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Popa Chubby

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• Jul 20 2023 Newcastle upon Tyne, The Cluny Popa Chubby
• 2023 Apr 08 Apr 09 2023 O2 Academy Sheffield HRH Blues VII Popa Chubby, Dr Feelgood, Elles Bailey, Aynsley Lister, DC Blues
• Jan 27 2020 Wolverhampton, Robin 2 Popa Chubby
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• Jan 23 2020 Leeds, Brudenell Social Club Popa Chubby, Blackballed
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• Jul 14 2019 Edinburgh, Assembly Hall Popa Chubby, Gerry Jablonski & The Electric Band
• 2017 Jan 27 Jan 30 2017 Minehead, Butlins Giants Of Rock Steve Hackett, Ian Anderson, Popa Chubby, John Lees' Barclay James Harvest, Eric Sardinas…

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INTERVIEW: Popa Chubby

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Popa Chubby chats with Kevin Cooper about where the name Popa Chubby originated from, his tiff with Walter Trout, his latest album The Catfish and his first tour of the UK since 2011

Popa Chubby, real name Theodore Horowitz, is an American rock and electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. In his early twenties, as well as playing the blues he also worked as backing guitarist for punk rock poet Richard Hell in The Voidoids.

In 1994, he released several albums on his own Laughing Bear label, including It’s Chubby Time and Gas Money, before he obtained a recording contract with Sony Music and Okeh Records for Booty And The Beast, his first major-label album, which was released in 1995. In 1996, he released a live recording of his hit The High Hard One. Two years later, One Million Broken Guitars was released on Lightyear Records; Brooklyn Basement Blues followed in 1999.

Several albums followed including How’d A White Boy Get The Blues? The Good The Bad And The Chubby, The Hungry Years and The Fight Is On.

About to embark upon a tour of the UK for the first time in six years to promote his latest album, The Catfish, he took some time out to have a chat with Kevin Cooper and this is what he had to say.

Hi Popa, how are you?

Hi Kevin, I’m very well thank you how are you?

I’m doing great thank you and let me just thank you for taking the time to speak to me today.

It’s my pleasure man. Thanks for taking the time to see what we are up to.

And just how is life treating Popa Chubby today?

Life is treating me very well and I am treating life even better.

The last time that I saw you here in the UK was five years ago now in Wolverhampton with Walter Trout.

That was 2011 and I have to tell you that I am so looking forward to being back there in the UK man.

No doubt you get asked this question many, many times but I have got to ask you, where did the name Popa Chubby come from?

Do you want me to be totally honest with you?

Of course (laughter).

Right here goes and remember, I have never told anyone this story (laughter). The name actually comes from a song by George Bernard “Bernie” Worrell, Jr. who was the keyboard player with Parliament-Funkadelic. I was in a jam with Bernie once and he was singing a song called Popa Chubby and I immediately thought that it would be a great name for a band. So I took the name from the song and it actually means to get excited (laughter).

Well, I’m glad that we have cleared that up (laughter). Back in the day you worked with one of the innovators of punk music and fashion, Richard Hell and played in his backing band The Voidoids.

Yes that’s right. Back in the day I played with Richard Hell and a later version of The Voidoids which included Anton Fier and Jody Harris. They were great times. It was quite an experience as it was my first touring gig back in the early eighties. That experience opened my eyes forever.

So how did the leap from punk rock to the blues come about; what drew you to the blues?

I will be honest with you and say that what drew me to the blues was that I had always wanted to play the guitar man and when I played in rock bands I got to play like one forty-five minute set but then when I started playing in blues bands I could play all night long. And that was primarily it. Back in the early sixties my parents owned a candy store in The Bronx, New York City with a jukebox so from a very early age I was always surrounded by the blues. So for me it was a natural progression and the blues gave me the outlet for what I wanted to do.

I have been playing your latest album, The Catfish, for a couple of weeks now and I think that it is great. The songs are so diverse that there is something on there for everyone.

