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Hi Voltage (Edinburgh) and The Sabrejets (Belfast) live in the Lemon Tree (doors open 9pm). Everyone attending is invited for a FREE Pre-Blowout Record Hop in SNAFU from 5 til 9pm with the ALL TORE UP DJs Aaron and Neil (Glasgow).

I'm looking for a band in the local area who can play Fifties style music to fill the vacant support slot left by The Creoles at The Lemon Tree on May 12th. I know there's plenty bands in Aberdeen who'd give it a bash, but I'm hoping there is a group out there who have somehow passed me by (I say that because I've been on the lookout for years), that love Rockabilly and Jive etc. and can actually play it. This is a serious plea, I've sold tickets to people expecting to see three bands and I would love to give the "well paying" slot to a local group.

Creoles Have Pulled Out Sadly The Creoles can't make the gig, they send their apologies but one of the trio has been posted to the USA to work for six months!! Won't stop us having a great Rockin' Fifties Night though.

Koolsville Magazine is back for the second year at The Lemon Tree for what hopefully will become an annual Fifties Rock 'N' Roll Night. HI-VOLTAGE, one of the UKs top Rockabilly bands, travel up from Edinburgh, while THE SABREJETS fly in from Belfast with their greasy leather hard Rockin beat - local 50s trio THE CREOLES complete the line-up with DJs Paul Downie from Irvine and yours truly playing records! If you're up for it, the DJs from Glasgows number one Rockabilly Club "ALL TORE UP!" will be at snafu from 5 til 9 for a pre-blowout record hop.

It was the 'site removed' I was referring to, but I also agree that the old layout was more useable.

Lemon Tree website?

I agree, all the bands were great this year. As one of the Elvis die-hards (and this years DJ) I always look forward to hearing the different interpretations of the snarl-lipped one's work. This year I thought Bill Ely and Catnips slection was the best. "Yoga Is As Yoga Does" rocked my world. Kill Baby Kill were interesting and brought a fresh perspective to some of my favourites and Tupelo Town Assembly gets a greasy thumbs up for getting down a dirty. Most Elvis fans enjoy a good cover version and Saturday nights acts all did superbly without taking the p*** too much. Thankfully there were no hackneyed old Elvis impersonators, who surely must be the saddest people on the planet. I like a laugh and don't mind Elvis getting pelters for some of his work. But Elvis wigs and jumpsuits from partymania leave me cold - these people probably never had an original thought in their life.

I gather the majority of people on here are a good bit younger than myself, (I'm 44) but I'm still into music in a big way and it continues to play a large part in my life. Having said that, if you know me, I'm pretty much through with promoting gigs and DJing. I've dusted down my old drum kit and slapped on some fresh skins and I'm praying there are some old geezers in this City who feel the same way. Its about time Aberdeen had a Fifties Rockabilly band doing the rounds and I'd be delighted if I could track down a musician or two through this board who are into old fashioned authentic rockabilly (Johnny Burnette Rock 'n Roll Trio, Charlie Feathers, the Sun label etc). A slap bass player and a lead guitarist would make a good start!! By the way, if you're a young 'un, that would be cool too. PM me if you're serious, please.

For anyone intending to go the Rock 'n' Roll Night on May 20th. You are invited to a pre-party Fifties Record Hop in Snafu (castlegate). We've got DJs coming up from Glasgow and Edinburgh who'll be spinning Rockabilly, Doo Wop, Fifties Jive etc from 6pm until 9.00pm - ENTRY IS FREE.

I just wanted to air this moan. I saw this 10 CD box set in Fopp, only 7 quid! (bargain) But the box had a dented corner and it was the last one. I asked the bloke at the till if I could get a quid off 'cos it was damaged and he refused. Am I being unreasonable or was he? I didn't buy it.