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I hope that he will come to Belgium and The Netherlands.  Great guy and guitarplayer.
Walter from Belgium

Couple of Spring UK dates for Oli & RavenEye:-

Feb 28th - Greystones, Shefield
Mar 13th - Fruit, Hull
Mar 20th - Kiln farm Club, Milton Keynes

Oli and his hooligans have been chosen to support none other than Slash on upcoming North American tour and Oli has gone to Kickstarter with a bundle of offers to help raise funds for visas & travel expenses (they’re looking to hire & self-drive 8,500miles).

If you want to check out the goodies, or you’ve got holiday money left over, go to - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12 … nav_search

Each pledge goes into a draw for an exclusive Olive green Hofner.

The shows are as follows, if you'd like to follow along:
•01-Oct The High Watt (With The Glorious Sons) Nashville, TN
•03-Oct Louder Than Life (Festival) Louisville, KY
•07-Oct Mill City Nights ** Minneapolis, MN
•09-Oct Grey Eagle Event Center ** Calgary, Canada
•10-Oct Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium ** Edmonton, Canada
•12-Oct Queen Elizabeth Theatre ** Vancouver, Canada
•13-Oct Moore Theatre ** Seattle, WA
•15-Oct The Depot ** Salt Lake City, UT
•16-Oct Fillmore Auditorium ** Denver, CO
•18-Oct The Warfield ** San Francisco, CA
•20-Oct Wild Horse Pass Hotel And Casino ** Chandler, AZ
•21-Oct House Of Blues ** Anaheim, CA
•23-Oct Hollywood Palladium ** Hollywood, CA 24-Oct Aftershock (Festival) Sacramento, CA
•24-Oct Aftershock (Festival) Sacramento, CA

**With With Slash, Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators

Looks like they’ve managed to book return flights - just seen dates announced for Ebbw Vale in December….

Got my pledge reward, signed copy of RavenEye's debut EP - Breaking Out last night. Oli and the gang are certainly rockin'out. Its a bit hard to take in the reversal of trend; that this once immaculately turned out, be suited young man has turned into a jeans'n't rocker, like a refugee from Sons of Anarchy....

However, clothes only maketh the man, not the music, and Oli is certainly turning it up a few notches; there's not fault with his guitar playing, and his essential song structure is very sound; my biggest concern was whether his voice would be powerful enough to ride over, and it is; he seems to be using a lower register than previously.

I don't think it's much of a shock; when you go back to his debut, Open Road, his take on Black Betty owed as much to American Ram Jam as it did to Leadbelly.

Looking forward to some tour dates in my neighbourhood; but to be going on with:-

Dec 05 Sat
Brain Freeze
Ebbw Vale     The EVI (NP23 6BE)

Jan 29 2016
Cardiff    Fuel Rock Club (CF10 1BR)

Jan 31 2016
Leicester    The Musician (LE1 2DE)

Feb 12 2016
Sheffield    The Greystones (S11 7BS)

HOLY COW!!! Or words to that effect..... If it looks like Oli Brown; if it walks like Oli Brown; but it makes a glorious, brain-crushing roar, then it must be RavenEye. The metamorphosis is complete; from be-suited Blues munchkin to hyper-active dark elfling. Oli isn't so much pushing the Blues envelope as dragging it by the [guitar] neck, kickin' and screamin' into new territory; not so much the 1970's "heavy" power-trio Blues, but more a Seattle "grunge" feel, not unlike Soundgarden....

This though isn't some "side-project" for Oli; Oli is one third of this monster. Up front, matching Oli's guitar riff for riff is powerhouse bassist Aaron Spiers, and though he's at the back, there's no way you can ignore Kev Hickman pummelling the drum like a demented octopus; one of the best young drummers I've seen in a while and really pleased that's he's found a band that "fits" him. Put these three elements together and the energy released is amazing; Oli flies round the stage (and the floor) like a mad-thing, bouncing off the walls, the drums and Aaron who's prowling and chasing him round; Kev is hammering out powerful beats while looking like he's swatting the other 2 off his kit. And there's the air of spontaneity; Oli's known for having a wonder through the crowd, playing guitar; sitting on Aaron's shoulders doing it, while Aaron's playing bass is a bit of a twist; but to decide to climb the balcony railings while singing is a bit new - I'm sure that had the crowd been a bit thicker there'd have been some old-school stage-diving.... No doubt about it, Oli's been unchained, and he's got a couple of mates of the same mind with him.

As for the music, well, if you're expecting No Diggityand the like, then no chance; this was a 75 minute set of the Breaking Out E.P. and a load of new stuff which, the guys want to get into a studio and record, really soon. It's powerful, driving stuff, but Oli still knows how to hook his audience in, Roxanne style; there are, quieter moments that skilfully allow the crowd (and band) to catch their breath, but then it's back to headbanging glory.

Would I want to go see them again? Quoth the RavenEye - All The More.....

Edit:- from Worcester, a couple of nights earlier...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtoQqfn_xF8

Just heard that Oli's gang have been added to the bill at this year's Download.

Debut album Nova to be released on Sept 23rd.  Pre-order now from Oli's or RavenEye sites.