{"id":21785,"date":"2023-04-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21785"},"modified":"2023-04-15T16:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T16:53:21","slug":"tylas-dogs-damour-boss-caine-york-the-fulford-arms-8th-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=21785","title":{"rendered":"Tyla\u2019s Dogs D\u2019amour\/Boss Caine \u2013 York, The Fulford Arms \u2013 8th<\/sup> April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s been a few years since Tyla has graced us with his presence here at The Fulford Arms, what with lockdowns, ill health and all that jazz. Still, here we are celebrating 40 years of The Dogs D\u2019amour with a few low-key shows at independent venues across the country. The first weekender is a couple of \u2018spiritual home\u2019 gigs for the band, and following last night\u2019s tour opener at Bannerman\u2019s in Edinburgh, Tyla and the gang roll into York for a sold-out show that will probably be tinged with sadness following the announcement of Quireboys original guitarist Guy Bailey\u2019s passing just the day before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up first we have local troubadour Daniel Lucas aka Boss Caine. The last time I saw him live was probably supporting The Dogs here actually. Covid times don\u2019t seem to have changed the man too much, the hair is shorter and the cowboy hat has been replaced by a flat cap, but the song remains the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening with \u2018Ghosts And Drunks\u2019 sets the scene nicely with mournful chords and sandpaper vocals that sit somewhere on the nicer side of Tom Waits. His storytelling and observations of life, whether his or those around him are captivating, and he has a way of drawing you in and paying attention. Just a man and his acoustic guitar with a bunch of tales of love, loss and addiction seems quite a fitting match for the main attraction and the growing crowd seem to think so too by the response. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sure most live reviews of The Dogs D\u2019amour could start with the sentence \u201cTyla looks like he has a had a few bevvies already as he takes to the stage\u201d, and tonight is one of those nights. Dressed in an oversized suit, sporting a big, shaggy beard and his dyed black hair longer than I can ever remember him wearing it, the Wolverhampton Wanderer looks like Lemmy meets Fagin and he is in good spirits tonight, or should I say is full of good spirits tonight!<\/p>\n\n\n

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You cannot dislike the gloriously ramshackle sound that The Dogs D\u2019amour create in any guise, and they are always entertaining live. Tyla has written many songs that soundtrack my youth, from those very early days up until the early 2000\u2019s anyway. And as the band are celebrating 40 years of The Dogs D\u2019amour, they are doing things a bit differently tonight. Not only is it a set of just classic songs, but it is also played chronologically, with stories and anecdotes in-between each song from the main man and songwriter himself. Whether half of these stories are true, only one man knows, but its comedy gold all the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Tyla picks the opening notes to \u2018Heroine\u2019 those who are witnessing things for the first time may wonder whether he’ll make it through the first song without fucking it up, of course he does! Between songs Tyla explains the origin of each song he is about to play, usually with the words \u201canyway, and so the next day…\u201d or something similar. And what transpires is possibly a dream set list for any fan of classic Dogs material. None are actually introduced by name, but he doesn\u2019t need to do that, we know them all anyway. From early obscurities like \u2018The State I’m In\u2019 and \u2018How Do You Fall In Love Again\u2019 to chart bothering singles (\u201cwe were on Top Of The Pops you know!\u201d) such as \u2018How Come It Never Rains\u2019 and \u2018Satellite Kid\u2019, to personal favourites such as \u2018Last Bandit\u2019 (dedicated to Guy), \u2018Firework Girl\u2019 and \u2018Billy Two Rivers\u2019 it is all delivered with passion.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Backed as ever by guitarist Gaz Pennick and fellow Balladmongrel Matty James Cassidy on bass, the band are suitably ramshackle, yet never on the verge of falling apart. Props to drummer Dave Cumming who stood in for the much-missed Simon Hanson for these shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyla sips from a pint of Guinness between songs and performs several songs sat on a chair. His banter is comedy gold and the stories are informative. Who ever knew that \u2018Angel\u2019 was inspired by a guy in a bowler hat who narrowly missed getting squashed by a falling fridge freezer, but Tyla changed it to a piano as it sounded cooler? Did Bukowski have such inspiration to draw from I wonder?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Gaz informs Tyla they only have time for 3 more songs, he calls Matty over to take lead vocals for the latest Balladmongrels single \u2018How The Beautiful Fall\u2019 before ending the set with a killer singalong of \u2018Drunk Like Me\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Armed with the most sentimental of melodies and the most poetic lyrics, The Dogs D\u2019amour came to celebrate 40 years of debauchery and York came with their loudest voices to sing every chorus back to them. A good time, no a great time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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