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Alastair Artingstall Live at 12 Bar Club
An amazing 40 minute set from this famous songster. His wonderful vocals mix with lyrics ringing from the heart and soul while his faultless guitar work is as tantalizing as the whole set is. I really like it that he sings his lyrics without hiding them in the haze of the song. Every word can be understood and that is something in those days or even today.
Who is Alastair Artingstall
Alastair was born in Birmingham, UK and attended various educational establishments where he honed his skills as a qualified aimless teenager, ending up in a Midlands studio, where he honed his chops working with other artists. He moved to London and discovered a whole new world of musical offerings. After years of cover gigs he finally ended up managing a rehearsal studio, of which he says: “years of cover gigs led me to managing a rehearsal studio”.
And thence to playing keyboards for ‘THE FAT LADY SINGS’ where he perfected the art of sleeping in a van and dressing up. A tour of the USA culminated in marriage and the breakup of the ‘FATS’ though, despite his best efforts to concoct a rock and roll story, there was no connection between the two events.
The need to put food in the cat bowl drew him back to his TM and FOH engineering roles, and so began a new phase in his life, pushing buttons and boxes for the likes of ASH, 18 WHEELER,THE WANNADIES and JIMI TENOR.
Enlisting help from the likes of TIM BRADSHAW (The Fats, Dog’s Eye View, David Gray) and HERBIE FLOWERS (Bowie, Tom Jones, Marc Bolan, Sky, Lou Reed, Clive Dunn, and everybody else) he set about recording what was to become ‘Poet, Servant, Clown or Queen‘
The subsequent years saw Alastair back in the fray as engineer culminating in 36 months of world travel and shoe buying with KEANE. Meanwhile new songs were written on the road and recording done during the breaks in the touring schedule. Slowly, the album, FOUR LAWN HOPE, took shape and was completed in the summer of 2006.
A far more acoustic affair, reflecting his love of artists such as ALISON KRAUSS and MINDY SMITH, it still retains its essential Englishness. Imagine Noel Coward playing Bluegrass then take one step to the left, one to the right and one back and look, your dancing!
2007-2009 has seen Alastair playing shows across the UK, Spain and Canada and with a new album set for 2010 it’s sure to be a busy year.
Contact Details can be found on his website http://www.alastairartingstall.com
Check out his discography here.
Video Stats for A at 12 Bar Club, London
Date of Recording: Sep 17, 2001
Video: NTSC Color
Audio:Stereo
Time: 40min
Digital File Size: 405Meg
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