First Bands Booked For Christmas Night Out 2007

[yankenuck]

Anyone have any info about pipers who played with "WINGS" for the Mull of Kintyre tune

[jdcarra]

:roll: Anyone have any info about pipers who played with "WINGS" for the Mull of Kintyre tune

See http://www.kintyreforum.com/viewtopic.p ... ll+kintyre

[£3.73]

I have a hankering to play in Carradale over the festive period !

Does anyone on this forum have tthe wherewithall or the cohones to book a great live band for a great night out up in the Dale ?

PM me

[Malky]

:roll: Anyone have any info about pipers who played with "WINGS" for the Mull of Kintyre tune

Or try http://www.campbeltownloch.com/photogallery.php?photo_id=123. Remember, you can click on the photo for a close-up although that's a bit scary

Malky

[general jack o'niell]

hope you find someone, its small but always had a great atmosphere, you could always book it yourself, hire a bus from the town, used to pay off years ago, no reason it wouldn't now, your reputation precedes you, but with the bus the trick is to get at least 20 in the boot, our record was 81 in a 54 seater.

[bill]

hope you find someone, its small but always had a great atmosphere, you could always book it yourself, hire a bus from the town, used to pay off years ago, no reason it wouldn't now, your reputation precedes you, but with the bus the trick is to get at least 20 in the boot, our record was 81 in a 54 seater.

I assume it was advertised as an O.A.P'S mystery tour?

[IainJ]

Violent Echo



Formed in Campbeltown in 2003, Violent Echo played at the first Christmas concert in 2006. They supported the Peatbog Faeries in February of the same year at the first J.I.G. Events/Dunaverty Hall concert and Idlewild at the MOK Fest in August 2006.

This popular four piece band are:

Andrew Martin on rhythm guitar and vocals
Iain Maclean on lead guitar and backing vocals
Ross Angus on bass guitar
Jamie Leask on Drums.

Violent Echo describe their sound in their new web site site at www.freewebs.com/violentecho as “contemporary rock sound with a little hint of pop/punk" and “A quintet of four young performers who love to rock a crowd out through the use of pure energy and raw talent. A session of honest music that has pleased a wide demographic of music lovers and kept them coming back for more”.

I think that says it all.

Iain

[IainJ]

Twisted Melons



The Twisted Melons hail from Campbeltown and comprise of three brothers, Paul on vocals, Guitar, and guitar synth, Stephen on bass, bass synth and Vocals and Mark on Drums, v -drums, Synth and vocals. The band’s sound combines art pop, psychedelic metal, electronic noise and progressive rock and they play regularly in and around the Glasgow scene.

Since releasing their first acoustic demos on the Kintyre Music Co-operative release “Mayhem on Main Street in 2001 the band have released three recordings to date “Local”, “Gandhi” and “Deadly and Amazing”. Available on-line at www.tunetribe.com/Artist?artist_id=20312 amongst other places.

Having played many times at the MOK Fest Survivors Night they moved onto the Saturday night all standing concert and supported Deacon Blue at the MOK Fest two years ago. This is the second J.I.G. Events/ Dunaverty Hall concert the boys have played at, as they also appeared at last years Christmas concert along with Violent Echo and Catch 22.

Check out the bands web page at www.twistedmelons.com for more info on them.

Iain

[IainJ]

The Democrats



The Democrats from Kintyre and Mid-Argyll headline this years Christmas Night 2007 and play at their first J.IG. Events/Dunaverty Hall concert. Formed earlier this year The Democrats have in that short time become one of the most popular bands touring on the West Coast, this year headlining the Hogmanay celebrations in Oban. Playing a range of music from the sixties to the present the members of the band are Jamie Mclafferty on vocals and bass, Dougie MacArthur on keyboards and vocals, Colin Campbell on guitar and vocals and George John Murphy on the drums.

The band members are pretty familiar to anyone who has followed the music scene around Kintyre for the past few years and you can get more information on them on their web site at www.thedemocrats.co.uk . Having already played an outstanding performance at the MOK Pipe Band Championships dance earlier this year they are really looking forward to playing the Victoria Hall again.

The Hall will have a tables and chairs layout and tickets at £14 are available from A.P. Taylor's Main Street, Campbeltown with limited amounts available at the door. Doors will open at 8.30pm with Showtime at 9.00pm and a licence till 2am in what promises to be a monster of a show, don’t miss out.

Iain

[£3.73]

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[IainJ]

Had a few people asking when the various bands are on so I thought I would post it up on here to make sure if your going you don’t miss the band you really want to see.

8.30pm doors

9.00pm Start

Soviet Medicine

The Lemmings

Violent Echo

Twisted Melons

The Democrats

DJ Mix

2.00am Finish

Won’t put in exact times for each band in case things run over but I would expect by the time Violent Echo start it will be around the 10.20 – 10.30 mark. As each band goes on the sets will get bit longer with the Melons and the Ecka about the same and a longer set from the Democrats, as they are the finishing band.

As I mentioned earlier we are going with a tables and chairs format, as we want it to suit all no matter if you are there to dance or to chat. We have extended the concert to 2.00am as we noticed a few people coming in later so we thought we’d make sure they still get a good nights entertainment. There will still be tickets at the door I expect but we won’t be trying to cram in as many as possible so if it gets really busy we will stop selling as it is always good to have a comfort zone at these type of events.

Willie Durnan will be supplying the Lights and the PA will be provided by the Democrats and the Twisted Melons with a helping hand from Jamie Girvan.

Hope that explains a few things.

Iain