Thursday
the 28th of June.
"Jon Beedle's Boogie
Band"
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On
arrival @ the venue you are confronted with Steve the Doorman
who asks for your Entrance Fee of just £3 which goes towards
a different local Charity for each event, plus this years Ely
Feast, itself a Charitable Community Organisation and lastly,
if enough "Hillman Hunters" show up, the Band..!
Jon Beedles Gig - The Score;
Money Raised - £50
for The Aquarius
Club, a Registered Ely Charity for disabled adults.
Well done to Jon Beedle's & his
Boogie Band who boogied us till we could boogie no more &
equaled the top Fund Raiser of this Live Music Season. |
James, our L!VE M!SiC Reviewer has
gone off to Glastenbury leaving us amateur writers to do the review
of Jon Beedle's Boogie Band.
But, even though the hallowed ground of Glasters will have some great
guitarists there I would be surprised if any got close to our mate
"Jon Beedle" unless Jeff Beck or Francis Dunnery is there..!
Just by listening to the Band "sound check" you just knew
you were in for a treat, and a treat it was.
Jon Beedles Boogie Band not only does exactly "what it says on
the can" but they also play slow too, with Jon licking the fretboard
of his Guitar with passion and feeling.
I have to say that over the last few weeks we have seen some excellent
musicians in general, and when you consider that there are so few
places for a band to play it is a wonder that we as a community can
still produce Artists of this calibre.
However, back to the Boogie Band review...
JBBB is a classic 3 piece formation of Guitar, Bass & Drums. The
poster for this event featurer Jimi Hendrix which people had made
remarks like "How did you get him at short notice" but as
the evening developed the similarities became clear...
THE BIT IN THE MIDDLE
Feature: L!VE G!Gs @ PURE
proudly present
"The Bit in the Middle"
Oh
no.. Not them again..!
Due
to a lack of willing volunteers and "JEFF's" Andrew
being in a field somewhere downhill, the "Bit in the
Middle" was again hosted by the old faithfuls, Al, Me
Pal & his mucker Ledbelly Velocet who murdered some good
ol'tunes in their own inimitable style...
Nuff said...
AL
is available to give Sax Lesson or perform Solo or with a
Duo or Band- 07711
647942
If you fancy filling "The bit in the Middle" turn
up on the night and have a word with Fil or send
him an email anytime. If you email Fil will gaurentee
you spot, on the night it might be tight..!
There will be a Classic Ovation Acoustic Guitar available
on the night so no need to bring your own and you will get
a "write up" here which includes the chance to include
any messages about forth coming performances or Record Releases..!
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The
Bass player, Pete provided consistantly good, solid & reliable
Bass line which along with rock steady Drum Beat from relative new-comer
Dave gave the ideal backing for Jon's creative and brilliant Guitar
riffs.
Like with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jon was free to be creative
and spontanious and the Band were there with him following his every
step and direction right to BiG Endings..!
Many of
the songs were Jon's own creations and the Band have a couple of CD's
available of which more information can be abtained from their web
site...
http://www.jonbeedle.co.uk/
REVIEW by Michael Gillett
mg@ge.ms
