West Holts 2017

[dentalplan]

Good choice. He was determined to make us feel super bad about Brexit.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Then you also missed Vince Staples not knowing what a heron was.........

#scenes

[dentalplan]

Did anyone see Oddisee & Good Compny? That was great fun.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yup....we were there, although mostly due to laziness post Anna Meredith. 

It was pretty good, I guess. Preferred the Vincester, though.

[Amy Lawn]

1 hour ago, dentalplan said:

Good choice. He was determined to make us feel super bad about Brexit.

Brexit had already made me feel super bad about Brexit.

[FuzzyDunlop]

They have been mentioned numerous times, but how good were Dakhabrakha?!

As much fun as you can get on a Friday.

Nearly went to the funk all dayer in the Shangri La, but decided as I wanted to see ZZ top, Id stay a bit closer. What a great decision to watch them. Thanks to whoever posted the video to Vesna. That's all I knew of them.

Ive seen the iplayer set back 3 times.

Get them back!

[Winslow Leach]

12 hours ago, dentalplan said:

Did anyone see Oddisee & Good Compny? That was great fun.

I did. They were aight, I guess.

[dentalplan]

1 hour ago, Winslow Leach said:

I did. They were aight, I guess.

Were you guys super hungover or summat? Was right sunny afternoon fun.

[Avalon_Fields]

12 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

They have been mentioned numerous times, but how good were Dakhabrakha?!

As much fun as you can get on a Friday.

Nearly went to the funk all dayer in the Shangri La, but decided as I wanted to see ZZ top, Id stay a bit closer. What a great decision to watch them. Thanks to whoever posted the video to Vesna. That's all I knew of them.

Ive seen the iplayer set back 3 times.

Get them back!

Dakhabrakha the only band I saw and subsequently bought their album. Regretting missing Michael Kiwanuka though as his new album is excellent. 

[Winslow Leach]

30 minutes ago, dentalplan said:

Were you guys super hungover or summat? Was right sunny afternoon fun.

Was definitely easing myself very slowly and carefully into the day. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

The vibe was just a bit odd in general at West Holts at that point due to the heavy rain in the morning having turned large parts of the field into proper no-stand zones.

[The Nal]

Would love Kamasi Washington back for another (higher) slot. 

[sime]

19 hours ago, GETOFFAMYLAWN said:

I hereby grass up Badlands (seems unnecessary).

 

Thanks. I wouldn't normally bother with this sort of thing. I just found it a bit of an odd one.

Hey Badlands, out of interest, why the downvote!? 

[Gucci Piggy]

46 minutes ago, sime said:

Thanks. I wouldn't normally bother with this sort of thing. I just found it a bit of an odd one.

Hey Badlands, out of interest, why the downvote!? 

 

19 hours ago, Badlands said:

It wasn't done intentionally. Beef with neither the poster nor the acts mentioned. I'll rectify.

Downvoting Amy though for being such a bad, bad grass!

There ya go xx

[Amy Lawn]

1 hour ago, Will-2609 said:

There ya go xx

omg Will nobody asked you

[HoTWire]

Has anyone said The Roots yet?  If not:

The Roots

 

Can I also request Earthless somewhere on the bill, sorta kinda could fit WH for its bluesy psychedelia kraut rock influences (if Goat can go there)... or The Park, or The Glade (given Ozrics played there) I'm not fussy.

[The Nal]

16 hours ago, HoTWire said:

Has anyone said The Roots yet?  If not:

The Roots

 

Can I also request Earthless somewhere on the bill, sorta kinda could fit WH for its bluesy psychedelia kraut rock influences (if Goat can go there)... or The Park, or The Glade (given Ozrics played there) I'm not fussy.

Earthless yes please! Haven't heard anything by then since Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky. Which I loved. 

Any of their newer stuff any use?

[CaledonianGonzo]

In the spirit of continuing to throw names into the hat (without much idea of whether or not they can (still) cut the mustard live or not):

Fred Wesley and the New JBs

Albeit, I saw the Fredster about 4 or 5 years ago and it was a hoot, albeit a very drunken one from my side.

[Avalon_Fields]

I think I'm on repeat but will mention again with more hope than expectation:

Boz Scaggs

Jason Isbell

Santana

Steely Dan

The Mavericks

Rhiannon Giddens

Steve Earle

The Avett Brothers

Balkan Beat Box

Peter Gabriel

and almost any act from Mali & Senegal

 

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

In the spirit of continuing to throw names into the hat (without much idea of whether or not they can (still) cut the mustard live or not):

Fred Wesley and the New JBs

Albeit, I saw the Fredster about 4 or 5 years ago and it was a hoot, albeit a very drunken one from my side.

Presume he plays shitload of golden era James Brown stuff?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Memories are a bit vague, but I guess it depends on how you want to define 'golden era James Brown' - it was more things like Pass the Peas and Doin' It To Death....

[Badlands]

Not much love for Bixiga 70 on here, I had such a good time watching those. 

Hip-hop aside, I'm rarely knowledgeable enough on the WH genres to suggest acts. More than happy to get my ears into recommendations and stuff that pops up on the lineup. 

I find jazz/funk, world music much easier to hear live without knowing the stuff compared to your usual guitar stuff.

[The Nal]

Yeah thats golden era to me. Wesley, Collins brothers, Starks, Stubblefield et al. 

Oh, and just spotted that young Wesley himself is playing Edinburgh next Thursday.

https://tickets-scotland.com/events.html?event_method=viewevent&event_id=12f2817a-45cb-11e6-b2cc-22000b75ede9

Edited July 20, 2016 by The Nal

[CaledonianGonzo]

Ah...might need to toddle along to that....cheers.

[The Nal]

We never get any funk here. Average White Band picking up the pieces for Scotland.