ROCK & BLUES MUSIC
ROCK & BLUES
Gates listed below are for one-oil shows: see separate section for residencies. Gigs are listed by date, then by city. Gates will be listed, provided that details reach our oirices art least one week belore publication. Rock and Blues Listings compiled by Fiona Shepherd
and Gavin Inglis.
FRIDAY 17
Glasgow
I The Saw Doctors Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. Rocking lrish jolliftcation of seemingly unlimited popularity.
I Gne llove, Chill FM and Elias Strathclyde University Union. John Street. 552 1895. 8pm—8am. £10. Students and guests. One of Glasgow's biggest musical success stories of the year headline Strathclyde University‘s Christmas all- nighter. One Dove‘s last Glasgow show (at King Tut‘s on the last date of their autumn tour) saw them at their celebratory best. all seductive dance pop and pure euphoria. Support comes from the techno- y Chill FM and the funky Elias. Plus Slam DJs and ten local bands in the Mandela Bar. including The Stanleys. The Space Kittens. Glenorglenda and The Blisters. I The Senseless Things and The Pastels The Dafter Friday. Queen Margaret Union. University Gardens. 339 9784. 8pm. £12. Students and guests. The QM's annual alternative to the Daft Friday is fuelled this year by the high-octane garage pop of The Senseless Things and the naive charm of The Pastels. Comedienne Jenny Eclair will also have some amusing words to say.
I Big Vern ’n’ The Shootahs Glasgow Caledonian University Union. Cowcaddens Road. 332 0681. 9pm. £5. Students and guests. First of a number of Big Vern shows over the Christmas period. Shades and skinny ties at the ready for Glasgow‘s Blues Brothers pastiche. also with other strings to their bow.
I The Joyriders and The lload King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. Equal billing for two Edinburgh groups — tough garage nuts The Joyriders and power-poppers The Road.
I Mukka, Sublime and Probe Tunnel. Mitchell Street. 204 1000. 10.30pm. £4 (£2). A Limbo Records night. See Clubs preview.
I The Ocean Nice 'n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Foot-on-the- monitor rocky stuff.
I Bopstreet McCool‘s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Cloud Assassins MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free.
I The Whole Shebang Cathedral House. Cathedral Square. 552 3519. 9pm. Free. I The Bootsies Duo Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 9pm. Free.
I Angela Cameron Supper Club. Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. 1 1pm. Free. I union Joe Boon's Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Bleeding llearts Blazers. Hamilton Town Hotel. Townhead Street. Hamilton. 0698 891 929. Doors 7pm; band 10pm. £2. All the classic rock ‘n‘ roll references - The Stooges. The New York Dolls. The Faces. They’re not exactly true to their Lothian roots. these Bleeding Hearts.
I Bush llour Lounge Bar. The Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9.30pm. Free.
Edinburgh
I Goodbye Mr Mackenzie Queen’s Hall. South Clerk Street. 668 2019. 7.30pm. £7.70. Still burning along. the MacKenzies deliver their usual infectious rocky numbers on the back of new album F lie.
I The Spooks Moray House Student Union. Holyrood Road. 556 5184. llpm—4am. £3. Sixties pop funsters. back from the dead with their unique take on multimedia. A bizarre mix of aged icons and modern technology.
I Steve Ellis And love Altair Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm-3am. £5. Remember ‘Everlasting Love"? ‘Rainbow Valley"! ‘A Day Without Love"?
I Scum Pup and Core Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £1.50. Probably a very busy night. with local indie noise merchants.
I Andy Gunn And The Truth Band Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free.
I Martyn Bennett La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate. 225 2774. 10pm-3am.
I Cactus Jack Granny's Attic. Bath Street. Portobello. 669 1780. 9pm. Free. Blues.
I Black Cat Bones Boston Bean Co. St James Centre. Leith Street. 556 01 l 1. 10pm. Free.
