Datura4 dall'Australia '70 psych rock Dom Mariani + Sick Rose

From 20:00 to 21:30 - Terminated event -

From Tuesday 15 October 2019 until Tuesday 15 October 2019

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Datura4 + Sick Rose "Reinassance" live - Martedì 15 Ottobre ore 22.00
Ingresso 8 euro

Nascono nel 2009 in Australia e ruotano intorno alle figure chiave di due musicisti cult della scena garage di Perth come Dom Mariani leader storico dei The Stems e Greg Hitchcock già nei You Am I e nei New Christs. Hanno appena pubblicato in questo 2019 il terzo album “Blessed is the boogie” dove mettono al centro dell’ obbiettivo il sound grezzo influenzato da hard rock, blues ps...ych e garage. Canned Heat, ZZ Top e Humble Pie, ma anche Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult e i più recenti Radio Moscow, tutto frullato ad alta velocità in una prospettiva dal retrogusto decisamente acido e steso al sole del deserto australiano. La band sta ottenendo ottime recensioni e dal vivo sono una bomba!

Un assaggio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR1gBAnD7rw

Sick Rose "Reinassance"
Dopo un intenso 2018 che ha visto la pubblicazione del loro nuovo Lp "Someplace better", i Sick Rose avevano deciso di prendersi un periodo di riflessione non suonando nessun concerto nel 2019. L'arrivo in città dell'amico Don Mariani è però un occasione troppo ghiotta e visto l'avvicinarsi del trentennale di "Reinaissance" si è decisa un'estemporanea apparizione al Blah Blah con la formazione che registrò quel disco, rock and roll e Detroit sound per aprire degnamente ai Datura4 dall'Australia!

In 2009, a combo of highly respected Western Australian musicians came together to have some fun playing no-frills boogie rock n' roll in pubs around Perth and Fremantle. But it was a yearning by leader Dom Mariani to get back to his early influences that formed the foundation of the band.
“Blessed is the Boogie” is ten new songs that build on Datura4’s ‘guitars to infinity’ approach of “Hairy Mountain” (2016) and the hard rocking, progressive blues and psychedelic stylings of debut LP “Demon Blues” (2015). Both albums were released through Alive NaturalSound Records and gained critical acclaim at home, in Europe and the USA.
Mostly recorded in a studio farmhouse south of their home town of Fremantle, “Blessed is the Boogie” takes Datura4 a few swaggering steps further. Mariani continues his successful collaboration with bass player Stu Loasby (The Majestic Kelp) and drummer Warren “Wazza” Hall, the original drummer for The Drones. Upping the legend quotient on the record are long-time friends and Australian music stalwarts Bob Patient (Fatty Lumpkin) on keys and Howie Smallman (the Jaywalkers) on harmonica.
“People on the street - You got to get ready"
Kicking off with the pummelling drums and heavy riffage of ‘Black Dog Keep Running’, Datura4’s mission statement is clear: a rucksack full of boogie-sharp, heavy psychedelic rock plugged into and spewing forth from vintage amps. The title track follows, with its incessant groove and wailing harmonica and slide guitar. It’s a personal invitation from the band to get up off your seats and rock-steady. The hard rocking riffage of ‘Looper’ complements a self-loathing commentary, while ‘Run with Lucy’, fuelled by rollicking slide guitar and a chorus heavy on hooks, is an observation on a world dominated by the current crop of crazies. Their take on the R&B classic ‘Oop Pooh Pah Do’ comes thundering through on a heavy wave of riffs, as newcomer Bob Patient cuts loose on the B3. Patient’s keyboard also adds a far-out new dimension to the album on heart felt tracks Not for Me’ and ‘Cat on A Roof’.
"Get up on your feet - We're rockin' steady"
Dom Mariani came to prominence on the music scene in the 1980s with legendary garage rock combo The Stems who released a string of now classic singles that topped the alternative music charts, culminating in the release of their debut album “At First Sight…Violets Are Blue”. Mariani later went on to form revered power pop outfits DM3 and The Someloves, where his knack for writing infectious melodies gained him respect and a well deserved reputation on the international scene.
Growing up in the isolated port town of Fremantle in the 1970s on Australia's west coast, Mariani was a budding guitar player who worshipped the Beatles and Creedence Clearwater Revival. As music trends evolved, he found himself deep in Australia's burgeoning pub rock scene, thanks to hard rocking local groups like The Aztecs, The Coloured Balls, The Masters Apprentices, Daddy Cool and Carson. At his first ever rock concert he witnessed The Coloured Balls and Sitting Bull, two bands that would spark his interest in the heavy sounds of rock and blues guitar. Sitting Bull were local heroes that would eventually play at Dom’s high-school social. This, along with a music/art program GTK which aired each week day for 5 minutes at 6:30pm on the ABC that offered many of the great bands of the day nationwide exposure - set Mariani on a journey of blues and heads-down, full-tilt boogie discovery.
Datura4 debutants Bob Patient and Howie Smallman are connections to that period of Perth music for Mariani. Patient and Smallman each have weighty musical credentials, and a shared history of the psyched-out stomp of 1970’s Australian rock ’n’ roll.
“Blessed is the Boogie” wouldn’t be complete without a spooky guitar story. The guitar Mariani uses on most of the record is a ’69 Black Les Paul, previously owned by one of his early heroes: the late and much revered Sitting Bull guitarist Paul Felton. Unsubstantiated rumour also has it that this magic axe might once have been owned by the frontman of the legendary Daddy Cool. Fitting, then, that the driving, original guitar sound on “Blessed is the Boogie” has echoes throughout the rebellious formative years of Australian blues rock.