Roland Chadwick in Concert

Friday 12 September 2008
at the Crosskeys Hotel

On Friday 12th September the Club welcomes back an Australian guitarist who has been dubbed “Half Man Half Guitar”. He may not physically live up to this label but Roland Chadwick is certainly one of the most talented and entertaining guitarists you are ever likely to meet.

Roland Chadwick is a Composer, Guitarist and internationally acclaimed recording artist. A trained classical guitarist, he plays "anything with frets". Born in May 1957, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, Roland made his Sydney Opera House debut in 1988 and has since built a reputation as Australia’s master Guitarist/Composer. From 1979 to 1996 he lived and worked in Sydney as a performer and composer and in 1997 took a sabbatical in Los Angeles where he worked on developing a more personal compositional style. At the end of 1997 he moved to the UK and is now based in West London.

Roland’s recent projects include Native Tongue - with the legendary Barriemore Barlow of Jethro Tull on drums and Phil Saatchi on Bass. His latest cd , Freedom Dreamer is considered by critics to be a giant prod into the future-possibility of acoustic music with its powerfully conceived songs and high calibre musicianship. In his solo shows Roland sings, plays steel string guitar, dobro, spanish guitar and mandolin and is truly a virtuoso in a class of his own. Roland Chadwick is also a world class classical guitarist and a member of the Modern Guitar Trio which is a ground breaking Contemporary Classical Guitar Trio with Roland Gallery and Vincent Lindsey-Clark.

Doors open at 7.00pm for a guitar workshop with Roland on his amazing guitar technique
followed by the open mic session and concert from 8.00pm.
Tickets cost just £6.00 (with concessions £5.00) inclusive of concert and workshop.
Tickets may be reserved as usual by ringing Rob on 01495 270078.

Seth Horan in concert
With support from Chris and Dan Fry

Friday 26th September
Blackwood Miners Institute

On Friday 26th September the club relocates to the Blackwood miner's Institute for an evening in the company of a powerhouse singer-songwriter and virtuoso bass guitarist.

Seth Horan is an American bassist/singer/songwriter who started his successful solo career after stints with Darwin's Waiting Room and Vertical Horizon.
His songwriting showcases both his voice and his unique playing style, which combines fingerpicking, slapping, tapping, strumming, and use of harmonics as solo accompaniment for his singing. He currently resides in Reno, Nevada.
Horan began his professional career in 1994, providing bass and vocals for the Miami rock band Jennifer Culture, with whom he played until 1995.
Later in 1995, he joined the rap/rock band Darwin's Waiting Room, in which he performed as bassist and vocalist during 1995-96.
Darwin's Waiting Room is currently signed to MCA Records.

In 1997, Horan joined Vertical Horizon as bassist and backing vocalist.
The band was signed by RCA, and Horan played on the demos that led to Vertical Horizon's hit single, "Everything You Want" (the #1 Billboard song of July, 2000), but left the band before the song's final recording and release.
Billboard Hot 100 Horan realized that in order to present his own music to the world, and do so in the most meaningful way, he was going to have to do it alone, at least for a while.

Since leaving Vertical Horizon in 1999 Seth has constantly toured coast to coast in the USA and released five solo cds including ...this is the session., (2000), Notwithstanding (2002) and Conduit (2004).
In early 2007 Horan released his first DVD, Between Two Oceans.
A project close to Horan's heart is the Three Men on Bass series.
Begun in September 2002, the nearly annual series includes performances by Horan and fellow solo singer/songwriter/bassists Gonzalo Silva and Tom Bianchi.

In 2006 Horan was contracted to be Warwick's first-ever bass clinician and product demonstrator.
Traveling from his base in Reno, Horan has represented Warwick in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Brazil, mainland China, and Australia.
Most recently, Horan represented Warwick at the January 2008 NAMM show and March 2008 Musikmesse - all this while maintaining a significant tour schedule in the US.

Seth Horan will be supported at the Stute by Chris and Dan Fry, two musicians with a formidable reputation on the British prog rock scene.
Chris Fry is lead guitarist in award winning Welsh progressive rock band Magenta. He is an outstanding classical and electric lead guitarist with an enviable list of accolades from fans and fellow guitarists.
Chris's younger brother Dan Fry is Magenta's bassist and a virtuoso guitarist in his own right. The Fry brothers will be heading up to Rotherham in June to support Norwegian band Magic Pie and will undoubtedly impress all and sundry.

The evening commences at 6.15 with a free one hour bass guitar workshop with Seth.
The concert will begin at 7.30 with support from Chris and Dan Fry.
Tickets are priced £8 with reductions for club members at £7.
For full details and to book tickets contact the 'Stute box office on 01495 227206