JACK BROADBENT: English-born singer, songwriter and guitarist Jack Broadbent is touring with his latest rock album, RIDE. Broadbent’s natural grit, voice and guitar, riding atop every song
with a driving force. There is a great deal of stylistic diversity here - from the moody
ambience of ‘Who Are You?’ and the title track, which he calls "a tale of adventure", to
the blues roots of ‘New Orleans,’ a love letter to one of his favorite towns. ‘Grace’
soars with a kind of front-porch spirituality, while ‘I Love Your Rock 'n' Roll,’ is as
Broadbent explains, "...a homage to the bands that I like.” With several twists and
turns, the album takes the listener on a trip, strung together by a vision that Broadbent
developed during the recording process.
Broadbent’s slide guitar playing evolved from the busking he did during his early 20s.
Taking cues from influences such as John Lee Hooker and Little Feat, but ultimately
Broadbent says, "I never really wanted to emulate anybody else's style, which is why I
ended up going down a slightly more hard-hitting, brash, kind of route in my playing."
He has won over fans throughout the world, with the likes of Ronnie Wood, Peter
Frampton, Little Feat, and other musical legends.
New Songs from the forthcoming album:
I Love Your Rock ’n’ Roll: https://youtu.be/vDpot8u5hz4
Ride: https://youtu.be/6W1KMdExctY
Midnight Radio: https://youtu.be/1-yVES-AE1Q (new song coming out this week)
Mike Dawes is an English guitarist known for composing, arranging, and performing
multiple parts simultaneously on a single guitar. He is hailed as one of the world’s most
creative modern fingerstyle guitarists with a repertoire spanning solo viral videos and
popular arrangements, alongside mainstream chart success performing with Justin
Hayward of The Moody Blues. Dawes was named ‘Best Acoustic Guitarist in the World’
two years in a row by Total Guitar Magazine/MusicRadar reader polls and simply needs
to be seen to be believed. His ability to combine the melody, bass, harmony and
percussion all seamlessly together with just one guitar leaves audiences absolutely
stunned. He’s recently released his first live album, Shows and Distancing: Live in the
USA. It features fan favorites such as ‘Boogie Shred’ and ‘The Impossible’ as well as the
brand new ‘William Shatner’s Paints’ in its live debut. It also features many of Dawes’
viral cover arrangements with unique versions of ‘One’ by Metallica, John Mayer’s ‘Slow
Dancing In A Burning Room’, and Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’.
This tour will be Broadbent and Dawes first tour together and yet their styles are so far
apart. It will be a deep dive into modern fingerstyle guitar followed up by some bluesy
rock n’ roll. What a great chap!
Songs from his recent Live Album (Shows & Distancing):
Slow Dancing in the Burning Room: https://youtu.be/Tp6r82DB63Q
Boogie Shred (Live): https://youtu.be/CimTm-S8-iw
Doors Open: 7.30pm Admission: £12 on the Door
Tickets: £15 + BF from headfirstbristol.com £18 on the door
TICKET LINK: https://hdfst.uk/E74888