… Tavern at 250 Belsize Road, London NW6 4BT this coming Friday March 4 for the latest fortnightly gig in our riotous residency headlining Peter Conway’s frankly fabulous Music In The Raw nights. Your humble servant and his stalwart Crosstown cohorts – Buffalo Bill Smith (harmonica), Marc ‘The Exorcist’ Jefferies (bass) and The Great Pete Miles aka The Beatmaster (drums) have been having a ball and a half at our MITR gigs thus far, but it might still be possible to squeeze in a few more warm boogieing bodies, so if you’re likely to be anywhere near County Kilburn on Friday and fancy spending the hour-and-a-bit before 11:20pm enjoying what Classic Rock magazine describes as ‘harp-driven rockin; blues’, then come y’all. Remember – it’s FREEEEE,maaaaaan …
And folks in the Mystic East (East London, that is), please be advised on the immediately preceding Wednesday, March 2, that Buffalo Bill and I will be doin’ the sittin’-in thang with the local heroes at the Coach & Horses, 391 High Road Leyton, London E10 5NA.
All good … all blues … all rockin’ … all RIGHT!
I’ve known that Charles Shaar Murray plays guitar very adeptly. I don’t play guitar but I have an ear for quality guitarists. In 1990 I determined that Jeff Beck was arguably the elite fretboard master. In 1999 I read an excellent MOJO article on Jeff Beck written by Charles Shaar Murray who eloquently and articulately asserted that Jeff Beck was the top rock n roll guitarist. That article gave me incredible positive reinforcement regarding Geoffrey Arnold Beck’s astounding guitar prowess. In recent years Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Brian May and many others masters have concurred. I must venture to England to to see Crosstown Lightnin’ play live. I’ll be attending a Jeff Beck concert on April 1st in Chicago if I’m still a living organism. I’ve seen him live seven times and he’s impeccably amazing. Thank u Charles for your many articles on Jeff Beck and the wonderful writing you did for the fantastic remastered (with bonus tracks) Truth and Beck-Ola CD’s.