{"id":25271,"date":"2024-09-20T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25271"},"modified":"2024-09-18T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:39:39","slug":"quireboys-wardour-street-cadiz-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=25271","title":{"rendered":"Quireboys &#8211; &#8216;Wardour Street&#8217; (Cadiz Music)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/QuireboysFrontCover300_8c092802-4ebb-442b-b477-6806c2cee44f_1024x1024.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/QuireboysFrontCover300_8c092802-4ebb-442b-b477-6806c2cee44f_1024x1024-300x300.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/QuireboysFrontCover300_8c092802-4ebb-442b-b477-6806c2cee44f_1024x1024-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/QuireboysFrontCover300_8c092802-4ebb-442b-b477-6806c2cee44f_1024x1024-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/QuireboysFrontCover300_8c092802-4ebb-442b-b477-6806c2cee44f_1024x1024-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/QuireboysFrontCover300_8c092802-4ebb-442b-b477-6806c2cee44f_1024x1024-65x65.webp 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/QuireboysFrontCover300_8c092802-4ebb-442b-b477-6806c2cee44f_1024x1024.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 19<sup>th<\/sup> of November 1988 will be forever etched into the RPM Online history books as the night I first met our esteemed boss, Sir Dominic of Daley, down the front at St Davids Hall in Cardiff catching the classic \u201cThere She Goes Again\u2019 era line up of the Quireboys (supporting one Yngwie \u201cfucking\u201d Malmsteen would you believe) live. We bonded like brothers that night as it felt like the remaining 99.8% of those in attendance truly wanted to unleash the fury on us cowboy-booted ne&#8217;er-do-wells, and a decade or so aside (when our glorious leader went off to play Dick Whittington), we\u2019ve been good friends ever since. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why October 11<sup>th<\/sup> 2024 is such an important date for us here at RPM HQ, not only because it marks the release of the all new 11 track album from the mighty Quireboys, but it also sees the band\u2019s frontman Spike reunited in a recording studio with bassist Nigel Mogg and pianist Chris Johnstone for the first time since 1993 and the band\u2019s second album \u2018Bitter Sweet and Twisted\u2019. An album, which in hindsight, turned out to carry a pretty prophetic title, given the antics that followed its release and those that eventually unfolded during the band\u2019s second shot at glory, when they returned in the early noughties with the release of their excellent \u2018This Is Rock N Roll\u2019 album and an additional \u201cThe\u201d preceding their band name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Quireboys: Jeez Louise\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K3auZQjSHKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s been plenty written elsewhere about the last line up of The Quireboys\u2019 acrimonious split and Spike\u2019s subsequent battle to regain the band name, but the positives that came from that parting of the ways now sees Spike\u2019s former bandmates treading the boards under the name Blue Eyed Sons and bandanaman himself not only reunited with his former \u201cclassic era\u201d bandmates but also having secured the blessing of his ole six string sparring partner and band co-founder Guy Bailey to carry on, before his untimely passing in 2023. &nbsp;Add into this 2024 Quireboys mix the return of American drummer Rudy Richman, and with Thunder guitarist Luke Morley stepping into the boots of Guy Bailey, with just one listen of the boisterous honky-tonk of lead single \u2018Jeeze Louise\u2019 you\u2019d be forgiven for thinking that any of the intervening years since me and Daley first encountered the band had ever really happened, and yeah \u20187 O\u2019clock\u2019 was still without that chorus that would go on to make it a top forty hit here in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m reaching for my cowboy boots by the time I get to track two of the LP, the single flipside \u2018Raining Whiskey\u2019, only to realise that they have long since been replaced by Wellington boots (complete with the comedic L\/R genius magic markered on the turn downs), and instead I\u2019m just happy to relish in the obvious joy in Spike\u2019s voice as he trades lines with his hero Franke Miller over this Bad Company\/Stones-esque stomper. A sprightly opening one\/two, and a real statement of intent for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quireboys featuring Frankie Miller - Raining Whiskey (4k)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bp61Q2mDuJc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Things slow down slightly for \u2018You &amp; I\u2019 the first of a few tracks that sound like smash hit singles in waiting and transport you back to an age when singles actually made musicians into bonafide stars, all before the tempo is back up to \u201cin their prime\u201d Faces pace, and the boogie of \u2018I Think I Got It Wrong Again\u2019 has me remembering why I first fell in love with the Quireboys all those years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere there\u2019s the swaggering \u2018Myrtle Beach\u2019 for you to hum\/whistle on the way home from the pub after a few shandies, and the immense Stones riffage of \u2018Happy\u2019 (no it\u2019s not a cover) is custom built to get us all up on our feet dancing, add in the rather pointed strum of \u2018No Honour Amongst Thieves\u2019, and this trio fully demonstrates the light and shade of the Quireboys songwriting palette here in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the album\u2019s remaining quartet of tracks the harp pumping strut of \u2018Howlin Wolf\u2019 reminds me of Horse London\u2019s Gary Buckley\u2019s streetpunk outfit The Terraces but still remains 100% Quireboys rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, whilst \u2018It Ain\u2019t Over Now\u2019 is another of those potential hit singles I mentioned earlier, being not unlike a modern-day \u2018I Don\u2019t Love You Anymore\u2019. Which just leaves the funky blues of \u2018Like It Or Not\u2019 and the images it immediately conjures up of what a Gary Moore and Spike collaboration might have sounded like if that were indeed still possible before it really is chucking out time as Morley\u2019s acoustic guitar and Spike\u2019s smoky half spoken vocals take us on one last nostalgic walk down \u2018Wardour Street\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really must at this point take time to mention just how much of a positive impact Luke Morley has had on this set of songs, not only in his impeccable playing but also in his \u201cspot on\u201d production work. He really has captured the vibe and mood of the band and bakerboy caps are well and truly doffed here at RPM HQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve enjoyed pretty much every album the Quireboys have released over the years, whatever the lineup, and \u2018Wardour Street\u2019 whilst an excellent addition to the band\u2019s already impressive back catalogue is also like a shining beacon of light coming out of some very dark times indeed, and for that reason it makes it just that extra little bit (of what you fancy) special. I\u2019m so glad Spike is once again back in control of all matters Quireboys and I look forward to seeing the band play some of these new songs live when they return to UK stages this November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat time is it?\u201d It\u2019s time for you to pre-order you copy of \u2019Wardour Street\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/cadizmerchstore.com\/collections\/frontpage\/products\/quireboys-wardour-street-box-lp-cd\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spikequireboys.com\">https:\/\/www.spikequireboys.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuireboysOfficial\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuireboysOfficial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/quireboysofficial\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/quireboysofficial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: Johnny Hayward<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 19th of November 1988 will be forever etched into the RPM Online history books as the night I first met our esteemed boss, Sir Dominic of Daley, down the front at St Davids Hall in Cardiff catching the classic \u201cThere She Goes Again\u2019 era line up of the Quireboys (supporting one Yngwie \u201cfucking\u201d Malmsteen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1787,1818,1400,1710,1681,1680,1701,1833,2052],"class_list":["post-25271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-new-album","tag-quireboys","tag-rpm-online","tag-rpmnews1","tag-rpmonline","tag-tcb","tag-tourlife","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25274,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25271\/revisions\/25274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}