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Danny & The Champions of the World
Presented by: Empty Room Promotions| 0 | OXFORD: The Bullingdon |
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| P | Friday 10th February, 2012 |
| N | 7:30pm |
Event information
Danny & The Champs make a swift return but this time in Oxford, where they have built up quite a reputation. The current line-up of the Champs is very different from that which recorded their 2008 eponymous debut album and its 2010 follow-up, ‘Streets Of Our Time’. This new incarnation of the group is a proper rock’n’roll band, wholly and entirely committed to being the Champs.
The bands new album, ‘Hearts & Arrows’, is a great rock’n’roll record. “My reference points were Tom Petty and Thin Lizzy, Dr Feelgood and Nick Lowe,” said Danny. It is also the rockingest waxing the Champs have thus far delivered: you can hear it in the hopeful pulse of opener ‘Ghosts In The Wire’ and the purposeful, melodic hurtle of its chorus, the chiming riffs of the title track and its infectious call to freedom, the urgent gospel-y overtones of ‘You Don’t Know’ (My Heart Is In the Right Place). The album also harbours some of Wilson’s trademark heartbreakers, ballads and laments.
The album was produced with Tony Poole, once guitarist with Starry Eyed And Laughing, mid-70s rockers of a kin with Nick Lowe and Brinsley Schwartz. The album was mixed, meanwhile, by Ted Hutt, former member of Flogging Molly now better known as one of LA’s most in-demand producers, his CV including key releases by Lucero, Dropkick Murphys and Gaslight Anthem. The lion’s share of the credit for ‘Hearts & Arrows’, however, belongs to Danny Wilson and his Champions Of The World, for their songs that wear your heart on their sleeves, for the timeless melodies played with a glorious desperation. Cos Danny’s got a Strat, and he’s gonna plug it into a valve amp, and he’s got a sax in the band, so let’s have a party. They can play all night, if you want. That’s what they love.
Venue information
OXFORD: The Bullingdon| 0 | 162 Cowley Road Oxford OX4 1UE |
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| > | www.empty-rooms.com |
| ! | 01865 244516 |
