LONDON: Dublin Castle

Tuesday 12th March, 2024

7:30pm

Event information

Rock N Roll Book Club goes back to the source tonight, so far as that name is concerned, because tonight is all about real Rock and Roll, and the very first British youth culture phenomenon that defined it, the Teddy Boys.

Enter author Max Décharné, in conversation with Tony Gleed from 8pm about his highly acclaimed new book, entitled “Teddy Boys: Post War Britain And The First Youth Revolution“… Book of the week in the Sunday Times recently, and recipient of a two page rave review by Jon Savage in the New Statesman.

You will of course know Max as a onetime member of the band Gallon Drunk, and as frontman with The Flaming Stars since 1994.

An authority on the 1950s and 1960s counterculture, he is the author of Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of British Slang, as well as A Rocket in My Pocket and Hardboiled Hollywood. Its a great pleasure to welcome Max back to the Dublin Castle tonight, for our Book Club assignment, Scene of many a spectacularly rocking Flaming Stars gig spanning – gulp – 3 decades.

There will be questions from the floor, signings, selfies, and yes you can buy books. Get a few…soon be Christmas… In addition to a suitably ’50s flavoured DJ set interspersed throughout the evening, we are pleased to announce the fab addition of Midnite Crawlers – our very special guests tonight, hand picked to complete the evening in a sure fire, exciting Ted friendly manner.

Rockin’ Scene Supremos tapping into Jive, Western Swing, Rhythm n Blues, Rock and Roll and a touch of Swamp Rock… but the superb twist with these peerless entertainers of the rockin’ kind is to be found in their harmonies and juxtaposed male and female vocals. It’s a sweet sound for sure, whether cruising or letting rip. And they do let rip too. Let’s party like it’s 1954! Superb.

Very pleased to announce premier rockabilly and rocknroll DJ Otto Fuchs will be joining the show to keep us entertained between before and after the verbals and the live music.