ROCK & BLUES
LISTINGS
liates listed below are tor one-oil shows: see seperate section tor residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. llates will be listed, provided that details reach our offices art least one week before publication. flock and Blues Listings compiled by Alastair Mabbott and Fiona Shepherd.
FRIDAY 27
I The Blues Band and The lilyines Pavilion Theatre, Renfleld Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £7, £6. Old traditional blues rockers, fronted by Paul Jones, supported by young traditional blues rockers from Ayrshire.
I Dog and uranlees King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. 'l\vo local bands, the former hard and rocky. the latter hard and funky.
I Brawl and Jan’s Eye Nice ’n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm.
I The liaggle Toggle Gypsies McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free. Raggle taggle folk rock.
I lieu Doc And The Congregation MacSorley’s, Jamaica Street, 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Hannonica-based blues.
I The llootsies lluo Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. Blues.
I Angela Cameron Cottieis. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 1 1pm. Free. The Supper Club.
I Prilnary Centre Stage. West Nile Street, 353 2942. 9pm. Free.
I leather And Lace Lincoln Inn. Great Western Road. 954 9164. 9pm. Free.
I Easy Money Boon's Yard. Cathcart Road, 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Julian Cope Fringe Club, Teviot Row, Bristo Square. 226 5257/9 (evenings 650 4673). 9.15pm. £4.50 (ticket includes Fn'nge Club membership for the evening). One of the essential musical experiences of the Fringe. the batty but brilliant Cope stretches out solo. playing songs from every period of his career. No confirmation yet if he’s going to tackle some of his recent ambient meditation music, though. Until Sun 29.
I Suns Oi Ania Squid Club, La Belle Angele. Hastie’s Close (behind The Pelican), Cowgate, 225 2774. 9pm. £5. Mysterious band. ostensibly from Manchester but basically citizens of the world, with a bewildering mixture of music they have been stitching together since 1978. If titles like ‘Acid Tablas’ light your candle, this could be where you should be tonight.
I The Situobhie Ilnhh Orchestra Maltings. St Leonards Street. 667 5946. From Aberdeen, bluegrass-based string- pickers with a collective energy that belies their acoustic influences. New album due out on Klub Records in late September.
I The Fourlost Cavendish, West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—4am. £5. More sounds of the 605, as is the Cavendish
way.
I lights Out By nine Marco’s. Grove Street, 228 2141. 10.30pm. £3. Big Scottish soul band presents two full sets of Motown. Stax and Atlantic music. First of two nights. Go along tomorrow and hear selections from their own recently released CD.
I Ilugb need And The Velvet Underpants Negociants. Lothian Street, 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Bad puns galore from the
Glasgow band that brought us such gems as ‘A Walk On The Clyde Side’ and ‘Linger On Yer Pale Blue Y's'.
I The Helicopter Spies St James Oyster Bar, Calton Road. 557 2925. 10pm. Free. I The Blaze Firsts Preservation Hall. Victoria Street. 226 3816. 10.30pm.
I Promise Minus One Club. Carlton Highland Hotel. North Bridge, 556 7277. £5.
I Start Cas Rock Cafe, 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Woodrow Wilson Oubliettes, Frederick Street, 220 1226. 9.30pm. Free. Soul and R&B from charismatic Edinburgh-based vocalist.
I Bleetinger Advocate, South Bridge. 9.30pm. Free. Rock ‘n’ roll.
I Dr Octopus Granny's Attic, Bath Street, Portobello, 669 1780. 9pm. Free. Funk. I Marv Leith Oyster Bar. Burgess Street. 554 6294. 9.30pm. Free.
I live music Tolbooth Tavern, Canongate, 556 5348. 9pm. Free.
I live music Chesterfields, Royal Terrace, 556 6918. Free.
