1 Topic by BansheeUK (edited by BansheeUK 2011-11-04 08:46:10)

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Topic: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Jay Tamkin's new album - Alibi came out in September, and the lads are on the road over the next few months.

NOVEMBER

2nd Nov - The Donkey-Leicester See http://www.thedonkeybar.com/
3rd Nov - The New Roscoe See http://www.liveinleeds.com/newroscoe.htm
4th Nov - TBC
5th Nov - Olde Kings Head-Gurnett, Macclesfield
6th Nov - Clowne Blues Club See http://www.clownebluesclub.co.uk/
12th Nov - TENBY BLUES FESTIVAL  Headline @ 10pm T.R.C. See http://www.tenbyblues.co.uk/?page_id=10
18th Nov - Esquires-Bedford Main Support For Patrick Sweaney USA Now cancelled - problems at Esquires, NOT the bands
25th Nov - Ten Tors-UK

DECEMBER
4th Dec - Elme Hall

JANUARY 2012
7th Jan - Borough Blues Club, Pontypool See http://www.boroughblues.com/
12th Jan - Boogaloo Promotions See http://www.boogaloopromotions.com/gigs.html
14th Jan - MARRS BAR-Worcester

FEBRUARY
24th Feb - Holland
25th Feb - Rotterdam-Holland

MARCH
Jay Tamkin opening for Simon Townshend (Petes bro) The Tropic at Ruislip-London
SAT 17th March Simon Townshend (from The Who)+Jay Tamkin Band £10 £13
SUN 18th March Jay Tamkin Band (Discounted to £5 if you come Saturday) £8 £10
24th Mar - The Met-Bury
28th Mar  -  Eel Pie Club-London
29th Mar  -  New Crawdaddy Blues Club
30th/31st Mar  -   Germany/HollandTour

APRIL
April  1st to 30th - Germany/Holland Tour

(I'll ask round for more detail for Germany/Holland dates.)

Don't know how you'd pigeon-hole Jay; blues, jazz, soul, gospel, even some 80's AOR; but somehow he makes it work on this album. You can almost sense a story running through it (no, not a concept album). Young guy, getting ready for a Saturday night out on the town, meets someone who knocks his socks off, relationship develops and grows before things slowly change and it falls apart leaving him to question himself. We've all been there, only the genders have been changed to protect the uninvolved.

Musically, 10 really good tracks, 6 really good and would love to hear "live", but 3, "You've Changed","Don't Wait Too Long" and "Lovin' Man" are especially strong.

He's kept the same production team as previous "Sorted" album, and backing musicians, but Jay features guitar, bass, piano, organ, drums, percussion, trumpet, trombone, sax as well as horn and string arrangements.  I'll give this an 8/10

Mike

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Jay's doing a live interview with Phil Ray on LiveWire Talk radio tomorrow evening (Tues 1st Nov). Anyone wants to drop a message or pass on best wished etc, you can email in on www.livewiretalk.co.nr

Mike

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3 Reply by BansheeUK (edited by BansheeUK 2011-11-04 08:55:40)

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Even though it has a solid reputation for "live" music, the New Roscoe; Leeds, seems to have been all but overlooked by the modern blues crew, so it was a bit of a surprise to see that Jay & the band down for here.

This as the first chance I've had to catch Jay, having just missed him in Darlington last time round. Since then, Jay has adapted the line up from bass player to keyboards/bass so obviously he's going to draw comparisons with Matt Schofield. If saying your girlfriend is like Cameron Diaz, then is this a bad thing? I can't compare the sound of the two line-ups as I've only heard the first via YouTube's sometimes dubious quality. Jay's guitar though has a rich, deep voice, in some way reminiscent of Ian Parker and played well over and through the keys. However, while Jay has his list of influences, he has a sound completely his own; mixing rock, blues, jazz and gospel and when he lets it rip - which he did several times - sounds like a horny, lovestruck wolf.

The set kicked off with a "Highway Star" sounding build up before they kicked off into a strong set of all Tamkin originals taken from both albums. Mixing it with full on rockers and smooth blues, Jay went full out and was firing on all six. "You've Got The Heart" pulled out one of the best lap-jacks I've heard since Jeff Healey. A strong 90 minute set came to a close with what for my money is one of the strongest cuts from Alibi - "You've Changed"; epic. On to the encore and Jay showed his great versatility by taking over duties on keyboard while Rik went to the bar to buy him a post-gig pint.

