Do you think there would be any mileage in Nick doing something like this? What theme could it be? http://www.nme.com/news/paul-heaton/50596
Probably, Steven. :confused1: I was thinking along lines of The Tunnel Tour - you have Bristol, Liverpool, the one in Aberdeenshire (?), Edinburgh has...any more? The Cafe Culture Tour - taking in cafe venues, ie Azuza in Marlborough, Green Note in London, Kitchen Garden in Brum, The Chattery in Swansea...where else? Quite liking the idea of this one! And who thinks Bury Met is a goer as a venue for future? :thumbup:
Why do birds sing? Nick Harper review under construction.... Tweeting seems to be the vogue these days and there are various theories why do birds sing. From entertaining their own kindred to a form of communication evolved over aeons. If you asked me why does Nick Harper bother to aerate his amazing fretboard and vocal skills, then my reply would be of a similar winged vein. I find him one of the most talented acoustic/electric songsters hanging around the bushes these days. Plus there is intelligence woven into his lyrics, melodies and even banter. From blackbird warnings of planetary doom to magpie cynicism of road kill victims interspersed with the swallow songs of summer love reaching mezo-soprano. Must run in the family from his dad, Roy Harper, who has been similarly altruistically prophetically entertaining us since the Sixties. If you like artists who cleverly depict life and death in all it's emotional philospophical magical shades of colour, then Nick is you man. It's pure Zen! Bird song can sound serious and humorous and he manages to mellifluously mix it all into one. For all his talent Nick is still largely unrecognised by the mainstream masses. Perhaps he's too idiosyncratically clever for them? Just like his dad perchance? Forget all the superfluous, music industry machine stuff churned out on the radio everyday. We are dealing with reality here. Or, pointing us in the right direction of communicative hope, to achieve some form of realness within us all. Nothing to do with aggrandisement and self-congratulatory accolades of popular music chart accomplishment. It's real heartfelt messages, and it's hard not to be overwhelmed by the experience. You feel like jumping up on the stage and giving him a brotherly hug. Depends how much you've been drinking in his songs I suppose? Or imbibing with them! Go and see him! Witness the Zen oozing out of him, man/woman! Let that bird song take you to other levels where you belong with him, the planet, the universe and all birds in the garden. May change your life a smidgeon, pigeon, like his dad did to me all those breaking dawn choruses so long ago..... To be continued maybe.....after the next...well roll another one! andi
Cafes sounds good, how about cafe red in Bognor? It's a nice cafe, it sells alcohol and they have music but so far the music is ****!
Was it you, Barry, who once mentioned a Brighton place? I have a whole tour of cafes now! There are loads. Paper Aeroplanes are doing a similar tour, that is what brought the idea to mind when Sarah asked if I knew any cafe venues.
Probably not, don't get to Brighton much theses days. Dave and Sue Burnham are the ones to ask about Brighton, I would think.
Probably me, the Sanctuary Cafe in Brighton was an old hang-out. I doubt you'd get more than 70 in the basement though. http://www.sanctuarycafe.co.uk/Sanctuary/Welcome.html
That was the one I was thinking of. I remember the decor. But sounds like they do not promote, just hire out? I will pass these on to Paper Aeros, thanks Trav and Barry.
FANS with NO MONEY! (but word of mouth) How about College towns, Art/Music Schools, Coffee Houses and open jam nights? Open Jams seem to be growing in Chicago-land. Cross pollination with BLUES, Jazz, Rock, Poetry?... Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park (maybe not this year. Lady Gaga AND Greenday are both performing... is that odd?) Austin,TX. Santa Fe, NM. Ithaca, NY. (Music and Art hubs. And Green leaders).
Good....? Good name for a tour theme pinched from his dad's lyrics? A lover's journey through IT. andi
