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Martin Stephenson (The Daintees) & John Perry (The Only Ones): New Wave Connection
Presented by: Kitchen Garden| 0 | BIRMINGHAM: Kitchen Garden Cafe |
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| P | Thursday 27th April, 2023 |
| N | 7:30pm |
Event information
Martin Stephenson (Daintees) and John Perry (Only Ones) certainly have a New Wave Connection, which goes way back to 1979...
Martin learned the solo to Another Girl Another Planet as a seventeen-year-old, which ended up getting him a gig with some older boys in a band called The Cosmic Outbursts, so Mr Perry was already influencing the young Mr S.
In 2019, JP & MS got chatting on Facebook and decided to do a pub gig together in London for a laugh.
They got on so well that not long after Martin invited JP to join the Daintees as a special guest at a sold-out Chelsea Under the Bridge gig in London. John joined the band on stage for a rip-roaring version of Another Girl… - played as a homage to The Only Ones from The Daintees.
That evening of music inspired Martin to create a platform for John’s sublime guitar playing, entitled New Wave Connection.
During that process, in the Spring of 2022, JP & MS broke off to do a wee tour of Ireland, taking in Dublin, Dundalk & Thurles.
On returning to the UK, Martin recruited his neighbour Davy Cowan (legendary highland troubadour) on Bass, and his 18-year-old son Sam on drums; these two fit like a glove with MS and JP and the vibe was on...
New Wave Connection was born.
John recently appeared as a special guest at Martin’s shows in Birmingham, Milton Keynes, Swansea, Cardiff, and Bristol, where the New Wave combo teamed up live for the first time, bringing the houses down.
A truly special team of intuitive musicians coming together by serendipity…
A celebration not to be missed!
Venue information
BIRMINGHAM: Kitchen Garden Cafe| 0 | 17 York Road Kings Heath Birmingham B14 7SA |
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| > | www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk |
| ! | 0121 443 4725 |
| ` | Note: Entrance to all shows is via Fletchers Bar (7 York Road) |
