MUSIC ROCK & BLUES
C Sharp Music Factory presents
14 November 7.30pm £7.00 (£3.00)
Graham Gouldman
Special Guest: John Renboum
15 November 7.30pm £7.00 (£3.00)
Ki ki Dee Special Guest:
Geno Washington
16 November 7.30pm £7.00 (£3.00) Loudon Wainwright III Special Guests:
The McCluskey Brothers
Castlemilk Community Centre
'121 Castlemilk Drive, ' Glasgow G45
C Sharp Music Factory 37 Dougrie Drive Castlemilk Shopping Centre
Tel 0141 631 1166
Lost in Music De Courcy’s Arcade Cresswell Lane Glasgow 612
Tel 0141 339 8155
Funded by:
Development Office: South East Area and Castlemilk Partnership
Tickets available from: .
ROCK LISTINGS CONTINUED
TUESDAY 5
Glasgow
I The Beautiful South Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. Oasis may grab the headlines and the imagination. but The Beautiful South are not far behind in terms of commercial impact with quite scary numbers of households owning their C urry 071 Up The Charts compilation. They still divide opinion. Blue Is The Colour has been hailed as 'tops' and ‘another Beautiful South album'.
I Baby Bird The Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 1120. 7.30pm. £6.50 plus booking fee. Steven Jones and his dapper colleagues do their less artful lieho And The Bunnymen thang to increasing acclaim. Who would have thought that a man who started his recorded career by releasing four albums of home demos in under a year would end up with two bona fide chart hits when he finally decided to release a single?
I The Finger Creams Glory Box. Curlers. Byres Road. 334 1284. 8.30pm. Free. Local quirkmeisters promoting their ‘Stars‘ lil’.
I Drift, Newman Noggs and Riverdog The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 9.30pm. Free. Plus prize quiz.
I Vagabonds Kilkeunys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I Glasgow Songwriters featuring Blonde Bit On The Side Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Female duo in a New Country stylee. Plus open mic.
I live Music Glory Box. Curlers. Byres Road. 334 1284. 8.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Snap Her, Travis Cut, External Menace and Moniak The Attic. Cowgate. 478 0093. 9pm. £3. California‘s Snap ller consist of a famous fetish model and a kickbosing champion. This gig is part of their European tour and promises to be a hardcore punk night all the way.
I Songwriters’ Showcase Tron Tavern. Hunter Square. 7.30pm. £1. Information: 22.. 8245. Weekly forum for lidinburgh- based singer-songwrilet's. with anybody welcome to perform a fifteen-minute set. One local songwriter is highlighted at 10.30pm each night.
WEDNESDAY 6
Glasgow
I Shed Seven Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. Like The Beautiful South. Shed Seven’s resounding success is a bit of a mystery. Yeah. they're ‘not bad'. 'competent'. ‘quite catchy'. but since when did being passable deserve such a supportive response? A band who put the ‘schmindie' in ‘indie‘. (Stem/y. Old ('11le — lid)
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It’s a Wonderful Affair — the McCluskey Borthers’ new album, that is. Catch them live at Glasgow School of Art on Thurs 7
I JTD and My life Story The Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 9pm—2am. £9.50 plus booking fee. A groovy evening featuring the funky Hammond action of veteran acid jazzers JTQ and a potentially incongruous support from the glammy orchestral tongue-in-cheek pop of My Life Story. Plus Blow Up l)Js.
I Vodka, Astral and Junior Funktion Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Continuing the Easy Sleazy Gold Diggers Battle ()f The Bands.
I Eat Groove, Meth 0.0. and The Finger Creams Vic Bar. Glasgow School Of Art. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 9pm. Free. Students and guests. See Tue 5 for The Finger Creams. Meth 01). go for the guitar attack approach with calming interludes.
I Breeze, Sterling and Switch Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. Students and guests.
I The Poison Sisters and Aaron And The Silence The Rat Trap. Brown Street. 221 7233. 8pm. £3. The Poison Sisters promote their dark rock 'n‘ roll with a new lil’ entitled ‘1)igitalis'.
I Le Cheeque Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free.
I live Music The 13th Note (downstairs). ('ilassfortl Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £3 (£2). A benefit for (‘lydeside Hunt Saboteurs.
