playing
live at
King
Arthur, Glastonbury
Friday 22nd September 2006
review
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BBC
Somerset reviewer John Higgins came along to this gig to
check The Mangledwurzels out. His review has been posted
on the BBC
Somerset website.
Considering
the review is from someone who openly admits to not liking
tribute bands, the band accepts this critique as a pretty
unbiased view of the performance on the night and overall
think they come out of it pretty well. There were a couple
of factual errors in the review – so just to put the
record straight...
‘The Tractor Song’ mentioned in the review is,
in fact, one of the band's own compositions I Can Drive
A Tractor (Frank Blades © 2005). However, to mistake
one of their compositions for a Wurzels song is a compliment
in itself! Also, the band don't normally put 'Poo' after
'Stuck in the Midden' - but admit that they do rather like
the idea of the new title, and have now adopted it!
It was an interesting comment about the band being nervous.
Us! Nervous? Never! Seth and Jethro may have been a bit
'ferry-lagged' as they had recently travelled back from
their Ireland excursion. And, of course, there is the transition
from Guinness and Murphy’s back to proper Somerset
Scrumpy that may have been a factor! As the band has played
the King Arthur a few times before (and will be back next
year!) they know the crowd there can be a little 'excitable',
so they are always on our toes! There was that rather amorous
(read 'drunken') lady who attached herself to Hedge... Perhaps
she did make him a little nervous!
From a musical point of view, Jethro does have an accordion,
but with only the two musicians in the band (Hedge still
has that court order banning him from playing any musical
instrument within two miles of an audience!), he can't play
that as well as the tuba, bass guitar, banjo and piano all
at the same time. The five-pound 'Casio keyboard' (it was
actually a vintage 1980s Roland synth) has been upgraded!
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Wurzels
Tribute Night
Normal
pub opening hours; The Mangledwurzels will be performing
from 9pm. |
Venue
Info
King
Arthur, 31-33 Benedict Street, Glastonbury,
Somerset BA6 9NB
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