Portland Rock Bar, Portland Hotel, Hove, April 28th
29/04/07 18:14
Steve's
first gig was in a Methodist Church Hall in Portland
Road, Hove, and we recalled this momentous event when
we played the Portland Rock Bar on Saturday April
28th. An excellent venue - big stage, big sound
and lots of faces from the past: ex members of
legendary lost 60's band Fox, old friends who last
saw us at the renowned and now defunct Bob's Goodtime
Blues at the Station Tavern ,Notting Hill and, most
notably, Charlie Hooker. Charlie is a world-famous
artist and professor of sculpture at Brighton
University, so he has come down in the world
since he was our first drummer back in the
mid-eighties, playing gigs for nothing in backroom
bars across South London. He was sad to hear that our
original singer, Dave 'Snakehips' Latter, had 'passed
over' as Son House would say, and we dedicated
Rattlesnake Blues, a song we have always played, to
Charlie and Snakehips. The music sounded great,
thunderous pounding from the rhythm section, and the
audience loved it. The new numbers 'Paint It Black'
and 'Eight Miles High' are brewing up nicely,
hope we'll be back many times at the Portland .. our
next gig there is September 28th.
Spiderfingers. See photo's from the night
here
Catch a flavour of the night below
Catch a flavour of the night below
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SAT March 31 THE FOX
02/04/07 20:38
The Fox Twickenham 31/3/07: a very cool evening in
fashionable Twickenham: the Fox backs onto the River,
Eel Pie Island and Pete Townshend's house, a suitable
setting for the 60's bluesrock we played. After a
quiet start the audience arrived and responded
enthusiastically. Apparently a member of the
Downliners Sect was present and thought our version
of 'For Your Love' was the best he'd heard. The gig
takes place in a room which enhanced our sound
greatly - warm, swirling and loud without being
painful! We'd like to thank everyone there especially
Eddie Robinson and wish them luck in trying to keep a
real live music venue going.