ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
SATURDAY 15 3
Glasgow
I Blameless and Motor life Co King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4.50. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Sheffield indie band who thrown themselves headlong into their high-octane set. as do their local support Motor Life Co.
I The Humpff Family Ferry. Clyde Place. 552 0767. 9pm. £6. Tickets from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Ceilidh-cum-hoedown with vibrant folk sounds from across the board.
I God Is My Co-Pilot Nice 'n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 3339637. 9pm. Quirky missives from the underground noiseniks.
I Wild Flower Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 11pm. £6. New Agejazz funkers from Brighton. Plus DJs Spider and Nick Peacock.
I The Fred Guimby Quartet Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Groovy acid jazz. combo.
I The Beatcombers Caskies. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free. Primal rock 'n' roll sounds from The Beatles' early days.
I Counselled Out Wolburn's Wharf. Yoker Ferry Road. 959 2016. 9.30pm. Nine-piece soul band.
I New Leaf Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free.
I The Fallen Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Outpatients MacSorley's. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Satire 0r Sense Boon's Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Hideaway Blues Band, Waldorf And Staedler and Greenash The Clyde Bar. West Clyde Street. Helensburgh. 01436 673 257. 10pm. £1.
I The Deep Blue Sea Kirkhouse lnn. Strathblane. 01360 770 621. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Sir Bald Diddley And His Right Honourable Bigwigs and Shakin’ Spear And The Cannibals Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £4 in advance from Cas Rock and Ripping Records. £5 on the door. Surf rock and raunch from Kid Wig. Duke Peruke. Gastus Recedes and other muckers. Most obvious influences are Link Wray. Dick Dale. Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry. Groovy drape coats as well. I Gerald The Fish and Meth D.D. Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2. Support comes from druggy sounding Glaswegian noise freaks.
I D’Jango Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Oh no! The Drifters' covers band D'Jango are playing and the real Drifters are playing in the same week in the same town. Showdown time. Will the real Drifters take imitation as the sincerest form of11attery or will it be a duel to the death with zimmer frames at dawn‘.’ Watch this space for no news next issue.
I The TCs Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Soul/funk hand covering the likes ofJames Brown and Prince.
I Dionysus West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free. Two choices: either a horned child crowned with serpents who was Zeus‘s son or a rock combo.
I Sideshow Bob Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. Rock and pop covers blended with their own material.
I Live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
Glasgow I REM. SECC. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. CANCELLED.
I The Jeff Healey Band Bari-im-tand. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £12.50 plus booking fee. Tickets from Jttst the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. The blind blues rock guitarist with a reputation for delivering a soft rock sound. I Gave Vanian And The Phantom Chords Cathouse. Brown Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking lcc. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. The former Damned frontman continues his love affair with vampirism and pseudo~comic golhic imagery. See Albums. I Sick Puppy, Sulaco and Blow Pope Nice 'n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637.9pnr I Big George And The Business Corner. St George's Road (at Charing Cross). 332 1625. 9pm. Free. See Sun 9. I Bey Snakehips' Country Messiahs Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free. Raunchy country rock. I Easy Liquor Store. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 10pm. Free. I Numb Lounge Bar. Cameron House Hotel. Glasgow Road. Hardgate. Clydebank. 01389 873535. 9pm. Free. I Shiloh Harlcys. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 9pm. Free. Country and western night. I Knucklebone and Men Lie Sax Venue. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. 01236 733 200. 9pm. £3. Rock night. I Live Music Sonora. The 13111 Note (downstairs). Glassford Street. 553 1638. 8pm. Donation on door. A live guest so special it can’t be announced beforehand (allegedly).
Edinburgh
popsters Herman's Hermits and erstwhile Corona/inn Street star. and corn circle enthusiasts The Troggs. the almost surreally chirpy Freddie And The Dreamers and Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders.
I Toaster Music, Strange Albanian Genius and Sad Society Kazoo Club. The 13th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. Free.
I Justice Wolf, Hellfire and Riverdog Live At 7/1 1. Chubby Chesters. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 8.30pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Andy McGarvey Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Plus open mic.
I Big George And The Business Harleys. Quarry Street. Hamilton. 01698 458174. 9pm. £2. See Sun 9.
1 Edinburgh
I Gave Vanian And The Phantom Chords 7 and Swinefiu Venue. Calton Road. 557 . 3073. 9pm. £5. The Damned‘s main man
steps out on his own. See Albums.
I The Official Tribute To The Blues
Brothers Edinburgh Festival Theatre. ‘ Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 8pm. ' £9—£ 16.50 (£7—£ 14.50). Jake and Elwood
Blues gie it laldy with all those classic hits from the Stax and Atlantic years.
I The Bleeding Hearts Kitchen. Cowgate. 225 5413. 9pm. Free. See Wed 12.
I Eddie Felson Stones. Frederick Street.
220 1226. 10pm. Free.
f I Songwriters’ Showcase and Workshop = Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 8pm. £1.
I Freedom AKA and Space Monkey Mafia 1
WEDNESDAY 19
Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. Roots. reggae. ragga. dub and huge amounts of crust.
I Ege Bam Yasi La Belle Angele. Hasties Close. behind The Kitchen. 225 2774. 1030an £11. Ho ho 1101 Time for lots of crap ptms about lige's Faster eggstravaganza. him being a good egg and the gig promising to be eggciting. You won't be at all surprised to learn that the show is called the Easter ligg. Chortle.
