Review: Sugarland Slim (duo)

Subject: Review: Sugarland Slim (duo)
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 29 Oct 02 - 10:23 AM

Last time I saw this young UK band there were four of them but last Thursday at Jagz in Ascot (UK) they were down to two: harmonica and acoustic guitar (bass player left in the summer and lead singer & rhythm guitarist was out with a broken jaw after losing his mobile 'phone to a mugger in London). So a completely acoustic set: lots of Robert Johnson, Skip James, Son House material and not a bad audience (about 30) for a blues night. The guitarist handled most of the vocals and did a good job (doesn't sing like Clapton unlike most UK modern blues singers, [except Glenn Headley who does a good Howlin' Wolf], more like Bert Jansch). He played fingerstyle, slide and lap steel on the same acoustic guitar, and according to their web site has never had a lesson. He's only 24 (doesn't it make you want to spit?) and none of us felt cheated at seeing only half a band. Personally, I'd like to see more acoustic performers but the "play behind the head" plank spankers bring in a bigger crowd.
Catch them if they come your way.
RtS
(Sorry this is late,I'm a bit preoccupied with 20 tons of beech tree in my garden! Tree surgeon said laconically: "The don't make greenhouses like they used to"! When he's uncovered it I may enter it for the Turner Prize!)

Subject: RE: Review: Sugarland Slim (duo)
From: Bullfrog Jones
Date: 30 Oct 02 - 09:08 AM

That's the way they originally started out, as a duo, playing sessions around Stony. I have to admit I think I prefer them that way!

BJ