REVIEW from The
Bournemouth Echo : Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne 14th May 2005
The ever-amiable Dave Kelly, South
London Blues Legend and slide guitarist extraordinaire – has an agreeable
habit of surrounding himself with seriously hot musicians.
So even when he’s not playing with his
old mate Paul Jones or The Blues Band it is always worth checking out the
musical company he keeps. At The Tivoli on Saturday he did us proud,
teaming up with one of the finest female singers around - Christine
Collister, and a superb band made up of an astonishingly talented bunch of
old mates.
The performance was rich in atmosphere
and soul.
Sure there was a nod in the direction of
John Lee Hooker, but mostly this gig stretched out way beyond the purist
blues that Kelly is usually associated with.
Whether performing Let It Be Me, Tears
of a Clown, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down or Guilty they were right
on the nail with spine tingling arrangements that made the songs their own
without ever losing the essence of the originals.
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From time to time GTA specialise in
constructing interesting and eclectic tour bills …. Blues / R&B / Pop /
Roots Music.
Currently booking for Spring 2006:
May 2006 will see
DAVE
KELLY and CHRISTINE COLLISTER
touring again!
No strangers to working
together on recordings, Dave and Christine have decided to hit the road
for a second tour performing a mix of songs and styles. These two excellent vocalists
will be singing their own acoustic favourites as well as duetting with The
Dave Kelly Band on a few surprise songs including a little bit of country,
rock, soul, blues, folk and pop - you ain’t heard ‘em quite like this
before !
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DAVE KELLY & CHRISTINE COLLISTER
with
THE DAVE KELLY BAND
A wondrous, powerful, melodic and infectious set of soaring vocals,
eclectic material.... and brilliant musicianship.
Irresistible dancing soul music - rootsy R&B with a touch of
hillbilly 'n' country.
Confused.......... you won't be.
Stunned....... you will be.
World renowned Blues-man DAVE KELLY
and
the remarkable CHRISTINE COLLISTER
(who according to Mojo "can sing the birds down off the trees").....
make a very rare appearance together, along with Dave's brilliant
band:
Pick Withers (Dire Straits) on drums,
Peter Fillieul (Climax Blues Band) on keyboards,
Gary Fletcher (The Blues Band) on Bass
and Peter Emery (Jo Anne Kelly) on Guitar.
This is a unique opportunity to experience a fabulous evening of
stunning voices, irresistible music and marvellous musicianship.
Treat yourself - you know you deserve it.
Hi-resolution
photos available from:
www.gtamusic.co.uk
NB: There will
be a 20 minute solo opening set by Gary Fletcher
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Previous
GTA tours include:
The
Great British R&B Legends
tour in
Autumn 2003 proved to be
hugely popular with venues. Click
here
for info on this.
The 2003
American Festival of the Blues II tour
featuring:
Bobby Parker Junior, Deitra Farr
and Michael Roach all touring and performing
with the incredible Otis Grand & the Big Blues Band.
Click here for more info on this
tour.
The 2002 American
Festival of the Blues I
tour featuring:
Eugene Bridges,
Angela Brown, Catfish Keith and Michael Roach.
The Great British Soul
Train
toured in 2001,
featuring The Foundations, Geno Washington and Zoot Money.
For full details
of all dates and venues on any forthcoming tours see
