What’s on this week
What on this week!
MUSICAL YOUTH-PASS THE DUTCHIE-FEB 22nd
Famous for Pass the Dutchie, forgotten how it goes? Have a listen:
Grammy nominated Reggae legends MUSICAL YOUTH have released their comeback Single ’The Harder They Come’, their first single in 30years. Watch out for tv appearances.
The band were the first black act to appear on MTV, and sang with Donna Summer (Unconditional Love). They also had a song written by Stevie Wonder, Whatcha Talkin ’bout.Their biggest hit being of course ‘ Pass The Dutchie’, which at one point sold 100,000 copies in a day, and went to number 1 in many countries.
The new EP’s will be out soon , ‘When Reggae Was King’ and a very surprise EP with special guest…watch press for details.
The Watering Hole survived the great storm
Good afternoon to everyone on this glorious day, defying all odds the watering hole has survived the great storm with nature building 15 ft fortified walls around Perranporths beloved monument
3rd January-Thursday evening was when the main monstrosity started, firing waves at will at the sand banks terrorizing the town and everything that stood in its path.
Many areas were flooded, leaving the community in devastation and in complete shock with what had hit the seaside town within the last few hours.
A proud community spirit instantaneously combusted with hundreds of people offering a helping hand filling sand bags and doing all what they possibly could do to help the village against surges to come with marvelous efforts put in by all.
This was then followed with days of the strong surges bashing continuously against the watering holes defensive system formed by mother nature, taking chunks out slowly losing meter by meter. It was starting to feel like we had a real battle on our hands and that the building was in an enormous amount of danger.
BBC radio Cornwall interviewed Tom Job who gave out some valuable information on the storms and how the watering hole had dealt with them in the best manor possible.
A link attached(below) showing the damage done to the watering hole in the storm with an interview by owner Bob Job:
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As you can see walls reaching up to 15 foot in height have formed a moat around this unique venue, with the wall described by some to be similar to the great wall of China and Hadrians wall
The swell on Monday morning was one that you could just stand and watch from the shore in amazement and to believe it, you would’ve had to be there, with owner Bob Job claiming to of never seen a swell with such animosity and size with such frequent periods with the swell over the last 40 plus years of being here. After this statement was made by the old chap, immediate action was taken to remove all benches from the front of the building to stop the sea from using them as a weapon to add to the chaos that had been predicted earlier in the day.
Luckily this was the view that we woke up to(below), with the building still miraculously standing as the light shines down on the last morning of the storm, after horrific conditions that we have encountered over the last few days.
None the less what has been said is that if the swell from Monday was put together with the size of the 7.7 tides on Thursday evening and the wind was a north easterly wind the watering hole would’ve been in serious danger of being washed away. This is an issue that we now need to resolve and counteract so we are not faced with it in the near future.
The ocean has demonstrated to us over the last few days, as it does now and again how powerful and dangerous it can be.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Cornish coast and everybody who has been effected by the horrendous conditions put on by the Atlantic.
Gaz Brookfield- Movember madness
WHEN: 30th NOVEMBER @8:30PM
Gaz Brookfield plays us some music for the last day of Movember so we can see the moustache out in style
He is a solo acoustic musician based in Bristol. His songs are instantly accessible every-man tales of life, love and everything else in between.
Since the start of his solo career Brookfield has had the pleasure of gigging and/or touring with Frank Turner, Newton Faulkner, The Levellers, The Ataris, Mike Herrera (MXPX), I Am Kloot, Miles Hunt, Dodgy, Jim Lockey and The Solemn Sun, Dave McPherson, and many more.
In 2010 he won Acoustic Magazine’s Singer Songwriter of the year competition, earning him, among other prizes, a slot on the Big Top stage at the Beautiful Days Festival. This led to loads of other festival appearances over that summer, and bookings for even more in 2011 and 2012, firmly cementing him as a regular on the UK festival circuit.
In December 2011, he became the first and only unsigned solo act to sell out The Fleece, Bristol. He has done this twice more since then.
Gaz recently toured the UK’s O2 Academies with The Levellers, where he broke all the venue records for numbers of albums sold by a support act every night. (Upwards of 60 albums sold per night). This secured him yet more tour dates with them in Europe in May 2013 and the UK in June, July and August 2013.
With over 800 gigs under his belt to date, he continues to tireless tour the UK, proving that the “journeyman” title is more than a simple metaphor.
Joey the Lips this Friday followed by Jonny Cowling Sunday- SESSION ON!!
Friday night- Joey the Lips
Joey the Lips gigs are performed as a ‘Show’, rather than solely a rendition of the music. the band enjoys it that way and we hope that comes across to our audiences. It’s now a huge 17 years ‘on the road’ during which the band has played over 1000 gigs throughout the UK and Europe across a huge variety of venues. From TV chat shows to headlining to a 10,000 audience at music festivals. From being booked to support Girls Aloud and Will Young to performing at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone in 2011 and at celebrity weddings, most recently for Eamonn Holmes & Ruth Langsford.
Sunday night- Comedy night with Jonny Cowling
“One of our great undiscovered comedy talents ..He gave us an hour of Pure Genius, He was Brilliant a true entertainer,who could make anybody laugh.” Fern Britton – My Story
Funny man Johnny Cowling has been delighting audiences for over 10 years. His Cornish charm andquick wit make him an Obvious choice of entertainment for his vocal Talent and Humour .
