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Is that the date?! Right then we'd better do Christmas. Here it is...
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It's on our website too of course, here: Christmas Menu (then click on CHRISTMAS bottom left).
It's all very busy... this week's gig with Viz founder Simon Donald and Far Corner writer Harry Pearson, is completely sold out. That makes 3, or is it 4 sold out shows on the bounce. We do though, have an entirely fantastic gig to look forward to the week after, with what is maybe one of the first-ever UK shows from a bona fide psychedelic maverick.
Live at the Waiting Room on Sunday 6th December
Howard Eynon + Timothy James Oxnard + Suzanne Elizabeth Vanner
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We're utterly proud to be bringing one THE great cult acid-folk troubadours of the psychedelic era to the Waiting Room, for one of his first-ever UK shows!
'Howard Eynon managed to create something truly beautiful in its bizarreness, before almost disappearing completely from the public eye' - Allmusic
In 1974, Howard Eynon released his first and only album, So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam... a brilliant, bizarre, wild-eyed treasure trove of a record that earned him comparisons to Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers and Donovan. Beautiful, mysterious and irreverant, it became an underground classic; filled with tall tales, delightfully quirky melodies, hilarious lyrics and marvellous wordplay, with a veneer of risqué irreverence and the odd beguiling lapse into musical frippery.
It was, at the time, merely the latest step in Howard's surreal life story. Born in Cambridgeshire, his family moved to rural Tasmania when was eleven, and his teenage years were spent on a remote dairy farm; driving tractors, riding horses and blowing up tree stumps with gelignite... and often spending days on end in the bush, without seeing another living soul. At 17 he left the farm on his motorcycle and made his way to Melbourne to pursue an acting career. He joined a variety of Australian repertory companies, while continuing to follow his passion for music, touring with no less than Hunter S Thompson. And his adventures in underground musical theatre led to an offer to record So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam; a bold and madcap record on a par with Paul McCartney's Ram, and a slab of vinyl that became one of the rarest and most sought-after collectables on the acid-folk circuit.
In the late 1970s, he returned to acting; appearing in legendary Aussie soap The Sullivans, as well as the post-apocalytic classic Mad Max. Not much was known of his whereabouts or activities beyond the early 1980s. But, forty years on, So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam has been reissued... and Howard is set to play his first-ever UK dates. And we're convinced this will be a totally unique, one-off experience! We've sterling support slot too from Teesside's own Lord of psychedelic misrule Timothy James Oxnard, along with a rare guest appearance from Middlesbrough-born genius Suzanne Elizabeth Vanner, on a fleeting visit from her home in France.
This is an unmissable opportunity to spend a night getting up close and personal with one of the counter-culture's great lost figures.
'Howard Eynon's brand of acid folk is often sinister and eerie, as if a twee/psych icon had travelled into the future and taken on the neo-folk pagans of today' - Norman Records
Have a listen...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMLp5YzVXVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a6bI_WvrQQ
Tickets only £8 from...
http://thewaitingroom.uk/events/howard-eynon-plus-special-guest-suzanne-elizabeth-vanner/
COMING UP:
Sun 29th Nov: Simon Donald's School of Swearing + Harry Pearson (SOLD OUT!)
Sun 6th Dec: Howard Eynon + Timothy James Oxnard + Suzanne Elizabeth Vanner
Sun 13th Dec: Jefferson Hamer + George Boomsma
Sun 20th Dec: Old Muggins' Very Special Christmas (Free Gig!)
Sun 7th Feb: The Shooting Of + Trev Gibb
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