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Automatic Slim
St Anne’s Castle
06/12/08
The band of brothers, Mo, Ash, Paul, Nick and myself met at that fine hostelry, the Woolpack. You get a fine selection of beers here and I enjoyed a pint of St Edmunds from the Green King brewery. Then once again we boarded Nicks Taxi service to make the ride out to the oldest pub in the country (so the landlord says) at Great Leighs. St Anne’s Castle as I have said before is a great pub to see bands in. It’s friendly, intimate and has a great selection of beers, including one my faves, Deuchars (It was one of my favourites until I spoke to a bloke at work yesterday, he is in City and East London CAMRA. He told me Deuchars was the beer that they give to nancy boy Lager drinkers at beer festivals). As we arrived we just caught solo bluesman, Chris Dollinger. He is just one man and a guitar who uses a uses his feet for percussion. Tapping his feet on a wooden box (it probably has a proper name) and a tambourine. I have seen Chris a couple of times before and he is ever so good and if you get the chance, I recommend that you see him. After this came the main event Automatic Slim. I saw them at this same venue, at the same time last year. They were good then and I didn’t really expect them to live up to last years glories. I was wrong and they were probably better than last time. They started of with the Feelgood classic "Looking Back." This year there were more Wilko Johnson tracks in the set, like "Neighbour Neighbour," "Walking on the edge" and "20 Yards Behind," sung by Ian Cundy. There were also great versions of Led Zeps "Rock and Roll," Bob Dylans "Highway 61 revisited," Mickey Jupps "Switchboard Susan," All of the songs are done in good humour and there are lots of Essex influences. One of my favourites is the one about a Ford Cortina, brings back many happy memories about a car that was always breaking down. Towards the end of the set there came the usual "Werewolves of London," a great version with "Pop music" and "No woman no cry," integrated into it. The encore was another favourite "Cat flap," and "Route 66." If you get a chance too see Chris Dollinger or Automatic Slim, do it as you won’t be disappointed. This was a great night and can’t wait for the next one. Duncan December 2008 COMMENTS (new March 2010)
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