SHOOTER JENNINGS AND THE .357S + Alan Tyler and the Lost Sons of Littlefield

Thu 26th Apr 2007

The Luminaire presents
SHOOTER JENNINGS AND THE .357S
+ Alan Tyler and the Lost Sons of Littlefield

Doors 7.30
£13.50 via WeGotTickets
£14.50 door

Waylon Albright ("Shooter") Jennings (born May 19, 1979) is an American country music singer, the only child of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. His middle name comes from his father's drummer, Richie Albright. His father nicknamed him "Shooter" after he urinated on a nurse shortly after birth (as the elder Jennings wrote in his 1996 autobiography).

Shooter Jennings lived his first few years in a crib on his parents' tour bus. By age five, he was playing drums. Between tours, he took piano lessons. He started playing guitar at fourteen and sometimes played in his father's band. He and his father recorded a few things together when they happened to have some microphones set up and the tape recorder plugged in. At age sixteen, Jennings discovered rock 'n' roll.

As an adult, Jennings left Nashville, Tennessee to seek his fortunes in Los Angeles. He assembled and performed with Stargunn, a southern rock band whose sound he described as Lynyrd Skynyrd mutating into Guns N' Roses. Stargunn performed at local clubs for six years, built a rabid following and earned praise from the local music press. But the Hollywood party scene eventually began to bother him. He says, "I was posing as a rocker—a country guy trying to be something he wasn't."

On March 30, 2003, Jennings dissolved Stargunn and moved to New York City to spend time with his girlfriend and sort out what he wanted to do next. An unexpected gig at the House of Blues a few weeks later revived his creativity. He returned to Los Angeles to form another band, the 357s.The 357's Consist of Ted Russell Kamp on bass, Leroy Powel on guitar and Bryan Keeling on drums. After six weeks in the studio, he completed his first solo album, Put the O Back in Country. Universal South released the album in early 2005.

Jennings portrayed his father in the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk the Line. He is the host of Shooter Jennings' Electric Rodeo, a two-hour weekly music show on Sirius Satellite Radio's Outlaw Country channel. Shooter Jennings' second solo album "Electric Rodeo" was released on April 04, 2006.

Main support this evening will be Alan Tyler & The Lost Sons of Littlefield. English country rock pioneer and ex-Rockingbirds front man Alan Tyler picks up where he left off on his southern American-inspired odyssey with new band, The Lost Sons of Littlefield.

"Always a brilliant songwriter, Tyler has lost none of his verve and ingenuity. This is a humble, yet nonetheless unashamed, work of cowboy art." [Rock 'n' Reel]

Tyler is justifiably praised for creating beautifully crafted songs with universal themes in a traditionally American genre. But he is also one of the very few artists who can successfully tell his tales with lyrics originating from an unmistakably English standpoint. His tender, honey-rich lead vocals blend beautifully with the harmonies provided by Lost Sons Chris Clarke and Paul Lush, along with guest musician and fellow-Rockingbird alumnus Sean Read. Jim Morrison’s exquisite contributions on fiddle and mandolin give the songs a warmth and depth that would allow them to sit comfortably on any wooden porch in the, rural towns of America.

"Homegrown country that kicks serious ass." [Record Collector, Feb 2007]

While the band’s name is a nod to the birthplace of its leader’s favourite singer Waylon Jennings, Tyler once again proves that he has earned his own, unique place in the world of country rock music.

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