SIMPLE KID...FRI 13TH FEB

[Dizzy Storm]

up and coming talented irish singer/songwriter SIMPLE KID aka CIARAN McFEELY will be appearing, and playing an acoustic show, here at Dr Drakes on fri 13th Feb...

you may have seen him on Jools Holland recently, or heard his new single 'Truck On' which is released this week...but for those of you that havent, if you like Beck, Polyphonic Spree, Badly Drawn Boy and Bob Dylan you will enjoy him....

more details to follow....

[Rob]

great! i shall my going to that.

anymore details yet?

[Sean]

nice. friday the 13th? hmm. fun.

[Rob]

on my birthday as well 8o

[Dizzy Storm]

here's a bit more info for those who aren't on the mailing list...

SIMPLE KID

Ciaran McFeely aka Simple Kid, is a one-kid band from County Cork. - and

hotly tipped for 2004. After years of false starts, the awkward and

unconventional Simple Kid is finally being favoured.

McFeely has been writing everyday since he was 15, and by the time he was 18

(he's nearly 30 now) McFeely was a Marc Bolan clone and lead singer in his

first band, the Young Offenders - formed from old schoolfriends living in

post -Britpop Camden, - and who got signed to Sony. When ego-clashes split

the Young Offenders McFeely headed for the US with an American girlfriend.

They split up after 3 days and he found himself alone and on the road where

he went through a 'personality transplant' when he realised there were

people who had little interest in Camden squabbles, and got into the idea of

writing more honest songs.

His debut album 'Simple Kid 1', (originally penned in his bedroom and

recorded on an eight track), is a jumble sale of an LP, crammed full of

esoteric treasures. McFeely gets his pungent social commentary from Dylan

and his third-person vignettes from Ray Davies. His fondness for talking

about social issues mid-gig has also led to comparisons with Arlo Guthrie.

Johnny Cash is similarly influential. When he was younger he used to think

country was 'old-man music', but the first time he heard Johnny Cash he

thought he was totally amazing.

He seethes against the mundane grind in ways both witty on the album (The

Average Man is a litany of factoids from a tabloid article) and poetic (if I

had a satellite I would orbit around you/High above the fire escapes and the

Coco-Cola blues", he croons on Kids Don't Care). And his songs bubble with

characters. "Supertramps or Superstars" introduces us to "Penelope Prozac,

Seventies throwback and king of the Camden queens/She'll always remind you

she shagged The Ramones in her teens." He is obsessed with the weirdness of

ordinary people and has a hatred of pointless celebrity culture - he hates

the epidemic so much that he offers to strangle anyone seen buying Heat

magazine.

Following a recent Johnathan Richman-esque performance on BBC2's 'Later With

Jools Holland', special guest slots with The Thrills and Travis and his own

headline ICA gig (in October) Simple Kid played 3 successive themed nights

at London's 12 Bar Club and is about to embark on a 6 date semi-acoustic

Scottish tour. Also, January also saw the release of a brand new version of

"Truck On" on 2M Recordings, the track that kicked off his solo success, and

got daytime Radio One 'Record of the Week', when released on the indie

label Fierce Panda in summer 2002.

Having made significant ripples in his native Ireland in 2003, Simple Kid is

planning to tour his homeland with The Coral in December.

www.simplekid.com (website nominated for 2 prestigious Interactive Music

Awards)

DOORS 7PM....4

*note* this is kind of an early show so that those also wanting to see 'Explosions In The Sky' at Drummonds can have the best of both worlds and catch both gigs!

support from STEVEN MILNE (support on 8ish)

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