outroads

outroads - original blues rooted folk/rock band 'their raucous edge is offset against the sad soft tones of harmonica and violin; this could truly be ‘twenty first century blues’” jo.w, radio1 ‘the sound of the deep south from up north, combining the warm glow of bourbon with the sharp kick of tequila. edgy, melodic, they define new retro. gorge your senses with the lush contemporary soundscapes and atmosphere of outroads.” A.Needham, The pretenders

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Boardwalk Gig - 18th Jan 06

Quite a strange line-up this one. Couldn't quite figure out what the organisers had in mind...

First up an acoustic duo; female vocals, male acoustic guitar. Sounded like a mix of fairly old (60's/70's) familiar covers and possibly originals scattered here and there. Unfortunately not a great crowd to make these two feel loved, went down pretty well considering.

Outroads played as if to a much much fuller audience. By this stage (around 9.30pm on a Wednesday night) the crowd had swelled to a massive 25, maybe 30 people. It seems nothing will get these vipers out mid-week of a chilly Sheffield evening.
But.....believe it or not, Outroads sold every album!! Impressive to say the least. The sound wasn't the best I have to say, which makes the latter all the more gob-smacking.

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