FLASH HARRY play a foot stomping, highly danceable set with songs from the swamp lands of Louisiana to the hills of Kildare, bridged by bluesey bottleneck riffs in the vein of Rory Gallagher. The band comprises fiddle and mandolin player Pete Watson, guitar and ukelele Roger Slade, saxophones and whistle Vicki Burke, stick bass Chris Mitchell and drums John Furlong. Musicianship is to the fore with fiddle, sax and guitar combining to produce an unusual mixture of musical variations, complemented by 4 part vocal harmonies. Our 4th CD 'Who's Harry' is in the shops now at the bargain price of a fiver.......honest guv.
Try our archive site where you can download some of our material from the 80's.
www.myspace.com/flashharryarchives
It is great to see you guys still going. Hope all well. Might be in Europe during July and August, maybe we'll catch up. Meanwhile,tk good care of yerselves.
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Details of how to apply for this years festival can be found in our blog or on our website. Check it out!
We'll be hosting our first fundraising party of the year at the end of the month! You'll get to spend the evening in the company of The Ten Pound Suit Band as they rip through a set of non-stop, rebel rousing fun!
That's right! "The best swingabilly band in town!"
Date: Sat 31st Jan. Venue: La Tasca. The Triangle, Clifton, Bristol. Time: 8:00pm kick off. Tickets: £5adv from Bristol Ticket Shop.
Yes after several months of playing far-flung planets in the outer reaches of the galaxy (Devizes, Swindon, even bits of Wales!), The Atomic Rays are returning to their home turf of Earth.
Or more precisely Bristol.
They will be at the Bunch of Grapes (a regular haunt if ever there was one) on Friday 19/12/08 for a bit of Christmassy Rock.
(There may well be fairy lights, Slade and The Crystals done a la Deep Purple)
Yes, we know its probably your office party but I bet you're right round the corner. What better way of impressing the typing pool (do they still have such things) than by dragging them to a proper pub after the party to see a proper rock covers band doing whatever it is The Rays do (flamboyance, theatre and energy, I believe)?
Don't forget its free...
And if that isn't enough, remember that tickets for The Rays' New Years Eve bash at The Prom are currently on sale from The Prom and the Bristol Ticket Shop (£15).
And that's on 31/12/08.
Obviously.
The next Bristol gigs currently booked aren't until late February so it would be nice to see you in December.
(And don't forget we are currently sporting a new guitar Ray!)
Top greetings from Muttley Towers You might be interested in this low key night: Erich (Berlin) keyboard wizard - ( one time player with Sharon Tate's Children from Stuttgart ) is playing Accordian and keyboards for an acoustic set with Carl and Muttley types as support on voice and acoustic guitar..it is free/donations night upstairs at the Lansdown Pub, Clifton, Bristol Sunday 1st June 2008. Keep up that music going folks.
