My first visit to a new venue - in fact my first visit to Kilburn for quite a while. This is The Fiddler - the latest venture of well known promoter and music venue owner Vince Power. Rather downsized from the sort of venues Vince is known for like the Mean Fiddler and Town & Country Club. I think he went bankrupt some time ago and is now starting again from the bottom in his old stamping grounds. This is basically a small pub venue, but has potential...
I have travelled over to Country Kilburn to see a couple of bands who I know will be entertaining. First up are 🗲Electrics🗲.
With their New York influence and snotty attitude they are always fun!
This is virtually a home gig for this West London based band, although they are more usually to be found in the Portobello Road area at places like Mau Mau Bar.
The standard of musicianship is excellent, and they have some catchy and memorable songs too - 'No Shit' with it's punk attitude being a good example.
I made up the term 'Jagged rock 'n' roll'© to describe this band when I first saw them at the Dublin Castle - and it seems to have stuck. 😉
While I am watching the band someone takes a seat just behind me. I take no notice at the time as he doesn't look familiar, but I find out later that it was actually the legendary Vince Power himself.
Dirty Strangers have been around quite a lot longer than 🗲Electrics🗲, although I first saw the two bands playing on the same bill at the Dublin Castle. It's turns out that Alan Blizzard frontman of the former and Alan Clayton of the latter band go back many years as mates, so it's not surprising that they often pop up on the same bills together.
In fact, Dirty Strangers have been around long enough to be associated with the Rolling Stones - Keith Richards in particular as he and Alan wrote a song together - a story Al likes to drop in at nearly every gig the band play - well who wouldn't? There is certainly a definite Rolling Stones feel to a lot of the band's songs.
This video is one of the band's earlier favourites and very catchy!
Dirty Strangers are very much a London band, and to emphasise that fact they have half inched a well known classic from the USA and changed it into 'Shepherds Bush City Limits'! And instead of having car songs about Cadillacs or Mercurys they sing about the joys of having a 'Gold Cortina'! That's an old song of theirs that just been rerecorded for their new album 'Hunter's Moon'. Another song from their new album is 'Pirates Don't Get Pensions' - an ode to the financial perils of being a struggling artist and living outside of 'the system' - rebelling against society and paying the price in later life...
It's been a top night of entertainment from two great rock 'n' roll bands at a new venue I look forward to visiting again in the future...
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