The Grey Lady Music Lounge, Tuesday 23rd June 2015
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Headline Act: Luke Bacon
Until fairly recently Luke sang and played guitar in local band ‘Tehillah Commission’ who over a six year period performed throughout the South East (and occasionally further afield). Since their final performance in the summer of 2009 Luke has taken time working on new material, collaborating with a number of local artists and also writing songs to perform as a solo artist. Drawing from extremely diverse influences (from John Mayer to Usher), Luke sets out to write songs that interrogate the highs and lows of life, often imbedding insightful questions within carefully crafted toe-tapping melodies.
Luke is accompanied by Barnabus Shaw on piano.
Caleb Howard-Almond
Caleb is a singer-songwriter who cut his guitar strings on the mean streets of rural Kent, and now plays them out on the hilly streets of Brighton.
He spent many great years playing along side some brilliantly talented musicians and friends in a band called D-FiNiTiVE.
And after going their separate ways, Caleb decided to try his hand at some solo work. Having built up a good collection of songs, he has been dazzling audiences up and down the the South East for a good few years now. With influences ranging from Coldplay to Nile Rodgers and many in-between, a real love of the 'Brit-Pop' scene and many old soul and funk records thrown in for good measure!
Occasionally Caleb is joined on stage by some friendly old faces of former bands, mixing in a few old "HITS" and new tracks to keep things interesting!
Second Helpin'
Second Helpin’ were formed in 2011 after John S Grant and Robert Harmer met on the Internet ! following Rob answering an Ad that John had put on “Kent Gigs” and it seems they got on well.
Rob had been playing Electric guitar in bands playing Rock and Roll / Rock covers for years but had been brought up as well on listening to Country Music. He is influenced by this style of music but credits guitarists such as Eric Clapton and Joe Bonamassa as influences as well.
John began his musical ventures with Acoustic guitar with early influences such as Loudon Wainwright and Bruce Springsteen but like Rob he is influenced by many music genres. He is perhaps more of a late developer in performing but began with an Acoustic duo, then a blues/rock covers band.
Second Helpin’ began with playing covers at Jam nights around the Tunbridge Wells area and linked up with the Acoustic Valium Project where they were encouraged to write their own material. Their music is difficult to put in to a defined category but there is Country and Blues (John’s Harmonica really lifts this) and bits in between.
Vocal harmonies form a big part of what they play and so too does humour and this is evident in their first 11 track CD, ”The Road.” Following a very difficult period of non-music related issues in the last 12 months they are now re-emerging and gigging.
Alex Beharrell
From performing in a West End musical to backing singing for the great Paul Weller, Alex is a diverse powerhouse vocalist who also writes his own equally diverse songs. "I like to write songs in the moment so expect some songs to be slow with a deep meaning then suddenly a fast paced catchy upbeat tune. But all my tracks tell a story". You can expect any of his shows to be full of energy and heart. When it's all said and done you'll leave tapping your toes or humming to his catchy hooks.
His recent EP 'Mannequin Man' is his first concept EP telling his story of breaking the mould against odds and setting a course to be yourself. With heavy influence from Frank Turner this EP is proof that his songwriting is ever evolving.
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