Fuzz rock duo The King Bains are Jim Harrison and Mike Dolton. Formed in the Derbyshire hills late in 2010 this blog will be their home for years to come. They'll be bringing you music, videos, gig updates and opinions on all things that inspire their eyes & ears....
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Sunday, 27 May 2012
Thursday 31st May - 2010 Unplugged
Gone are the drums and the fuzz so this time we'll admit it's going to feel a little naked for us. We'll be playing two tracks off the last couple of records which actually started off all acoustic but ended up electrified whilst we've been playing live. Now you'll get to hear them how they started life in the first place.
The rest of the set is purposely written to be acoustic, so we're looking forward to see how these tracks go down as they'll be recorded very soon for the next record.
There'll also be some great sets from Mike McMaster (legendary local bassist for Three 1/4's to Dust, Days of Descent / 250 calibres), Jason Barker (the curator of the 2010 unplugged night and lead singer for the mighty Exile) & local acoustic gem Matt McKenzie.
Don't forget there's obviously a bloody lovely selection of drinks both on tap & tucked away in the icy cold fridges to be served by Kev and the 2010 team.
PLUS.... Early doors there's an hours open mic session so get down with your banjo and crack one out....
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Saturday, 5 May 2012
Festival update!!!!
Right then, how's about this for a big old bag of excitement!!!!
In chronological order we have the following festivals lined up so far:
Saturday June 23rd - Ashleyhay Festival 2012
Saturday July 14th - Coalfields Festival 2012
Friday August 3rd - Y-NOT Festival 2012
Saturday October 27th - Hastrek All Dayer
We're very thankful to all the promoters who have given us a shot for these dates and also for allowing us to now let the cats out the bag about them all!!!!
We'll be bringing you more in depth detail on each festival in the coming days so keep checking back.
Also don't forget Twenty Ten Unplugged being run by Jason Barker on Thursday 31st May!!!!
Mike & Jim - The King Bains
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Here comes the sun....
In the next couple of weeks we'll have some exciting summer festival news!!
It's been a quiet few weeks for us as I'm off on my honeymoon but Jim's been feverishly working away on the new material.
Also, at the end of May we've been asked to play at Jason Barker's 2010 unplugged night!! Hope to see you there!!!
Mike.