Ricky Cool - Fri 11th May 2012 - KATIE FITZGERALDS
Tickets £5 cellar bar 8pm
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The Rhubarbs - Fri 16th May 2012 - KATIE FITZGERALDS
Door Price £3 cellar bar and marquee from 2pm
John Otway - Thu 17th May 2012 - In concert at Katie Fitzgeralds
Tickets £12 cellar bar 8pm
Although his first single, "Gypsy"/"Misty Mountain" was released in 1972, Otway shot to fame on the back of punk rock and a gymnastic performance on The Old Grey Whistle Test. His sixth single, the half- spoken love song "Really Free" reached number 27 in the UK Singles Chart in 1977.
It would be his greatest success for some time and consequently is still easy to track down on the second-hand market. Much scarcer is the picture cover which was only present on a small proportion of the singles. Rarer still, and almost impossible to find, is the advertising sleeve, a die-cut thin paper sleeve printed with an advert for the debut album, snippets of newspaper and magazine reviews and a cut-out "Really Free" body sticker. The song earned him a five album deal with Polydor Records, who viewed him as a punk rather than merely an eccentric.
His first album, recorded with Wild Willy Barrett, was produced by Pete Townshend but sold only fitfully. The follow-up singles fared no better despite some imaginative promotion, which included an offer for Otway to come to a buyer's house and perform the 1979 single, "Frightened And Scared", if their copy was one of only three copies from which the vocal had been omitted. Otway's and Barrett's only other UK chart success came in July 1980 with "DK 50-80", a modest #45 hit.
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Trevor Burton Band - Fri 18th May 2012 - KATIE FITZGERALDS
Tickets £5 cellar bar 8pm
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The Toy Hearts - Thu 24th May 2012 - KATIE FITZGERALDS
The Toy Hearts have been making music together for over ten years, partly because the core trio of the band is made up of family members, and partly because they are old school when it comes to music. They have honed their skills the hard way by gigging across the UK, USA and Europe, the result being that they deliver an exciting, energetic and dynamic live show, packed with just the right amounts of sweetness, sass and style. Hannah sings lead and plays mandolin, accompanied by her sister Sophia on harmony vocals and lead guitar. The girl’s father Stewart backs them on banjo, dobro and steel guitar, while honorary ‘family’ members complete the line up on double bass and fiddle.
In October 2010 The Toy Hearts released their third album Femme Fatale, which was recorded in Nashville TN earlier that year and produced by Grammy nominee David Mayfield. Perhaps their most significant recording to date, Femme Fatale aptly demonstrates their song writing maturity and a further honing of their now identifiable sound that draws influences from bluegrass, gypsy jazz, western swing, country and blues.
Two download singles, ‘Femme Fatale’ and ‘The Captain’ have been released from the album both with accompanying music videos to the delight of an ever increasing online fanbase. The Toy Hearts continue to get great coverage in the specialist press, Guitarist, Acoustic, R2, Country Music People but have also had extensive features in the more mainstream national Press such as, The Independent, The Sunday Express and The Star on Sunday. 2011 sees The Toy Hearts profile going from strength to strength as they are scheduled to perform at major UK festivals, Cornbury, Bestival, Shambala and Moseley Folk. Also in the pipeline is a live BBC session with Bob Harris airing the first weekend of September.
Check out their video for Femme Fatale - filmed in the Cellar Bar at Katie's...
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KATIESFEST 2012 - 24th/25th/26th May 2012 - KATIE FITZGERALDS
Tickets £3 Cellar bar and Marquee
The Sounds Of Silence - Thu 31st May 2012 - KATIE FITZGERALDS
A tribute to the music of Simon and Garfunkel
Tickets £5 Cellar bar
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