On this kind of showing, it was disappointing to see such a low turn-out as there was - you'd almost think someone had died (O-Oh I'll go to Hell for that one...), but either Thursdays' aren't a "live" night for Leeds, or they're not yet ready for the new wave blues. Shame, because this lad and his band are as hot as any of their peers, and worth catching.

Mike

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Yes it was a real shame a great band at a great venue but no audience ,the trouble is there are quite a few pubs not far away who have half decent bands on for free.
Really enjoyed jay's set it was worth the 4 hours sleep, hangover and feeling like s*** at work all day.

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

lucky simon wrote:

Yes it was a real shame a great band at a great venue but no audience ,the trouble is there are quite a few pubs not far away who have half decent bands on for free.
Really enjoyed jay's set it was worth the 4 hours sleep, hangover and feeling like s*** at work all day.

Hi Simon,
Great to meet you down there. No hangover here, but I too  only had the 4 hours sleep, but it was worth it. First time at the Roscoe, haven't done a gig in Leeds for ages.... Having a look at what's on, you probably know of them already, but if you like Mick Taylor era 'Stones, check out Deadstring Brothers next week-end.

Cheers
Mike

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6 Reply by BansheeUK (edited by BansheeUK 2011-12-02 08:34:49)

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Jay's got some radio interviews lined up from now into next January

23th Nov - Jay will be interviewed by Doug Parish for 10Radio 105.3-Somerset 'live' See http://10radio.org/

24th Nov - Jay to be interviewed on Venture Radio with Tracy Clarke @ 8pm

8th Dec - Jay to be interviewed live @ 10.30pm with Rob Maltman Marlborough FM

12th Dec - Jay to be interviewed live @7.30pm http://www.bayfm.co.uk/ Exmouth-with Doug Parish

16th Dec - Jay on BBC Radio Devon 'LIVE'

6th Jan - Jay live interview on Radio Isca-Exeter @10pm

Almost a tour in themselves; that's thinking out the box......

Mike

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7 Reply by BansheeUK (edited by BansheeUK 2012-02-23 08:39:08)

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

BansheeUK wrote:

Jay's got some radio interviews lined up from now into next January

23th Nov - Jay will be interviewed by Doug Parish for 10Radio 105.3-Somerset 'live' See http://10radio.org/

24th Nov - Jay to be interviewed on Venture Radio with Tracy Clarke @ 8pm

8th Dec - Jay to be interviewed live @ 10.30pm with Rob Maltman Marlborough FM

12th Dec - Jay to be interviewed live @7.30pm http://www.bayfm.co.uk/ Exmouth-with Doug Parish

16th Dec - Jay on BBC Radio Devon 'LIVE'

6th Jan - Jay live interview on Radio Isca-Exeter @10pm

Almost a tour in themselves; that's thinking out the box......

Mike

Some more dates for 2012 also:-
JANUARY 2012
7th Jan - Borough Blues Club, Pontypool See http://www.boroughblues.com/
12th Jan - Boogaloo Promotions See http://www.boogaloopromotions.com/gigs.html
14th Jan - MARRS BAR-Worcester

FEBRUARY
24th Feb - Nix - Enschede
25th Feb - L’Esprit - Rotterdam

MARCH
2nd March - Swanage Blues Festival EAST BAR @ 8.30pm start
5th March - Express FM(Portsmouth) 8.00pm live session / interview with Jay hosted byGeoff Dorsett.
7th March- Spitfire Radio
8th March- Warwick Cavern (See http://www.four90stores.co.uk/warwickca … r-12.html)
14th March - Livewire One Hour Special
‘The Jay Tamkin Show’ a special 1 hour live show hosted by Live Wire Talk.
If you would like to ask Jay a question / send good wishes please send your email to mail to livewiretalk@email.com  You can hear the show online by visiting http://www.livewiretalk.co.nr between 8pm - 9pm.             
**********************************
17th/18th March
Jay Tamkin opening for Simon Townshend (Petes bro) The Tropic at Ruislip-London
SATURDAY 17th March Simon Townshend(from The Who)+ Jay Tamkin Band £10 £13
SUNDAY 18th March Jay Tamkin Band (Discounted to £5 if you come Saturday) £8 £10
*************************************
20th March - booked
22nd Mar - New Crawdaddy Blues Club See http://www.newcrawdaddyclub.co.uk/
24th Mar - The Met-BuryBuy tickets ... http://themet.biz/event/jay_tamkin_band/1227/
25th March - Barnaby’s - Braunschweig
26th March - Downtown Blues - Hamburg
30th March - Charly’s - Oldenburg   
31st March -  Fanziskanerkloster - Saafield   

