Black Cat Bone/Andy Barbour & Dave Horne - The Poetry Club, Glasgow Saturday 20th April 2024

It's now Saturday, I'm in the car heading towards The Poetry Club at SWG3, I'll be honest, I had to check the conversation from last night as I had forgotten the name of the band. Sorry lads! I get to the venue, as I'm getting the tools ready to go, a couple of the lads introduce themselves, then they head off to get themselves prepared for the show.

As the crowd grows, the couple next to me start a conversation about the band, a nice wee chat, but for some unknown reason, the woman thinks I'm security, how she got to that I'll never know, I have two cameras hanging either side of me, long hair and a shirt covered in pin badges lol.

The crowd is growing as the support take to the stage. Two lads with acoustic guitars, Andy Barbour & Dave Horne, for the next half hour or so, play blues laden songs. When their set is over, there is an extended break before our headliners take to the stage. 

The lights dim, and the band comes onto the stage to cheering and clapping. I usually check on platforms to check out bands I don't know, but as I was busy editing, for tonight's gig I was flying blind. After a minute or two of final tuning up, Jamie, Ross, Kai and Ewan AKA Black Cat Bone, kick off tonight's fourteen track set with the addition of one of the support lads on electric piano. As I said, I knew nothing about this band, but moments into the set I am completely hooked! This band has a style of late sixties American psychedelic blues bands. They would fit in on a bill with the likes of Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company, Country Joe and the Fish, Jefferson Airplane, and The Grateful Dead but without the over indulgent solos, with a bit of The Blues Travellers thrown in.

Sunglass wearing frontman Ross freely converses with the crowd, telling us about the bands new album 'Tales Of The Amplified' which was produced by the Oasis producer Owen Morris, thankfully this band doesn't sound like Oasis lol.

Ross also tells us that the album is also available on vinyl! No biggie if you are over a certain age, but is quite a big thing these days for a smaller band.

As with todays modern trend, the band don't leave the stage to then come back for the encore, so they say their thanks to rousing thunderous applause and finish the set with a song called "Loose Juice". 

Set over, and as they pack their gear, I grab a few seconds and get a group photo, I don't know who the chap on the far left is, he wasn't onstage at any time, but the band pulled him in for the photo, who am I to argue? 

I can honestly say I am delighted I took the job to shoot this band! If you like to hear a modern twist to nineteen sixties American blues, please go check out Black Cat Bone! 

P.S I'll never forget their name ever again!!  

Til next time. 

I'll see you at the barrier!