Telford’s Warehouse is an independently run freehouse/bar/restaurant and a renowned music and arts venue. A fine balance of customer exists, attracted by it’s friendly staff, large open bar with exceptional selection of European beers, CAMRA rated cask conditioned ales and extensive wine list → MORE?
Telfords has hosted a salsa club in Chester for over 15 years and we’re now launching Latin MANIA!
Learn Cuban salsa lessons every Wednesday with Lee Baker and Rachael Lynette. Lessons are provided for all levels of ability, from complete beginners to experienced dancers. You don’t need a partner – you’ll change partners all the time in a friendly, fun group.
8.00 pm: Separate classes for Beginners and Improver level
8.45 pm: Intermediate level partnerwork and Improver (and above) rueda (Cuban group dance, performed in a circle or ‘wheel’)
– Beginner classes introduce you to salsa music, teach the basic footwork steps and let you take your first steps dancing with a partner.
– Improver classes build up your repertoire of fundamental partner work sequences.
– Intermediate classes build up more advanced partner work and solo patterns, and help develop body movement and musicality.
Classes are just £5 for one class or £7 for two classes. Entry to social dancing after 9.30 is free.
1989 saw the US release coast-to-coast hit album, Change, and #1 AOR single, ‘Sold Me Down the River’, from British rock band, The Alarm. Sadly, 1991 saw the surprise departure of the band’s lead singer…
Dave Sharp, co-founder of The Alarm had that previous year enlisted the help of legendary maverick record producer Bob Johnston (Dylan, Willie Nelson & Leonard Cohen) to help cut his first solo record. It was a determined young man who walked through the doors at The Hit Factory NYC in December 1990, and in under a week Sharp’s album Hard Travlin’ had been recorded, mixed and delivered for release to IRS Records.
A relentless two-year period of Stateside touring followed including appearances at Farm Aid concerts and Earth Day celebrations before Sharp returned to New York City in 1992 to perform for an audience of 25,000 gathered in Central Park to celebrate the 80th birthday of folk legend Woody Guthrie. It was a seminal event for Dave Sharp who performed alongside Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie and Billy Bragg and shared the stage with The Right Reverend Jessie Jackson.
In 1996 Sharp once again teamed up with producer Bob Johnston entering Credence Clearwater Revival’s studio in San Francisco to record and release his second solo album, Downtown America. Two underground hits followed, ‘The Ghost of Preacher Casey’ and ‘Give Me Back My Job’, which both received healthy rotation across the board at American radio and led to television appearances on country music’s Nashville Network.
Sharp returned to the UK in 2002 to record his third solo album, The Power of Soul, released on Manchester’s Townsend Records, successfully re-introducing him to British audiences and earning him solo recognition across the UK with British music critics.
Dave Sharp’s solo albums have received positive critical recognition on both sides of the Atlantic and over the past decade and a half Sharp has been fortunate to work alongside many of the artists he has long respected. Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash have appeared on his recordings. He has performed alongside Kris Kristofferson, Bill Munroe and Porter Wagoner. Whether solo or with a band, guitar in hand, Dave Sharp delivers the ”Spirit of Rock & Roll.”
His music has been described as everything from folk and blues to rock, country and punk; his performances as everything from legendary to lousy. However one word can never be used to describe Dave Sharp: ”Predictable.”
Dave Sharp has embraced mainstream popular culture whilst at the same time remaining one step away from its grasp . . . he likes it that way!
‘It’s a Mighty Hard Road to be Travlin’ Down.’ Dave Sharp writes it, sings it and lives it.
Free all night with a student card or Telford’s membership.
FUNKAFONIX, www.funkafonix.com
A very tight Powerfull band playing a wide range of all original
compersitions,
Funk, Northern Soul, FunkJazz, Gospel, AcidJazz, Groove and all out power funk that could pin you to the back wall.
This band has the capacity of all out seismic disruption that could change the sperm count of the first 4 rows,
Its band members have been very carefully picked and uses some of the best musician’s in the Northwest,
Chris Hogarth on bass and Jeff Walker on Drums both need no introduction, right away you can see where this is going !
jeff is one of the best drummers in the north west, drummers come to watch funkafonix just to catch this guy,s bang up to date
Tech and chops, Chris Hogarth on bass and vocals, widly regarded as Mr Funk and for very good reason ! from the first 10 seconds of playing you will feel why.
Graham Braid, Vocals, a long time funksmith from back in the day, there is no doubt graham was born to groove,
his lyrics are catchy and his phrasing is pure funk.
Dino loannidis, Keys, Chris Hogarth says “there is no better keyboard player
in the NW, he is like Rick wakeman on Crack”
this guy ownd a jazz club in greece and has played with the best of them,
well worth checking out.
Ted Reilly, guitar, a fusion jazz player at heart, you can catch his own critically acclaimed solo album for sale,
brings excitement and tight chops to the Fonix.
Gafro, Percussion, teacher at Lipa and plays all over the world, Gafro is a
master at his craft, and teamed up with jeff make a rhythm
section well worth coming to see just by themselves.
Brass section, Depending who is available, Rob Carus, Mark Lampkin,
Andy “Toot” Grif……., Neil Atherton, all great players who make up the
“The KickAss Horns”
all very well known on the NW live and teaching CCT, are tight, punchy and
in ya face.They are not called the “Kick Ass Horns” for nothing.
Wow… all that sounds pritty impressive, but can it be true?, all in one
band ? All boast ? Hype ? I would say check them out and make your own mind
up,
But just in case…..bring your dancing shoes, your going to need them.
