Sun 12th September – Quill at The Wetmore Whistle
Aug 12th, 2010 | By Chris Towland | Category: Live Music, Wetmore Whistle, Whats OnQuill
Sunday 12th September
Doors 2.30pm Free Entry
AT A TIME WHEN LIVE MUSIC SEEMS TO BE TURNING TO ‘TRIBUTE BANDS’ QUILL HAVE SET OUT TO DO SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERENT AND OVER THE YEARS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE MUSICAL STYLE WHICH HAS CAPTURED MANY OF THE INFLUENCES THAT MAKE UP THE SOUND OF QUILL.CELTIC IN IT’S ORIGIN BUT BRIM FULL OF ENERGY, SHOWMANSHIP AND THEATRE, THEY DELIVER A MIX OF CELTIC, POP, ROCK.
ESTABLISHED BANDS WITH SUCH PROFESSIONALISM DO NOT APPEAR OVERNIGHT, IT TAKES TIME, EFFORT AND DEDICATION TO REACH THE HIGH STANDARDS OF PERFECTION NEEDED TO STAND OUT AMONG THE MANY TALENTED BANDS ON THE TOURING CIRCUIT.
AS WELL AS GIGS IN THE UK QUILL HAVE TRAVELLED EXTENSIVLY PLAYING FESTIVALS AND VENUES ALL OVER EUROPE,WHERE THEY HAVE SUPORTED THE LIKES OF ‘VAN MORRISON’ ‘THE PRETENDERS’ ‘SIMPLY RED’ ‘PAUL CARRICK’ TO NAME BUT A FEW.
QUILL TAKE THEIR AUDIENCE ON A WHIRLWIND RIDE OF CLASSIC COVER VERSIONS AND THEIR OWN ORIGINAL MATERIAL,FROM MOONLIGHT SHADOW AND JIG A JIG,TO THE SELF PENNED GOING HOME AND HARVEST.
JOY STRACHAN –BRAIN LEAD SINGER ENERGETICALLY THROWS HERSELF INTO THE PERFORMANCE WITH KATE MCWILLIAM FIDDLE PLAYER AS HER PARTNER IN CRIME,AS THEY DANCE AND PLAY AROUND THE STAGE.WONDERFUL ECLECTIC VOCALS AND HARMONIES,ADMIST DUELING GUITAR AND VIOLIN ARE BACKED BY SOLID BASS DRUMS AND KEYBOARDS.
at The Wetmore Whistle,
93 Wetmore Road,
Burton-upon-Trent,
Staffordshire, DE14 1SH.
Telephone: 01283 515762
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