Thank you sir, I am so pleased that you are enjoying what we are doing. I love music, I am a big fan of music and as you know I am from New York City which is a melting pot. Unlike a lot of other artists I am not trying to prove anything; I just play the music that I love and also make music that I love. I am pretty sure in what I do and when you get to that stage as an artist you can really start making some good work.

Are you happy with the way the album has been received?

Yes, I have to say that I am very happy. In fact I would go as far to say that this has been my most well received record of my career so far.

Again on the subject of titles, where did the title The Catfish come from?

The whole concept for the album came from a TV show man. I don’t know if you are familiar with the TV show called The River Monsters?

Yes I am. I know the show that you are talking about.

Good, so you will also be familiar with the presenter of the show Jeremy Wade. He was in the Himalayas trying to catch a man-eating catfish called the Goonch and when he pulled this fish out of the water I thought ‘oh man, that fish is a legend, look at him man, he owns the river’, everything that happens in that river goes through the fish. Anyway, I was in the studio working on the album, I was playing this beautiful track and I just threw The Catfish in there and it just worked. After that I was approached by a company in France who were interested in making a video for one of my songs, so I sent over The Catfish and they loved it. From that came the graphic, the video and the title of the record and the song.

I have to say that I really do like what you have done with Bye Bye Love, playing it in a reggae stylee. Whose idea was that?

That was my idea. I have always been a big reggae fan and there has always been a history of reggae and Ska bands taking traditional numbers and making them their own. There is a great record out there where a Ska band has done a reggae stylee version of Take Five the old Dave Brubeck number. Track it down Kevin, you will love it. Stuff like that really turns me on man. Also a classic tune and a classic melody turn me on so for me, putting the two together was quite natural.

What’s the story behind Motorhead Save My Life?

That’s easy, in my opinion there has never been a better band than Motorhead. They were the most honest band in rock and roll. They really were; it is such a great loss. Motorhead were a force to be reckoned with. They were a great rock and roll band and at the end of the day Lemmy was a true gentleman who is sadly missed. When I saw the movie about Lemmy he said that when he passed away he wanted to be remembered as an honourable man. If there was ever an honourable man playing rock and roll, it was Lemmy.

If we include The Catfish you have released an album per year for the last four years. Can you keep that level of output up or do you need a break?

Believe this or not I have actually slowed down. Whenever I record a new album I don’t really think about how long it has been since the last album. So to answer your question I really do hope so, I hope to keep it up for as long as I can.

You are a couple of dates into the latest tour, just how is it going?

Things are going awesome man. Having said that, there wasn’t really a break from the last tour to this tour. We finished a seven week European tour in November, came home for the holidays and now we are back out on the road.

Is being out there on the road the thing that gives you the most pleasure?

I love playing on the stage, I love the actual performing but to be honest, I don’t like travelling anymore. However, it is a necessary evil. The problem is that we spend more time travelling than we do playing. The travelling sucks all of the fun out of what we do.

Having said that I am pleased to say that you are coming back over to see us here in the UK. Do you enjoy your time spent here with us?

Yes I am, I will be back in the UK next week and yes, I enjoy every minute that I get to spend over there in the UK, I love it. It’s been a while man, but yes I always love being over there and playing for the fans. I am getting excited now at the thought of being back.

Do the UK audiences appreciate just what it is that you are doing?

I believe they do. We get loads of mail from the fans over there in the UK asking us when were are going to be touring. We have played Europe many times but for some reason we haven’t made it over to the UK, but now it has all come together I am excited to be coming back for the first time since 2011.

Is the blues currently in a good place?

To be totally honest with you, I have no idea (laughter). I don’t know man, obviously at the moment I am in a good place, I play the blues so I think that it is a pretty healthy market man. There are a lot of artists out there man and what I will say is that the cream rises to the top always.

When I spoke to Walter (Trout) I asked him that very question and he said that as long as there were people like Eric Sardinas and Popa Chubby out there playing and singing the blues, then the blues is most definitely in a good place.

