Henry Priestman - The Arts Centre @ Burscough Wharf

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Tickets £10. Tickets also available at https://www.facebook.com/My33Records. email via facebook for further information.

All Seating.

Doors 7:30pm. Support around 8:15pm. Headline around 9.00pm.

Bar open from 7:30pm


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About Henry Priestman

“it’s absolutely brilliant.....he’s found his voice!” Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2

After over 37 years in the music business – and with a credit list longer than both your arms – in 2009 Henry Priestman (having not sung since 1981!!) reinvented himself as a singer-songwriter and released his debut solo CD “The Chronicles of Modern Life” on the famous Island Records label. He followed that up in 2014 with “The Last Mad Surge of Youth” and in 2015 has just put out his first live 20 track “Settle Down”, which contains 20 songs from a long and varied career.

Both albums are the sound of a man who’s seen the music world explode from punk (his band Yachts supported the Sex Pistols in ’77, and The Who on European Tour in ‘79) via pop (three million albums with The Christians; a top five single for Mark Owen) through to the digital age (soundtracks for James Bond/Xbox, BBC’s Wildlife on One, Natural World), writing/production duties with the likes of singer/songwriters Amy Wadge, Lotte Mullan and 10cc’s Graham Gouldman (3 co-writes with Graham on his latest “Love and Work” album), and still has something worth singing about.

So in this age of genre’s, niches and “tribes”, where does Henry fit in? Amazon.com seem to think he’s folk (“Chronicles...” topped the Amazon “Folk and World” charts on it’s release), Radio 2’s Johnnie Walker described Henry’s new direction as “music for grumpy old men”, The Daily Mail said he is “a master of the rueful observation”, and elsewhere the phrase “post-punk-folk-protest” has been bandied about.

Henry Priestman’s “got form,” his “previous” including Yachts (described in Gene Sculatti’s U.S. book The Catalog of Cool as“Cole Porter Punk”!), It’s Immaterial, The Christians (writing all songs on their 1987 triple-platinum debut), sharing a mic and a number one single with Paul McCartney, composing the title song for London West End musical “Dreamboats and Petticoats”, and even having Aled Jones cover a track on his latest album. To say nothing of a roll call of sessions for fellow North West luminaries including Lightning Seeds, Johnny Marr, Ian McCulloch, Pete Wylie, Ian McNabb and Echo & The Bunnymen, plus vocals on Jools Holland/Tom Jones’ 2004 CD.
Tracks from his debut album (including “Grey’s The New Blond”) were playlisted at Radio 2 & featured on BBC Breakfast TV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOiTSqpjhR0 and his latest “Surge…” album garnered Henry the best reviews he’s had in 37 years of releasing records.
Having discovered a new found love of live work (mixing ramshackle chaos & tear-jerking poignancy in equal measures!) he will be touring all over the UK this year (check website: www.henrypriestman.com), and is available for housegigs too (20 housegigs booked in for 2015 already!). You could say he likes to keep busy… his last mad surge of youth perhaps?


About Gary Gardner

Gary Gardner is a singer songwriter from the North West (Burscough).

Last year he was a finalist for the Liverpool Hunger Games Acoustic Showcase, Artist of the week on Chris Curries Radio Show (Wirral Radio), and released his first 4 track ep Privileged.

With only his acoustic guitar for support, Gary can been seen in gigs around the North West. He has quickly become part of the eclectic Liverpool gig circuit, singing at various venues including The Zanzibar, The Lomax, Brink, Sound and HOPE Liverpool Festival to name a few. Gary has also appeared on both releases of The City Of Music Compilation CDs and played to his biggest audience yet at the Bickerstock Festival.

"When I first discovered this song and did more research, I realized how it wasn’t just a song but a symbol. Take a listen and think about how simple yet awesome this song is." Quote on Calling - Radcircle

"Armed with some great polished tracks and a guitar that made the Ship Inn’s walls sing and hum, Gary played several songs that made those present sit back, soak up the warmth of the day and the interesting lyrics that he sang with a sense of knowing and fondness." Ian D Hall - Liverpool Sound and Vision

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