Conference marvin::uk_music

    Yep,
    	one here, am going to see him at the Town and Country club
    	on the 29th November. Should be a laugh.
    
    AjH
    

    Town and Country club where?
    

    Kentish Town?

    Yes the Town and Country club at Kentish Town.
    I believe it is sold out but I may be able to lay my hands on three
    tickets if anyone is interested, no promises though !!!!!
    
    AjH
    
    

    YES PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

    
    Town and Country Club ?
    
    Have fun finding it!
    
    I got lost on the way there, and on the way back, with so many
    diversions and one way systems, is really difficult to follow 
    a map :-( .
    
    -Tony

    If you're feeling really generous - you can tell us how to get
    there....
    :-)
    
    Karina

    
    Believ me Karina, I still don't know how I got out!!
    
    I really wouldn't like to give directions, It would probably get
    ya even more lost.

    take the tube to Kentish Town then turn right out of the entrance
    (on kentish town high st/road I think) and walk about 500 yards
    and it is on the opposite side of the road
    
    AjH
    

    Thanks, but I don't have a car...
    
    :-)
    
    (Wish I had now though....)

    Yer all wimps!!
    
    I'll be parachuting in without the aid of a map or a photo......
    
    Seriously though, take the right out of Kentish Town tube, walk
    up 2/300 yards, past the large pub (SWP meetings on Wednesdays!!)
    then take the left fork when the road splits in two.
    It's just past the Bull and Gate pub a.k.a the Hype Club and resembles
    a disused cinema.
    Last time I was that way, the pub across the road had Eric Bell
    (ex-Thin Lizzy) on for nothing
                                                     
    See ya
    
    Bob

    You going too?  Or you just showing off your geographical knowledge
    of London.....
     
    :-)

    Nah, I'm not going, I know the area cuz my sis-in-law lives just
    up t'road
    
    Bob 
    
    p.s. Confused but determined - good one ;^)

Speaking of being 'confused and determined'.....

I had assumed that when you people started alking about Steve Earl, you
meant the country music singer Steve Earle, who has a couple albums out
in the States.

But this morning, I heard the song "Copperfield Road" (on WBCN, for all
you people in the Bosotn area), and it was not a country song at all (at
least not Nashville-type country).

So what's the deal? Is this a different Steve Earl? And is he from your
side of the pond? Or is is the same Steve Earl from Nashville, but with
a more rock sound?

Confused, but determined to get more confused.....8^)
Alan S.

    It's the same Steve Earle, with his backing band the DUKES
    albums include EXIT 0 and COPPERHEAD ROAD.
    
    At least I think it is the same guy, I think he has moved towards
    being country rock, as I have an early compilation album of his
    which I suppose is more of a country sound but still has a rock
    influence nevertheless.
    
    Andy
    

    It is the country singer Steve Earle, from your side of the pond.
                                       
    His last album is rather different from the previous ones. I once
    mumbled to someone he reminded me of (old) Bruce Springsteen and
    my nose still hurts.
    
    I do like the country & western stuff though.... and things like
    Sweet Little '66 - yum. My mind has gone totally blank for other
    songs... And I heard them solid for about three weeks! Why is it
    Dwight Yoakam comes to mind too....
    
    
    
    

    Is this the chap who had a single a while back called The Rain Came
    Down, or something like. I liked it a lot, sort of similar to a
    single by Green on Red from a couple of years back called Time Aint
    Nothing (BTW, they're a band worth checking out)
    It was sort of country rock, I s'pose - anything more straight country
    sounding than this and I tend to start going off a bit.......
    Is this fairly representative of his sound - also, how close to
    straight country is Dwight Y.
    Karina - don't compare *anyone* to Stringbean please, I reckon if
    we all keep quiet about him for a while he might disappear 8^) 8^)
    
    Bob
                                                    
    

    There was a passing reference to SPRINGSTEEN in an interview with
    Steve Earle in this weeks NME, I hasten to add that it was just
    passing though. Earle seems to be a bit of a character though
    
    Andy

    Dont know which one I prefer yet - Dwight or Steve... Dwight is
    so wonderfully heartbreaking! "Pain" I think the word is...
    
    I mean lines like "She wore red dresses and now she lies dead" and
    "Today I had another bout of sorrow", Favourite one "It won't hurt
    when I fall down this barstool". Pure depression...
    
    I like Steve Earl - but he seems more sensible - or haven't I listened
    properly....                                       
    
    

    I see in this week's NME that Steve Earl is working with the Pogues.
    That could be interesting....
    
    Bob

    The gig on Tuseday night was really good. He was on stage for almost
    three hours the set rolled form one song to the next effortlessly.
    
    He did mention the pogues on several occasions as his current single
    is a joint venture with them, I think it is called JOHNNY COME LATELY.
    
    Andy
    

    Apart from "Bubba" - Sorry Andy, but that really got at me!
    
    But I agree - absolutely brilliant (so why did I miss the first
    hour? Grrrr!)
    
    Karina

    
    Just as a slight aside, the gig wasn't as packed on the dance floor
    as some gigs.  You can really get close to the front at some gigs
    there.  It's fast becoming my favourite Lndon venue.
    
    "We pray for souls, in Kentish towns ....."
    
    David.