Really, well that was very nice of Walter to say that. I have to tell you that Walter got angry with me recently. We had a tiff about Buddy Rich as I am a massive fan of his. I had posted a Buddy Rich quote on my Facebook page which Walter had seen and at that point he informed me that he hated Buddy Rich. Walter told me that when he was a child Buddy Rich had actually knocked him over. But I am pleased to say that Walter is over it now. Walter is a great guy. We did a few shows together over in Germany and I have to say that he is sounding better than ever. I wish him all the longevity with what he is doing.

Is there anyone in particular who you think that we should be looking out for?

Oh man, that’s a hard question. Again, I have to say that there is so much out there, so much and you guys over there in the UK, in your own market, have so many great guitar players. So what I will say is that there are a lot of great bands out there and some great guitar players too. So without singling anybody out, there are a lot of young guys coming up who are really hot and the old guys are still playing as sweet as ever. Unfortunately, we are losing some of the great players, who when I was growing up I could go out and see them play. Most of those guys have gone now so I advise young musicians to go out and see the old guys play whenever they get the chance.

Was it always going to be a career in music for you?

Oh absolutely. From my very early days I was musically inclined. Nothing else ever interested me, it is what I do man. I was lucky in that sense because nowadays if you don’t have a path to follow then you tend to have a really bad time.

What would you say has been the highlight of your career so far?

Woo, that’s a hard one buddy. I will be honest with you and this tells you exactly where I am at. I have sold-out huge venues all over the world and played in front of hundreds of thousands of people. Every New Year’s Day in Brooklyn, New York, myself, Steve Holley who is an English drummer who played with Sir Elton John, The Ian Hunter Band and Paul McCartney’s Wings, Arthur Neilson who has played in simply dozens of bands including playing with Big Ed Sullivan, and our buddy Dimitri all get together and play at a little bar in Brooklyn every New Year’s Day. That to me is the best gig that I do all year.

What was the first single that you bought?

(Laughter) well ,here’s the thing, because my parents owned the jukebox in their store, every week the guy would come and change the top forty singles and when he did I would get all of the old singles. He would give me all of the old Motown records, The Temptations, The Four Tops people like that. However, the first record that made a lasting impression on me was Chain Of Fools by Aretha Franklin.

What was the first album that you bought?

That’s easy, that was The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour.

What was the last song or piece of music that made you cry?

That would have been Beethoven’s 9th Symphony 1 st Movement. That piece of music is wonderful and it always gets to me. My daughter is a classical violinist and when I heard her playing the piece, it totally shut me down man.

Who has musically inspired you?

That’s a big question man. There have been so many people man. If we are talking about the blues then definitely B.B. King, Freddie King and Albert King. The list just goes on and on and on. Everything inspires me, that is one of the reasons why I am so prolific. For an artist to be prolific then they have to be inspired.

When you have any downtime who do you listen to?

Well, today for instance, we started off listening to Miles Davis, then we switched over to Barry White, The Chambers Brothers and some classic R&B, and then we switched to some 90’s West Coast style Hip Hop with Snoop Dog so as you see I go all over the map man.

On that note Popa, let me once again thank you for taking the time to speak to me and I will see you in Milton Keynes. Bye for now.

Okay Kevin, you have a good one. Bye for now.

• January 2017

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Popa Chubby at The Collective Encore, Columbia, MD, USA

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Interview: Blues Guitarist Popa Chubby Discusses His New Album, 'Universal Breakdown Blues'

Popa Chubby, a larger-than-life figure on the blues scene, has built a rabid following around the world through his relentless touring schedule and ever-expanding discography. His latest album, Universal Breakdown Blues , will be released May 28 via Provogue Records.

Chubby describes his performance style as, “the Stooges meet Buddy Guy, Motörhead meet Muddy Waters and Jimi Hendrix meets Robert Johnson." His eclectic tastes and approach brings with it a straight-ahead, no-BS attitude — and lots of passion.

We recently sat down to talk touring (His current dates are available here ) and to hear all about his new album.

GUITAR WORLD: You've been in this business for a few decades. Does Universal Breakdown Blues bear witness to your finding your voice and place in the blues?