Edinburgh
I Baby Bird and Nut Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £6.50. See l-rontlines. A lot more fascinating than ‘You're Gorgeous' might suggest. Support from an enigmatic and talented singer/ songwriter.
Glasgow
I Bim Sherman, Coco And The Bean and Jules And Luke King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £5. A Mantra Records night with deep dub and reggae rumblings. plus hypno-hop from Edinburgh's Coco And The Bean. I The McCluskey Brothers Vic Bar. Glasgow School Of Art. Renfrew Street. 332 0691. 9pm. £4. Students and guests. The ex-Bluebells folky duo demonstrate a more eclectic sound than before with tracks from their minder/u! Affair album. I Acoustic Roots The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801. 8pm. Free. Beginning a blues weekend at the Brewhouse with a januning session involving members of the 1-lideaway and Blackwater Blues Bands. l-Iric Cuthbertson and Fraser Spiers.
I Breeze, Cinnamon Blue and The Suits Nice 'n' Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637.9pnr
I The Badoos Cavern Bar. Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895'. 8.30pm. Free. Students and guests.
I Poison Streak and Vivid The Rat Trap. Brown Street. 221 7233. 8pm. £3.
I The laughing Phrogs O‘Neills. Sauchiehall Street. 353 0436. 9.30pm. Free. Celtic rock.
I Spida McChuill‘s. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I Seattle Kilkennys. John Street. 552 3505. 9pm. Free. ’ '
I Transformers MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I Baby Bird The Underground. Bruce Hotel. Cornwall Street. East Kilbride. 013552 29771. 10pm. £4.50. See Tue 5. I live Music The Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Blacka’nized Henry's Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. 10pm. £3 (£2). West African percussion with guest musicians and l)Js Josef and Fawaz.
FRIDAY 8
Glasgow
I Jools Holland SECC. Finnieston Quay. 248 9999. 6.30pm. £13.50 plus booking fee. The boogie-woogie ivory-tinkler with a natty sideline in droll television presentation brings his big band swing to the big red shed.
I Drugstore, Elevate and Gus The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 8pm. £5.30 plus booking fee. See preview for the bittersweet philosophy of Drugstore. I Duickspace Supersport, Ganger and Monorail King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £4.50. Descendents of Stereolab do their hypnotic layered guitar and keyboards thing. with support from local collective ' Ganger who do their own take on " Krautrock improv with often thrillingly boombastic results.
I The Johnny 7 Theatre Royal. Cafe Royal. Hope Street. 9pm. Free. See Fri 1. I The Mcnackins and External Menace Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Hardcore punk. much like most hardcore punk. Blame Green Day. I Debut, Soft Porn Eddie and Diesel Bone The Arena, Oswald Street. 221 3010. 9pm. £4.(£3), including entry to Parklife.
I Paul Lamb And The King Snakes The Brewhouse. John Street. 552 3801 .' 9.30pm. Free. Legendary London blues combo. as are all blues combos if they survive more than a few years.
I Sugarfly McChuill's. High Street. 552 2135. 10pm. Free.
I Scope MacSorleys. Jamaica Street. 21 8599. 9pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I The Felsons Canon's Gait. Canongate. 556 4481. 9.30pm. £3. Edinburgh-based new country combo who look as though they could be poised to hit the big time. I Mike Pender’s Searchers Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—3am. £5. Classic 60s songs from the band who scored several chart successes back then. I Altered Beats Henry's Cellar Bar. Morrison Street. 221 1288. Midnight—3am. £4 (£3). See Fri 1.
I The Captives Cas Rock Cafe, West Port. 229 4341. 10pm. £3.50.
I live Music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 9
Glasgow
I The Hollies Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Sauchiehall Street. 227 5511. 7.30pm. £15/£l3 plus booking fee. One of the higher profile acts on the 60s nostalgia circuit who can at least claim that they’ve had a hit in the last decade.
I Shawn Colvin King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8.50. See preview.
I Imperial Drag and The Verve Pipe The Cathouse. Union Street. 248 6606. 8pm.
£5 plus booking fee. Imperial Drag
52 The List l-l4 Nov 1996