I live music Marlborough, Burn Street, 554 6828. 9pm. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
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I Texas Adam Smith Theatre, 0592 260498. Back into the fray with a new single, ‘80 Called Friend’ (released on Mon 30). a new album, Rick's Road (out a month today) and a mini Scottish tour. of which this gig is the closest to the Central Belt. (Not counting in-store appearances: see Wed 1 and Thurs 2).
SATURDAY~28
I Big Vern And The Shootalis, Wild Monkey, Sliuobhie llubb Orchestra and Aboluganda Kwagalana Ferry, Clyde Place, 552 0767. 9pm. £7.50. Tickets from Just The Ticket. Virgin. Union Street, 226 4679. and SCIAF, Oswald Street, 221 4447. The first of two benefit concerts (the second is to be held in Edinburgh on Sun 5) in aid of the Scottish Catholic lntemational Aid Fund. featuring a variety of local and global sounds.
I The Australian Pink Floyd Show King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Is there still an audience for these tribute bands? This lot couldn't even be bothered to think up a crap punning name. And how are they going to fit the flying pigs and pyrotechnics into King Tut’s?
I Boylriend Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Almost universally panned Teenage Fanclub/Pastels copyists. Maybe it’s all an ironic comment on not looking far enough for your influences. Then again . . .
I Vivid and Clyde Cathouse, Brown Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £2.50 (advance), £3.50 (door). Two local bands.
I Sykiclt Mayfair, Sauchiehall Street. 332 3872. 9.30pm. £8. Rave sounds incorporating a live act into a club night. I The oliriaes and Mischief la Bas Cafe Loco, The Arches, Midland Street, 221 9736. 10pm. £5. Pop band who meet dance halfway, supported by the team of experimentalists who built the set for The Arches Theatre Company‘s production of Accidental Death OfAri Anarchist.
I Jnlllp City MacSorley"s, Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. A big pop sound which draws on the sounds of local heroes like Simple Minds.
I Family love Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Sweet soul music of a type not normally generated in Glasgow.
I The liocturnals Halt Bar, Woodlands Road, 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. A varied sound with indie affiliations.
I The Magistrates McCool's Ruling Cowboy, Candleriggs, 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I lieu lloc And The Congregation Centre Stage, West Nile Street. 353 2942. 9pm. Free. Harmonica-based blues.
I oulte Bliss Trio with Julia llow Coiiiers. Hyndland Road, 357 5827. 11pm. Free. Laid back and jazzy at the Supper Club. I The Surninerrield Blues Band Boon’s Yard, Cathcart Road, 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free.
I lied Dugout, Cathcan Street. Greenock, 0475 27918. 9.30pm. £3.
Edinburgh
I Klth And Kill La Belle Angele. Hastie’s Close (behind The Pelican), Cowgate, 225 2774. 10pm. Getting more indefinably genre-loopy as time goes on, as their new Rough And Ready cassette demonstrates. Trad Celtic sounds with an African beat and dub effects slapped on for good measure. bluegrass merged with grunge . . . and is that a didgeridool hear in there?
I Julian Cope Fringe Club. Teviot Row, Bristo Square, 226 5257/9 (evenings 650 4673). 9.15pm. £4.50 (ticket includes Fringe Club membership for the evening). Until Sun 29. See Fri 27. I The Bleeding Hearts and Just Another Diem Cas Rock Cafe. West Port, 229 4341. 9pm. £3. No-nonsense rockin’-out combo formerly known as Baby’s Got A Gun. Leather obligatory. I lights Out By line Marco’s, Grove Street. 228 2141. 10.30pm. £3. Second of two ni his. See Fri 27. I BI inger Platform One. Rutland Street, 225 2433. 9pm. £2. Rock ’n‘ roll. I liltra Indian Negociants, Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. I Shibboleth L’Attache, Rutland Street. 229 3402. 8.30pm. Free. I Black Cat Bones Advocate, South Bridge. 9.30pm. Free. I Woodside low Brewsters. South Bridge, 558 3457. 10pm. Free. Rootsy acoustic country sounds. with fiddle and everything. I Skin It Back Granny’s Attic, Bath Street. Portobello, 669 1780. 9pm. Free. Blues. I Wonderland West End Oyster Bar, West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. I Promise Minus One Club. Carlton Highland Hotel, North Bridge. 556 7277. 10.30pm. £5. I The Faithini St James Oyster Bar, Calton Road, 557 2925. 9pm. Free. I Pete Watts Gold Tankard, Houdon Street, 667 0328. Free. I lair White Horse, Canongate, 556 3403. 8.30pm. Free. Solo rock 'n’ roller. I live music Tolbooth Tavern, Canongate, 556 5348. 8.30pm. Free.
