Kevin Ashcroft : vocals/guitars/Some Keys
Drums: Tony 'Stix' Smith
Bass: Pete Taylor
Influences
Original music kinda bluesy, sometimes rock n roll all built around the guitar playing and music of Kevin Ashcroft - sometimes just a laid back piano ballad but beware - no cheesey ballads here just the melancolic echos of a broken heart in every chord....
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'YOU GAVE ME THE BLUES album now available' ...............................................................................................
theKAB is a project by Kevin Ashcroft, Pete Taylor and Tony Smith who are are based in Birmingham West Midlands and play mainly original blues/rock n roll music along with some haunting gutsy ballads. We all have primary bands so theKAB is our own personal project - we have just released our first album which contains 11 original tracks showcasing our blues and rock n roll with a couple of ballads thrown in. The album is entitled 'You Gave Me The Blues' and features Kevin Ashcroft on Vocals / Guitars / Keyboards, Pete Taylor on Bass Guitar and Tony Smith on drums. It is available on Defamation Records as a CD (www.yougavemetheblues.co.uk)and also digitally on iTunes (www....com.ygmtb-itunes) HMV (www....com.ygmtb-HMV) eMusic ( www....com.ygmtb-emusic ) etc.
The 11 tracks are
1 You Gave Me The Blues (Full Version)
2 Theres No One Home (Tonight)
3 Aint No Rehearsal
4 Helpless
5 Life Without You
6 So This Is Rock n Roll (Full Version)
7 (I Know) Its's Over
8 A Little Bit Sad
9 Saturday Night Blues
10 Still Hurting
11 Too Much Too Soon
We are a 3 piece band and have gigged both in the UK and Hamburg Germany as well as playing a live acoustic set on BBC Radio WM in the West Midlands.
At the heart of the bands sound is Kevins haunting guitar work with sustaining string bends and subtle use of the tremelo bar ruling the day rather than 'fast you can play it' guitar runs. On our mySpace site we have uploaded some samples from our forthcoming debut album 'You Gave Me The Blues' albeit low quality MP3s and is not representative of the studio quality tracks that will be on the album
As well as most of the 11 tracks from the album, at gigs we play many other original based music such 'Fated Love', our current set opener 'Let Me Hear That Rock n Roll' ,'Slowly Moving On' and 'Just Play Me The Blues' all which will all probably end up on our second album !
Kevin also helps run the Midlands Muisic Network promoting live acoustic music in the West Midlands - see www.midlandsmusicnetwork.org.uk for further details.
Kevin currently playing keyboards for Barry Steele who does a superb Roy Orbison Tribute and we are playing the Theatres from Sep 2008. theKAB are about to embark on their 2nd album for a 2011 release.....
Hello everybody, I'm looking forward to play 3 really nice gigs in the UK this week! This mini-tour will bring us to the Stables in Milton Kaynes, the County and Station pub in Matlock Bath and Town Hall Arts Centre in Selby. Looking forward to meet you all! :-))) Cheers, Agnes
Hi kevin, thanks, I do have an mp3 of far away somewhere on my pc, I'm on hols at th mo so when I get back I'll forward you it, let me have an email address when you getchance, cheers, James
JUS' STOPPED BY TO SAY hey & ALWAYZ 'thanx", FOR THE most gracious ADD .... <br /><br />GREATest RESPECTS FOR YOUR WORK .... <br /><br />ROCK ON !! <br /><br />MR. RICHARD
Drop by my page my friend. I posted a video and MP3 of me doing one of the hottest versions of “Voodoo Child” that you’ll ever hear.....guaranteed to make you smile! …..and you can download the MP3 for free!
Ja... nach langer Zeit mal wieder Grüße Dreams Of Lilith - formerly theKAB! Schönen Abend und nebenbei noch ein kleines bisschen Promo: "DONT WANNA DANCE", mein neues Album ist jetzt im Handel! Gruß, Tom
Saturday 20th September 3pm - 2am Taylor John's House ~ Canal Basin Coventry ~ CV1 4LY
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ANDY VOTEL is worldwide known electronic musician, producer and co-founder of Twisted Nerve Records and 'B Music'. Residing in Manchester this extraordinary musically minded man has been at the forefront of the DJ remix scene with releases since 1996. As part of his summer and autumn festival tour 2008, ATAM welcomes Votel to Coventry as he performs a DJ set dedicated to our own electronic legend Delia Derbyshire, composed especially for A Thing About Machines.
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Hi Kevin !!! :] Hope you are well :] Just checked out yer blues Kev and really enjoyed your sound !!! 'After The Midnight' is fantastic, well enjoyed all of your tunes. Will have to come and see you play soon :] Hope you have a GREAT weekend !!! Thanks for finding us :] Peace and Love Craig and Ian
Sorry about the plug!
We are playing our first show in nearly 6 months this Saturday.
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I W I L L A T T A C K live
Birmingham Bar Academy
Saturday 28th June 2008
HMV/Kerrang Showcase/14+ Show.
Tickets are £5 on the door but message us early for Cheap Cheap entry.
We are onstage 9:15ish!!
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