The 1988 second album from Martin Stephenson & the Daintees celebrates it’s 30th anniversary with a UK tour and the album performed in it’s entirety plus a set of Daintees classics. Martin Stephenson formed The Daintees in his teens with the deliberate intention of showcasing a broad range of musical styles. Their debut single ‘Roll on Summertime’ was issued by Newcastle’s Kitchenware Records in 1982. It became ‘single of the week’ in Sounds Magazine. Successful and critically acclaimed albums ‘Boat to Bolivia’, ‘Gladsome, Humour and Blue’, ‘Salutation Road’ & ‘The Boy’s Heart’ followed over the decade, before Stephenson began cutting his ties with the mechanics of the mainstream music business. Over the two decades since, Martin Stephenson released a succession of strong self-produced albumsincluding the 2015 classic ‘HAUNTED HIGHWAY’. 2016 saw the special re-recorded release of the Daintees’ critically acclaimed 1986 debut ‘BOAT TO BOLIVIA’. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their classic debut album including a sold out tour throughout the UK and Ireland.
THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER
THEKLA BRISTOL The Grove, Bristol BS1 4RB Doors 7:00pm Ages 14+
MARTIN STEPHENSON has been one of the UK’s best-loved musicians for 30 years. New album CALIFORNIA STAR sees him reunited with The Daintees, the band he’s intermittently fronted through a string of albums – and hundreds of gigs – since his teens in the North East. Always popular on the circuit, Stephenson’s “must see” live performances are an exuberant tour-de-force combining heart-in-your-mouth intimacy with playful humour and warm self-deprecation. The Daintees’ critically acclaimed 1986 debut BOAT TO BOLIVIA opened up an always interesting story. It showcased Stephenson’s songwriting, poetic romanticism and spiritual depth – so marking him out as a soulful cream of the leftfield crop during the self-obsessed 1980s. Never pandering to a particular scene, Stephenson’s lightness of touch on a varied mix of musical styles was immediately apparent. His path was destined to be a lifelong journey through the music he loved: folk, ragtime, jazz, rockabilly, show tunes, punk-pop and country. CALIFORNIA STAR continues his tradition for eclectic roots songwriting, and is the perfect middle-age bookend on a discography now amounting to 40 albums.
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