Albany Down
25th Mar 2010
Doors Open: 7:30pm
Tickets from: £4.00
Albany Down is an original rock band based near London.
The sound of Albany Down is stripped-down-to-the-waist no nonsense rhythm and blues with a bit of jazz-funk to mix it up, quite 80's in places, but with a vintage heartfelt sensitivity and contemporary aggressive energy. Influences include Led Zeppelin, Guns N Roses, The Who and The Rolling Stones.
Paul Muir is the band's excellent front man - delivering powerful vocals with just the right balance of arrogance and angst.
The bruiser in the porkpie hat is bassist, Billy Dedman -his bass play fast and deadly. He has a prowess for solid bass lines - but demonstrates the aptitude and dexterity for a higher vision and pulls off some nifty bass solo pieces.
Drummer Jonny Bescoby is as fast as the white water at the Grand Rapids, after a heavy downpour. Often the funky beat needs a drummer with loose wrists and an understanding for rhythm with a grooving back-beat. Jonny is prescient enough to provide reliable and thunderous percussive downpours in the more conventional blues settings.
Paul Turley on lead guitar makes most of the magic happen on stage. He puts on an accomplished performance with a few daring and flaring Hendrix-style licks but reverts down to a sensible chug-a-chug chord or two when things are brimming.
DEEP SEA GREEN
DeepSeaGreen formed in late 2008. The band consist of brothers Jon and Dan Jefford, Marco Menestrina and Trent Halliday.
October 2009 saw them in a studio for the first time working on a live CD. Recorded at Cobblestone studios, the sessions produced ten original tracks that were then mixed and mastered at The Woodlodge by the band themselves.
Alongside the release of this CD the band are continuing to gig, develop new material and increase their fan base. They hope to make their debuts at some UK festivals in the summer.
INFLUENCES: The Beatles, Thin Lizzy, Cream, Muddy, Waters, The Grateful Dead, The Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Pearl Jam
INFLUENCES: The Beatles, Thin Lizzy, Cream, Muddy, Waters, The Grateful Dead, The Velvet Underground, Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Pearl Jam
Albany Down can be counted on for insistent guitar hooks, stripped down licks and rattling good-time rock.
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