A gig held at The Thunderbolt on Saturday 20th July. The event starts at 20:00.
The FRaTHouSe moves to the Thunderbolt, for a very special one off appearance from 60s Freakbeat legends .
THE SORROWS
Celebrating 50 years of FREAKBEAT music!!
Songs performed live include most of the first Album TAKE A HEART, with DON FARDON (see more info below) on lead vocals.
The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal'Freakbeat' band. Formed in 1963 in Coventry, they were the hardest, most aggressive and contemporary R&B band of that time yet one of the most overlooked bands of the British Invasion.
Edgy & raw with their hallmark boomy raucous vocals, lightning fast guitar solos and frantic thudding drums. The musicianship is excellent yet the band failed to achieve too much success probably due to the fact that their brand of proto-punk rock and roll, was simply too ahead of its time.
Support from .
HI CLASS JOES
Playing storming 60s British R&B. R'n'R and Beat Combo
Plus
DJs Alex Fuzz & Craig Steptoe Spinning 60s Garage and Freakbeat sounds .all on original 45 RPM!
@ The Thunderbolt - 124 Bath Rd, Bristol, BS4 3ED.
£10 advance tickets BristolTicketShop or message facebook'The FraTHouSe' for Paypal (no fee) £15 on the Door.
DON FARDON
Sold well over ten million records.
With a 2011 Europe-wide hit under his belt, four sold-out gigs are set at Coventry's Ricoh Arena, where he will play to 10,000 people.
Don formed the Sorrows in 1963. They won the local Battle Of The Bands competition; The prize was a recording test at Pye Studios. But John Schroeder (Sounds Orchestral) signed them on the spot.
After the Sorrows had had their day, Don hit big with'Indian Reservation' .. It turned into a worldwide hit selling an estimated three million copies.
His brilliant sides of hip 60s club sound with big bold brass, swinging string arrangements, rocking guitar and groovy Hammond, backing Fardon's rich baritone have been filling up floors at modernist events for quite some time.
File them under'Mod R&B groover / blue-eyed soul dancer / garage fuzz dance floor filler'
Don recorded a fine piece of psych-pop in 1969, called'I'm Alive': another cover, but one which far surpassed the US original - it pretty much sank without trace at the time.
However, Coca Cola picked it up for a six month tv campaign, and then Vodafone decided to use the song for a Europe-wide campaign. Suddenly Don was in demand and the song was back in the charts, in Holland and across Europe, in 2011.
The early'70s saw Fardon with another unexpected hit single, 'Belfast Boy,' a tribute to perhaps the greatest footballer of all time - the legendary womaniser, boozer and top striker for Manchester United and Northern Ireland, George Best.
Following the band's break-up Whitcher and Lomas went on to record at Air Studios under Mike Sullivan.
Lomas in the early 1980s became a record producer for his own company, ROLO productions, and produced 1980s ska bands such as Bad Manners. In 2003 Lomas produced the Grammy Award winning album, Jamaican E.T. for Lee"Scratch" Perry.
In 2011, The Sorrows was reformed by Fardon and Packham, and they began performing live again. The new line-up comprised Fardon (vocals), Packham (bass), Nigel Lomas (drums), Marcus Webb (guitar) and Brian Wilkins (guitar, harmonica).
Entry requirements:
THE SORROWS
Celebrating 50 years of FREAKBEAT music!!
Songs performed live include most of the first Album TAKE A HEART, with DON FARDON (see more info below) on lead vocals.
The Sorrows are considered perhaps to be the archetypal'Freakbeat' band. Formed in 1963 in Coventry, they were the hardest, most aggressive and contemporary R&B band of that time yet one of the most overlooked bands of the British Invasion.
Edgy & raw with their hallmark boomy raucous vocals, lightning fast guitar solos and frantic thudding drums. The musicianship is excellent yet the band failed to achieve too much success probably due to the fact that their brand of proto-punk rock and roll, was simply too ahead of its time.
Support from .
HI CLASS JOES
Playing storming 60s British R&B. R'n'R and Beat Combo
Plus
DJs Alex Fuzz & Craig Steptoe Spinning 60s Garage and Freakbeat sounds .all on original 45 RPM!
@ The Thunderbolt - 124 Bath Rd, Bristol, BS4 3ED.
£10 advance tickets BristolTicketShop or message facebook'The FraTHouSe' for Paypal (no fee) £15 on the Door.
DON FARDON
Sold well over ten million records.
With a 2011 Europe-wide hit under his belt, four sold-out gigs are set at Coventry's Ricoh Arena, where he will play to 10,000 people.
Don formed the Sorrows in 1963. They won the local Battle Of The Bands competition; The prize was a recording test at Pye Studios. But John Schroeder (Sounds Orchestral) signed them on the spot.
After the Sorrows had had their day, Don hit big with'Indian Reservation' .. It turned into a worldwide hit selling an estimated three million copies.
His brilliant sides of hip 60s club sound with big bold brass, swinging string arrangements, rocking guitar and groovy Hammond, backing Fardon's rich baritone have been filling up floors at modernist events for quite some time.
File them under'Mod R&B groover / blue-eyed soul dancer / garage fuzz dance floor filler'
Don recorded a fine piece of psych-pop in 1969, called'I'm Alive': another cover, but one which far surpassed the US original - it pretty much sank without trace at the time.
However, Coca Cola picked it up for a six month tv campaign, and then Vodafone decided to use the song for a Europe-wide campaign. Suddenly Don was in demand and the song was back in the charts, in Holland and across Europe, in 2011.
The early'70s saw Fardon with another unexpected hit single, 'Belfast Boy,' a tribute to perhaps the greatest footballer of all time - the legendary womaniser, boozer and top striker for Manchester United and Northern Ireland, George Best.
Following the band's break-up Whitcher and Lomas went on to record at Air Studios under Mike Sullivan.
Lomas in the early 1980s became a record producer for his own company, ROLO productions, and produced 1980s ska bands such as Bad Manners. In 2003 Lomas produced the Grammy Award winning album, Jamaican E.T. for Lee"Scratch" Perry.
In 2011, The Sorrows was reformed by Fardon and Packham, and they began performing live again. The new line-up comprised Fardon (vocals), Packham (bass), Nigel Lomas (drums), Marcus Webb (guitar) and Brian Wilkins (guitar, harmonica).
Entry requirements: