Got invited to watch Alabama 3 tonight at my local jammin’ joint, the Jamm. On arriving I was met by a stage full of young musicians that looked like a rag-tag bunch of buskers joined together to do a super gig. Which is pretty much what the Galway Street Club is, in that they are a group of street musicians who perform their music at gigs.
The band play an eclectic range of folk, rock, blues and ska frenetically juiced-up on the sheer love of the thing they do…playing music while jiving. The energy they put into the music was complemented by a kaleidoscope of movement that left this member of the audience bombed out aurally and visually.
A band definitely worth getting to know; and I’ll certainly look out for their future gigs here and in Ireland.
The Alabama 3 unplugged, Larry Love, lead vocals, Be Atwell, vocals, the brilliant Nick Reynolds on harmonica and the exceptional Mark Sams, a.k.a. Rock Freebase, on bottleneck guitar, as ever beautiful.
However, I did feel there was something missing without the vocal contributions of either the beautifully voiced Aurora or the amazing Zoe Devlin.
A surprise appearance by Floridian troubadour Robert Chaney went down very well as Robert and the band performed a rousing singalong of “You are My Sunshine”.
Another great night out with Siobhan and our lovely friends.
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