O/T Barrence Whitfield & The Savages at the East Village Arts Club, Liverpool. Wednesday 19th November 2014.
Hello,
From the band's own LP cover: "A soul screamer of the highest order. The Savages lay down a groovvy racket so thick and greasy, you'll need a moist towelette near the hi-fi."
Hard to argue based on last night's steamrollerin'! 80 minutes for £13? Blimey Maisey.
There were elements of The Stooges & MC5 as well as the more obvious influences. Mr W. obviously has a ridiculously powerful voice, and a fair old range too but the band's secret weapon is guitarist Peter Greenberg. In a word, a machine! The rest of them are no slouches obviously: with the demise of the JJR, these guys are now my 'go to' retro but still kick-botty band.
And the inevitable, awful YT clip, hah-hah-hah!
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Cheers,
Simon.