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16287 (and counting) posts since we started blogging 16 years ago. 169 of them this year alone and, so far, 41 this month (Mar 18).

From This Moment On ...

March

Fri 29: FILM: Soul @ The Forum Cinema, Hexham. 12:30pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Fri 29: Classic Swing @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: Rendezvous Jazz @ The Monkseaton Arms. 1:00pm. Free.
Fri 29: New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band @ The Oxbridge Hotel, Stockton. 1:00pm. £5.00.
Fri 29: Abbie Finn Trio @ The Vault, Darlington. 6:00pm. Free. POSTPONED!
Fri 29: Thundercat @ Newcastle City Hall.
Fri 29: John Logan @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Fri 29: True Colours @ Barrels Ale House, Berwick. 9:00pm. Blues, jazz & swing.

Sat 30: Papa G’s Troves @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Sat 30: Pete Tanton’s Cuba Libre @ Whitley Bay Library, York Road, Whitley Bay. 8:00pm.

Sun 31: 4B @ The Ticket Office, Whitley Bay Metro Station. 3:00pm. Free.
Sun 31: Ruth Lambert Trio @ Juke Shed, Union Quay, North Shields NE30 1HJ. 3:00pm. Free. Lambert, Alan Law & Paul Grainger.
Sun 31: Sid Jacobs & Tom Remon @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 7:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig. USA/London jazz guitar duo.
Sun 31: Bellavana @ The Globe, Newcastle. 8:00pm.

April
Mon 01: Harmony Brass @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Mon 01: Ray Stubbs R&B All Stars @ Billy Bootlegger’s, Ouseburn, Newcastle. 3:00pm. Free.

Tue 02: Jam session @ The Black Swan, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free. House trio: Dean Stockdale, Paul Grainger, Abbie Finn.

Wed 03: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ Cullercoats Crescent Club. 1:00pm. Free.
Wed 03: Darlington Big Band @ Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills Social Club, Darlington. 7:00pm. Free. Rehearsal session (open to the public).
Wed 03: Take it to the Bridge @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.

Thu 04: FILM: Soul @ Forum Cinema, Hexham. 2:00pm. Jazz-themed film animation.
Thu 04: Vieux Carré Jazzmen @ The Holystone, Whitley Road, North Tyneside. 1:00pm. Free.
Thu 04: Funky Drummer @ The Globe, Newcastle. 7:30pm. Free.
Thu 04: Eva Fox & the Jazz Guys @ Prohibition Bar, Newcastle. 8:00pm. Free. A ‘Jar on the Bar’ gig.
Thu 04: Tees Hot Club @ Dorman’s Club, Middlesbrough. 8:30pm.

Thursday, November 04, 2021

The Washboard Resonators @ The Globe, Newcastle - Nov. 3

Martyn Roper (guitar, banjo, banjo ukulele, harmonica, kazoo, whistle, vocals); Jack Amblin (washboard, percussion, bells, bones, jug, kazoo, whistles, handcuffs*, tap board, vocals)

For the last few years Martyn Roper and Jack Amblin have toured up and down the land, abroad too, in pursuit of a long lost era of storytellers, troubadours, vaudevillians, whistling hobos and the like. This evening the Washboard Resonators pitched up at the Globe on Railway Street on the first night of a twelve date tour. The question arose: Who would our duo appeal to? The jazz fan? The vintage blues aficionado? The alt-country, old timey type?

Snappy dressers both, Roper and Amblin take their business seriously whilst at the same time having lots of good ol' hokum fun. Opening with Sweet Georgia Brown the signs were good. The Sreamlined Rag wooed the jazz fan, Down by the Riverside appealed to the righteous, Isn't This a Lovely Day to be Caught in the Rain? (from Top Hat) featuring Jack Amblin's vocals surely appealed to all. 

Resonator guitars are an arresting sight and when played well they sound great. In the hands of Roper they sound just that, great! Big, bold, loud, you could hear him comin' on down the line. Amblin strapped on his washboard and found time to bang, hit and blow sundry other things, juggling them all as if in a travelling circus. As the evening drew to a close, perhaps the question remained unanswered as to who the Washboard Resonators appeal to. Perhaps they've several constituencies, tailoring their set from town to town. Next time they're in town, go check 'em out. And 'next time' just happens to be next month at Bobik's (that's upstairs at the Punch Bowl on Jesmond Road) on Sunday 12th (3:30pm).                      
Don't ask! Russell

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