Guest Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Mr M and The All Nighters are Vancouver's Northern Soul tribute band, we play many of the classic Northern x over tracks Higher and Higher, Tainted Love, Move On Up etc., however we also play some rarer material such as Pat Powdrill's "Do It", Mary Love's "Lay this Burden Down" and Willie Mitchell's "That Driving Beat". We play regularly in Vancouver [gigs 2-3 per month], we have a great line up with full horn section and vocals. The gigs have been attracting the Vancouver mods in ever increasing numbers, we are doing our thing to keep the flame alive on the west coast of Canada. I'd be interested in opening up a dialogue with various members of this forum on the validity of tribute bands of the Northern Soul variety, granted there are not too many about, which is probably a good thing. Our philosophy is based on the soul traditions of keeping the music alive, in light of ever changing trends in the music world and to bring the music to new audiences. We are also interested in coming over to the UK possibly in 2009, so if you are in the business of promotions we'd be open to chatting about the possibilities. Our other goal is to record at Willie Mitchell's Royal Studio in Memphis and record a classic soul album of our own. And in case you are wondering the band has roots in Wigan and was partially inspired by Russ Winstanley, so our pedigree is pretty authentic :-) You can see our site at https://myspace.com/mrmandtheallnighters Here are some upcoming gigs 28 Mar 2008 21:00 The Fairview Vancouver, British Columbia 15 Apr 2008 20:30 Yale Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia 25 Apr 2008 22:00 ANZA Club Vancouver, British Columbia 3 May 2008 21:00 Station Square Pub Burnaby, British Columbia 16 May 2008 20:00 Great Bear Pub Burnaby, British Columbia 31 May 2008 12:00 SFU Open House Burnaby, British Columbia 1 Jul 2008 12:00 North Vancouver Canada Day Celebrations North Vancouver, British Columbia Edited March 24, 2008 by ian gregson Link to comment
Guest Scarborosoul Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 OOps thats just killed any chance you had here!! you mentioned the unmentionable Link to comment
kimbo Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 Mr M and The All Nighters are Vancouver's Northern Soul tribute band, we play many of the classic Northern x over tracks Higher and Higher, Tainted Love, Move On Up etc., however we also play some rarer material such as Pat Powdrill's "Do It", Mary Love's "Lay this Burden Down" and Willie Mitchell's "That Driving Beat". We play regularly in Vancouver [gigs 2-3 per month], we have a great line up with full horn section and vocals. The gigs have been attracting the Vancouver mods in ever increasing numbers, we are doing our thing to keep the flame alive on the west coast of Canada. I'd be interested in opening up a dialogue with various members of this forum on the validity of tribute bands of the Northern Soul variety, granted there are not too many about, which is probably a good thing. Our philosophy is based on the soul traditions of keeping the music alive, in light of ever changing trends in the music world and to bring the music to new audiences. We are also interested in coming over to the UK possibly in 2009, so if you are in the business of promotions we'd be open to chatting about the possibilities. Our other goal is to record at Willie Mitchell's Royal Studio in Memphis and record a classic soul album of our own. And in case you are wondering the band has roots in Wigan and was partially inspired by Russ Winstanley, so our pedigree is pretty authentic :-) You can see our site at https://myspace.com/mrmandtheallnighters Here are some upcoming gigs 28 Mar 2008 21:00 The Fairview Vancouver, British Columbia 15 Apr 2008 20:30 Yale Hotel Vancouver, British Columbia 25 Apr 2008 22:00 ANZA Club Vancouver, British Columbia 3 May 2008 21:00 Station Square Pub Burnaby, British Columbia 16 May 2008 20:00 Great Bear Pub Burnaby, British Columbia 31 May 2008 12:00 SFU Open House Burnaby, British Columbia 1 Jul 2008 12:00 North Vancouver Canada Day Celebrations North Vancouver, British Columbia Link to comment
Guest Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Geez I didn't realise the Yale Hotel had such a bad rep world wide.... I hear ya, Russ Winstanley does not have a great reputation, but he had a great shop at one time and in Wigan he was regarded highly; apparently not so these days. At least that was the message I got from some of the people from Lowton when in Seattle for their rare soul weekender back in November. Link to comment
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