ROBERT GORDON & THE GANG THEY COULDN’T HANG
Supported by JORDAN AND THE ORIGINAL SIX
SAT 03 APR @ 8:00PM
- Price
- $66 + BF (Over 18's Only)
- Bookings
- (02) 9550 3666
- Mode
- GA Standing
- Tickets
- On sale now @ Metro Theatre
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Here’s another knock out band with six string prowess for Bluesfest 2010, featuring the phenomenal guitar playing of Chris Spedding from Roxy Music and more. But wait til you hear Robert Gordon sing! The first major rockabilly artist to emerge after the death of Elvis Presley, Robert Gordon put a fist through the heart of the music industry with his first on-fire rockabilly hit, “Red Hot” in 1977. He is credited with lighting up the roots-rock revival and paving the way for real rock’n’rollers to find their niche. With a knack for building his recordings around some of the finest guitarists of his era, he is best known for being a tough-as-nails rockabilly artist, but he is always quick to point out “I’m not trying to recreate something. This is how I feel.” That feeling continues to glow red hot on his 2007 release with Chris Spedding, It’s Now or Never, a collection of mostly lesser-known Elvis Presley songs. Chris Spedding is one of the most spectacular, versatile, and menacing guitar players to ever come out of the British music scene. He has lit up sessions for everyone from Dusty Springfield to Paul McCartney to Elton John, and is fully entrenched in the legend of rock’n’roll for having produced the Sex Pistols demos that launched a revolution. More recently he has been seen sharing the stage with Roxy Music. Chris’ long relationship with Robert Gordon began in the late 70s and they spent the next ten years tearing up America with a particularly vicious version of rockabilly, greased by a good-time lifestyle that left audiences in awe. Now they are back with Glen Matlock from the Sex Pistols and Slim Jim Phantom from the Stray Cats to seriously shake things up again!
