Geraint Watkins & The Mosquitoes
Leytonstone Ex-Servicemens Club, E11 3DB , [Venue Details]OK, let’s call it Americana. There was a time when it was nameless…just the good stuff to those in the know and when Geraint Watkins first started playing in bands like Red Beans and Rice and Juice on the Loose, they were like transatlantic railroad trains loaded with it rolling around the country.
He was never the blazing headlight on the front of the engine, but always on the footplate, powering it through the mirk of bland music of the era.
You’ve heard him at the soulful root of recordings and performances by some of the world’s finest purveyors of quality music. Their names are well documented elsewhere, but this isn’t about them. It’s about the man himself and how he now finds himself on the threshold of a new era as a performer in his own right.
Being in high demand as the sideman of choice for such an elite group of notable artists for over fifty years is the main reason his own date sheet was neglected for so long. Aside from being in the Balham Alligators, Geraint rarely performed with his own band because his main source of income with others filled the diary. He was grateful for it. It was only during his long tenure with Nick Lowe that Watkins and the rest of Nick’s band spent their spare time with soundman Neil Brockbank exploring his material in the studio and making a handful of great albums, including Watkins Bold As Love,Dial W for Watkins and In A Bad Mood.
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Admission: £19.80
Performer name: Geraint Watkins & The Mosquitoes
Doors open: 7:30 pm
Age restriction: 16+
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OK, let’s call it Americana. There was a time when it was nameless…just the good stuff to those in the know and when Geraint Watkins first started playing in bands like Red Beans and Rice and Juice on the Loose, they were like transatlantic railroad trains loaded with it rolling around the country.
He was never the blazing headlight on the front of the engine, but always on the footplate, powering it through the mirk of bland music of the era.
You’ve heard him at the soulful root of recordings and performances by some of the world’s finest purveyors of quality music. Their names are well documented elsewhere, but this isn’t about them. It’s about the man himself and how he now finds himself on the threshold of a new era as a performer in his own right.
Being in high demand as the sideman of choice for such an elite group of notable artists for over fifty years is the main reason his own date sheet was neglected for so long. Aside from being in the Balham Alligators, Geraint rarely performed with his own band because his main source of income with others filled the diary. He was grateful for it. It was only during his long tenure with Nick Lowe that Watkins and the rest of Nick’s band spent their spare time with soundman Neil Brockbank exploring his material in the studio and making a handful of great albums, including Watkins Bold As Love,Dial W for Watkins and In A Bad Mood.
Admission: £19.80
Performer name: Geraint Watkins & The Mosquitoes
Doors open: 7:30 pm
Age restriction: 16+
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