppers.
I Moist Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. First city gig for this Darlington four-piece featuring lain Brickleback. ex-of Head To Head. Music along the lines of Thin Lizzy and Visage. less brash and more polished than lain's previous band.
I lied House McCool‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Amphora Jug Band Centre Stage. West Nile Street. 353 2942. 9pm. Free. Original folk. with a beat to it. we are assured.
I Cuare, Cloud Assassins and Bopstreet MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 8pm. Free. Second in MacSorley‘s Battle of the Bands heats.
I larit Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. A Carol l.aula-style stroll through some thoughtful. largely acoustic moments courtesy of Susan Mahoney.
I Jimmy Hiti Grand Central. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. Free.
I Rev Doc And The Congregation Twa Corbies. Cumbernauld. 0236 727473. 9pm. Free. Rocky harmonica-based blues from the Hippocratic preacher and his devoutly hip flock.
I Marshal law Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £2.
I live Music Pythagoras. Sauchiehall Street. 332 3495. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Esoterica Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I The Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 10pm. Free. No relation. we assume.
I The Gods Di Glam Platform ()ne. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Teen sounds of the 70s.
I Freedom Train St James Oyster Bar. Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free.
I Start Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Shibboleth L'Attache. Rutland Street. I lpm. Free.
I Smack Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
I Acoustic jam session Granny's Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free.
I live music Vaults. Niddry Street. 556 7018. 7pm. £1.
FRIDAY 9
Glasgow
I IHXS Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 8pm. SOLD OUT. Low-key gig for the 07. megastars.
I Shine King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Grainy pub pop/rock with a commercial streak.
I The Diesel Kings Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. Folk-based sounds ranging from the sprightly to the melancholic. This gigs follow their showcase at London‘s Mean Fiddler. and is the last that bassist Andy Wood will play before concentrating on his other band. Auntie Rose.
I Morph and Andy Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. llpm. Free. Supper sounds from a guitar duo.
I Lorna Buchanan Duo Cathedral House. Cathedral Square. 552 3519. 10pm. Free. I The Baggle Taggle Gypsies McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 10pm. Free. Local folk rockers.
I The Badoos MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. A mix or
original and cover material. including numbers by U2 and The Undertones.
I Bev [Joe And The Congregation Lincoln Inn. Great Western Road. 954 9164. 9.30pm. Free. See Sat 8.
I Band of Gold Nice‘n‘Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Sixties and 70s covers.
I Charlie Don’t Surf Bojangles. Strand Street. Kilmarnock. 0563 44722. 9.30pm. I Billy Rivers Bower Bar. Main Street. Rutherglen. 647 6943.
Edinburgh
I The Merseybeats Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—4am. £5. ‘lt's Love That Really Counts'. ‘1 Think Of You‘. ‘1 Love You. Yes I Do‘ — 1 think we get the drift. More 60s chestnuts.
I Makossa Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1.50 after 9pm. A steaming brew of reggae. soul and African
pop.
I The Hundred Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I The Firing Squad Cas Rock Cafe. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Blueprint Granny‘s Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. Blues. I live music Legends (formerly Phoenix). Cowgate. 225 8382. 10pm.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
Kirkcaldy
I The Sinister Midgets Ollerton Hotel. Victoria Road. 0592 264286. 9pm— lam. £2.
SATURDAY 10
Glasgow
I Darlingheart King Tut‘s Wah Walt Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. Price to be announced. First Glasgow gig for this increasingly visible Kirkcaldy foursome since the release of their first album. Serendipity. Sugar-sweet vocals very much in evidence over churning guitar. Expect less room to move from now on as national attention attracts more talent-watchers to see them.
I Lorna Buchanan and Iain Ewing Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827.
1 lpm. Free. Fresh from last night at Cathedral House. the hard-working Ms Buchanan will ltlll you away with a keyboards-and-vocals spot.
I Seventh Heaven MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I louis Wallace Chain Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. Local MOR band.
I Billy Rivers Fulbar Street. Renfrew. 886 2027. 9.30pm. Free. Blues.
I Universal plus support. Nice‘n’Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I Herman X McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 10pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Wendys and The Mutiny Strings Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £2.50. What of The Wendys now. after the collapse of Factory Records and the implosion of Madchester‘? A gig that will be watched with interest. They‘ll have to watch out that they're not upstaged by the intense and excellent Mutiny Strings. guitars set permanently on stun.
I life With Nixon Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766.9pnr
I The Go-Go Boys Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. £1.50 after 9pm.
I Bluetinger Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Rock'n‘roll. I Tempus Fugit Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Shibboleth L’Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 8pm. Free.
I Dilly Divers Nicky Tam‘s. Victoria Street. 225 3326. 5.30pm. Blues.
I The Blue Hyenas Granny’s Attic. Bath
Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. Blues.
I live music Legends (formerly Phoenix). Cowgate. 225 8382. 10pm.
I live music Gold Tankard. Houdon Street. 667 0328. 9pm. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 11
Glasgow
I The Drum Club, Orbital and System 7 The Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 8pm. £10. See preview.
I The Bleeding hearts Liquor Store. The Area. Bridge Street. 848 5096. 9pm. Free. Strutting rock attitude trussed in leather- bound looks.
I The larch Johnny Rockets. Cambridge Street. 332 3437. 10.30pm.
I Seventh Heaven McCool‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 10pm. Free.
I Marshal Law Nice‘n‘Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I Jimmy Hill Western Bar. Great Western Road. 339 6424. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The itootsie Tootsie Blues Band Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 10pm. Free. Rockin‘ blues and R&B band.
I Mint Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Blueiinger l.‘ Attache. Rutland Street. 11pm. Free. Rock'n‘roll.
I Shibboleth Platform ()ne. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free.
I live music Burnt Post. Lothian Road. 229 4942. 9.30pm. Free.
Glasgow
I Neil Young, Four Non Blondes and Teenage Fanclub SECC. Finnieston Quay. 248 3000. Tickets £21. £18 from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See feature.
I live Music McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 10pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Comedians, Panna Violet and The Dreaming Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. Local band triple-bill.
I Hearsay Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I The Turning Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm.
I The HH Band L‘Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. llpm. Free.
TUESDAY 13
Glasgow
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Justice Wolf Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Change of pace this week. as Glasgow Songwriters showcase a hard rock band. two members of which are. so to speak. in the club.
I Jimmy Hill Drum And Monkey. St Vincent Street. 221 6636. 9pm. Free.
I Trauma Harley's. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 0698 458174. 9pm. Free. Formerly Nuns‘n‘Moses. a Guns'n'Roses covers band. Trauma now play their own material.
I live Music McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 10pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Eugenius Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. Not to be outdone by the attention given to the new Teenage Fanclub single. Eugene Kelly and the boys prepare to take Edinburgh by the scruff of the neck.
I Dada Music Box. Victoria Street. 225 2564. ignore the name — far from being confrontational pranksters who force us to question the values we hold sacrosanct. Dada are in fact the US-based purveyors
40 The List 2—15 July 1993