Formed out of a love of the music of the Delta and the Mersey we surfaced in 2008 and play stomping and howling dirty blues with a belief in simplicity. At it's root we are made up of pounding drums, driving bass, raucous guitar and growling vocals.
Keep stompin and howlin brothers & sisters - The only thing that matters is the music.
Things people say...
"Stripped down straight for the jugular with an ear for a tune on the darkside" - Evening Gazette
"Like Captain Beefheart knee deep in the Delta swamp" - popism-music.com
"The Gares have a growling, gritty blues sound that brings to mind echoes of their musical bible - Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart" - Bob Fischer, BBC Tees
"They bring Mississippi to Teesside" - Kadabra Magazine
"With a mix of loud, brash, dirty blues these lads are picking up steam on the local scene." - fringefestival.co.uk
"Stripped down dirty blues for a new generation" - Pig Pen Festival
"Fuzzbox-heavy, blues influenced shouters from the Tees delta" - NARC. Magazine
"In a relatively short space of time The Gares have really established themselves as one of the local bands you've got to see" - The Link
"One of the leading Teesside rock and rollers. Loud, brash and a fist full of bluesy songs." - Ten Feet Tall
Contact/Bookings: thegares@googlemail.com or send us a message
FREE EP DOWNLOAD: http://www.sendspace.com/file/6o2kpx
1 - Lost & Found
2 - Loaded Gun
3 - Never Let You Down
4 - Ride The Storm
5 - Howlin' At Midnight (BBC Tees Acoustic Version)
6 - Never Let You Down (BBC Tees Acoustic Version)
THE GARES EP - £4 (free UK postage) - Email us for CD's (thegares@googlemail.com) or click the below link for downloads
1 - Howlin' At Midnight
2 - Shoot You Down
3 - Kicking Up Dust
think we're gunna do a few more next year another five tracks or so give us a nod whenn you've got your drummerr sorted and we'll come see youse what hapened with your old lad? we've just got a new bass and drums ourselves
we're good got some nice shows coming up soon and going to do some recording how long have youse been togethor shocked i haven't heard of you seeing as how good your stuff is
We have put a new song up for you, it’s only a rough demo which hasn’t really been mixed well and hasn’t been produced but it will give you a taster of what may come next in our next recording sessions next year.
Enjoy! It’s called 'Stop'. Please tell us what you think.
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this folk-carol on myspace... Poem 230 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my blog for details): CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now.
In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance.
As you may or may not be aware SoundARC hold a charity gig every year at Club 85 in Hitchin in aid of the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, and this year we are going to try something a little different from previous years.
This year we are going to take over the club and host 37 acts in one weekend putting full bands upstairs and acoustic acts downstairs in an event that we are calling ARCfest!
It all starts on Friday 4th December at 7pm and then continues on through Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th from 12pm-11pm
As well as raising money for the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, ARCfest will showcase all the different genres of bands that we at SoundARC have come across over the last 4 and a half years. Over this weekend a lot of the acts that you will see don’t get a chance to play a great local venue like Club 85, So as well as hearing new music you will see all manors of genres and styles from acoustic - Metal - Indie - Rock - Punk - Electro - Ska - Funk - Hip Hop/Rap - Alternative - Rhythm & Blues - Reggae - Grunge and loads more that I cant remember!
Its been selling faster than we expected, and we currently only have around a quarter of our stock left - so we thought we'd better you all know that if you want a copy then now would be a good time to pick one up! If you buy it from the link above then you're buying it direct from us, the label aren't taking a cut - so its a bit like Fair Trade for struggling musicians.
International mail-order is available, just follow the instructions.
Thank you very much, and sorry for making a mess of your profile. If its any kind of consolation, we don't have a MySpace bot, so I'm leaving these comments the old fashioned way. Three -and-a-half thousand of them. My life is so exciting.
I will, but you'll have to ask Bob first because it's his! Thanks for coming though it was great to see you there. Are you going to be whacking out any washboard based acoustic stuff on Bob's show?
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