It's been an organic progression of owning who I am. The music comes and instructs the soul. Life’s lessons add to the mix. Pain is a factor. Carlos Santana used to say he took LSD to suffer. I don’t need the substance. Life provides enough opportunity. The blues becomes a conduit. One day you wake up and you get what all the old cats were saying. It's like standing on at the crossroads, and as the devil hands you the contract to sign, he says, "Son, if there is anything else you can do, do it." You sign 'cause you have no choice, that’s the blues.

I love the lead-off track, “I Don’t Want Nobody,” in particular. Which songs are your favorites on the new album?

A new CD is like having multiple births. You can't really play favorites, but I hit some highs on this one, guitar-wise! Check out the solo work on “Rock Me Baby.”

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You're known for your relentless touring schedule. How many days out of the year are you on the road? Also, please talk a bit about your “road warrior” lifestyle. How do you unwind when not touring?

I’m a single dad of 17-year-old twin girls who are about to enter college. I tour constantly because if I stop for a month, I'm broke! Welcome to the blues. Europe is big for me. I sell out 3,000-plus in France. We are taking America by storm on this record! Unwind? What is that? Hookers and Champagne, of course [laughs]! Just joking! Tai Chi and green tea. I’m looking for a mama to rub my feet [laughs].

If you could play a song with three other blues greats, living or dead, who would you choose and why?

Jimi Hendrix because he was God! Freddie King because he was the second coming, and Hubert Sumlin, just to do it one more time. I miss you, Hubert.

What do you want to say with this album?

The message of this album is hope. Don't give up. Let the blues flow through you and give you solace in a broken-down, broke-ass universe.

What's your writing process like?

Live, suffer, inspire, catalog, hammer out, demo and record. Usually a lyric first.

Here's a reader question from George Longhurst, who asks, "What do you do to keep the blues fresh and new?"

You can only play the blues in the moment. If you rely on yesterday or think of tomorrow, you miss the point.

You've said, "Rock and roll and the blues should be dangerous." How do you mix the "poetry," as you have put it, with the danger in your music?

I'm a Cadillac with a power pack. I'm the man of steel with killer feel. I'm your Kundalini — be my Lil Queenie. Who uses Kundalini in a blues song besides me? I'm the danger man! I'm glorious, laborious, calculated, elevated, updated, majestic and domestic.

Are there any new artists out there that you really dig?

Brand new? Alabama Shakes. I'm in love with that girl, Brittany Howard. The Black Keys. I wish Jack White would cut the crap and just sing the blues. Lots of good stuff out there.

Here's a reader question from Alexander Caraballo: "I'm a huge believer that learning to play the blues is essential for all guitar players. Do you agree, and if so, why?"

Alexander, you must feel the blues. Like Luke Skywalker in Star Wars ! Feel the force! You can learn all the technique, but you must feel what you play. May the blues be with you!

What would you like to say to your fans out there reading this?

If nobody told you they love you today, Popa Chubby loves you!

For more about Popa Chubby, check out his official website .

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News: POPA CHUBBY UK tour dates 18-29 January 2017

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Pete Feenstra chatted to Popa Chubby for his Feature show broadcast on 11 December 2016 on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio.  Thos sequence includes tracks from ‘The Catfish’

The self-proclaimed ‘King Of The New York City Blues’ plays UK dates in January.

Popa Chubby also releases a new album ‘ ‘The Catfish’ via earMUSIC drawing on more than 25 years of consistent recording and touring.  The album features a heady mix of blues rock, soul, and R&B.

Born Ted Horowitz in 1960, Popa Chubby’s first album – ‘Booty And The Beast’ – was released in 1995.

When asked what he wanted to achieve with this latest release, Popa Chubby simply said: “Bigger, Badder, Older,Wiser, Louder, Stronger.”

