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Spoonful – The Doghouse – 09/01/09

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Spoonful mk 1Back to 2009 for this review, with blues band Spoonful at The Doghouse at a time when it seemed the venue was under threat of closure (for reference, at time of re-posting it’s still going strong) and the band themselves were appearing in a rare form with...
April 12, 2019 by Tom Girard
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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...
March 8, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Bluez Crewz with Spoonful and Rawcuz Crowzz – The Fermain Tavern – 16/08/08

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard Rawcuz Crowzz on stage at Chaos 2009Another of my revived reviews originally poster elsewhere, heading back to a time when The Fermain Tavern became the heart of something of a revived blues scene in the islands with what I think was the Guernsey debut of a certain Robert J....
March 5, 2019 by Tom Girard
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Hogwash 2008 – St Saviours, Guernsey – 19/07/08

This is an excerpt of an article written by Tom Girard SpoonfulI recently rediscovered a few old reviews from the second half of 2008 and early 2009 so thought I’d revive them on here for those of a nostalgic bent. Following, somewhat appropriately, on from Mudstock 2008, is my review of Hogwash 2008, another of the islands big biker parties...
February 25, 2019 by Tom Girard