Eric Gales live in sleepy Dorset !

DrCornelius

My daughter is 14 and was looking for me to take her to see a band locally so asked me to see who was playing.

Imagine my joy when I found out Eric Gales is playing in Poole at the end of May. Small venue, (Mr Kyps),nice bar and £13 a ticket !

2 tickets bought and neither of them for my daughter :-)

Chris_J

What a good dad... Oh. 

Not familiar with Eric Gales, will go have a listen. 

DrCornelius

I should but one of those 'worlds greatest dads' mugs.  He's good , really good 

Collings

There is an Eric Gales Premier Guitar rig rundown just gone up on YouTube.

mburekenge

Wow! That guy is an absolute animal. What a player. Enjoy!

cruxiform

Top man!! I love Eric Gales.

guitars4you

DrCornelius said:

My daughter is 14 and was looking for me to take her to see a band locally so asked me to see who was playing.

Imagine my joy when I found out Eric Gales is playing in Poole at the end of May. Small venue, (Mr Kyps),nice bar and £13 a ticket !

2 tickets bought and neither of them for my daughter :-)

lucky git !!!!!! - no where near me for any gigs - enjoy it - love the latest album and played it loads

DrCornelius

Cheers all, I've now got 3 of my favourite Strat players coming up in May.  Robert Cray, John Mayer and Eric Gales. I knew I shouldn't have sold that K Line Springfield !

EricTheWeary

Collings said:

There is an Eric Gales Premier Guitar rig rundown just gone up on YouTube.

Yeah, that's worth a watch.

The album is really good. The YouTube clips I've seen of him live seem to be typical blues jam stuff (very well done but nonetheless quite a lot of guitar wankery) so I wonder if you'll get that or the more structured and varied approach of the album. 

DrCornelius

EricTheWeary said:

Collings said:

There is an Eric Gales Premier Guitar rig rundown just gone up on YouTube.

Yeah, that's worth a watch.

The album is really good. The YouTube clips I've seen of him live seem to be typical blues jam stuff (very well done but nonetheless quite a lot of guitar wankery) so I wonder if you'll get that or the more structured and varied approach of the album. 

It's a good point and full on blues for 90 mins would send me to the bar but I've seen loads of clips of his where he would suddenly break into a jazz run or an unexpected jazzy chord in the middle of a blues progression - he likes taking a risk or two.

Vaiai

I cannot go to see Blues players now - there's so little new (locally) but Eric and Josh Smith are 2 guys who I could listen to for hours! 
Eric is playing here in Edinburgh too - can't wait! New album is really good - some nice groove, bit of Prince in there too and some actually damn good songs. But live - he's just a freak of nature - stunning player who always does something unexpected - great rhythmically too


This is incredible - the little piece coming in at 40 secs - and then when he breaks into the screaming lead part 1 min later - ooft. The line up of guitarists behind him are no slouches either! Oz Noy, Mark Lettieri and Matt Schofield are left wondering what just happened  
He owns a stage when he walks on too.

Vaiai

Also seeing Snarky Puppy in May too
This vid is great too - 

mburekenge

Vaiai said:

I cannot go to see Blues players now - there's so little new (locally) but Eric and Josh Smith are 2 guys who I could listen to for hours! 
Eric is playing here in Edinburgh too - can't wait! New album is really good - some nice groove, bit of Prince in there too and some actually damn good songs. But live - he's just a freak of nature - stunning player who always does something unexpected - great rhythmically too


This is incredible - the little piece coming in at 40 secs - and then when he breaks into the screaming lead part 1 min later - ooft. The line up of guitarists behind him are no slouches either! Oz Noy, Mark Lettieri and Matt Schofield are left wondering what just happened  
He owns a stage when he walks on too.

Merciless! That is not even human.

Strat54

Thank I need to check him out again, not really listened to him since 20 years ago when he was far to Strat blues generic for my ears. Saw him at a blues festival in the US and he was obviously a great player but just a little too much showmanship. Looks like he's matured nicely. Thanks for the headsup.

shaunm

The support band at this gig are great too "backwater roll" 

DrCornelius

Good to know , cheers @shaunm ;

axisus

Wow, that would be a fab gig to go to!

Bellycaster

Damn, I can't believe I hadn't heard of this guy, he's awesome. Wish I was down there when it's on.

Blacksheep

Strat54 said:

Thank I need to check him out again, not really listened to him since 20 years ago when he was far to Strat blues generic for my ears. Saw him at a blues festival in the US and he was obviously a great player but just a little too much showmanship. Looks like he's matured nicely. Thanks for the headsup.

He's had a tough career path. Serious drug issues and a couple of spells in jail. He seems to have left that all behind him now. One hell of a player. 

newi123

Thanks for the heads up!

DrCornelius

bumping as tonight is the night and I think there are still tickets available