The Hailbails-Blues Bar -Harrogate-8th March 2015

 

Rockin the Blues!

The 3pm Blues Bar matinee spot seems to becoming a regular haunt for some top quality bands who are currently growing in stature on a very much resurgent rock’n’roll scene! The Leeds band Hailbails are very much on the up and out touring their new seven inch vinyl single imaginatively called HB,EP#1 and out on Ginhouse Records, todays Sunday feeling is definitely rocking!

The three piece band feature the lead guitar/vocals of Michael Rossiter, stand-up double-bass/vocals David Broad and on drums Bruce Renshaw , the boys  in their fifties Sunday best and look good, the right side of dapper!

Hailbails pick up the pace!

The Hailbails play two sets and from the off the pack a real punch ,tracks from their aforementioned EP coupled with some nice covers of some classic Carl Perkins and Buddy Holly tunes get the Blues bar crowd feet a -tapping!

If you only see one band all year!

Outside may have been enjoying the crisp spring sunshine, the Hailbails second set sees them now playing to a noticeably larger crowd.  The Blues is red hot as the band go through the  gears the full power of the rock’n’roll spectrum is released the whole place is by now seriously rocking, sporadic bopping breaks out, it’s impossible to resist the beat, every tune is greeted by howls of delight, the band put on a serious rockabilly tear up , they really were that good!  There’s no such thing as a lazy Sunday afternoon for the Hailbails you too should make the effort! See you there next time!

The Hailbails! Job Done Chaps!

Porkies Prime Cut V - love & Loathing Valentine Night 14th February 2015

Porkies  Prime Cuts V - Love & Loathing Valentine Night-14^th February 2015

They say all the best ideas are simple! DJ Trev and 10 Devonshire Place Harrogate have hit on a real winner here! Porkies Prime cuts features guest DJ’s who get 25 minutes in which they can play anything as long as it’s on vinyl! Ten Devonshire supply the in-house turntables and of course the sound, the eclectic range of DJ’s some experienced, others making their debut performance  it’s this juxtaposition that adds to the evening’s entertainment!  A quick run through of basic instruction, your announced to the packed venue by Andi Aikman tonight’s stand –in DJ Trev! and your off! The odd mistake and wrong speed are all part of the fun but the real winner is the music, the range from the   guest DJ’s is astonishing! I’ve rarely been to a place where it’s patrons are so open minded to a night of  top quality music, forget genres, people were dancing, discussing a songs merits, feet were tapping, spontaneous sing-alongs broke out, sometimes a look of deep concentration appeared on the audiences faces as they tried to work out what it was they were experiencing! The enthusiasm continued up to midnight and thanks to Ten Devonshire’s inspired guest ales and fine selection of romanticised pork pies the love just kept coming! The next Porkies Prime Cut night is February 26^th and if you’ve got some vinyl languishing in your attic or cellar and you think the people need to hear it, you could do worse than contact DJ Trev and be part of something really special! Sometimes people need to expect the unexpected, proof positive as tonight was a real triumph! A truly crackling night!