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Back Door Slam Wow Packed Arts Centre
5th May 2005

Back Door Slam = Centenary Arts Centre 4th May 2005

Wednesday night 4th May 2004 Centenary Hall Arts Centre, Peel. Back Door Slam in their first sit-down, ticketed concert sold-out the Centenary Hall last night and rocked the place upside down with their seamless blend of blues standards and original material.

Davey Knowles
Davy Knowles is something of a Johnny Laing doppelganger both in his precocious guitar skills and mature, way beyond his years, singing voice and he led the band through almost two hours of adrenalin pumping, foot stomping, "just like the old days" blues rock.

The rhythm section, Jamie Armstrong on bass and Ross Doyle on drums, provide the heartbeat of this band and allow Davy to stretch out on his blistering leads knowing they will follow him. Hardly breaking into a sweat and always in total control Davy rang the kneck of his borrowed PRS guitar and by turns extracted some rather pretty, beautiful, sweet notes from it particularly on their original material which, for me, was the highlight of the night.

Original tunes are the test of a band and when they are as good as these, Back Door Slam, as songwriters, pass the toughest musical test of all with top colours. Davy also entertained and impressed us with his Mandolin and Acoustic Jumbo and showed that the fireworks he can produce with his fretting hand are more than matched by the rhythm skills of his picking hand. The combination of the two is awe inspiring.

How good is it that they will be on the Festival Main Stage in just 10 days time? Bloody good.

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