Busking is quite a buzz word these days, with bands like Set Sail maximising their exposure through social networks and jamming on street corners. Here is some important news about another street vendor of music. If you get a chance to see him....DO IT!
For the past few years, one man band Lewis Floyd Henry has pitched up on street corners around London gradually spreading the word of the blues and rock to passers by and the oddly curious. He arrives armed with a pram carrying a battery-operated amplifier and a custom-made drum kit bashing out covers of Jimi Hendrix, T-Rex, The Stooges and has accrued 100,000 YouTube hits for a performance of the The Wu-Tang Clan’s Protect Ya Neck performed outside Tottenham Court Road tube station.
In addition to his cover versions, Lewis also crafts his own tunes diversifying beyond his initial folky-blues style into high-velocity rock grooves worthy of the mighty Jimi Hendrix Experience. His debut album ‘One Man & His 30W Pram' is testament to this fact.
MOJO describes Henry's music as "An intoxicating mix of humdinger riffs and country-blues twangs, psychedelic-folk tunings and beats, it’s raw and honest and thrilling"
That sounds right up my alley, if it's up your alley too, then you can check him out on his return to Australia at the following venues.
Saturday 31st Dec: Melbourne, The Corner w/ Regurgitator
Tickets $30.00 + bf from cornerhotel.com, ph: 9427 9198 or in person at the venue Box Office
Monday 2nd Jan: Melbourne, East Brunswick Club w/ Jim Jones Revue
Tickets $39.60 + bf from eastbrunswickclub.com, ph: 9388 9794 or in person at the Corner Box Office 57 Swanston Street, Richmond.
Friday 6th Jan: Sydney, The Vanguard w/ The Dad Horse Experience (GER), Made For Chickens By Robots, Kirk Special & Blackbear
Tickets $16.00 + bf from www.thevanguard.com.au or ph: 9557 9409
Saturday 7th Jan: Sydney, Sydney Festival First Night
www.sydneyfestival.org.au/ *free show