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Wed 18  London 100 Club 100 Oxford St, Fitzrovia, London W1D 1LL 020 7636 0933 www.the100club.co.uk 7.30pm – 11.00pm  £17.50 Adv + Bf / £20.00 Otd

Fri 2o Wavendon, The Stables,  Stockwell Lane Wavendon Milton Keynes MK17 8L Box Office – 01908 280800 8pm £16.50 http://www.stables.org/Whats_on/Event/Popa_Chubby

Sat 21 Barnoldswick, Music & Arts Centre, 22 Rainhall Rd, Barnoldswick BB18 5AF

Sun 22 Skegness Great British Rock & Blues Festival

Mon 23 Boom Boom Club, Sutton, Surrey Ticket Line: 0208 761 9078 – 0788 865 7952. www.feenstra.co.uk

Tues 24 Chislehurst, Beaverwood Club Beaverwood Road Chislehurst, Kent BR7 6HF. Ticket Line: 0208 761 9078 – 0788 865 7952. Tel Venue: 020 8300 1385 / 0635 www.feenstra.co.uk/chislehurst/index_f.htm#

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Sat 28 Southport, The Atkinson Lord Street, Southport PR8 1DB 0161 480 2833 http://www.theatkinson.co.uk/whats-on/events/  8pm  £18 + B/ fee.

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Tuesday 18 July 2023

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1 Topic by BansheeUK 2012-05-04 07:26:58

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Topic: Popa Chubby - UK/European dates 2012

Got word of some Popa Chubby dates coming round soon; might be of interest.

June 18th - Robin 2, Wolverhampton June 19th - Buck Hotel, Reeth (N.Yorks) June 20th - Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh July 20th - Honberg, Tuttlingen, Germany Aug 2nd - Theatre de Verdue, Nice, France Aug 3rd - Site de Landaoudec, Crozon, France Oct 5th - Le Cooperative de Mai, Clemont-Ferrand, France Oct 12th - La Laiterie Club, Strasbourg, France

Probably more to come, so add on if you know them.

2 Reply by ahsmith33 2012-05-04 12:20:58

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Re: Popa Chubby - UK/European dates 2012

I don't see any of these dates listed on his site, but they were probably just recently booked. Ted is another guitarist's guitarist to me, like Jeff Beck. He is a great guy and plays his heart out, don't miss him. Speaking of Jeff Beck, here's Popa's take on another classic, strange but very awesome imo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9tBlJ0tkSc

3 Reply by Ron Sayer Jr 2012-05-05 07:53:55

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Here's something fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2FidaIg97s

I love how we both resort to finger tapping near the end :-O I felt dirty for days afterwards LOL

Ted is a gracious guy and lots of fun.

4 Reply by Ron Sayer Jr 2012-05-07 04:32:20

Have made a few calls and there's a possibility I'll be joining Ted as support on a couple of the UK dates :-)

Will let you know.

5 Reply by BansheeUK 2012-05-08 07:42:55

Have made a few calls and there's a possibility I'll be joining Ted as support on a couple of the UK dates :-) Will let you know. Ron

Fingers crossed

6 Reply by BansheeUK 2012-05-15 06:07:52

Update on Europe and UK dates for June 2012 (2 new UK shows added)

15       St Veit, Austria              St. Veit Blues Festival 16       Grollo, NL                      Groeten Uit Grolloo 18       Wolverhampton, UK     Robin 2 19       Reeth, UK                      Buck Hotel  20       Edinburgh, UK              Voodoo Rooms  21       Glasgow, UK                 The Ferry 22       Sutton, UK                     The Boom Boom Room      27-29  Italy                                Specific Venues TBA                              30       Rapperswill, CH            Rapperswill Blues Festival

7 Reply by Dave82775 2012-05-15 13:19:53

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Nothing remotely close to north east England though!

8 Reply by Greenose 2012-05-15 16:24:23

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Shame, Edinburgh's just a couple of hours from Newcastle if you're tempted!

9 Reply by Dave82775 2012-05-15 23:47:06

Dave82775 wrote: Nothing remotely close to north east England though!

Indeed it is - but still too much when I'm at work the next day!!

10 Reply by BansheeUK 2012-05-16 03:49:09

Reeth is North Yorks; only about 1 hour from Newcastle (and a crackin' little pub to boot).