I llev lloc And The Congregation Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. Free. Rollercoaster blues from the undisputed champion of the UK Mouth Harmonica championships.
I Blueiinger Brewsters. South Bridge. 558 3457. 10pm. Free. Rock ‘n’ roll
I live music Tolbooth Tavern. Canongate. 556 5348. 9pm. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SATURDAY 18
5 Glasgow
' I The Saw Doctors Barrowland.
Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. SOLD OUT. See Fri 17.
. I Goodbye Mr Mackenzie Arches,
Midland Street. 221 9736. 7pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See preview.
I Ethereal Cafe Loco. The Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 10.30pm. £5. A transatlantic fusion of funk and soul. so we‘re told.
I Elton .lack King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street. 221 5279. 8.30pm. £7. Tickets from King Tut's and Just the Ticket, Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. A tribute artiste. apparently. To whom. we wonder? This one’s supposed to be frighteningly close to the real thing with a repertoire that encompasses all the old favourites the real Elton doesn‘t play live anymore.
I The llazes Smash. Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Young Coatbridge upstarts with a varied pop sound and bags of vim.
I The Blues Poets McCool’s Ruling Cowboy,Cand1eriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Tempus Fugit Blackfriars. Bell Street. 552 5924. 9.30pm. Free. Jazz funk.
I The llemingways Halt Bar. Woodlands Road. 332 1210. 9.30pm. Free.
I The Baggle Taggle Gypsies MacSorley‘s. Jamaica Street. 221 8499. 9pm. Free. A big rootsy soup.
I Jonathan Caimey Supper Club. Cottiers. Hyndland Road. 357 5827. llpm. Free.
I Spaced-Gut Cowboys Boon‘s Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free. I Capone And The Bullets BJs. Croft Street. Kilmamock. 0563 44722. 10.30pm. £4. Extended family of ska groovers.
I The Rascals Dugout. Cathcart Street. Greenock. 0475 727918. 9.30pm. £5.
Edinburgh
I Rhythmic State Calton. Calton Road. 558 3758. 6pm-10pm. £5. Live dance PA at the Calton's under 18s spot
I ll-Joi, GFX and Space Tripper Calton. Calton Road. 558 3758. 10pm. £10. The Calton gears up for Christmas in typical fashion. with big dance PAs. A greater than usual array of name DJs doing their thing.
I The Male llurse and Country Teasers Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £2.50. Punk.
I The Dreamers Cavendish. West Tollcross. 228 3252. 9pm—4am. £5. Freddie’s got the heave. but the band dream on. Note new later opening for the venue until Hogmanay.
I Councelled Dut Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Soulish sounds.
I Freedom Train Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. Polished trio featuring Julian Cope and Crowded House covers. plus an annoyingly cheerful keyboard player.
I llebonairs Brewsters. South Bridge. 558 3457. 10pm. FrEe.
I Solid Gone Queen Street Oyster Bar. Queen Street. 226 2530. 10pm. Free. Local melodic rockers who have attracted both U2 and Pearl Jam comparisons. No doubt their singer will be arrested at least once during his career.
I live music Tolbooth Tavern. Canongate. 556 5348. 8.30pm. Free.
I live music Gold Tankard. Houdon Street. 667 0328. Free.
I live music Abbey. South Clerk Street. 667 3023. 8.30pm. Free.
SUNDAY 19 ‘
Glasgow
I The llumpil Famin Arches. Midland Street. 221 9736. 8pm. £7 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket, Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. Nothing like a stomping good ceilidh to warm the blood in the bleak midwinter - and the Humpff Family are just the job for a soundtrack. I The lligher Intelligence Agency l3th Note. Glassford Street. 553 1638. 9pm. £2. New dance outfit garnering muchos acclaim at the moment. See preview.
I The Poison Sisters Nice 'n’ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. A Yuletide special from Kazoo Club regulars. Three other bands to be continued.
