Starting
this week news of a one of our number who currently is having to be
exceptionally brave in life. A couple of months ago Pete of Keystone Acoustic was diagnosed with
having a mouth cancer, meaning that his entire palette has had to be removed
and replaced with a chunk of flesh from elsewhere on his body.
Pam and Pete
have worked extremely hard over the past eighteen months or so and have firmly
established themselves on the Yorkshire Folk Scene and firm favourites at so
many singer and Folk evenings.
Pete had the
operation on Friday, and according to Pam’s latest Facebook statement, the
operation has gone well and Pete is already getting around and issuing orders,
by Postit Note.
I’m sure
that you’ll all want to join with us in wishing both Pam and Pete all the very
best for the Festive season and a really quick recovery for Pete in the New Year. This is true bravery and a real fight to
overcome the nasties that life can throw at some folks.
Pete and I
have already chuckled over the fact that it was a good job that he didn’t do
much singing in the Keystone Acoustic Act; on the other hand it will be great
to hear him do one or two of his best songs once his voice is able to take it.
I know, weak
excuse, but nonetheless true, I couldn’t come out and play in the freezing cold
at the Button Tin’s Christmas Party, and
ROAR Christmas Fayre because my son number one could not move himself from
his Leeds based bed. His story is that
he had to be carried home by his Partner on Friday night and thus was unfit to
drive until mid-afternoon. (Being very responsible for a change).
I’m told
that both the Imperial Building and Old Market Gallery celebrations went
well. I did manage to pop my head
around the corner of the ROAR event on Friday, and there was some super art
being sold. Of course visitor numbers
could have been better, but I hope the event gets a second chance in 2013 and
that maybe we might be able to drum up a lot more interest in it.
Checking out
the chat on the street fantastic praise goes to Gemma for creating such a
fantastic event. All success to her in
2013.
Thanks to
anyone who responded to The Mashers cry for acoustic artists to freeze
themselves to death…………… and honest…… he’s
really sorry that he could not get there himself.
He did get
out Saturday night. Not to where he
really wanted to be, but dragged across the road by Mrs Masher to the Trades
and Labour Club. If nothing else, The Eaton Rifles are truly authentic
punk rockers from their set list, through the authentic sound distortion due to
having all the sliders up at the limit and of course the equipment
failures.
What is it
with the Eaton Rifles equipment and Rawmarsh.
Earlier this year, or was it 2011 (time flies so quickly these days for
my poor memory) the Club lost a Saturday night because the sound system blew up
during the sound check, at least it took until thirty minutes into the second
set before it all went quiet and dark.
After much knob twiddling they came back after fifteen minutes (yes 40%
of the audience had made their way home) for three more numbers only for the equipment
to go down again 75% into the final song.
So is it the
Rawmarsh air, hard luck, coincidence or a lack of investment in the Band’s
equipment?
But what of
the music, slick, professional and as said before a well-constructed set list,
including all the old favourite ska and punk numbers. For a change, for such a well-polished covers
Band, they had authentic bounce born out of their enthusiasm for the
music. Hats off guys a fantastic and
entertaining night, but such a pity it finished on the anti-climax of the
equipment failure.
So let’s
talk a little about the Trades Club, or Venue as Mick now likes to call
it. The new Web Site is now live, it’s
called Live at The Trades, leaving
you to add Club or Venue according to your age. You can get to it HERE It will grow and develop as our Partnership grows.
The latest
Concert to have it’s line up completed is the Havana Rocks event in April, which also includes three other top
local Bands. You can buy On line
Tickets to all the events HERE @ We
Got Tickets.
I’m not
going to get tied down by too much chit chat this week, so into the great stuff
coming our way.
The Acoustic
Rotherham problem present solver is back into full motion. On Wednesday Cll Ken Wyatt and associates
will be gathering at the Ring O Bells Mexborough from around 7:00pm to launch a
new pictorial book about Swinton. It’s
titled “A Swinton Pictorial”. Two
hundred pictures with captions all for £10.
Get down to the pub and have a pint as well.
Ironically,
or is co-incidentally Sting Theory
will be playing at the Ring O Bells, but the one over Silkstone way, not the
Mexborough version. This is a super
night for the instrumentalists amongst you, and I believe there is the odd one
or two songs as well.
Yes you can
get the details HERE on the listings
page, along with more information about the Shipping Forecast’s Christmas do at
The Great Gatsby over in Sheffield, and what might be an interesting evening,
if cold, at the Old Market Gallery in Rotherham where ten years of Love Music,
Hate Racism will be celebrated with speakers and some music, I hope.
And as for
Saturday, it’s simply exhausting…………………
well for so old that is. More
Christmas presents can be bought at the Tom
Kilner Band’s EP CD Launch. A
classic night of technically brilliant blues heading your way. Tom has been raising his profile around the
Country recently, so it’s great to welcome him back to base camp Rotherham for
a night out at The Bridge.
Rockabilly
punk fusion at it’s very best with the much under rated Sons of El Roacho at The Charters
should be another bouncing night, while in Barnsley Seventh Son are having a top night at the Parkway Cinema with their
special guest Graham Oliver.
Swansong are
over at Beeston for those who fancy an evening at the Marina and more sedate
but just as powerful as all of the above The Davenports will be performing at
the Farm Museum in York.
Once again
you can find all the details HERE –
that’s right, the listings page.
And those
are just the edited highlights; you’ll find all the regular events will be running
as well.
OTHER
AMAZING CHRISTMAS PRESENT IDEAS.
First, to
those of you not boycotting Amazon because
of their lack of Tax payments please, please use the links that you’ll find HERE.
All the commissions help Acoustic Rotherham / RAE to keep the workings
going.
While I don’t
like picking out favourites, because I find it tends to get me into trouble,
let me draw your attention to a couple of craft folks I met at the ROAR
Christmas Fayre on Friday and whose work caught my eye.
First Minx Designs, who did a rather nice
line in “man bags”. Bags with a picture
of a bloke on – which any lady would be proud to carry non their arm around
Rotherham Town. More details at Amanda.minx66@googlemail.com
The second
being the work of Scott Engineering. Scott does incredible things with the colours
and designs one finds in the miniscule cells
minerals and the natural world.
It’s fascinating work, and the Lady in your life would kill for one of
his silk scarfs – if has any left.
Nothing
there? Then why not head to David Kidman’s CD Reviews, HERE, some brilliant CDs there, and
most available via the Amazon Shop.
And what
about the great Mugs and other useful
kit you can buy the writer, in your life?
Find the link in the Word Pit HERE
Did I hear
someone shout T Shirts. Yes Slamfest T Shirts at £4 can be bought HERE
Whatever you
are doing this week, have great fun, support your local artists and KEEP IT LIVE.
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