Not exactly hot-off-the-press news, but last Wednesday's gig by Alabama 3 at the Shepherd's Bush Empire was a dance-athon winner by a country mile. There's loads of 'em in the band, I don't know their names and I hardly know the songs but it didn't really matter.Col (whose other 'arf couldn't make it due to a child nose-butting incident - hence him kindly offering me first dibs on the spare ticket, much obliged), describes this band as country acid house or summat, but I prefer the term 'Timewarp Disco with a sly nod to renegade Kinky Friedman'. Erm...well, not exactly that, but if you're a fan of The Soprano's you'll be familiar with the "Woke Up This Morning" tune (AKA "The Chosen One") which they performed just before their three encores and were joined by Mick Jones and Tony James of Carbon/Silicon on guitar duties. Why? Why not. It's quite clear that Big Audio Dynamite are a major influence on this lot. Sister Francesca Love has a fantastic set of pipes.
Mmmm, what pipes indeed.