I live Iesic Chesterfields, Royal Terrace, 556 6918. Free.
I live music Abbey, South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 29
I Inner City Tunnel, Mitchell Street. 204 1000. 9.30pm. £10 (advance). £12 (door). Tickets from Just The Ticket. Virgin, Union Street, 226 4679. A live set from the highly influential house act and recording vehicle of Kevin Saunderson who also DJs tonight along with fellow groundbreakers Frankie Knuckles and Dave Morales.
I Michael Maire Ferry. Clyde Place, 552 0767. 8pm. £7 (£5). Tickets from the Ticket Centre, Candleriggs, 227 5511. Old folkie whose heartfelt tunes and patronage by the likes of Deacon Blue have helped him gain the seal of approval from a more mainstream audience.
I AB/Cll Cathouse, Brown Street, 248 6606. 8pm. £5 (advance). £6 (door). Tickets from The Cathouse, Just The Ticket. Virgin, Union Street. 226 4679. and 23rd Precinct, Bath Street. 332 9740. Get out of here! This isn't even an ABC tribute. which would have been a more astute move. facilitating the inception of an 80s revival (which must be about due now). but a tribute to ‘seminal’ Aussie rockers AC/DC.
I Jump City Nice ’n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. £2. Entry by advance ticket only. Call either Ewan on 334 4228, Alistair/Brian on 552 8697, Grant on 357 0433. or Duncan on 942 5045. Tickets are expected to move sharpish.
I The Shint Twins McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs, 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I The ilardy Boys Boon’s Yard. Cathcart Road, 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free.
I The oiirians Liquor Store. The Area, Bridge Street, Paisley. 848 5096. 9.30pm. Free. See Sat 28.
I Billy Rivers Burn‘s Howff. Fulbar Street. Renfrew. 886 2027. 9.30pm. Free. Blues maestro.
Edinburgh
I Julian Cope Fringe Club. Teviot Row, Bristo Square, 226 5257/9 (evenings 650 4673). 9.15pm. £4.50 (ticket includes Fringe Club membership for the evening). Final night. See Fri 27.
I Workers Against Racism beeerit Venue. Calton Road, 557 3073. 9pm. £5. Both floors of The Venue will be open for this, with club DJs and live bands upstairs and comedians in The Cooler. Identities of the acts are still to be confirmed.
I The Cool Groove Band La Belle Angele. Hastie’s Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate, 225 2774. 9pm. £6 (£4).
I The Gods 0t 61‘ Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Teen sounds of the 70s.
I llasty Phil Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Blneiinger L’Attache, Rutland Street. 229 3402. 11pm. Free. Rock ’n' roll.
I The Volunteers Ryries, Haymarket Terrace, 337 7582. 7pm. Free.
I Ii 8 B [an session Young’s,
Leamin ;ton Terrace. 3-5pm. Free. MEYE-
Glasgow
I The Whole Shebaiig MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street, 221 8499. 9pm. Free. ‘World rock’, they call themselves.
I love And Money Fringe Club, Teviot Row, Bn'sto Square, 226 5257/9 (evenings 650 4673). 9.15pm £4.50 (ticket includes Fringe Club membership for the evening). First night of a week-long residency which lasts until Fri 3. See Festival Music Preview.
Bil The List 27 August-9 September 1993