4/6/2009 The Jim Jones Revue @ The 100 Club

Subject	The Jim Jones Revue @ The 100 Club
PostedDate	6/4/2009
	Someone's done a good job promoting this show at the 100 Club - I don't usually take much notice of the standard 'Get there early while there are still tickets left' spiel that bands and promoters routinely spew out, but when I arrive at this gig it is actually sold out! Good news for the band, but not so good for me trying to get a drink before the band hit the stage. If you like your rock 'n' roll to be dirty, sweaty, and raw it doesn't get much better than this. The Jim Jones Revue kick out proper old school rock 'n' roll - the description of supercharged Little Richard meets MC5 certainly isn't far off the mark. I wasn't around when this sort of stuff first exploded onto the scene, but I would imagine this is a pretty authentic recreation of what dirty greasy underground rock 'n' roll bands used to be like in the late 50's and early 60's - you can easily imagine them being on the same bill as the Quarrymen or the Silver Beatles in some sweaty little dive. This band have got the look and they've got the sound, and I suspect this is much closer to how it really was than the cartoon like stereotypes that pass for traditional rock & roll and rockabilly these days - all 'rebelling' but wearing the same uniform. I bought the band's album afterwards, but it's so badly recorded or mastered (deliberately?) that it sounds distorted and cheap and I think the band actually sound better live. This is certainly one of the best 'proper' rock 'n' roll bands I've seen in a long time.