andy gettting some great emjoyment from the sunsets via steph macleod and his band at wizard festival. the highlight of the oxbow lake's friday hosting
one of the last shows in collieston. too much hassle with the community council's bizarre and unethical workings to make it worth continuing
wizard sunset stage mc's (mc and dt) with oxbow lake without the orchestra in funky jam. see video below.
deviltrain at belladrum festival
most recent show saw the oxbow lake orchestra stand in at the last minute and captured in 'night time' scope (?) by maria hall and jeremy.... "neanderthal blues"!
'Village Sunsets' is a grass roots based series of gigs/events (Music, Comedy, radio etc) run by volunteers, bringing entertainment to the doorsteps of folk in aberdeenshire.
On this page you can get details of gigs (music, comedy, art) and our radio show (see player to the left)
All profits going to good causes and community projects (so far a large amount of money has been raised for the collieston amenities funds for the pier repairs, new hall and the like)
Details of previous shows below:-
show no 13 - wizard festival sunset stage with the acoustic freedom collective. friday hosted by oxbow lake (with steph macleod band, acoustic butterfly, special guests sons o the soil and alan and mary ann frew) saturday hosted by maria hall (with devil train, lynset dolan band, across the borders abnd chris grant band) ......
show no 12 - belladrum festival fringe event (our third) held at cafe drummonds in aberdeen. some of the best songwriters and for reason guitar playing also from around the globe. we had joe cassady and the west end sound from new york, oxbow lake from aberdeenshire, tim scott from texas, maria hall band from morayshire and alan and mary ann frew from ayr/inverness. alan's a beautiful song writer and nylon string guitarist, maria hall knows how to mesmerise us with her laid back rock, tim scott is american folk personified with many a storu about er... texas! oxbow lake funk as always and joe cassady and the west end sound were superb. great americana songs by joe, such a tight band who know how to rock and in shu one of the best users of a strat since page. what a great bunch......
show no 11 and final show in collieston - summer solstice show was a farewell to the village sunsets by having a selection from some of the best bits from the village sunsets so far. .
deviltrain headlining was a storming show with the audience jumping around for the whole set playing their unique brand of country rebel music tinged with ne humour. roberto cassani italian/scottish comedy minstrel was hilarious as always and the oxbow lake orcherstra (heavy with trad folk) really let rip. The open mic jamming gave some folk the chance to show there talent. that's what the village sunsets wanted to achieve so a special thanks to them. all in all a great night.
spring equinox 09 show no 10 - maria hall and band (including the sound man michael!) were stars, keeping us entertained through the night, with passion and roots the collieston audience loved them! Andy tucker and friends had car troubles so the oxbow lake orchestra stood in with a couple of hours notice (and without months of activity) to play one of their better shows all funked up with live jams and andy's wah wah pedal getting an airing! least said about the jani lang band the better....
show no 9 (newburgh) - 2008's village sunsets summer festival was held in newburgh and was also a belladrum tartan heart festival fringe event, with a showcase of international and local artists.
the Lorelei, lou vargo (from tennesseeeee), james brown is annie (from edinbuuuuuuurrrrg), the woodland roots orchestra, the oxbow lake orchestra and ruby and the emeralds
show no 8 (collieston) - sell out private event to celebrate billy and nicola's wedding. the brilliant samba sene and diwan, the superb roberto cassani and the local hero's deviltrain, entertained through the day by the oxbow lake orchestra
show no 7 (collieston) - sell out show celebrating st. patrick's, spring equinox and in memory of marge swan, with paddy rasta, cousti the hilarious duncan guthrie and stephanie laing and the oxbow lake orchestra
show no 6 (collieston) - sell out show was a celebration of caribbean culture... a kind of 'tropical' sunsets, to cheer up those dark mid-winter nights!, with
aka ska, macumba and a surprise guest the hilarious Roberto Cassani - see Ness MP3 site to download his album:-
show no 5 (collieston) - Autumnal sell out show with Samba Sene & diwan, Devil train and Fiddes
the oldest groover in collieston meets samba sene and diwan
show no 4 (collieston) - summer festival 07 with the moonshiners, diane cluck, roberto cassani (comedy), barry bliss and the box players plus photography by sue arber
show no 3 (collieston) - in the summer Belladrum 'tartan heart' festival fringe event with Nuru Kane and Jane Gillman
show no 2 (collieston) - summer solstice 07 sell out show with amy duncan and james grant (it was that rare thing - a 'sit down affair')
show no 1 (collieston) - spring 07 sell out show with Sophie Bancroft and the hell fire club
some of the notes from artists that have performed:-
Samba Sene and Diwan: Fantastic night on Sat; great fun for us and met loads of fantastic people. You guys sure know how to PARTY! Feel free to invite us back any time!
One love
Deviltrain:
Quite simply the best gig, venue and crowd reception you are likely to find. Absolutley loved it, amazin experience and hope you will have us back
roberto cassani: "Hey folks,
had a ball gigging in your stunning village. You are amazing people and you sure know how to party.
Call me up anytime, I'll always find space for you!"
james grant: "It was a pleasure, I admire what you're trying to do up there and good luck with it.
They were a great crowd, they made it easy for me.
Like to see the place again sometime when the sun is shining, no guarantee of that, I know.."
amy duncan: "we had a lovely weekend, and I enjoyed playing in your lovely village. Thankyou for making us feel so welcome, and looked after! What a beautiful and special place Collieston is..."
willie of the hellfire club: "thanks again for inviting us to take part in a great night in Collieston and your hospitality, beer and great chillie. They villagers know how to party. I thought Sophie's set was great stuff and the crowd were really appreciative and listened as well as danced to all the music on offer. Any time you want us back we're available."
songs for collieston
in gratitude of the great folk of collieston, various artists have been influenced by playing the village sunsets to write a song about the experience or have re-interpreted old collieston songs
They are available for free download from ness mp3 (if you don't have a myspace site), just click link below
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HE HE. Wasn't my guitar...I honestly didn't deliberately try and look like that. I feel I need to explain. I bought the dress at the festival and by some weird chance the cardy and wellies matched and then to top it off the guitar did too.. A bit ridiculous but just how it should b at a festival :)
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