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The countdown is ticking, only 3 weeks to go until...
AMERICAN FESTIVAL WEEKEND (July 1-3)
Leading up to the event we said we would give you an idea of what’s going on via biogs and news snippets, and this week it’s the turn of
PISTOL PETE WEARNS
They say the blues is as much a feeling as it is a music. In the acoustic songcraft of Pistol Pete Wearn, the raw holler of the blues is given an English inflection, as if RL Burnside has returned to us with the express intention of ripping up the shires. On Wearn's new album, Service Station Coffee, the well-travelled troubador documents his rip-roaring live shows - and also further develops his raw style, cooking up a complex, moreish gumbo.
Named Moonshine Magazine's solo blues artist of the year for 2015-16, Pistol Pete has been building an enviable name for himself on the live blues circuit since parting company with the electric outfit .44 Pistol in 2014. Labelled "music to drink, dance and stomp your feet to" by Derby Gig Guide, "devilishly catchy" by Staffs Live and simply "brilliant" on Yelp, the Stafford-based singer and songwriter gets every audience talking.
Armed with an acoustic guitar, a stompbox and occasionally a harmonica, Pistol Pete rips through both witty originals and homages to his blues heritage: his version of 'Make Me Down A Pallet On The Floor', released recently on 7" vinyl by Birmingham's Soul Food Project, reimagines Mississippi John Hurt's standard as a cavernous, bitter singalong; when he cuts into 'Great Balls of Fire' live, meanwhile, few pint glasses are left upright.
Service Station Coffee is Wearn's debut solo album and follows on the heels of 2015's Footstomping Acoustic Blues EP. It hones and enhances his sound yet further, featuring a selection of heart-felt original songs equal parts mordant and lively, wry and lusty. With appearances from folk star Dan Walsh, alt.country songbirds Franklin and Jones, plus fiddle, piano and more besides, the album rounds out Wearn's sound and sets him up for a fresh phase of his career.And that's saying something: Pete has already played a five-day run at the Edinburgh Fringe in the last year, toured the length and breadth of both England and Scotland, received BBC Radio 6 Music airplay, and supported the likes of ragtime guitar legend Stefan Grossman, American folk superstars The Stray Birds and New Orleans songwriter Andrew Duhon.
His is, in short, a blues holler you'll soon be hearing in every shire of the land.
Last week we showcased the ZYDECO HOTRODS who will be performing two sets on the Friday night with the assistance of DJ MICK MOONSHINE.
The Saturday will have a running time something like this……….
3pm moonshine
3-30 - 4-30 Pistol Pete
moonshine
5 -5-45 (Kym)- Acoustic Anarchy
moonshine
6-15 -7pm Big stone gap
moonshine
7-30 - 8-15 Big stone gap
moonshine
8-45 - 9-30 Hillbilly
moonshine
10 -10-45 Hillbilly
moonshine finish
We will be fund raising on the day wit the first £300 from bar sales going to our favourite Village shop and the Alms houses funds, so come on down buy some beer and help these noble causes please!
Also there will be a Barbecue and Jack Daniels and coke for only £2.50 whilst stocks last!
It’s Becky & mine’s wedding Anniversary so come on down a celebrate with us!
That’s the festival stuff for this week, more next week!
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Win a Delicious Evening of Tapas for Two People
In our free to enter prize draw for June, our lucky winner will win a delicious evening of Tapas for Two People (worth up to £50) here at The D&P.
And now it's even easier for you to enter the draw!
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Marchington Music Club
At last a visit from WHISKEY BOB SHAKER!!!
Described as……………
“A unique and wholly entertaining solo artist, Whiskey Bob is a master of bar room blues,ballads and blistering loops.
Influences include Tom Waits and Elvis Costello BUT the style is very much his own.
Chesterfield based and bringing over twenty years of experience, Whiskey Bob works the crowd like a master and always leaves them satisfied!
MISS THIS AT YOUR PERIL!
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FOOD
TAPAS NIGHT
Every Tuesday alongside our main menu, been running a month now and will continue to do so until late September.
Ideal food stuff to indulge yourself in on our patio now we have some sort of Summer on the way!!
(Also, see above how you can win an evening of our Tapas!)
CHEESE & OLIVES |
| Great new cheese board selection, all sorts of exotic stuff and a new range of olives, ranging from anchovy and chilli filled to some down right gorgeous Spanish and Italian olives.
Some lovely finger food to enjoy indoors or out in the sunshine!
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THIS WEEK WILL WILL MOSTLY BE DRINKING
A SELECTION OF BEERS FROM…… XT BREWERY, TIM TAYLOR LANDLORD, SHARP’S DOOMBAR & ATLANTIC .
AND LASTLY
Dear Mr IRON MAN organiser, of the two million that the event apparently brings to the area, what’s the chance of a bit of compensation for the inconvenience of shutting the roads to my pub and giving me one of the quietest Sunday Lunches in a long time………… Thanks a million!
Speak to you next week
Paul n
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Call us to book a table on 01283 820394
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The Dog & Partridge
Church Lane, Marchington,
Nr Uttoxeter, Staffs ST14 8LJ |
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