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BONANZA

'Avant-Country'... Irony? Not here friend!.. Just True, Blue-Collar Country and Working Class Blues,

About Me

..
UPCOMING EVENTS
is in its fifth year of
existence (our baby was 4 on the 16th September 2007)...

Recently bigged-up in Time-Out magazine, The Guardian and described as
"BEST London pub/club night"
by
'Music-News.com'...
BONANZA is also a weekly radio show on the award winning Resonance 104.4FM
(live stream online at www.resonancefm.com)
Bonanza presents four monthly club nights 'TRIPPING IN THE COUNTRY' at the coolest, sleaziest venue in London... Barden's Boudoir...
'The High Chaparral' at Power's Acoustic Room in Kilburn...
'Countrier Than Thou' at The Lock Tavern in Camden...
and The Cosmic Film Club at The New Rose in Angel.
... as well as bi-monthly nights at Cocomo, The Old Shoreditch Station and DreamBagsJaguarShoes in trendy Shoreditch plus regular DJ sets at some of the best little boozers in Old London Town;
'The Birdcage' and The Lodesborough in Stoke Newington
& 'The Talbot' in De Beauvoir Town
BONANZA and the club nights above all form part of M.M.Music(as in Mmmm!) a promotions and management company As well as the above club nights BONANZA is guest djing all over the fucking place including The Dirty Water Club, The Spitz, End Of The Road Festival Residency at The Social, In The Pines, SongBird, Never Mind The Parents, Sunday Revelator ... (the list is endless)
so if you need someone to kick-start your night or party and keep it rocking well into the early hours get in touch...
BONANZA is also a weekly radio show (Sundays 12 Noon) on the award winning Radio Station RESONANCE 104.4FM
RESONANCE 104.4FM is based in London but available all over the world via web stream. www.resonancefm.com ...
BONANZA spins the best in Country, Blues, 60's Psychedelia, Folk, Freakbeat, Garage Punk, Bluegrass, Cajun and twisted Rock 'N' Roll old 'N' new as well as showcasing new acts and constantly searching out the best in new and unsigned bands...
so there's AVANT COUNTRY, Post-Country, DEATH COUNTRY, Hell-Billy/BELLY, SWAMP-ROCK, WEIRD FOLK, PUNK BLUES etc... Jeezus we hate that terminology but..!
The ResonanceFM radio show goes out on Sunday lunchtimes 1pm. (GMT) with random repeats...
Official listener figures FM 85,000 via web 55 - 65,000.)...
If you are in a band, record company, distributor, manager, promoter... you might be interested in getting in touch or sending promos for possible airing.(Address below)...
The Resonance show on Sunday lunchtime has a strong Country, Blues, Psych' and Folk element both old and new and experimental...
it's a real mixed bag for example last year a show was dedicated to Kris Kristofferson and previewed his new album, 'The Old Road' thanks to the guys n gals at New West. Bands (Eighteenth Day Of May, The Fabulous Penetrators, Duke Garwood, Syd Griffin/Coal Porters,) have come in to do live sessions as well as previews of new and unsigned artists, competitions and giveaways...
BONANZA regularly guest djs alongside such luminaries as John Renbourn, Billy Childish, The Dead String Brothers, The Surgens, and as guest dj at clubs such as 'Not The Same Old Blues Crap's'/(Fat Possum) Festival Of The Blues, In The Pines, and The 'sold-out Spitz Festival of Folk with The legendary John Renbourn...
Check out the blog www.bonanzablues.blogspot.com for more details, past flyers, playlists and other info etc...
As BONANZA djs regularly around London and has a weekly radio show folks might be interested in sending a selection of promos. Oh and feel free to pass this on to interested/relevent parties.
There's no bullshit hierarchy in BONANZAs world... signed/unsigned means nothing to us we simply play stuff we like!... it's as simple as that!
BUT of course if we don't like it we won't be playing it & no favours done!...
So get in touch.
Peace and Love and Rock 'N' Roll...
BONANZA' on ResonanceFM...
Send Promos etc to... BONANZA on ResonanceFM,
144 Borough high Street,
London.
UK.
Official listener figures: FM 85,000 via web 55 - 65,000 ...
www.resonancefm.com [email protected] ...
www.bonanzablues.blogspot.com ...

