Thursday 4th November 2010
Juke Joint Fever presents
Dave Arcari + Lee Patterson
SLIDE guitarist & songwriter Dave Arcari's alt.blues sounds owe as much to trash country, punk and rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta blues and have been showcased via five internationally-acclaimed solo CD release with a brand new album scheduled for release on Buzz Records in late 2010.Arcari has showcased at the North by North East (NxNE) music festival in Toronto, Canada and has been a finalist the UK Indy Music Awardsreaching the top four in his category (best male solo artist).
With more than 150 UK dates a year plus shows all over Europe (including Finland, Estonia, Belgium, France, Germany and Canada) Arcari is one of the hardest gigging live artists on the circuit.
A series of shows with the mighty Alabama 3 (by personal request from the band), Seasick Steve, Son of Dave and Jon Spencer along with his relentless UK and European tour schedule have established Arcari as a formidable international solo performer who is fast building a media reputation as a 'hell-raising National guitar madman'.
Arcari's growing reputation at home was endorsed when he was asked to put music to Robert Burns' (Scotland's national poet) poem Parcel of Rogues for a BBC Scotland special to mark 300 years of the Act of Union between Scotland and England. He also presented the programme, interviewing many high-profile political figures, musicians and historians along the way.
"Dave plays like he got his skin turned inside out and pretty soon my skin was inside out too listening and it was all good. That boy bleeds for you - he a real down deep player and a soul man..." Seasick Steve
More info at http://davearcari.com
More info at http://www.myspace.com/jukejointfever
From 8pm in The Speakeasy. Showtime: 8.45pm. Admission £5. Buy online here.
