JACK ROSE AND THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS: UK DATES START TONIGHT!
November 2, 2009, 06:59 PM Views: 273
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 Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers is a raw, hard-hitting collaboration between the steel-guitar master that is Rose and folk / bluegrass / country blues trio that are the Black Twig Pickers and features some of the most swinging, hard-hitting string music waxed in many a decade.
With their self titled album released earlier this year (via Beautiful Happiness), the band have now confirmed UK dates for November:
02-Nov Brighton Komedia (studio bar) £8.50 8.00pm
03-Nov London Cafe Oto
04-Nov Falmouth Miss Peapods £8.00 8.00pm
05-Nov Bristol The Cube £9.00 8.00pm
+Sons of Noel And Adrian
06 -Nov Gateshead The Sage £10.50 7.00pm
07-Nov Glasgow Stereo £7.00 7.00pm
08-Nov London Cecil Sharp House £8.00 7.30pm
+Peter Knight & Trevor Watts, Tom James Scott
Rose’s solo playing has always had a tough edge, with his prodigious technique often employed to drop right-hand bombs. The front line of Rose and Gangloff’s strings are joined by Isak Howell’s no-nonsense guitar and harmonica and Nate Bowles’ variety of expert percussion. The four lock together with a sure-footedness honed by frequent touring and a singularity of intent to rock.
Gangloff takes the vocals, howling out standards like “Little Sadie” firmly in the old-time tradition—without reserve. A few of the tracks here are updates of Rose & Family classics, with the group taking the stately “Kensington Blues” and turning it into something more upbeat as well as issuing an assured take on “Bright Sunny South,” which was originally recorded by Pelt (with Rose and Gangloff) back in 2001 on their gonzo classic double-disc Ayahuasca.
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JACK ROSE AND THE BLACK TWIG PICKERS CONFIRM UK DATES FOR NOVEMBER