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ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
ROCK & BLUES
Dates listed below are for one-oil shows: see separate section for 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. Rock and Blues listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd
and Jonathan Trew.
FRIDAY 12
Glas ow
I Junk epubllc, Bust and Auntie Bose King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3. Triple bill includes hardcore trio Rust whose Numbskull EP is out now.
I Woody McBride Analogue. Glasgow School Of Art. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 8.30pm. £6 (£5). Following last year‘s ferocious Spiral Tribe appearance. here‘s a Minneapolis technobeast with a similar upfront style.
I Gypskl Nice 'n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Rather anachronistic stab at prog rock with occasional electro backing.
I Bev Doc And The Congregation MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. Trad R & B with embellishing harmonica.
I lniun Joe, Stranger's Cage and Strange lloney Arena. Oswald Street. 221 4583. 9pm. £2.
I Roundhouse Bar Belgo. Candleriggs. 552 3486. 9pm. Free.
I John llinshelwood Cathedral House. Cathedral Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free. Glaswegian country rock veteran who performs his own material and cover versions of songs by Nanci Griffith. Lyle Lovett and the like.
I Easy Money After Hours. Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 11pm. Free. I Billy Bivers Trophy Room. The Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9.30pm. Free. Blues.
Edinburgh
I les McKeown’s legendary 70s Bay City Boilers Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Long name ’cos of various contractual and legal wrangles over copyright and so on. Allegedly playing some of the Rollers‘ hits. ‘Nuff said. London Bay City Rollers. anyone? I Nowhere and The Flyers Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I Freshly Squeezed Squid. La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate. 225 2774. 11pm. £5 (£4). Edinburgh eight-piece who supported Roachford recently Combine jazz and hip hop with Latin influences.
I Black Cat Bones Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. Free.
I Groovetunnel Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Ex- Shadowland. JTQ. Pureland and wayout members fuse to dish the grooves in the form of 60s and 70s TV theme tunes along with their own homegrown instrumentals.
I Viva Advocate. South Bridge. 9.30pm. Free. Relive those exam interrogation blues or maybe it's Spanish.
I Wild Turkey West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Kiwi band who sound like a cross between Big Country and U2.
SATURDAY 13 Glasgow
I The Fall The Arena. Oswald Street. 22!
4583. 8.30pm. £8.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Arena and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. It looks increasingly like the only failsafe recipe for creative longevity is to tout a cantankerous attitude and alienate as many labels as possible. lt‘s worked for Mark E. Smith. and The Fall have produced another great album in Middle C loss Revolt.
I Mick Taylor’s All Star Blues Band King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8.50. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The unobtrusive Rolling Stone — he was the guitarist who replaced Brian Jones and was superceded by rockin' Ronnie Wood — brings his band. including Snowy ‘Bird Of Paradise‘ White. to Glasgow as part of King Tut's mini-blues season.
I Albaroot and Solomon Flynn Nice ‘n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Another Rock Against The Road gig opposing the creation of the M77 which will trammel public land. This one has a ska/reggae feel to it with roots reggae band Albaroot and the Clashisms of Solomon Flynn.
I The Fred Guimby Guartet Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Acid jazz ensemble who stretch the definition of ‘quartet' somewhat.
I The Peter Parker Experience and The Garden Spies Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free. The Garden Spies describe themselves as good-time rock withjazz and Hendrix influences.
I The Mcuuades Bar Belgo. Candleriggs. 552 3486. 9pm. Free. Formerly The Henry Brothers.
I Ricky’s Jam MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I The Violet leighton Trio After Hours. Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. llpm. Free.
I Free At last Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 0389 873535. 9pm. Free.
I World Machine Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9.30pm. £2.
Edinburgh
I Mike Scott Acropolis. Calton Hill. 557 6969. 8pm. £10. See feature.
I Promlest ’94 Portobello Promenade. 11am—6pm. Free. All sorts of stalls. street theatre and. of course. bands. There‘s two stages with the first band on at 1pm. Look out for Ashfin. Swine Flu. Tinkerbell's Dope Ring. Gush. Gina and Sophie. Barach. Little Green Monkeys and Waykis.
I English Dogs and Beergut ioo Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. £3.50 in advance from Ripping Records and Cas Rock. £4 on the door. Wakey. Butt. Pinching and new boy Stuart reanimate the Dogs and peddle their butt- pinching (chortle) brand of speed and punk to old punk lags and new converts. Bring along your elderly relatives if you can‘t wait for natural causes to deliver any inheritance due to you.
I The Jaded Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I D’Jango Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Drifters‘ covers. I Dingbat And Ropewell Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Black Cat Bones Advocate. South Bridge. 9.30pm. Free.
I Moon new West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 14 '
Glasgow
I Barenaked ladies The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. £7.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Canada's answer to They Might Be Giants do their chirpy
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