Friday 6 March - tonight we're split; do we go to The Roman Bath and watch the Travellin' Barras, who we think we've seen before, or do we see a new (to us) band, The Mothers, at O'Neills? In the end we decided to sit on the fence and start in O'Neills then nip to The Bath at half-time.
Now O'Neills is an OK sort of venue. I'm not a fan of the 'black stuff' but Caffery's is passable as a drink. The stage area is at the back and I'm always amazed at how crowded it can get. There is nowhere to stand where you won't get continually buffeted, unless you are stood behind a huge pillar, and then you can't see the band!
I can't find The Mothers on t'interweb or FaceSpace, but basically they are a four piece covers band from York performing soul (Wilson Pickett et al), Northern soul and some slightly rockier stuff. They were very good and I would definitely like to see a full set.
As planned, we elbowed our way out at half-time and trotted across to The Bath where the Travellin' Barras were just starting the second half of their set. These were not a band we've seen before, and given that there was only two of them, they probably don't qualify as a band at all. The TBs consist of Chris Watkins (slide guitar) and Dave Ward (semi-acoustic and vocals) and bill their act as covers of Rock, Country, Disco, Reggae, and R&B classics.
OK, they covered stuff like Money For Nothing (Dire Straits), Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett), and Smooth (Santana), and if you closed your eyes, they sounded pretty good. There were two problems for me; one was the use of a drum machine, but much worse was that David was wearing shorts (probably for the AC/DC numbers). All a bit disturbing to be honest. Needless to say, we hadn't seen these before and probably won't be putting ourselves out to see them again. Sorry chaps.
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