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Free Range Music – The Fermain Tavern – 18/10/08
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard The John Wesley StoneBack in 2008 The Fermain Tavern started a series of regular monthly events in different styles of music. We’ve already seen reviews from blues nights and one of the Discharge nights focussing on punk but this comes from the first ‘Free Range Music’ night which featured more esoteric and acoustic styles. The first ever Free Range Music night took place at...
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Peppered Ant Legs and Swallows – De La Rue – 15/10/08
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard SwallowsBack to Autumn 2008 to a rocking night at the De La Rue with Guernsey’s premier lady band along with old school hard rockers The Peppered Ant Legs With the Thomas De La Rue fast becoming the premier venue for live music in St Peter Port many had gathered there, despite it being a ‘school night’, on Wednesday 15th October 2008 to see a...
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Discharge Punk Night – The Fermain Tavern – 04/10/08
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard 2 Minutes 2 LateIt wasn’t just blues at The Fermain Tavern in autumn 2008, here two of the island’s prime punk acts of the year took to the stage as the guys behind the Discharge events (and fanzine) who were and still are heavily involved in the scene in different ways staged a show looking to revive their regular events… A few years ago...
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Spoonful – The Fermain Tavern – 13/09/08
This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard SpoonfulAnother blues night at The Fermain Tavern from back in 2008 – I mention a ‘recent renovation’ of the venue here, this was a precursor to the major overhaul that took place a little while later, just in case the photo of the crowd throws your perception of time at all… With its recent renovation The Fermain Tavern already seems back on the path...