It was kind of appropriate but a complete coincidence that on my way to an evening of 'the Devil's music' (ie; The Blues) I arrived at the station to find this carriage awaiting me. Not for the first time I may add...
A good omen for the night I think. 😈
I arrive at the
100 Club in time to see Laura B & Her Band. Closer to swing, jazz, and jive to pure blues, but still very entertaining. Laura has great stage presence and a terrific voice!
And on to tonight's headliner. Since moving to France
Big Boy Bloater has only been able to make around one trip a year back to the UK. This January sees him back in his old home country for a short tour with his band The Limits.
The world famous
100 Club is pretty much the perfect London venue for this guy.
Bloater isn't yer normal generic bluesman - he puts a different twist on things with the subjects he covers in his songs. And he also likes to tell a good story.
He's a pretty good guitarist too, and has backed up some well known figures on the blues scene as well as performing original material with his own band as seen tonight.
As well as social comment and observation there is a lot of humour in his songs, but much of his humour is very dark: Failed relationships (Oops Sorry) and serial killers (Insanely Happy) seem to crop up quite a bit, as do robots (Robot Girlfriend) and 1950's B-movie style monsters (It Came Outta The Swamp). And booze (Friday Night's Alright For Drinking).
This might be 'the blues', but it is also
fun - it's not all doom and gloom and there is some lively full-on old school rock 'n' roll as well like 'Devils Not Angels' - if you want to dance - there are songs for that too! There is stuff going on in the songs on different levels and different vibes, but you
will be entertained!
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