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Hamell On Trial - Irish Tour December 2003

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  • 27-11-2003 2:19pm
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    jmc
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    He's some boy! Love 'Choochtown'...

    Hamell On Trial - Irish Tour December 2003

    Hamell tour dates are:
    Tuesday December 9, 2003 DUNDALK - Spirit Store
    Wednesday December 10, 2003 BELFAST - Auntie Annie's
    Thursday December 11, 2003 LIMERICK - Dolan's
    Friday December 12, 2003 CORK - The Half Moon
    Saturday December 13, 2003 DUBLIN - at The Village

    "He's like Billy Bragg with a bad attitude, or more accurately Bill Hicks wielding his guitar like a scythe" - The Independent

    UNCUT: "Two years ago before he became an Uncut regular with his own monthly column, Ed Hamell - aka Hamell On Trial - released an album called 'Choochtown' that we described as 'Mean Streets: The Musical'. We weren't joking either. 'Choochtown' teemed with the same raw vitality, violence and profane humour as Scorcesse's early masterpiece and was populated by a similarly colourful cast of hoodlums, hookers, big-time gangsters, small-time hoods and Chooch himself, a freelance Mob bone-breaker. The thing really played out like a great ****ing movie, with parts for De Niro, Keitel, Pesci and all your other favourite wiseguys. And what a soundtrack it came with!"

    "Musically, Hamell drew inspiration from Dylan, the Velvets, the Modern Lovers, MC5, Stooges, Patti Smith and The Clash. Recorded mostly in the basment of his Brooklyn home, 'Choochtown' was rock 'n' roll stripped to the sinew, gristle and bone: hard as nails, noisy, confrontational. A ****ing belter, in other words.
    And the good news for all the friends and fans that Hamell's made since is that 'Tough Love', released on Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe imprint, is even better, and finds Hamell moving up in the world somewhat. Former Stone Roses and Radiohead producer, John Leckie has helmed four tracks and great musicians include DiFranco herself, guitarist Gary Lucas (The Magic Bands, Gods And Monsters, Jeff Buckley), bassist Errnie Brooks (the Modern Lovers) and drummer Jonathan Kane (Swans) ... 'Tough Love' is dedicated to Joe Strummer, who I like to think would've loved it as much as I do."


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