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ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
I 32/20 Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. Blues.
I Fraser Gold Tankard. Houdon Street. 667 0328. 9pm. Free. Packing in the punters with good covers of most styles. I Live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 29
Glasgow
I Magnapop and The Voodoo Queens King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. Tickets from King Tut‘s and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Note change of date. See Sat 28. Magnapop. as in big pop apparently. The Georgian quartet choose to rough up their charming tunes with some college rock guitar: support band The 'oodoo Queens go for the noise and energy but neglect the tunes. I Instant Karma Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Cathouse. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679/.Two-hour John Lennon tribute show. originating from Liverpool. which concentrates mainly on Lennon's solo career. but also includes classics like ‘In My Life‘ (a Kurt Cobain favourite) and ‘Nowhere Man'.
I Honey Nice ’n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Starting a residency that will continue on into June. Honey’s seductive indie pop is showcased on Nice‘n'Sleazy’s Feed Your Head compilation tape featuring other bands who played there during Sound City.
I The Supematurals and A Chocolate Morning Club Mouth. The 13111 Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8pm. Free. Sde Sun 22 for The Supernaturals. A Chocolate Morning are a gentler proposition but no less keen on upfront melodies.
I The Gong Beetles McCool's Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Brave MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Gigante and Huxley Liquor Store, The Area. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 9pm. Free.
I The Mad Hatters Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 0389 873535. 3pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Average White Band Royal Lyceum Theatre. Grindlay Street. 229 9697. 7.30pm. £10 (£9). Mid-70s disco heroes with jazzy. soul roots return to their birthplace. give or take 100 miles or so. Recently enjoying renewed success with their greatest hits collection Let's Go Round A gain.
I Tsunami, Eggs and flodan Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5.30 in advance and £6 on the door. Billed as ‘Monsters Of Rock 11’. this tour actually features three small-budget bands from the American underground. Virginia’s Tsunami take a turn away from ‘cute and shimmery‘ to more introspective. complex material; their state-mates Eggs deserve credit for confessing that their “overindulgent‘ new double album would have been better as a single; and Thurston and Lee from Sonic Youth gave Rodan’s most recent single a decisive thumbs-up. Say no more.
I Green Ash and Clara Disclples Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Avalon Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9.30pm. £1. Celtic rock.
I Ian Cochran Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Popular local singer/songwriter.
I Shlbboleth Grosvenor. Shandwick Place. 226 4579. 8.30pm. Free. Rock.
I De liros L’Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
MONDAY 30
Glasgow
I Emmylou Harris And The Nash Ramblers Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £15. £12.50. Some balcony seats left. Tickets from the box office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. It's country music a-go-go in Glasgow tonight with this being the most high profile event. See feature. -
I Sid Grittin, Superstar, Radio Sweetheart and River Easy Jamjar. The Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 8pm. £5. See preview for Sid Griffin. Jamjar winds up its initial set of gigs with a rootsy/country evening. although the country influence is a bit tenuous with Superstar. They obviously like Crosby. Stills and Nash - does that count?
I The Telstar Ponies and The Palace Brothers The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8pm. Free. Meanwhile. over at The 13th Note. yet more country as The Palace Brothers strip things down to a minimal wail of despair. See Mon 23 for The Telstar Ponies.
Edinburgh
I Instant Karma Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £5. A John Lennon tribute band. strangely enough. The bloke is called John and he does come from Liverpool. Covers Lennon‘s solo career with the odd excursion into the Beatles‘ back catalogue.
I The Blame Fakers Rocking Horse. Victoria Street. 225 3326. 10pm—3am. £2. I The Comedians L'Attache. Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
Glasgow
I Margarine, Stone Cold, The Country Teasers and Johnny Gator And The Door Tree Hillbillies Kazoo Club. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Sheena Macitinnon Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Plus open platform. I Jam Session Harleys. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 0698 458174. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Hogwash Rocking Horse. Victoria Street. 225 3326. 10pm—3am. £2. Blues night. '
I The Country Teasers Christie's. West Port. 229 4553. 9pm. Free.
I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8pm. Free. Information: 552 0440. Weekly forum for Edinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen- minute set. All the way from Pittsburgh, PA Nicki Sbaffoni will play an extended session at 10.30pm.
I The Fade Negociants, Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I live Music L‘Attache, Rutland Street. 229 3402. 10pm. Free.
WEDNESDAY 1
I Barbara Dickson Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. £14.50. £12.50, £10.50. Tickets from the box office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Now that Lulu’s defected to teenybop pop’s side. it’s up to Babs to fly the Scottish flag for your mum’s idea of a rockin' good night out.
I Indigo Girls and lay Gulet Awhile Pavilion. Renfield Street. 332 1846. 7pm. £9, £7.50. Advance tapes of their forthcoming album Swamp Ophelia suggest no let up in the intensity of their folky strummings. A double-vision PJ Harvey for grown-ups. Sort of.
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