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Wed 20th Not The Same Old Blues Crap and The Luminaire present DAN SARTAIN + Gemma Ray
Doors 7.30 The wonderkid from Birmingham, Alabama makes a very welcome return to Not The Same Old Blues Crap with a full band in tow. Variously described as sounding like Jonathon Richman if Jonathon Richman wanted to be Hank Williams instead of Lou Reed or if The Voidoids were fronted by Hasil Adkins…… The last 12 months have seen Dan Sartain polishing his already sterling credentials as one of the most unique and unpredictable performers around. Gaining a reputation as the musician’s musician, his live shows deliver an unmistakable and all-encompassing rock 'n' roll experience! Originally signed spotted by John Reis aka Speedo of Rocket From The Crypt/Hot Snakes, John took him under his wing and signed him to his own Swami Records. “A righteous hollering rock’n’roll revival show, what we have here is proper garage rock’n’roll and you can taste the authenticity.” - Clash Magazine Born in Birmingham, Alabama (some say in a explosion of smoke and fire) in 1983. Dan landed on our radar in 2005 with his debut album ‘Dan Sartain Vs. The Serpientes.’ Of his 2006 follow-up ‘Join Dan Sartain’, NME magazine proclaimed; “Sartain possesses a PHD in the DNA of rock’n’roll…his songs fly me to the moon.” Those who know his work (and play!) wait with anticipation for his third studio album, due for release on One Little Indian Records later this year. Dan is joined by Gemma Ray who makes her very welcome NTSOBC debut. Gemma is London’s fast rising new star who has just released a brilliant new record, “The Leader", to rave reviews. Recorded and co-produced with Michael J Sheehy the road leading up to this album was an unusually dark and twisted one, with Gemma in and out of the hospital battling a mystery illness for nearly two years. In the course of her Tramadol-induced bliss, enforced solitude and hallucinations, she composed over fifty songs. Dubbed The Sick Sessions, no stone was left unturned during this troubled but prolific interlude of feverish composition. “With noir-ish hints of Lee Hazlewood’s unearthly country-rock, Ray sits midway between Nina Simone and Isobel Campbell, and is the better for it.” - Mojo “A brilliantly brooding prospect. Like a grittier Lorretta Lynn, she’s from the wrong side of the tracks. Uncouthly ace.” – NME |
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