I Dum Dum Pear Tree. West Nicolson Street. 667 7533. 8.30pm. Free. Used to be called Die Happy btit there's a bunch of Yanks under the same name so Die Happy died. as it were. They've got a new F.1’ out called 1.1/ms‘ur'min\t‘t'rsu{Merlin
I June Frost Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Launch party for their new CD. See Albums.
MONDAY 17 .
Glasgow
I REM. SiiCC. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. CANCH.1..1{1).
I Fabulous and Loaded Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Drifters Usher Hall. l.othian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £8~£10.50. ()ver fifty members have passed through the band who first formed. wait for it. half a century ago. Crumny fest ahoy!
I Chrome Yellow Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Heavy duty rock.
I Kings Of The Wild Frontier Whistlebinkies. Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. Blues.
TUESDAY 18 ‘
Glasgow
I Solid Silver 508 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 7.30pm. £13. £12. £10. Tickets from the box office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. Another reunion package featuring Peter Noone. former vocalist with fab
Information: 228 3147. Weekly forum for lidinburgh-based singer-songwriters. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen- minule set. One local songwriter is highlighted at 10.30pm each night.
Glasgow
I Van Morrison Glasgow Royal Concert ilall. Sauchiehall Street. £20. £18 plus booking fee. Tickets from the box office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. The Mr Grumpy of the folk
V tradition dispenses sotne of his 1 increasingly sporadic brilliance.
I Juliana Hatfield and Fuay Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from The Garage. Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679 and Tower Records. Argyle Street. 204 2500. See preview.
I Goldust and 84 G-Men Soundcheck Club. The Venue. Sauchiehall Street. 353 1927. 8pm. £3. The Venue‘s weekly showcase feautures Goldust's groovy retro pop.
I The Supernaturals Basement Bar. Glasgow University Student Union. University Avenue. 339 8697. 8.30pm. Free. See Sat 8.
I Toaster Music Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm.
I Picnic and Surge Fixx ll. Miller Street. 221 1568. 8.30pm. Free.
I Ten Bones and Groundhog Caskies. St Vincent Street. 248 4989. 9pm. Free.
I Humb Cheers. Brewery Lane. Dumbarton. 01389 742 333. 9pm. £2.
Edinburgh
I The Khartoum Heroes Stones. Frederick Street. 220 1226. 10pm. Free. Splenetic fidtlles. fine tunes and madcap humour from some of the former Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and some of the former Miraclehead. As midweek gigs go. this is likely to be wild.
I The Official Tribute to the Blues Brothers Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 8pm. £9—£16.50 (£7—£14.50). See Tue 18.
I Hurricane Gladys and Kid Charlemagne Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £3. Eleven-piece funky ska band supported by ballady soul from Kid Charlemagne. who have just taken on a new female vocalist.
I Incubus and Succubus and Mussel lien Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. £2.
I Buby Tremendous Whistlebinkies. Niddry Street. 557 5114. 9pm. Free. June Frost offshoot.
I El Supremo West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free.
. Big Bert croons the blues.
Falkirk
I Gave Vanian And The Phantom Chords Martell. Bumbank Road. 01324 621764. 9pm. £4. See Albums.
THURSDAY 20
Glasgow
I Van Morrison Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street. £20/£l8 plus booking fee. Tickets from the box office and the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 227 5511. See Wed 19.
I Menswear King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. Tickets from King Tut’s and Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street, 226 4679. New Mod crew from London whose reputation for self-publicity precedes them. But are they any good? Go along and find out.
I Gethsemane and Syc buck Nice ’n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street, 333 9637. 9pm.
I LPD, First, Last And Always and Just Another Dream Arena. Oswald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £2.50. including entry to the club afterwards.
I Trout and Tony’s Band Club 99p, The 13th Note (downstairs). Glassford Street, 553 1638. 9pm. 99p. Acoustic sets from both bands.
I JDF and New Leaf Under Ventura. King Street. 552 1388. 9pm. £2.
I The Garden Spies Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I Harmonica Jones Live At 7/11. Chubby Chesters. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 8.30pm. Free.
I Travis and The Dazes Mint. Academy Street. Coatbridge. 01236 441191. 9pm. Free. A Gold Bier session night with Glasgow’s Travis and local heroes The Dazes.
I Solar Bace Rico‘s. Ann Street. Greenock. 01475 783 705. 11pm. £1 (free for students).
I Live Music MacSorley’s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Solid Silver 608 Usher Hall, Lothian Road. 228 1155. 7.30pm. £9.50—£12.50. An evening of nostalgianith Wayne Fontana. Peter Noone. Freddie and the Dreamers and The Troggs whose single ‘Love is All Around' netted Reg Presley a hefty sum when the Wets covered it - which he spent investigating crop circles. I The Official Tribute to the Blues Brothers Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Nicolson Street. 529 6000. 8pm. £9—£l6.50 (£7-£14.50). See Tue 18.
I The Golden Tones and Tar Bar Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £2.
I last Orders Neighbours. McDonald Road. 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
I Last Chance AJ. Ramsay's. Broughton Street. 557 0627. 9pm. Free. Rock covers. I Mitch Benn West End Oyster Bar. West Maitland Street. 225 3861. 10.30pm. Free.
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