The Dirt Road Band and The Plectras
22nd February 2024 - 7:00 pm
The Grove

The Dirt Road Band is
the brainchild of guitar legend Steve Walwyn, mainly known as the longest
serving guitar player in Dr Feelgood (32 years). During this time he has
amassed a massive reputation as a guitar player in the UK, Europe and beyond.
He says, “I’d always liked the idea of a power trio stripping everything
back to basics. Guitar, bass and drums.

To help him in this, he
has recruited the services of Ted Duggan, professional drummer since the ’60’s
including stints with Badfinger and world techno giants Banco De Gaia.
“I’d worked with Ted before” Steve says “I knew he would fit the
gig perfectly”. He certainly does.

Bass player Horace
Panter is better known as a founder member of The Specials. Horace has
“groove” imprinted on his DNA. Holding it down comes as second
nature.

This then is Steve’s
dream team rhythm section that swings as hard as it rocks . “We have
started to develop that musical telepathy that makes a band more than just the
sum of it’s parts. It is a really thrilling time and keeps music alive”.

Supported by THE PLECTRAS:

Inspired by tight melody and back beat, The Plectras music is very ‘English , melodramatic and often James Bond theme like. The four piece take their inspiration from John Barry, Beatles and The Kinks with shimmering echoes of The Doors, along with some of the great New Wave bands of the 1970’s to contemporaries like Devine Comedy and Supergrass. 

Founder member Ben Haslam the lead singer and Guitarist first performed with Plectra’s Drummer Graeme Wall in the early 1990″s with pop legends Tracy Island . Chris Dancer the Bass player is well known on stage fronting various local new wave bands from the North East punk scene while latest recruit, on Keyboards, Lionel Gibson is well know in the business fronting in bands such as Fat Grapple , Future Shock and US giants of rock Canned Heat.

Venue

The Grove 1 St Michael's Rd
Byker
Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1QU
UK
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