“And no camping is necessary! Tenby is replete with welcoming guest houses and hotels at affordable prices that won’t make you blue. “Throw in Late Night sessions when anything can happen as the performers chill out with impromptu jams that often extend in to the next morning, and you have a recipe for a great weekend. “Then of course there is the famous Pub Trail – two days of free music in the clubs, pubs, bars, and Honky Tonks of old Tenby – from noon until midnight. Fallen into hell’s ditch, baptised in brimstone, reborn in the devotion of African-American Gospel, the pain of penitentiary work songs, the jittery stomp of hillbilly rock, they have electrified and reanimated those borrowed remains with a newfound urgency, melancholy, rage and beauty. Though their nativity was in London in the latter half of the last century, these Anglo-Irish folk know that their souls were forged further back and farther west. “In the smaller venue located a few metres away, the Rugby Club, there will be more delights, including a Tenby first for Miraculous Mule. “Supporting Marcus will be Zoe Schwarz’s Blue Commotion of whom Classic Rock magazine observed (May 2013) -the challenge Blue Commotion set themselves is to try and put an original spin on some familiar sounding material via Zoe’s expressive, effortless phrasing and the band’s subtle use of layered instrumentation.’ Marcus’s music is a mix of deep toned grooves ranging from heavy rock to soulful blues/rock ballads.Ī quick word here from Blues Matters – do check out Marcus, who is a first rate performer and who has a particularly fine guitar slinger alongside him in Stuart Dixon. He has appeared at the Royal Albert Hall with BB King, and headlined numerous festivals in the US, and Europe. Marcus has a vocal range similar to Paul Rodgers and is a heavyweight rock/blues musician whose career has included a stint on UA/Capital records and Motown. “The previous evening in the same venue, Marcus Malone will be performing. True to form for this chip off the old block, the young Allison injects every bit as much energy into his live shows as his late father did. “Headlining the main venue, the De Valence, on the Saturday evening, will be Bernard Allison, the guitar-playing, singing and songwriting son of the late, legendary blues guitarist Luther Allison.
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