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AKA Bombskare play Edinburgh at Halloween. An excuse to ditch the suits.
1 SKATALITES (Support)
It was a real honour to share a stage with the band that started this Ska thing. Lochinver was memorable for the landscape & Glasgow for the Crack. When the Skatalites visited Edinburgh last November we were invited to support; Matt our keyboard player bagged a solo during their encore.
6 DR NO’s NIGHT CLUB (A while back...)
Ska night at The Bongo Club New Street. Many a happy night.
7 HAMISH HENDERSON’S WAKE
The band unwittingly gate crash Hamish Henderson’s wake.
IN THE PARK 2 ISLE OF RUM FESTIVAL 8WeTplayed the T Break stage
A six hour drive from Edinburgh to Mallaig followed by a five hour ferry crossing. Bombskare goes Ray Mears for the weekend or what Colin, our trumpet player, calls ‘commando training’.
3 A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE Launch Night
Studio 24 February 2009. Filled to capacity, Us, The Amphetameanies, Big Hand & Root System.
4 TOOTS (Support)
One of the great Jamaican singer song writers. Another night to remember at The Arches in Glasgow. www.bombskare.com
back in 2001. Biffy Clyro were also on the bill.
9 SOUTH OF FRANCE
Our Friends Alex & MarieAnne got married last year and they invited us to play at their reception. Good food, good company, a swimming pool and a lot of driving.
10 BARROWLANDS
Back in the early days we found ourselves supporting playing a night of ska at Barrowlands with 4 other bands - three of which weren’t ska bands and the crowd were a bit wound up when we took to the stage.
fter lots of rum and a fair amount of muck, the Isle of Eigg finally gave birth to The Marrs Effect in late 2009 and despite many people saying ‘ye canna do that’, the band forged ahead, creating their own folky blend of country-funk. Hailing from Edinburgh via Liverpool, Dundee, Glenelg and Dumfries & Galloway, they play the tunes of their illustrious leader Micky Marr. The Marrs Effect are: Micky Marr, Phil Hopwood, Vini Bonnar, Matthew (Chew) Bartlett & Barney Strachan. The band plan to record their debut long player in summer 2011. Watch this space, myspace.com/themarrseffect.
Top 10 Bits Of Kit
1 Martin 00016 Glosstop Rosewood Guitar 2 Fishman Rare Earth Blend pick-up 3 Fender Vintage Hot Rod‘57 Stratocaster, Candy Apple Red 4 Fender Hot Rod Delux III 112 5 Korg SV1 6 Hammond XB2 7 Mapex Saturn Series Drum Kit 8 Paiste Signature/2002 Cymbals 9 Fender ‘60s Jazz Bass, Olympic White 10 Orange BT500H Bass Terror SUMMER 2011 THE DOG 53