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Grant
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 Posted July 3rd, 2009 04:14 PM IP   
The Hamish Stuart Band are playing the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh on Sat 01
August at 9pm.
This is part of the Edinburgh Blues & Jazz Festival.
lifted from Hamish's website
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Al
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Posted July 3rd, 2009 04:34 PM IP
Yeah, I noticed that too Grant. May check the old diary...
Al
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Grant
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Posted July 9th, 2009 09:11 PM IP
Give me a shout if you decide to go Al.
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Ivy
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Posted July 13th, 2009 04:35 PM IP
Does Hamish ever play in the States?
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mark
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Posted July 13th, 2009 11:00 PM IP
No.
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Harry
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Posted July 13th, 2009 11:49 PM IP
Ivy......not as Hamish....or his HSB band. But he has toured the past two years here with.....Ringo Starr's ...all stars. And...if Im not mistaken....did PUTP....with those guys as his solo....I think its on You Tube. "Outside of a dog....a book....is mans best friend.......inside of a dog.....its too dark to read".......on that note..........Outside of those of us here in the States....who go on this forum......and some extreme "Paul McCartney"....fans....who know him as his backup from a while ago....I dont know who would know of him here in the States.
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Harry
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Posted July 13th, 2009 11:56 PM IP
And .....by the way..........at least for me...I cant get on his web site.....its down once again. Its like its.....3 months on....3 months off....this past year.
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JOOLS
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Posted July 14th, 2009 07:04 AM IP
Harry, we had a link to that not that long ago, I think that I may still have it in favourites, yes I have..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&...feature=related
Ivy,
I seem to remember reading somewhere that HSB would love to tour the states but as always it's down to the $.
I did catch the HSB a couple of years ago, and they were fantastic.
It is difficult to find out when or where they are playing even in the UK.
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Harry
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Posted July 16th, 2009 02:46 AM IP
And just..like that....Hamish's web site returns. But...it took a fan...to announce his coming gig...in Scotland..not he..or his web site. More evidence to me...he will never tour the States. He barely ..."tours" the UK. But...as I said.....AWB still has their own bin in almost every record store.....they really are....still a name. Hamish Stuart Band....is nowhere near that...in branding. You could say...no one knows him here. Strange to us here...but a reality.
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Grant
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Posted August 2nd, 2009 09:37 AM IP
Saw Hamish and his band last night in Edinburgh.
Quite, quite exceptional - he had Ralph Salmins and Graham Harvey among the musicians there with him so you can understand the quality we are talking about
Of AWB tracks he played Atlantic Avenue, Whatch Ya Gonna Do, Person to Person, Queen of My Soul and encored with Pieces.
Unspoken Love, Let's Stay Together, The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell) and oldie from the 40's Some Other Time which he had ''Donny Hathaway'd a bit'' and Ray Charles Just for the Thrill were also in there and his Muhammed Ali tribute song.
Courtesy of Molly's sister Shirley I also got to meet the great man and the band after.
Quality music
Grant
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Al
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Posted August 2nd, 2009 12:57 PM IP
Sounds like you had a great time, Grant...nice one!
Al
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Posted August 2nd, 2009 03:12 PM IP
Grant,
One of the posse called me early this morning and told me about your message and he and I agreed -- You just described the perfect Saturday night for an AWB fan, and/or a fan of Soul and R&B, period. To be able to see and hear Hamish Stuart singing Atlantic Avenue or Whatch Gonna Do --AND-- "Queen of my Soul" (It's the song I think about when I think of Hamish) -- Hey Grant that experience had to be PRICELESS?! What an amazing concert that must've been?
IF-IF-IF Hamish ever makes it over to this side of the pond, I would willingly pay a king's ransom to see his show.
I also continue to believe that the very fact that Hamish dips into his AWB past with such gusto to pull out gems such as Queen of my Soul and others, tells me his affinity for AWB is unshakeable regardless of his feelings about ever doing a reunion gig.
While I have a deep appreciation for Eliot Lewis and Klyde Jones and the excellent work they did - and are still doing, there remains just one Hamish.
He is the signature voice and the timeless voice of AWB.
John (AWB Class of '75)
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mark
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Posted August 2nd, 2009 10:56 PM IP
Having seen H play dozens of times - albeit not so much recently - and the one word I wuld use about him and his band is exactly that described above ..ie quality.
As you may know, I'm lucky enough to run a young soul collective and, amongst other things, we actually now have a residency at the 606 where Hamish plays each month. Although we like to think we're pretty good - and we got a pretty A class line up when we open for AWB iin Brighton - and can hold our own with pretty much any other band, anywhere, any place ...we openly acknowledge we ain't nowhere near as good as the Hamish Stuart band, They are in a different league...they are just everything an organic groove band could want to be and certainly the benchmark for all to strive for.
Our PR blurb states we are a 'collective of young soul musicians influenced and inspired by not only the American greats but also by UK artists like Hamish Stuart and Lewis Taylor' and that's totally the truth. Some of Hamish's band see our shows from time to time and say nice things about us...and as i say we're pretty good. But we also know HSB are the industry standard and, well, the best!
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Ivy
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Posted August 3rd, 2009 07:57 PM IP
Quote:
Grant wrote:
Saw Hamish and his band last night in Edinburgh.
Quite, quite exceptional - he had Ralph Salmins and Graham Harvey among the musicians there with him so you can understand the quality we are talking about
Of AWB tracks he played Atlantic Avenue, Whatch Ya Gonna Do, Person to Person, Queen of My Soul and encored with Pieces.
Unspoken Love, Let's Stay Together, The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell) and oldie from the 40's Some Other Time which he had ''Donny Hathaway'd a bit'' and Ray Charles Just for the Thrill were also in there and his Muhammed Ali tribute song.
Courtesy of Molly's sister Shirley I also got to meet the great man and the band after.
Quality music
Grant
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I'm so super jealous!!!
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Harry
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Posted September 13th, 2009 05:44 PM IP
I think Hamish is having or had a big...gig this weekend. Of course......his on again off again web site is not working. Did anyone...on this forum go to that gig.....Id love a report. I keep thinkin and hopin for at least a "live" album from him. And this would have been a great opportunity for something like that.
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Posted September 16th, 2009 10:30 AM IP
Hamish was due to play the 606 on Monday but has to be in Belgium so has pulled out. Steve Rubie has asked Soul Reality (Johanna Harman, Terry Lewis et al) to fill their shoes (we're very good, I think as musicians we're a match or better than most - AWB included - but we won't come close to getting it down like Hamish gets it down). But it does mean we get to play with Hamish's (and many other famous peoples guitar player Adam Phillips who, I believe, is gonna sit with us). Maybe I'll get Jo to sing 'Person To Person' in honour of the great man!
I keep telling her shes a lucky girl sharing a stage with these talents (Klyde and Fred last week, Adam hillips next week). I think she appreciates it (even if at 25 she had no real prior knowledge of these people!) and, she's got those raw soul/blues pipes to more than carry it all off.
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JOOLS
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Posted October 13th, 2009 07:14 PM IP
That's fantastic Grant.
It sounds like a studio cut too
Many thanks for posting up the link.
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JOOLS
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Posted October 15th, 2009 07:32 AM IP
I've done a bit of digging and found that you can download the actual podcast here
http://www.oneland.co.uk/Podcast/rss.xml
E3, Right click, then save target as.
I also enjoyed the Peter White interview and tune too.
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