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ROCK & BLUES
Dates listed below are tor one-ott shows: see seperate section tor residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Dates will be listed, provided that details reach our offices art least one week before publication. Book and Blues Listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd
and Gavin Inglis.
FRIDAY 14
Glasgow
I Heaven West XI, Mama Mesto and Harmonica Jones King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Headlined by a group about to release their debut album. Dawn. described as ‘stylish’ and ‘soulful’. Support from soulfunk and Celtpop bands respectively. I Various Vegetables Nice ’n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I The llucksters, The Cottontops and The limit Club Grand Central Bar. Oswald Street, 221 4583. 8.30pm. £2. A mix of REM. Byrds and Neil Young influence The Hucksters. while The Cottontops are influenced by their contemporary indie heroes.
I lied Green’s Blues Band MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I lut! la Chute Cathedral House. Cathedral Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free. Cajun and zydeco.
I The Supematurals Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free. Exuberant pop with an occasional country edge.
I Angela Cameron Supper Club. Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free.
I Seventh lleaven Boon’s Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9pm. Free. Soulful R&B. I live Music McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I 0840 and Blttie McLean Ingliston Auditorium. Royal Highland Centre. Ingliston. 333 2366. 8pm. SOLD OUT. The UK’s longest-serving high-profile reggae band play up here for the first time in a good long while. Whatever the opinions of their last album Promises Am! Lies. nobody can deny their lasting appeal. Their collaboration with 808 State a year or so back shows they’re not afraid to experiment. Support comes from their hit-making protege Bittie.
I Marty Vlllde And The Wildcats Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm-3am. £5. Kim Wilde’s dad refuses to lie down and expire. preferring to run the gauntlet of playing the hungry crowds at The Cavendish. Surely you remember ‘Sea Of Love’. ‘Hide And Seek’ and ‘Endless Sleep‘.
I Mute and Detaced Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Missing link Negociants. Lothian Street, 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Beast CI Burden Cas Rock Cafe. West Port, 229 4341. 10pm. Free. Acoustic duo taking time out from their mother band. Glasgow hype-rockers The Ocean. to do their own thing.
I The Debonair: Brewsters. South Bridge. 558 3457. 10pm. Free. A soft- centred assortment of rock and soul covers.
I live music Tolbooth Tavern. Canongate. 556 5348. 9pm. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 15
I Mary Coughlan Strathclyde Suite. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. The Concert Hall continue to spice up a traditionally dull January with their Celtic Connections festival. tonight featuring the poppier end of roots music.
I Martin Stephenson Strathclyde Suite. Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 10pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Simple. sedate pop with plenty to say - Martin Stephenson continually finds a rapt audience in Glasgow.
I The Larch, Motor lite Company and Trumpetwonn King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Triple bill featuring former lNXS support. former Countrymen and a band with a trumpet lead.
I Bust and God’s Natural Mattress Nice 'n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm.
I On The Cards Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Cloud Assassins MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I lllgel Clarke Duo Supper Club. Cottiers. Hyndland Street. 357 5827. 11pm. Free. Laid-back. less jazzy than usual.
I Johnny And The lloccos BJs. Croft Street. Kilmarnock. 0563 44722. 11pm. £3. Authentic rock ‘n' roll from the Scottish band of two decades’ standing who’ve been showing the Yanks a thing or two about how to do it right.
I The lindzi Bold Band Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9.30pm. £3.
I live Music McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I The \vendys and Baby Bartok Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 8pm. Free. The Cas Rock lightens up for an evening. with Factory Records’ only Scottish signings at the time of its demise, but one doubLs it will become a habit.
I D’Jango Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm-3am. £4. Cavendish regulars with their popular selection of mainly Drifters covers.
30 The List 14—27 January 1994