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| Old Tavern Acoustic night - First
anniversary - 7th May 2008 |
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| The Undercover Hippy |
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Review
Photography & Video by Kevin |
| It is the first anniversary of Alfie Kingston's
'Acoustic Night' at the Old Tavern at Blackberry Hill.
I was at the first one and have been to a few since then. It is
interesting to note the development of the event with Simon from the
old Tavern providing the lighting and Alfie's enhanced sound bought
on by a year of experience we should be in for a good evening.
First up was the Undercover Hippy who I notice has been gigging
frequently around Bristol.
My first comment is that I don't think that he is a real hippy
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| I mentioned to Alfie that I thought the Undercover
Hippy exceptional. He had the attention of every person in the
audience throughout his performance an Alfie told me that he thought
that was because the Hippy was entertaining people and not just
performing his songs. This is what the hippy does, he has an
excellent voice, the songs are lively and the lyrics intelligent.
But he has something more and that is the ability to entertain. His
penultimate song had a lyric generated on the spot from words that
were shouted out by the audience....brilliant. The Undercover
Hippy has something that makes his act very special. Highly
recommended!!
Undercover Hippy Video |
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Chris Stanley is next up with Ernie Hankin on guitar and Mike
Stanley on bass. This is the first time that I have seen Chris and I
was impressed. The set consisted of covers and the songs were
covered in such a way as to make them interestingly different. |
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| Here are three extremely competent players making
a set of covers their own.
Chris Stanley Video |
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| This was the forth time that I have seen Clumsy live
and as always they were superb. Playing a mixture of originals and
covers in the unique Clumsy style. Joel snapped a couple of guitar
strings during the set but even this was not enough to put a damper
on things. The strings were replaced as Patch gibbered to the
audience and then they carried on to play an excellent set. |
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Clumsy should really be out there playing festivals
this year (and for all I know they may be) Their original material
is quite unique and the band are one of the most entertaining live
acts that you will see.
Clumsy Video |
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