CANCELLED: Club Velocity/Good Wrecking Tonight Presents The Caravans
w/ The TR5s and Dead Hombres
Really sorry.....the Caravans show on Saturday Sept 14th at the Face Bar has been cancelled at their request.....sorry absolutely nothing to do with me,Nigel and Phil....very disappointing as punters have booked hotels already.....we got tickets will be in contact tomorrow about a refund
....we are trying to do a localish band night on that date to keep the venue sweet....as you know venues need punters more than ever....hopefully that will be sorted over the next few days....cheers
The Caravans formed in 1983 and after a few contributions to various compilation albums they finally released ther debut album on Nervous records in 1988. The line-up for this album was Mark Pennington (double bass/lead vocals), Rich Caso (lead guitar who replaced former lead guitarist Rob taylor), Darren Francis and Brian Gillman (rhythm guitars) and Lee Barnett on drums.
The result is very good melodic but hard hitting neo-rockabilly. All the songs are originals mostly from the pen of Pennington. Some songs are very good (Easy Money, Goodbye Goodbye, Sneakin’ Out, A Better Place, Cryin’ in a neo-Gene Vincent style or the hillbilly skiffle of In the Heat of the Day with accordion) still, some are more average and break the dynamic and the homogeneity of the records . And on some songs the two rhythm guitars add more confusion than power.
A good album but had it been limited to 6/7 tracks it could have been a killer.
Later reissues on cd include four unreleased songs from the same sessions.
Support:
- The TR5s - Tip top rocknroll 5 piece
- Dead Hombres - Dark Trashy Rock’n’Roll noir
