Filed under: Press | Tags: Concert, Gig, Jonathan Selzer, Melody Maker, Trashcan Sinatras
Melody Maker’s Jonathan Selzer demands a refund after watching the Trashcans at London University.
This was an early gig with The Seers, The Milltown Brothers and headliners Ride from April 1990 and preceded the Trashcans’ gigs with Prefab Sprout later that year.
I’m sure they played a blinder, but then perhaps Jonathan didn’t understand.
21 April 1990 Melody Maker
I thought I’d get down with the kids and create a Facebook page for this blog.
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Filed under: Related | Tags: Boo Hewerdine, Brooks Williams, Eddi Reader, Trashcan Sinatras
Boo Hewerdine is not really someone I was familiar with until he’d written and co-written a fair number of songs for/with Eddi Reader. From there I discovered that he’s released a dozen albums or so throughout his career. A career which didn’t really get serious until he formed The Bible in the mid-Eighties. I’d heard the band name before but never made the connection. However, a quick look through the old CD collection, and there at the back of the cupboard, was Graceland – probably their best known single.
As well as writing for Eddi Reader, Boo has written for a number of musicians over the years including Natalie Imbruglia, Marti Pellow, Spice Girl Mel C, David McAlmont, Suggs from Madness and kd lang.
What’s all that got to do with the Trashcans though?
Well, on Boo’s last studio release, God Bless The Pretty Things, both John and Stephen Douglas appeared on half-a-dozen songs or so. John on electric guitar and Stephen on drums and percussion. The album shuffles along at a steady pace with acoustic finger-picking taking the lead on most songs over accordion, banjo, double bass and strings. Track 5, Rags, with Del Amitri’s Justin Currie, is a particular favourite.
Recently, Boo has collaborated with American singer/songwriter, Brooks Williams to form State Of The Union and John got in on the act by filming some videos of Boo and Brooks on his trusty old Super8. Watch them here.
Anyway, I’m going off now to discover some more Boo.
2009 Navigator Records Navigator11
Filed under: Related
…with the cat till three, looking at my cat and I’m half-past catting, in the cat of luxury it comes to mind, is this headboard hard, am I a cat behind.
So sang Frank at the Casbah, San Diego in 2005.
Anyhow, I’m patiently waiting for something worthwhile to come along that I can post on the archive, but in the meantime, here’s a picture of a cat…
Filed under: Press | Tags: Hard-to-Find, Music, Promo, Trashcan Sinatras
US 8″ x 10″ promotional black & white publicity photograph featuring a great image of an early Trashcan Sinatras line-up: (Left to right; John Douglas, George McDaid, Paul Livingston, Stephen Douglas and Frank Reader).
This photograph, taken by Paul Cox, was used to promote the band during the Cake era.
1990 Polygram / Go! Discs / London Recordings
Five Hungry Joes - A pictorial archive of the Trashcan Sinatras. Legendary Scottish Band 