Jarred Livesey - Vocals / acoustic guitar Andrew Vickers - Lead guitar / backing vocals Gareth Catterall - Rhythm guitar / backing vocals Thunderfingers Whitfield - Bass Neil Roberts - Drums / backing vocals
Influences
In no particular order....
The Rolling Stones, Mike Nesmith
The Byrds, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5,
Flying Burrito Brothers, Ry Cooder
Force 10 from the Spar, Little Feat
Linda Lusardi, Bob Carolgees, Delaney & Bonnie
The Black Crowes, Carole King
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Big Star, Chuck Berry
Gram Parsons, Richard Pryor in Superman III
The Band, Ken Hom, Johnny Cash
Robert Johnson, Jackie Wilson
Tony Joe White, Canned Heat
Club International, The International Submarine Band
The Faces, Aretha Franklin,
Smokey and the bandit 2, The Dillards
Drive By Truckers, Van Morrison
Elvis, Kris Kristofferson, Clarence White, The Jayhawks
Moby Grape, Neil Young, Captain Beefheart
Stax Records, Gene Clark, Bob Dylan
Sally James circa Tiswas 1982, Bo Diddley, Stephen Stills
Led Zeppelin, Ryan Adams,
Vickers Guitar Co, The Everly Brothers
...and much more !
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THE LOVING CUP have developed their own brand of rockin country and blues Americana, drawing together influences such as Gram Parsons, Delaney and Bonnie, Ry Cooder and The Band.
Very much a live act, The Loving Cup's sound was described by Gigwise at a recent Liverpool Barfly gig as "a warm and soulful set of country-influenced rock n roll. The Loving Cup possess a mean songwriting ability for creating driving anthems that positively beg to be blaring out from a soft top Chevy cruising Route 66".
In 2003 The Loving Cup released their eponymously-titled debut album on the Blue Rhythm label. Americana-UK said the album "makes all the right noises with high production values, a classic sound and, hey, a really nice cover". Kool Kat Muzik in New Jersey summarised the album as "Terrific hook-filled alt-country sounds from this brilliant new UK group with a vocalist who, at times sounds like Steve Marriot (think Humble Pies country-tinged stuff). Also has a Faces-like swagger throughout."
In 2005, as The Loving Cup prepared to release their debut single - a double A-side of previously unreleased material their record label Blue Rhythm folded and so the proposed single release never went ahead. One of the tracks however - ’Candyman’, received considerable television exposure as music for a Morrisons national advertising campaign.
The Loving Cup’s reputation as a “good-time” rock’n’roll band has been forged over recent years by performances across the UK on the Americana circuit and as regulars at the internationally recognised and respected Burnley Blues Festivals and The Great British Rhythm and Blues festivals. This has been complemented by live sets on BBC Radio Lancashire's Blue Notes programme and sessions for BBC Radio Wales. More recently the band have supported Hayseed Dixie on their UK Carling Academy shows.
The second album by The Loving Cup - Goofer Dust - was released in September 2008. Goofer Dust is available to buy on digital download from itunes UK/Europe/USA. It is available on CD format at live shows and online through the band website or amazon.com. Goofer Dust has been received with critical acclaim – ROCK’N’REEL gave it 5/5 saying “stone southern soul oozing from every pore….This is straight-talking, dancefloor rock'n'roll with a swagger in its stride.” Blues Matters said “If “Goofer Dust” is one word; it is infectious….11 tracks which could all be singles.” Americana UK said “This is a blue collar working mans country rock album. Chock full of guitar and thumping bass and drums, raw vocals and songs about driving (amongst other things).”
The Loving Cup have recently received extensive airplay on the Radio 2 show God’s Jukebox. DJ Mark Lammar described the track “Bring along your lovers” from the forthcoming Goofer Dust LP as “an instant classic”. The band performed a live session for his Radio 2 show in September 2008, which has received a very positive response. The band were also featured on ALL 3 of Mark Lammar’s Best of 2008 shows over the Christmas period and were in fact the only act to do so.
2008 was rounded off by an appearance on prime time Swedish television show Packat & Klart, when The Loving Cup were filmed playing live in Manchester and singer Jaz Livesey was interviewed for the show.
Tracks from Goofer Dust also continue to be played on Bob Harris’ Saturday evening show on Radio 2, and The Loving Cup are hoping to build on this with a session on Bob’s show later in 2009.
2009 already looks like a busy year for The Loving Cup with many live shows already booked around the UK and more on the horizon including shows in France and Sweden. The band have got live sessions planned for two regional radio stations and also BBC Radio Wales in the next few weeks. They are already booked for the Nantwich Jazz & Blues festival and the Tenby Folk festival and are hoping to grace a few more festival stages in the summer.
In between all this The Loving Cup have already started work on the follow up to Goofer Dust and will be recording tracks for their third album later this year.
BBC Radio Wales DJ and Daily Post newspaper columnist Adam Walton likened the formation of The Loving Cup to a Dr. Frankenstein fantasy in which the mad scientist is reading his recipe:
"Keith Richards’ brain’ – he won’t miss it. ‘Gram Parsons’ Country Lilt’, ‘The Swagger of Jagger’, ‘The Fingers from John Squire’s Left-Hand (currently unused)’, ‘The Allman Brothers’ Bottleneck’, Levon Helm’s Sense of Rhythm.’"
"Flippin’ heck! This nutter’s trying to bioengineer a supergroup!!!!"
Hello! just letting our friends know that our December International New Music Playlist is online for your listening pleasure at www.youngrebel.co.uk - we've found some great new artists and we're eager to know what you think? Please check out the music and let us know your thoughts... We'll be back in January with a new playlist, but until then enjoy the festivities ;) the Young Rebel Team x
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To celebrate the arrival of Producer Russ to the Fallen team, we're offering a massive 35% discount off all weekday recordings between 10am till 6pm until the end of December !!
This month we mostly have Catie Curtis (with a Richard Thompson cover), Lindsay Fuller and The Cheap Dates (and who amongst us isn't?), Josh Fix with a track from the well-titled album This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry and the rather lovely Red Rooster.
Four more little sonic gems for your August pleasure are now available on the site. Blitzen Trapper, Boulder Acoustic Society, Jay Brannan and The Wiyos. Yet another fine quartet even though we say so ourselves as picked them out.
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