 Waiting
for the gig to begin , it was fairly obvious,
that this wasn't gonna be a full room, as the
young Runaways, a 6 piece folk indie band from
Wolverhampton went towards the stage, i was wondering
how many of them was going to get on the tiny
little civic stage as it turns out all 6 of them
got up onto the stage, and strangely it didn't
look that crowded up there, opening there set
with 'miles between us' its a very mellow song,
calm with so much going with lots of harmonies
blending together nicely, the songs in the set
there is times when theres too much going on before
it all comes together again, the band is made
up of two brothers, a brother and sister, and
two of there friends.This set is what can be only
be described as really easy to listen to, during
the set more people turned up, but strangely stayed
right at the back, it was me by the barrier on
my own, it was a good set and its a shame that
more people didnt see it.
Next up were Rebel Creek, a 5 piece country rock
band, that normally has a few covers in there
set but due to the time they have on stage have
decided to play only original material, which
is always a plus, opening there set with 'was
i dreaming' it was clear it was a country rock
band that may appeal to Americans more than the
Brits, and the crowd was still at the back of
the room, there set however was fairly dull with
nothing really getting your attention, or nothing
really to dance to, perhaps they should have left
in cover or two, to give the set some life, it
was bouncy but nothing exciting really,the singer
doing a song that was written about his wife was
a nice touch, it was like watching your dad on
stage, slightly cringe worthy really as the material
wasn't that great.
 I have to say i hadn't heard anything about this
band, nor had i heard any of there material before,
i was expecting a fair few members in this band
but as it turns out there was 3 of them, all related,
the Reverend Peyton (who is an actual reverend)
on guitar, Breezy his wife who is related to the
KFC guy on the washboard, and the reverends brother
Jayme on the drums. Starting off with Aberdeen,it
starts off slow before picking up into a steady
pace, with the vocals kicking in early, the guitar
is simple, and the wash board is ear splittingly
loud, but has good rhythm along with the drums,
the sound of 3 people on stage with most of it
pretty much unplugged, its mighty sound they got
going. the set is littered with good banter from
these folks from Indiana mostly funny stuff even
getting a bit of back ground info about a few
of the songs, like your cousins on cops, is in
fact about the time Breezys cousin was on cops
so the reverend wrote a song about it, and the
reverend even gives a Quick guitar lesson about
the D cord, Mamas fried potatoes is all about
potato guns apparently,altho the songs are catchy
and the courses are ones you have to sing along
to, the live performance is top notch with breezy
setting fire to her wash board in the encore,
the tunes could wear pretty thin on CD, great
live but not so great in your CD player, but i
recommend you catch them while you can, if your
a fan of something very random this is for you.
The young Runaways – 4/5
Rebel Creek – 2/5
Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence |
