Jack Rose Kicks Off Live Tour Tonight

Starting tonight in Brighton (tickets here), Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers begin their week long tour of the UK, on the hairy back of a record we saw fit to slap a nine upon here.

Beside the excellent, and truly diverse array of support acts cropping up throughout the seven dates (reading like a who’s who of upcoming folk-oriented orienteers) the tour has also been marked by the implications of what has fast become a tour motto of sorts:

"Instead of making records, why don't you just wade out into your audience and beat the sh*t out of 'em with a baseball bat?"

Interesting. Hopefully they're leaving the sports equipment at home, but you can expect your senses to get a glorious pummeling from this genuinely raucous and raw band delivering their own white hot take on a timeless art form, taking in 90 minutes of pre-war US folk, bluegrass and country, with added sparkles such as full-on barnstorming renditions of Jack Rose classics such as 'Kensington Blues' and Pelt track 'Ayahuasca' (Rose and Black Twig Picker Mike Gangloff were both previously in Pelt).

Dates below...

• 2.11.09 - 8pm Komedia (studio bar)  BRIGHTON (w/ The Mariners Children)
• 3.11.09 - Cafe OTO. LONDON (w/ C Joynes)
• 4.11.09 - Miss Peapods. PENRYN (w/ Simon Drinkwater) (SOLD OUT)
• 5.11.09 - The Cube, BRISTOL (w/ Sons of Noel And Adrian)
• 6.11.09 - The Sage, GATESHEAD 7pm (w/Cath & Phil Tyler)
• 7.11.09 - Stereo, GLASGOW, 7pm
• 8.11.09 - Cecil Sharp House, LONDON, 7.30pm (w/ Peter Knight & Trevor Watts, Meg Baird and Tom James Scott)