Dec 2, 2019
The view from #stageside @dreamthemesuk excellent! #lifeonmars (at The Lexington) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ktAk2Hodp/?igshid=ks07wv3l0j5a
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The view from #stageside @dreamthemesuk excellent! #lifeonmars (at The Lexington) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ktAk2Hodp/?igshid=ks07wv3l0j5a
@disturbed @johnmoyerbass #amexstage #americanexpressstage @aclfestival #backstage #stageside #imanass #acl2018#myproducer #aclfest (at Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL)) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5KaY1hqpC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=c4xyv0yv05ul
@slayerbandofficial coming into the stage 6/10/18 #slayerfinaltour #thrashmetal #stageside #slayerworldtour2018 #jiffylubelive #epic #dreamcometrue (at Jiffy Lube Live)
Felt like a private concert last night with Pablo Cruise. Thank you @jennifer.maudin and Brian Hill for stage side seats at an epic performance from a legendary band. 💯👯🥂😬👍🏻🙌🏻😎🤗🕺🏻⚡️🎸🎤#rio #pablocruise #stageside #iconic #neverendingfun #70s #winning #deervalley #parkcity (at Egyptian Theatre - Park City, Utah)
Clicky Fingers at the Liggers Banquet...
… it was all a bit ‘clash of the ages’ at Cambridge Audio’s London offices, as louche laddish 70s rock met the Instagram generation (while Plunger looked on from the sidelines…)
The first #Stageside event organised in Southwark by Instagrammers @London (#yesIhavenoideawh@Imtypingnow) was probably the most photographed in town so far this year, with an invited audience of 200 lucky folks taking pictures of themselves taking pictures of other people taking pictures of the DJ’s turntables…
In amongst all that were The Second Sons, officially Plunger’s ‘Find Of 2017’ (yes, they’ve been going since 2015 but we’re a bit slow on the uptake) with Nick Harding on vocals, Chris Harding on guitar and vocals, Alessandro Cinelli drums, Marco Cinelli guitar and George Price bass.
As their look might suggest, Second Sons owe a lot to a bygone era but (much like past ‘Finds’ Rosco Levee, Du Bellows, Maker, Mike Ross) they make it all their own. And they have totally nailed that late 60s/early 70s testosterone-fuelled street-fighting braggadocio… From the barrelling boogie of Down The Line with its sassy, brassy slide to the driving snare-led Stax soul cover of Homer Banks’ (via Taj Mahal) Ain’t That A Lot Of Love, the band positively vibrated with energy and aggression.
There’s no escaping the observation that The Second Sons do bear more than a passing sonic resemblance to Dartford’s finest, which is just fine by Plunger. Nick has all the belligerent sneering inscouciance of Jagger and Chris and Marco evoke the guitar-glory days of Keef and Mick, all evident in the in-yer-face vox, rolling-toms-and-power-chords and southern-fried interjections of Letter To Harvey; in What You Need Is Love’s Some Girls southern soul with its ‘Oooh-ooohs!’ and the punky whiplash Jumpin Jack Flashery of Can’t You See.
That feel was enhanced by the addition of two guesting musicians: Jade Danielle Williams’ stunning voice supplied the rafter-shaking 20 feet From Stardom backing vocals and Dominic Thatcher’s punchy sax brought meaty texture to Lend A Hand’s fast Tumbling Dice-vibe with Chris and Nick sharing vocals, the Brown Sugariness of Light It Up and a particularly fine solo on the bustling rock’n’roller Best Of Me. The sax also had a very brief lyrical outing to close the hazy come-down acoustic-led Wild Horses country rock of There Comes A Time, which was also adorned with sublime soaring Bettsesque guitar.
Plunger favourites on the night were the slinky, southern swagger of Sick Of It All, with gutsy harp and a classic 70s false ending, topped with an extended rocking coda punctuated by spine-tingling vocal interjections from Jade, and the slinky Exile-tinged lope of Ain’t It A Shame, the essence of the night in one song: luscious slide, blaring sax, and hair-raising front-of-stage vocal exchanges between Jade and Nick, plus another echt 70s ‘jazzy-drum-quiet-bit-with-discursive-guitar-noodling before a full band return for a lengthy blow-out coda.
Fantastic entertainment from a brilliant band: It may only have been rock and roll, but we liked it.
Liked it,
Yes we did.
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