This message is to announce that the ever-eclectic Wild Hare
Club returns to Lyde Court on Wednesday 24th July for a
rare performance by US singer-songwriter Tom
Russell as part of a short UK tour.
For those unfamiliar with his work, Russell’s music is broadly in the
country tradition but is imbued with elements of folk, Tex-Mex, blues and much
more. A consummate storyteller,
Russell’s songs have are often cinematic in scope and populated by characters,
real and imagined, as wild and vivid as the landscapes in which they’re set. Simply put, if you wanted to choose one
performer to personify what is meant by Americana, then you could do no better
than by choosing Tom Russell.
With over twenty solo, band and collaborative albums to his
name, the Tom Russell songbook has provided many rich pickings for other
artists. Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith,
Doug Sahm, Joe Ely, kd lang, and Iris Dement are just some of the musicians who
have covered his songs. Russell’s many
collaborators include desert rock band, Calexico, and the cult writer, Charles
Bukowski.
For this performance Tom will play two sets accompanied by
Thad Beckman and there will be no support act.
Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets are
£15 (seats not allocated). Book early as
tickets have been selling steadily even before getting the publicity out and this
show is expected to sell out.
So here, to get you in the mood is a Youtube link of Tom performing The Ballad of Edward Abbey - a tribute to the author of The Monkey Wrench Gang and some other great books and one of the people who inspired Earth First.
