{"id":3094,"date":"2018-12-22T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T05:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2018-12-22T08:48:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T08:48:20","slug":"tylas-dogs-damour-boss-caine-matty-james-cassidy-york-the-fulford-arms-8th-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=3094","title":{"rendered":"Tyla\u2019s Dogs D\u2019amour\/Boss Caine\/Matty James Cassidy \u2013 York, The Fulford Arms \u2013 8th December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From that first moment I dropped the needle on my copy of \u2018How Come It Never Rains\u2019 12\u201d vinyl back in 1988,to excitedly doing the same with new album \u2018In Vito Veritas\u2019 now as 2018 draws to a close, I have had an on\/off love affair with a man from Wolverhampton, his songs, his words and his artwork.<\/p>\n

While I haven\u2019t bought every album Tyla has released (who has? there\u2019s been a lot of \u2018em!) I have followed his career through the ups and downs and caught him live when I can. Now in 2018 he has released his strongest album arguably this century and he\u2019s playing a couple of rare intimate shows to celebrate.<\/p>\n

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Matty James Cassidy has been Tyla\u2019s bass player for a good few years now. But he has his own solo thing going on that any self-respecting Tyla fan should be checking out. Armed with just an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, the man in black from Enniskillen plays a fine, upbeat set of nomadic tales from the road.<\/p>\n

With two solo albums under his belt and a new single imminent, he has a growing set of catchy, folk-tinged tunes to whet the appetite of the growing crowd awaiting their hero.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s more than a hint of The Levellers in the upbeat and folky \u2018Gunpowder\u2019, it seems the Dogs fanbase are getting familiar with Matty\u2019s back catalogue. \u2018Stick and Stones\u2019 incites the sing-along treatment and just released new single \u2018Rosary\u2019 promises much for new material in 2019 from this Northern Ireland troubadour. Great stuff from a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll rogue.<\/p>\n

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What more can I say about Boss Caine that I haven\u2019t already said? Daniel Lucas is a local singer\/songwriter, a fellow lover of all things rock \u2018n\u2019 roll who is living the dream, touring the country and regularly supports his heroes at local gigs. Hell. In fact, I have witnessed him supporting Tyla and The Wildhearts in this very venue.<\/p>\n

He has a great new album out called \u2018Loved By Trouble, Troubled By Love\u2019, that you really should have in your collection. If you dig gravelly tones vocals, rustic instrumentation and honest, heartfelt songs full of sentiment and stories of life, love and addictions, then dig deep, Mr Lucas has a tale or two for you.<\/p>\n

Tonight, he\u2019s flying solo with no Boss Caine band to help him out. While I do love a full big band Boss Caine show, the one man acoustic show is just as mesmerising. Mixing up new tunes with old, Dan plays one of the best shows I have seen him play, to a packed out room, full of fans of one of his musical heroes, does it get any better I ask? And while there are always the annoying people chatting away, there are still plenty giving the Bossman their full attention tonight.<\/p>\n

Newbie \u2018Morphine & Marmalade\u2019 has a great little guitar riff going on and even better lyricism. New album highlight \u2018Champagne\u2019 is always an over-catchy live favourite and sentimental country of \u2018Where Good Things Go To Die\u2019 hits in the feels every time<\/p>\n

I think Dan needed this show more than ever tonight and he certainly delivered.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is becoming a thing now, innit? Tyla playing at The Fulford Arms. I still have to pinch myself to confirm it\u2019s real, that I have seen one of my biggest heroes several times over the last few years in my favourite local venue.<\/p>\n

Riding on the release of latest album \u2018In Vino Veritas\u2019, Tyla\u2019s Dogs D\u2019amour are playing just two intimate pre-crimbo shindings at Bannermans in Edinburgh and first of all, here at The Fulford Arms in York. It\u2019s a sold-out show, luckily I purchased a ticket early.<\/p>\n

Tyla takes to the stage clutching a bottle of red and a handful of A3 sheets of paper with the lyrics to the new songs. Yep, Tyla has crafted songs that are up there with the best in the back catalogue and his band are going to play them all before we even get a sniff of the hits.<\/p>\n

And rightly so. As Tyla breaks out the opening bars of \u2018111\u2019 and the band kick in, it truly rocks. For a band that doesn\u2019t actually tour much, The Dogs are tight. Tyla, guitarist Gaz Pennick and drummer Simon Hansen have been a unit for a good few years now and the addition of Matty on bass just works perfectly.<\/p>\n

Tyla is on fine form tonight, sipping from a glass of red, he tells bad jokes and fumbles with papers he can\u2019t see.\u00a0 We are in hysterics and there\u2019s already an electric atmosphere, as the heat rises and the drinks flow…they haven\u2019t even started the second song yet!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Recent single \u2018Black Confetti\u2019 follows. A classic mid-paced funeral march if ever there was one. Then \u2018Bloodline\u2019 takes things back up, a proper pumping rocker that gets the blood flowing, reminding this reviewer of \u2018More Unchartered..\u2019 era Dogs. A killer tune if ever there was one.<\/p>\n

A bouncy, Grease styled bass line, courtesy of Matty, gets \u2018Bottle Of Red\u2019 going. A perfectly crafted drinking song with a sing-along chorus to boot, classic Tyla at work here.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone got the new album yet?\u201d Tyla asks the sweaty crowd to a chorus of drunken approval. \u201cYou didn\u2019t order through Pledge then?\u201d. Seems there have been some issues with Pledge, he ain\u2019t the first and he won\u2019t be the last, but there are plenty here who mouth the words to every new song the band crank out tonight.<\/p>\n

\u2018I Don\u2019t Love Anyone\u2019 is probably the finest song Tyla has written for years. It sounds like a classic from the back catalogue, heartfelt and full of sentiment like so many before, it\u2019s up there with the best and is a most wonderful highlight this evening.<\/p>\n

By the time he strums the opening chords to \u2018Last Bandit\u2019 the room erupts and we all sing along for the next 40 minutes or so to some of the greatest songs of our youth. \u2018Last Bandit\u2019 is like welcoming an old lost friend back into your life, my god I love that song!<\/p>\n

\u2018Billy Two Rivers\u2019 follows, couples embrace and kiss, friends hug and rejoice and we all sing as one. Is that the opening riff to \u2018Firework Girl\u2019? Holy shit it is! Amazing, I can pretty much die happy right now.<\/p>\n

They concentrate on the hits, the early live favourites, all the songs you want to hear. \u2018Heroine\u2019, \u2018Wait Until I\u2019m Dead\u2019, \u2018Drunk Like Me\u2019 and the obligatory \u2018How Come It Never Rains\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018I Don\u2019t Want You To Go\u2019 is slower than normal and shambolic, it sounds ace! \u2018What You Do\u2019 form the highly underrated \u2018More Unchartered…\u2019 rocks us out nicely too.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Out of tune, off their heads and in our hearts The Dogs D\u2019amour will always continue in one form or another, with Tyla always at the heart of it all, and right now he has the best line-up since those long gone glory days.<\/p>\n

Tonight was a glorious celebration of the old and the new. 35 years he\u2019s been at it and many here have been with him every step of the way. Like a fine red wine, the old dog has aged mightily well. Proving to all doubters that he still has a few new tricks up his sleeve and the power to captivate all who will listen, here\u2019s to a good few more.<\/p>\n

Author: Ben Hughes<\/p>\n

Buy the new Tyla album Here\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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