FESTIVAL FORUM
Debate, discussion and argument - gear, bands and gigs - it's your call
2004 FESTIVAL ARTISTES
The who's who of Festival 2004; pictures, links, the lot
2004 GIG REVIEWS
Photo's and Gig Reviews of ALL the stages/venues of Festival 2004
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POSTER 2004
The 2004 Poster is available free to download right now
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PROGRAMME 2004
What was on in 2004
All the bands, venues and times
ACOUSTIC STAGE
The "Acoustic Stage" (in reality an eclectic mix of music from Delta Blues to
flat out rock) at The Shore Hotel has it's own website which is now updated
with new pictures and info..
SPONSORS
Without our sonsors
there would be no
Fest - Who are these
generous people?
ISLE OF MAN BLUES CLUB
The Manx Blues Club; where the Festival sprang from
venue, dates, history etc..
TICKETS
The Festival is mostly FREE
but which stages require tickets?
Click here for all the info
ARTISTES
Bio's, pic's and loads of info on most of the artistes that have ever appeared.
VENUES
Info & Location
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MAP
Where is it? Here!
Includes Photo's of Laxey
TRAVEL
How to get to the Isle of Man
Stage: MAIN STAGE GIG REPORT 2003
Photo's and Report on the
Charterhouse International Blues Pavilion
Main Stage
Stage: ACOUSTIC STAGE
The Acoustic Stage has it's own web
site. You can check out: Previous
fest.s, pictures and details.
Domicilium: Internet Providers to the Festival
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Bushy's Big Wheel Blues Festival 2003 is
a fund raising event for the British Red
Cross. Please give generously.
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Truman Falls CD Launch gig - click to enlarge
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Truman Falls at The Shore Hotel Acoustic Stage 2004 - click to enlarge
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Truman Falls at The Shore Hotel Acoustic Stage 2004 - click to
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Simon Rea - Truman Falls. Click to enlarge
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The Truman Falls CD cover
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"A Terrific Debut...A Great Album"
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Bob Harris, BBC Radio2
Since they stormed the Blues Festival Acoustic Stage in 2004 with their
'..astonishing, crowd-pleasing performance...', Truman Falls have
enjoyed a busy and fruitful year touring their songs from the highly acclaimed
debut album -
"Little Happyhells"
. They most recently headlined Doctor Wu's Acoustic
Revolution in Leeds, following a live session for
BBC Radio Yorkshire
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Their album is still selling out in the local branch of HMV whilst continuing
to reach
new fans across the world through their website, trumanfalls.co.uk. Local
followers
of the Manx music scene will have heard them playing regurlaly during the last
year in the many venues around the Island, where they continue to gain more
interest and
support.
Other great news for the band is that BBC's lady legend of all things
musical,
Janice Long
, has invited them to do a session on her Radio 2 show.(if
you're near a wireless in the minutes that link April 11th to April 12th,
tune in around the midnight hour to hear the band playing live!), - it is
also expected that they will be playing in Manchester and Leeds during the week
of the Radio 2 Session to promote their debut single - "The Last Man on the
Moon".
Their own material has been bracketed with such diverse artists as the
Beach Boys, Josh Rouse, Lambchop and Burt Bacharach, but although this
much is true, the sound is distinctively Truman Falls. Part of this must be down
to the soulful, emotive vocal of songwriter Simon Rea and the immediate
imagery of the songs themselves, and the rest to collaborations with
extremely talented musicians such as Paul Teare, Steph Joyce and Dave
Armstrong, (who also co-produced the album), also new full time member
Chris Glaster - who plays keyboards, bass and vocals for their live
appearances.
Having started out as one of the most popular cover bands on the Island
(at that point dubiously named 'The Starfish Captains'...), they still
occasionally delve into the back catalogue of those classic songs that
inspired them to "Be In Music", so expect to be pleasantly unsurprised by
the odd blast of Bill Withers, James Taylor, Tears for Fears, Talk Talk,
Crowded House and even a little jungle ditty from Tight Fit....
Listen to the band's music at their record label web site at
www.stereoscout.com and/or check out their own web site at the address below.
You can also check out the rest of that Truman Falls gig review at the Acoustic
Stage - 2004 by
clicking
here
Check out their 2005 Festival Gig by clicking
here
Web Site:
www.trumanfalls.co.uk
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