11 Reply by Dave82775 2012-05-16 06:13:28

Thanks Mike ...........Might look that up on my break at work later - 8pm finish tonight :-(

12 Reply by BansheeUK 2012-05-16 06:59:36

Web site is www.buckhotel.co.uk   Nice little place in the heart of Swaledale.

13 Reply by BansheeUK 2012-06-20 06:07:48 (edited by BansheeUK 2012-06-20 08:41:50)

What's a dazzling urbanite like Popa Chubby doing in a rustic setting like this? Rockin’ their world is the simple answer. I was stunned when I saw first saw this gig advertised but I’m glad I took VATA ’s advice “You should go see him, man”. It was an awesome display of fiery fretwork from start to finish.

Things didn’t quite get an auspicious start, first the promoters told me the start time was pushed back as the venue were screening some football match (England v Borat according to Popa) and then the posters at the venue said it would only run 10pm to 11pm – Good job they didn’t tell him that, it was 12:15am when the band came off stage.

So then, low-key start, a few bars of Secret Agent Man then the James Bond Theme and things kicked off – we got plenty of old, new & Low Down & Dirty . A searing instrumental of Over The Rainbow segued into Hendrix’s Hey Joe . Come 11pm, one Marshall amp down and we hadn’t all turned into pumpkins as the big man was led to believe, and so they played on; instrumental jams like She Made Me Beg For It vied with older stuff and even some Classical as well as more classic Hendrix, And The Wind Cries Mary .

Midnight came round, and the guys were on a roll, we had a blistering duo of guitar work with a friend of Popa’s, the band showcased; there was a great atmosphere. It had shades of becoming a lock-in, and with 2ft thick walls around the venue, I don’t think the rest of Reeth would even have known. Sadly though, the night’s proceedings had to come to and end, and what an ending; Wild Horses and a blistering Brown Sugar .

It was a smallish function room in a 18th century coach house but had a great atmosphere with 60 or so people rapt by this New Yorker and his beat-up fender, but what a great night. Like sitting in a ’67 Chevy Impala with a big block V8 – it ain’t pretty, it ain’t sophisticated, but boy its fun when it opens up and roars. As Russ Tippins says – “anyone who can make the word “man” stretch over 2 syllables has to be cool. And so is the guy who had the bottle to book him for this little hidden gem of a venue.

14 Reply by Wooders 2012-06-20 07:05:47

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15 Reply by ahsmith33 2012-06-20 08:32:52

many thanks Mike for the review, sounds like it was a great show. Kind of surprised he included Over the Rainbow, his take on it is amazing. I'm also determined to see him when he gets back over here, meanwhile very envious of yous guys. Tres

16 Reply by BansheeUK 2012-06-20 08:40:00 (edited by BansheeUK 2012-06-20 09:22:12)

Cheers for that Phil, Tres; it sure was a great night. It was Virgil McMahon's recommendation that I sieze the chance to catch Popa, VATA toured with him a couple of years ago, and if Virgil rates someone, that's good enough for me; and another pint I'll have to stand him.

I wish I could remember more of the numbers played; Angel On My Shoulder was one I missed in the review; even a kick-*** version of Duane Eddy's Peter Gunn sneaked in somewhere before the end. Truth is, on the way back I hit major re-surfacing works on the Scotch Corner roundabout and at 1am my already frazzled brain just couldn't cope.

Gotta say again, great little venue for somewhere out in the "wilds"; has a cool little club atmosphere going. They've been hosting similar gigs for the last couple of years and doing a great job at it - long may they continue. By the way, should anyone find themselves there, I heartliy recommend the Copper Dragon hand-drawn ale....hic!

From the man himself; Over The Rainbow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9tBlJ0tkSc

17 Reply by Greenose 2012-06-21 11:05:02

I saw Popa in Edinburgh last night. Was a good show and he was in good spirits, far more so than his last visit to the city. Not really much more to add other than his one more song encore turned into a jam which went on for nearly half an hour and finished with Ace of Spades! I thought the sound man was going to have a fit as he kept flashing the lights as the curfew for the venue is 11pm!  On the downside only around 70 people so the show was a loss maker for the promoter.

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