Give Me Whiskey Till I Die - The Alice Charmers

Alice Charmers: Volks Power Festival 2014

Its been ages since I've posted on the old NBB. So here's a vid of the Charmers minus Northern Banjo Boy at this year's Volks Power Festival. With a special tribute to Tommy Ramone, god bless!

The Alice Charmers Live on t'wireless

BBC Tees Introducing: New sensations, buried treasure and studio sessions.

BROADCAST: 01 Feb 2014

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Marmalade au Marseille at O'Connels

A very appreciative if somewhat demanding audience at a recent gig.

The Black Sheep Recordings EP

The CD EP of the Black Sheep Recordings is winging its way to us as I write and will definitely be ready for the Doc Brown's gig on 7th Nov! Get 'em while they hot! (we only got 50 made).

The Alice Charmers on iTunes!

Hi folks we are now officially on iTunes. So if you'd like to have the Charmers with you all the time, click on the picture or the link and find us on t'interweb.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-black-shep-recordings-ep/id720802372

Alice Charmers live at HM Bark Endeavour

Here's a wee clip of us playing on board the HM Bark Endeavour recently
supporting John and the Rag Men and Coco and the Butterfields.

Coco and the Butterfields... and the Alice Charmers

They're back by popular demand and we're back supporting, so I'm assuming we were popular too, but probably we were just cheap...

Anyway, all aboard the HM Bark Endeavour for the 4th October.

Tickets are available from Nouvelle Musique or on Facebook

Rosedale Run

We've been working on a few new tunes this one's by Carl.

I know you shouldn't read your own reviews but..

A really nice review of our July gig at Doc Brown's for 4 Play by Simon Rylander

I can honestly say this months four 4PLAYS were the best I’ve ever seen! And what a start! Grass Route managed to get McCormick, Cherry Head Cherry Heart, Head Of Light Entertainment, and The Alice Charmers all into one gig, for the 4th July 4PLAY. McCormick started us off with a set that had everyone “stomping” along. This guy switches effortlessly between ballads that have lyrics that make your heart melt and mid-tempo songs that quite literally give you Goosebumps. Make sure you visit his really cool website www.mccormick.com 

What a pleasure it is to listen to Head Of Light Entertainment. Its rare to find a band so expressive in what they do, and if you’re ever having a bad day/week/month/year, just spend five minutes watching their set and all your troubles will melt away. Cherry Head Cherry Heart gave us all a lesson on how duets should be sung, and then The Alice Charmers took to the stage with banjos in hand. 

These magnificent men and their strumming machines combine polished talent, humour, and a voodoo-like ability to get you off that bar stool and dance with random strangers! Top tip for when you go and see The Alice Charmers – make sure you’re at the front, and that there’s plenty of room. Yeah, yeah, I know you dont want to dance, but that’s irrelevant because you won’t be able to help it!

The rest of the article is on EXNE  http://www.exne.co.uk/diary-of-a-superfan/diary-of-a-superfan-july/

VolksPower 5 gig

Mark took some photos at our recent gig at the VolksPower Festival.
We all took advantage of the huge (for us) stage to give it a bit of RnR posing. I even managed to get carpet burns whilst playing the cowbell!!

Thanks to Mark for the photos. He's posted some other images on The Great North Strum 

Green Room - Coco and the Butterfields and Holy Moly and the Crackers

Played the Green Room last night supporting Coco and the Butterfields and Holy Moly and the Crackers.
Great night, and despite the sound guy seeming to think that he was setting up for Metallica these guys where awesome.
 

Red Lion Gig

We played the Red Lion in York on the 26th May. It was a bit of a tight squeeze. I've never seen four fat blokes fit in a space that small before! but the open mike night run by Vinnie Whitehead was a blast! and we'd love to come back and do a full set!

New Songs - Work in Progress

While waiting to finish the demos of the four songs we've recorded, we've been cracking on with some new stuff.

Green Room 26th Jan

New gig for the new year. We prefer being bottom of the bill as you get more drinking time! Looking forward to it!

The Alice Charmers at Doc Browns 13 Dec

Grass Route proudly invites you to come support some of the best up and coming talent who are gagging to entertain you. We have scoured the web and listened carefully to create what we think will be one almighty, unreal night. So come enter our humble abode at Doctor Browns and witness some of the greatest Homegrown Acts and little diamonds from out of town EVERY THURSDAY for the paltry fee of FREE.

Tonights special show has been hand selected for your ears enjoyment and features in order of...

appearance:

**BEN TURNER**

One of Boros finest, hottest, talented musicians. Ben has played a couple of 4PLAY's and has dazzled everytime. Let his acoustic tales envelope your taste and leave nothing behind other than a new satisfaction for music.

**THE CROOKED BEATS**

Mint new band consisting of some unreal musicians. A trio in size but an orchestra in sound. Funked up Boro Blues. Like a breath of fresh air. So fresh like drinking a cold glass of water after necking a tube of Trebor Extra Strong. Mint guitars, beautiful bass and dirty drums combine to give you....The Crooked Beats.

**JAMES AUGER & THE NATIVES**

Grass Routes Bezza James has been away far too long so we have brought him back armed to the back teeth with an amazing band and some sweet brand spanking new tunes. James is always travelling to places like North America, Canada and Scandinavia but always has a place for Boro in his heart so lets get them arms stretched and invite in some spine-tingling, hair standing music to get them heads nodding like the Churchill Dog.

**THE ALICE CHARMERS**

Yes yes yes it is with great pleasure Leon can tell everyone he is bringing The Alice Charmers back to Doc Browns. What a band if you aren't moving when they are mid-flight then you surely must have a great excuse (Or Poor Taste) The first time Leon ever step foot in Docs The Charmers were in mid set and Leon was amazed. That was ages ago, its been too long. The time is now. Banjos, Boro, Blue Grass, Believe!!!!

So come down support Homegrown Music. 

FREE YES FREE ENTRY 

If music be the food of Love, Play On!!!!

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VIVA LA EVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!

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Marmalade au Marseillaise

Carl turned up at last nights practice with a storming new cajun inspired tune. In fact we had raft of new tunes to play with more to follow.

listen to ‘Marmalade au Marseillaise’ on Audioboo

Sun Inn 8th June

HeArts Festival

The Alice Charmers will be playing at Ripon Museums Monday 4th June as part of the HeArts Festival.

We'll be at the Workhouse Museum between 1pm and 4pm busking in the great tradition of itinerant musicians. Possibly to no one but who cares as long as the rain holds off we'll have a laugh!

http://riponmuseums.co.uk/museums/workhouse_museum_gardens/

Alice Charmers at the Billingham Synthonia

 I was bit wary of playing a club which is named after 'SYNTHetic amONIA' but we northerners are a hardy breed, and desperate too. But what a venue it's the old ICI club which is now part run by BCT Events which is a charity offering kids music lessons to keep em out of trouble and believe me there is a fair amount of trouble available on the post-industrial streets of Billingham.

So we put on our coats and hardest band faces (except for Mark, or maybe that is his hardest face) and prepared for the worst, but we had a brilliant night. We were humbled by both the kids enthusiasm and the organisers, who give their time and energy to do something positive for the community. We were fed and watered allowed to play on a proper stage with great sound. I don't know what the audience could hear but I could hear everyone else playing which was a revelation and meant that instead of fighting the sound to get heard we played together. Its the most relaxed i've felt while on stage and despite forgetting words and fluffing chords etc went seemed to go over really well - they enjoyed it as much as we did.

THEY WANTED AN ENCORE!
we didn't have an encore, so we just played Cripple Creek again!
Thank you BCT Events.