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The Rockingbirds
Presented by: Empty Room Promotions| 0 | OXFORD: The Bullingdon |
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| P | Thursday 28th March, 2013 |
| N | 7:30pm |
Event information
This seminal band from North London was really one of the first, if not the first, UK Americana band. They reformed in 2008 and have just produced a new album with the apt title of ‘The Return of the Rockingbirds’, which will be released on Loose Records on February 25th.
Their first single release on Heavenly Records was 1991's ‘A Good Day For You Is A Good Day For Me’, followed by a tribute song to Jonathan Richman entitled ‘Jonathan, Jonathan’ in 1992. That same year also saw the release of their eponymously titled debut album (produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley), which included the "Gradually Learning" single. This gained some radio play and Heavenly (backed by a Sony distribution deal) produced a video filmed in Austin, Texas. 1993 saw Heavenly release a 4 track E.P. entitled ‘Rockingbirds-R-Us’ featuring brand new songs.
Their second album,’ Whatever Happened to the Rockingbirds?’ was released in 1995 via Cooking Vinyl and featured production from Edwyn Collins. This was preceded by a single "Band Of Dreams" - released on 7" vinyl only - but the band split a few months later in November '95, with a farewell gig at The Garage in North London.
Alan Tyler has continued to record and play live both as a solo-performer and with his new band Alan Tyler and the Lost Sons of Littlefield.
After reforming for a Heavenly Records 18th Anniversary show at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2008 The Rockingbirds played a series of gigs in April 2009 to support a 2-disc re-issue of the first album. They recently featured on the front cover of the 60th anniversary edition of weekly music magazine NME.
Venue information
OXFORD: The Bullingdon| 0 | 162 Cowley Road Oxford OX4 1UE |
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| > | www.empty-rooms.com |
| ! | 01865 244516 |