My Interests

Honky-Tonking and Rough 'N' Rowdy ways with a little bit of Psychedelic trippiness to soften the edges!.. BONANZA on Resonance 104.4FM... The perfect hangover cure on Sunday lunchtime...A weekly show 'Tracing the roots and subsequent influence of the pioneers, innovators, outlaws and mavericks of Country Musics past, present and future: 'Avant-Country' + live studio sessions and selections from the 'not so usual' Bonanza pub/club night playlist. Tune in to BONANZA on Resonance 104.4 FM. Sundays 12:00 Noon. + random repeats...Some past shows/live sessions:The Coal PortersThe Fabulous Penetrators18th Day Of MaySid GriffinMichael J. Sheehy & THe Hired Mourners.Kris DollimoreRing (Norway)The Urban Voodoo MachineJosh T. PearsonTune in to Resonance 104.4 FM. Sundays 12:00 Noon- 1:30PM with random repeats...Alternatively listen on-line www.resonancefm.com ... Sundays at 12Noon-1.30 (GMT)

I'd like to meet:



Music:

Avant-Country, Psych', Blues, Folk, Cajun, Bluegrass, Freakbeat, Garage Punk and twisted Rock 'n' Roll... Basically Classic tunes new 'n' old, underground or popular... Oh you want specifics ok... Johnny Cash, Mickey Newbury, The Who, Steve Young, Charley Patton, The Pretty Things, Kris Kristofferson, The Butthole Surfers, The Standells, Lee Hazelwood, Bobbie Gentry, Lift To Experience, Buddy Guy, AC/DC, Jeanie C. Riley, The Remains, John Hartford, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Tom Petty, Fairport Convention, Dolly Parton, Motorhead, Tom Rush, The Temptations, Link Wray, Jimmie Rogers, Memphis Mini, Nathan Abshire, Waylon Jennings, Smokey Robinson And The Miracles, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Monks, Tommy Johnson, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Tony Joe White, The Music Machine, Bessie Smith, The Poets, Otis Redding, Skip Spence, Uncle John and Whitelock, John Renbourn, The Elastic Band (US), Davey Graham,The Elastic Band (UK), Neil Young, The Shangri-Las, Richard Thompson, Tintern Abbey, Ma Rainey, The Kinks, Tom T Hall, The Screaming Blue Messiahs, Son House, Love, Buck Owens, The Godfathers, Clifton Chenier, Dantalions Chariot, Gordon Giltrap, Dogbreath, John Fahey, The Seeds, Guy Clarke, The Surgens, Phil Ochs, The Sir Douglas Quintet and Doug Sahm, The Reverend Elvis, All 3 Hanks, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Mark Pickerel, The Smoke, Nick Cave, ? And The Mysterians, Lefty Frizzell, The Mike Stuart Span, Shel Silverstein, The Small Faces, Waylon Jennings, Frank Zappa, Bobby Bare and Bobby Bare Jnr, The Left Banke, Salem, Nick Cave, Kraftwerk, Scott Walker, Robbie Fulks, Tompall Glazer, Spacemen 3,... 'I Could Go On For Hours And I Probably Will But I'd Sooner Put Some Joy Back Into This...' First one to name that tune wins a prize!.. The Hollies, Joe Meek, Kris Dollimore, Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band, Billy Swan, The Family, Harald Thune, Michael J. Sheehy & THe Hired Mourners, Josh T. Pearson...

Movies:

Billy Liar "Grateful, grateful I've always got to be bloody grateful", The Pawnbroker (the most powerful performance of any actor ever), Funny Games... won the Oscar for best post-deconstructivist film, The President's Analyst, Man Bites Dog, A Fistfull Of Dynamite, La Haine, Once Upon A Time In The West, The Big Lebowski, Nostalgia, A Clockwork Orange, La Bete, Tommy, Inside Lydia's Ass, American Psycho (geddit?), Chopper, Listomania, The Anderson Tapes, Videodrome, Last Night, Gummo, Doctor Jeckyl and Sister Hyde, Quadrophenia, Lust For Life "It's impoooooooossible!", Westworld, Psycho, Nosferatu, The Anderson Tapes...

Television:

It was invented by John Logie Baird and it hasn't been worth switching on since the early 80's! BONANZA considers T.V. to be 'The Banality of Evil!' and Radio is King. "Turn OFF, Tune In and Drop Out".

Books:

Crime And Punishment, Catcher In The Rye, Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, 1985... yes '85, The Dictionary and Thesaurus, The Overcoat, Guiness Book of Hit Singles, Bend Sinister... (hence no 1984), The Doors Of Perception, White Line Fever (Lemmy), Mille Plateaux, The Crucible, anything by Freud, Marx, Trotsky, 'I Was A Robot' by Wolfgang Flur,

Heroes:

As John Lydon said in '77 "I don't have any heroes"... BONANZA admires and respects people but doesn't worship 'em.