Monday 12th May 2008, 9pm Truckstop Honeymoon (From USA)

featuring Mike West (USA)

There ain’t nothing nice about Truckstop Honeymoon. They play banjos and wash tubs. They sing about adultery and oil refineries. It’s break-neck breakdowns or heart-break waltzes. Like a Dodge with a burnt out clutch, their music has two speeds and no reverse. Katie Euliss learned guitar, piano and bucket bass in the streets of New Orleans. She scammed enough money from tourists to buy Lucky Strikes and smoked oysters for six years. Then she met Mike West. Part entertainer, part snake oil salesman, Mike lived by pickin’ banjo and selling cds that he claimed were a curative for hangovers and small mindedness. Together they began a perpetual tour of North America, Europe and Australia. They spent their wedding night in the Tiger Truck Stop, somewhere between Lafayette and the Atchafalya Swamp. Truckstop Honeymoon was born.

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Wednesday 14th May 2008, 9pm Jazz At The Barge (with Jazz Faction)

Every second Wednesday of the month with The Jazz Faction - guest musicians welcome.

The Jazz Faction is a Medway Towns band formed out of sheer desperation of the fact that nobody else wanted to play jazz stuff with these 4 misfits.

Unfortunately fate played a part in throwing them all together and producing the result of a musical mayhem of jazz standards that have been altered beyond recognition. The band also has its own compositions for which the plagiarism police are listening out for... look out Alfie they're onto you!

The band consists of Alfie Cooke on Double Bass, his brother Scott Cooke on Saxes, Emitt Kyle on Percussion and Fat Boy Slim Pete Weller on Guitar (the 'Slim' refers to the guitar only).

See The Jazz Faction on YouTube.

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Other gigs at the Barge by Jazz At The Barge (with Jazz Faction):
10/12/2008, 12/11/2008, 08/10/2008, 10/09/2008, 13/08/2008, 09/07/2008, 11/06/2008, 09/04/2008, 12/03/2008, 13/02/2008, 09/01/2008, 12/12/2007, 14/11/2007, 10/10/2007, 12/09/2007, 09/08/2007, 12/07/2007, 14/06/2007

Monday 19th May 2008, 9pm Geoff Higginbottom

A big man - with a big voice and a collection of big songs - a roaring riot of a singalong evening ... unique and very, very professional.

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Other gigs at the Barge by Geoff Higginbottom:
05/11/2007, 21/05/2007, 06/03/2006, 04/07/2005, 17/01/2005, 19/04/2004, 20/10/2003, 09/06/2003, 21/10/2002, 22/10/2001

Wednesday 21st May 2008, 9pm Stuart Turner

Stuart was brought up miles from the nearest lamp post, deep in the Dorset countryside, but now lives in the urban sprawl of the Medway towns in north Kent. He isn't an angry person, but sometimes he might sound it. Stuart was once described as being "like a young Howling Wolf stuck in the body of a pasty ginger kid!", and while this isn't quite true it's something to aspire to. This is blues for singer-songwriters, songs for blues singers. His first solo album 'A Gallon of Water Makes A Mile of Fog' was released on Sun Pier Records(distributed through Cargo Records) on Monday the 29th October 2007. A second album is under construction.

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Monday 26th May 2008, 9pm Dindon Sauvage

'Dindon Sauvage' is french for 'Wild Turkey'.

If you've seen Wild Turkey then you know what it's all about.

If not, then expect an evening of great cajun dancing music.

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Other gigs at the Barge by Dindon Sauvage:
18/06/2007

Wednesday 28th May 2008, 9pm Kris Dollimore

Kris Dollimore isn't from Mississippi, Chicago, Detroit, Georgia, Tennessee, or even Texas. But the haunting drive of his country blues, driven by the insistent stomp of his left foot is no less 'authentic'. This music is real.

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Other gigs at the Barge by Kris Dollimore:
28/06/2007

Monday 2nd June 2008, 9pm Hudson & Cutler (Hot Rats)

The best in Celtic style World/European roots and original folk rock!

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Other gigs at the Barge by Hudson & Cutler (Hot Rats):
07/01/2008, 06/08/2007, 09/04/2007, 08/01/2007, 04/09/2006, 17/04/2006, 30/01/2006, 21/11/2005, 26/09/2005, 25/07/2005, 18/04/2005, 07/02/2005, 22/11/2004, 20/09/2004, 17/05/2004, 09/02/2004, 24/11/2003, 08/09/2003, 30/06/2003, 12/05/2003, 03/02/2003, 25/11/2002, 16/09/2002, 01/04/2002, 04/02/2002, 19/11/2001, 24/09/2001

Wednesday 4th June 2008, 9pm Bards At The Barge (open mic)

Acoustic open-mic night, every first Wednesday of the month.

PA, electro-acoustic guitars & bass, and a selection of percussion instruments supplied.

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Other gigs at the Barge by Bards At The Barge (open mic):
03/12/2008, 05/11/2008, 01/10/2008, 03/09/2008, 06/08/2008, 02/07/2008, 07/05/2008, 02/04/2008, 05/03/2008, 06/02/2008, 02/01/2008, 05/12/2007, 07/11/2007, 03/10/2007, 05/09/2007, 15/08/2007, 01/08/2007, 18/07/2007, 04/07/2007, 20/06/2007, 06/06/2007

UPDATE - Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain - CANCELLED [posted on 22/04/2008]

Unfortunately the Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain gig on the 30th April has been cancelled. We understand that the band have withdrawn from all their forthcoming UK tour dates, but hope to be rescheduling for later in the year.

Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain, 30th April [posted on 11/04/2008]

The Barge is proud to present Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain from the USA, playing live on Wednesday 30th April.

Carrie Hassler is a native of Pikeville Tennessee and signed with Rural Rhythm Records based in California. CHHR have recently released their debut album produced by Jim VanCleve and have recieved great reviews! The self-titled album came in at no. 11 on Billboard in it's first week of sales and has since gone on to earn a spot on both the album and single chart in the Bluegrass Unlimited.

Hard Rain is made up of five of the most incredible pickers around... Josh Miller on banjo, Travis Anderson on bass, Jamie Harper on fiddle, Keith McKinnon on guitar and Kevin McKinnon on mandolin.

Find more details about CHHR at:
http://www.myspace.com/carriehasslerandhardrain

This promises to be a very popular evening - we hope to see you here!

RSS feed of gig dates now available [posted on 26/03/2008]

For those of you who know about such things, we now have an RSS feed of forthcoming gigs at the Barge.

The feed is updated daily and lists all gigs for the next month.

To access the feed point your RSS reader thingy at:
http://www.thebargepub.co.uk/bargegigs.rss

Live at the Barge - SoundBYTES [posted on 31/01/2008]

In case you haven't yet noticed, please take a look at our SoundBytes page where you can hear recordings of live music at the Barge. We're constantly adding more tracks so check back often to see what's new.

Click here to hear!

--- SEASON'S GREETINGS --- [posted on 25/12/2007]

Tim and all the staff at the Barge would like to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year.
Live music at the Barge starts again on Wednesday the 2nd of January with the 'Bards at the Barge' open-mic night - hope to see you there!