APRIL
1st April - tbc     
2nd April   - tbc   
3rd April - Kulturethingy Reigen - Vienna
4th April - Kofferfabrik - Furth   
5th April - Topos - Leverkusen   
6th April tbc   
7th April -  Frieraum - Bad Doberan   
11th April - Franzis - Wetzlar   
12th April -  Big Mama - Miltenburg   
13th April - Altes Kloster -  Kelheim   
14th April -  Bastion -  Kircheim unter Tek   
15th April - Blues -  Rhede   
18th April -  Downtown - Hamburg   
19th April - tbc     
20th April - tbc     
21st April -  Barnaby’s -  Braunschweig

MAY
19th May - Redcar Blues Club
23rd May - The Cabbage Patch, Twickenham Rescheduled due to European Tour

JUNE
9th June - Greystones-Sheffield http://www.mygreystones.co.uk/

JULY
27th July - The Unicorn Music Festival
28th July - The Central-Worthing

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8 Reply by Blues Sissi (edited by Blues Sissi 2011-12-02 10:37:32)

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

I can fill in one German tour date:
Sunday, 15. April 2012 - Blues Rhede :-) a very nice location.

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Interview with Jay Tamkin on BBC Radio Devon with Judi Spiers, includes some live, acoustic tracks:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7nc

Mike

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Mike and anyone who's thinking of seeing Jay at the New Crawdaddy Blues Club in March, the date is actually 22nd March per Jay's Gig Guide.

This different date doesn't help me much as on either of the dates I'm seeing Joe the next day a long way from Billericay. I suppose Billericay to Brighton is shorter than Billericay to Bournemouth, so not quite so bad. big_smile

I've only seen jay once and that was with Maggie at the now defunct Charlotte Street Blues in London's West End, but he made a big impression on both of us with his musicianship, excellent self penned songs and clear singing voice. If you are thinking of going to any of these gigs but are unsure, I can highly recomment Jay.

Phil

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Wooders wrote:

Mike and anyone who's thinking of seeing Jay at the New Crawdaddy Blues Club in March, the date is actually 22nd March per Jay's Gig Guide.

This different date doesn't help me much as on either of the dates I'm seeing Joe the next day a long way from Billericay. I suppose Billericay to Brighton is shorter than Billericay to Bournemouth, so not quite so bad. big_smile

I've only seen jay once and that was with Maggie at the now defunct Charlotte Street Blues in London's West End, but he made a big impression on both of us with his musicianship, excellent self penned songs and clear singing voice. If you are thinking of going to any of these gigs but are unsure, I can highly recomment Jay.

Phil

Thanks for that Phil - sometimes I don't think my eyes are strong enough for my glasses....

Mike

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Re: Jay Tamkin Band Autumn/Winter Alibi tour.

Dates for Germany/Holland:-

Fri March 30th  Charly's Oldenburg   
Sat March 31st  Fanziskanerkloster Saafield   

Sun April 1st         
Mon April 2nd       
Tues April 3rd   Kulturethingy Reigen Vienna     
Weds April 4th  Kofferfabrik Furth   
Thurs April 5th  Topos Leverkusen   
Fri April 6th       
Sat April 7th  Frieraum Bad Doberan     
Wed April 11th  Franzis Wetzlar     
Thurs April 12th  Big Mama Miltenburg     
Frid April 13th  Altes Kloster Kelheim     
Sat April 14th  Bastion Kircheim unter Tek   
Sun April 15th  Blues Rhede   
Wed April 18th  Downtown Hamburg   
Thurs April 19th        
Fri April 20th         
Sat April 21st  Barnaby's Braunschweig     

Mike

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