Hugely popular over the South West , His engaging Wit and Charisma – Have anyone, lucky enough to have caught a live show , booking him for further a field taking him all over the country and beyond . Yes the Road from Cornwall leads THAT far! And so Does Johnny’s Popularity.
Johnny is an entertainer who likes to get among the people during performance -with a wealth of tales and yarns to spin. Johnny has a natural warmth that makes him popular, to family audiences and adult audiences alike. His clear Cornish voice make every word (and song when singing) easy on the ear, yet still invigorating.
His topics including – The ever changing face of Cornwall, Ladies appliances, Cornish Family life, holiday makers and much much more….have his audiences laughing with tears running down their faces or running for the loo!
As well as providing his entertainment for all manner of Charity’s – Including the Children’s Hospice South West – Heartswell and Various Churches all over the Country. Johnny has more recently Cycled London to Paris for the Meningitis trust and Run The London Marathon twice for Cornwall’s Ambulances (F.L.E.E.T), raising over £10,000.
Who has Johnny Cowling been compared to….? Well, mix a pinch of Jethro ,a dab of Michael Barrymore, a spoonful of Tommy Cooper and a hunk of Elvis and standing before you would be 6ft 1 Cornishman Johnny Cowling.
Credits include -Studio Warm up – Take Me out -Dancing on Ice Celebrity Juice-Strictly Come Dancing – Britain’s Got Talent- Daves One Night Stand
Support Paddy McGuiness Tour – McIntyre Entertainments
Fern Britton’s’ 50th Birthday.
Live Warm up – Ben Elton- Jack Whitehall – Johnny Vegas-
GMTV’s search for Elvis Finalist!!!
Gospel Concerts -Gospel Music Of Elvis Presley
Radio Credits – BBC Cornwall Christmas Special with Laurence Reed and Christmas Day with Johnny Pirate FM 2010
BBC Video Nation
Corporate events incl.
Jag Mobile Phones – Silverstone
With Peter Shilton
Lloyd Yates- Saturday 2nd November plus support
-We are lucky enough to have Lloyd Yates playing live this Saturday at 9:30pm supported by Ben and Al starting at 8pm.
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Lloyd Yates is an extremely talented up and coming musician and we are lucky enough to have him with us on the first Saturday in November, I cannot speak highly enough of this guy and his music, it is completely breathtaking.
Below is a link to one of his songs- check it out.
Description
Lloyd Yates & his band are a Folk Rock act originally from Jersey, Channel Islands, now based in South East London. Lloyd draws on his experiences travelling the world, his love of family, and the raw power of nature to find insights and tap into emotions which he delivers with heartfelt, meaningful lyrics and emotional performances.
Festive weekend on its way
Well this weekend we are kicking off the half term with a bang
Friday 25th October we are holding our Halloween party- This will consist of raffles, Live bands, DJ’s, apple bobbing and much more. All of this is for a good friend of The Watering Hole, Natasha Whiting has dedicated the past few years of her life to the survival of an orphanage on the Thai-Burmese border. She built the home (literally built) with her own money and it now supports the lives of over 45 adorable children. The aim is to provide them with food, shelter and education and to make sure that every penny raised goes directly to them. They all have a story to tell; they are either orphaned or abandoned or have been given into the safe hands of the home. Over the summer there was severe flooding at the shelter and it is almost in ruins, things have become pretty hard…So we wanted to help ….
Sunday 27th October– We are lucky enough to have George Ezra supported by Sam Fender playing 2:30pm on-wards, who are two extremely talented up and coming artists who we cannot wait to have with us.
Check George Ezra out- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyGSQjyaoDA
Check his support act Sam Fender out- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCEgqBkj0Oc
Lowender Perran-19th October
Celebrating Lowender Perran in style at the watering hole with Black Friday playing, starting at 9:30pm. A festival celebrating Cornwall’s distinctive history of traditional music.
BLACK FRIDAY are a high energy folk and Celtic punk rock band from St Germans, Cornwall.
The music is a lively mix of original songs, traditional Irish jigs, reels and ballads, as well as cover versions by bands like the Pogues, Flogging Molly and the Mahones.
“I really enjoyed that! Can I buy you a double Jameson!”
– Shane MacGowan, the Pogues
“Having seen you live it was as a good a night as I could imagine stood in front of a band!”
– Mark Lamarr, DJ, BBC Radio 2
“Joe Strummer was a good friend of mine, and he would have loved your version of The Guns Of Brixton!”
– Gaz Mayal, Gaz’s Rockin’ Blues Club, Soho, London
“Any place you set up in the people would have a joyous time!”
– Mark Lamarr, DJ, BBC Radio 2
Loyatly cards-Sign up for your new one
New loyalty cards, interested? Click on the link below and you can fill it in from the comfort of your own home.
http://www.the-wateringhole.co.uk/about-us/loyalty-card-application/
The great thing about signing up for these is that you can stay in touch with all of the upcoming things going on over here, with a monthly newsletter and trust me this is one thing that you don’t want to miss out on, with musicians like Joey the lips, brass roots, gypsy queens coming up and big comedians like Jonny Cowling this is a place worth staying in touch with as the next few moths roll over.
The cards will be available from January 2014.
