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Brussels Rhythm and
Blues Club
Saturday 17 November,
2012
Sounds
Jazz Club, 28 rue de la Tulipe, 1050 Ixelles
The
Pretty Things (UK) plus Eric Moens’ Jive
The BRBC is delighted to
welcome back the legendary Pretty Things, with Phil May, Dick Taylor and Frank
Holland, playing an acoustic set. Named after the Bo Diddley song 'Pretty
Thing', the band were an important part of London's early 60s rhythm and blues
scene. By the mid-60s they were known in the UK press as the "uglier
cousins of the Rolling Stones" with Phil May claiming to be the longest
haired man in the UK. Dick Taylor played with his Dartford Grammar contemporary
Mick Jagger in Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys and was the first bass player
in the Rolling Stones, before Bill Wyman, but decided to go to the London
Central School of Art (where he met May) rather than stay in the Stones.
Contemporaries of the Kinks, the Who, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, The
Pretty Things had a string of mid-60s hits including 'Rosalyn', 'Don't Bring Me
Down' (both covered by David Bowie on 'Pin Ups'), 'Midnight to Six', 'Honey I
Need', 'Cry To Me' and 'Come See Me'. Lasting commercial success eluded them,
partly because the music industry regarded them as too wild and uncontrolled
compared to the Stones or the Beatles. They released the first ever rock opera
'SF Sorrow' in December 1968, which Pete Townsend admits was an inspiration for
The Who's Tommy, and the psychedelic masterpiece Parachute in 1970. The Pretty
Things were awarded Mojo magazine's Heroes Award in 2009. You can see videos of
their fantastic December 2011 BRBC concert here:
The
Pretty Things - Midnight to Six@BRBC 10 Dec 11 The
Pretty Things - Mona/Pretty Thing@BRBC 10 Dec 11 The
PrettyThings - You Can't Judge A Book@BRBC 10 Dec 11 The
PrettyThings - Baby Please Don't Go@BRBC 10 Dec 11
BRBC
houseband Jive, featuring Eric Moens and Afrim Jahja on
guitars and vocals, will be performing their hugely popular R'n'B repertoire,
featuring classics by Fleetwood Mac, the Yardbirds, Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley,
Elmore James, Steve Miller, Eric Clapton, Ry Cooder, Rory Gallagher, JJ Cale
and others. Check out clips of Jive at the BRBC, playing Grand Funk Railroad’s Heartbreaker , Rory
Gallagher’s Laundromat , Albert King's Born Under a Bad Sign , Fleetwood Mac's Oh Well and Man Of The World , the traditional Black Betty , Thin
Lizzy’s Jailbreak , The Flaming Groovies' I Can't Hide and Elmore James' The Sky Is Crying .
Concert starts 9.00 pm promptly Participation aux
frais - 10 euros
Come
and enjoy an Italian meal before the music starts
BRBC
will return on 8 December with Gene Taylor (US) plus Eric Moens' Jive .
You
can keep in touch with events via the BRBC website: http://www.brbc.be/ and the BRBC Facebook group ,
and see BRBC concert videos:
http://www.brbc.be/concertvideos.html
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October 25, 2012
