Apparently we are having a "weatherbomb" here in the UK this week. This means high winds, rain, hail, snow, basically the worst the sky can throw at us. So what else are you going to do on a cold Wednesday night in December than take a 150-mile round trip along the North Wales coast toApparently we are having a "weatherbomb" here in the UK this week. This means high winds, rain, hail, snow, basically the worst the sky can throw at us. So what else are you going to do on a cold Wednesday night in December than take a 150-mile round trip along the North Wales coast to see a living legend perform? Well if you're me, obviously not a lot! So off I went, not really knowing what to expect as all 3 bands on offer were a bit of an unknown quantity to me. First up we got the Western Sizzlers. So what do we know about them? Not a lot it seems, the google force is not strong with this bunch. I know the big brooding "main man" with a mop of curly black hair and Orbison-alike shades is an American called Rick Richards who was previously in the Georgia Satellites, but other than that it was pretty much take them as I found them. What I found was a 5-piece band who played what back in the day we would have called RnB when it meant Rhythm and Blues, not whatever they have hijacked it for these days. First [...]
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