I The llaggle Taggle Gypsies Grand Central Bar. Oswald Street. 221 4583. See Sat 18.
I Highway 61 McCool’s Ruling Cowboy. Candleriggs. 552 7847. 9pm. Free.
I Black Man While Boon’s Yard. Cathcart Road. 649 0184. 9.30pm. Free. I lloctor Hook Motherwell Concert Hall. ()698 267 515. 8pm. £7.50—£9.50 (£6.50). Mellow southern rock 'n’ roll and a dash of New Orleans R & B from the man with the eye-patch who brought you ‘Sylvia’s Mother‘.
I The Sensational Alex llarvey Band Stairway To Heaven. Sax Venue. Teviot Walk. Cumbernauld. 0236 733200. 9pm. £3. What’s this? An Alex Harvey tribute band? No. it’s the ‘real thing‘ apparently — it's just that Alex had a prior appointment with the Grim Reaper a good few years ago. Smells like rhubarb crumble without the rhubarb.
I The Ocean Liquor Store. The Area. Bridge Street. Paisley. 848 5096. 9pm. Free. See Fri 17.
I The Bhymes Bo Jangles. Strand Street. Kilmamock. 0563 44722. 10.30pm. £l. Blues night.
Edinburgh
I Lindisiame and The Strawbs Usher Hall. Lothian Road. 228 1155. CANCELLED.
I llursery World and 3am Subway. Cowgate. 225 6766. 9pm. £1.50.
1993 IN REVERSE Llst writers otter thelr personal highlights
oltlie year.
AlASTAlII MADBDTT
I Film 1 could watch Jurassic Park a dozen times, and Sleepless In Seattle satisfied the softie in me, but I‘ll fall in behind The Piano like (probably) everyone else.
I Band Teenage Fanclub, purely for the terrific gig they did the night before 1 filled in this questionnaire. I l? Debut — Bjork.
I Theatre Show The Tron’s Macbeth. I Art Exhibition Stones and Samson’s Christmas exhibition in Glasgow, for the finest looking damned tabletop I’ve ever seen.
I TV Show Cracker.
I TV Soap Brookside. by default.
I Book Bn'an Hogg's All That Ever Mattered, despite its numerous errors. I Sporting llighlight The Posies' synchronised leaps at last night's Teenage Fanclub show.
I Festive Plans Keeping one eye on the news to see if the British people will give their country the same present that the Romanians gave theirs four Christmases ago.
I The lliver Detectives La Belle Angele. Hasties Close (behind The Pelican). Cowgate. 225 2774. 8pm. Sail on by with the kings of acoustic strum.
I Bed llot And Blue Platform One. Rutland Street. 225 2433. 9pm. Free. Rock ’n' roll.
I lloby lang Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. One man with an acoustic repertoire and a nod to Neil Young.
I Montezuma Negociants. Lothian Street. 225 6313. 10pm. Free. The Movers go all Aztec. or lnca. or something like that.
I Shibboleth Neighbours. McDonald Road, 557 4928. 9pm. Free.
I B a B jam session Young’s. Leamington Terrace. 3—5pm. Free.
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I Body Count, The Exploited and Carcass Forum. 0506 419191. 7.30pm. £12. About as nasty a triple-bill as you get. See feature for Body Count. The Exploited are still fighting fierce punk battles and nobody can get near enough to tell them the war‘s over. Carcass are a curiosity. a thrash metal band of medical students. Cross your fingers that the sounds buggered and you can‘t hear their stomach-churning lyrics.
MONDAY 20
I Body Count and Carcass Barrowland. Gallowgate. 552 4601. 7.30pm. £12 plus booking fee. Tickets from Just the Ticket. Virgin. Union Street. 226 4679. See
feature. { I vlhiteout 13th Note. Glassford Street. ‘ 553 1638. 10pm. Free. The Greenock beat rockers continue their 13th Note mini- residency. J
The List 17 December 1993—1 3 January 1994 49