Post by coops on Dec 7, 2008 6:02:33 GMT
Casablanca Club, Grimsby:
Promoted by the Cleethorpes Soul Collective this most excellent of venues was not full to the rafters with people escaping the boredom of Saturday night T.V. but the crowd was a very, very healthy number far in excess of those the last time I visited and far more than some other venues feeling the pinch of the world financial crisis.
Right from the warm welcome by the team at the entrance to the first floor setting for a night of salubrious soul until the very end as they wish you well upon your way the evening was extremely pleasant.
The music provided by the residents ‘Smucker’ and Pete Stone was as eclectic in it’s mix as it was high in it’s quality.
Tunes from the wheel to ‘modern’ and all genre between.
First of the three guests Doug Hall from Newark took over next and the floor didn’t get a moments rest up ‘til the ‘final whistle’ at 2:00 a.m.
Doug, as always played tunes to suit the floor, old, new, once again mixing and matching.
Next up was Soul Sam, once again mixing favourites like Urban Blues Project with standards of the Joe Cook ilk, 90 minutes of Soul Sams’ tunes were still not enough for the floor filling eager crowd.
Sean Chapman dived in at the deep and coaxing more and more out of the plethora of dancers with his own inimitable style of both tunes and presentation and with Doug returning to finish off the paying public finally had time to rest their weary feet at 2:00 just as they had to face the frosty, foggy journeys home.
A long night, a great night and the ‘across-the-board, across-the-decades’ music policy of this event once again, like succulent fresh cream rose to the top.
Next event in February, watch press and flyers for details because if it’s half as good as this night it’ll be one you won’t really want to be missing.
Promoted by the Cleethorpes Soul Collective this most excellent of venues was not full to the rafters with people escaping the boredom of Saturday night T.V. but the crowd was a very, very healthy number far in excess of those the last time I visited and far more than some other venues feeling the pinch of the world financial crisis.
Right from the warm welcome by the team at the entrance to the first floor setting for a night of salubrious soul until the very end as they wish you well upon your way the evening was extremely pleasant.
The music provided by the residents ‘Smucker’ and Pete Stone was as eclectic in it’s mix as it was high in it’s quality.
Tunes from the wheel to ‘modern’ and all genre between.
First of the three guests Doug Hall from Newark took over next and the floor didn’t get a moments rest up ‘til the ‘final whistle’ at 2:00 a.m.
Doug, as always played tunes to suit the floor, old, new, once again mixing and matching.
Next up was Soul Sam, once again mixing favourites like Urban Blues Project with standards of the Joe Cook ilk, 90 minutes of Soul Sams’ tunes were still not enough for the floor filling eager crowd.
Sean Chapman dived in at the deep and coaxing more and more out of the plethora of dancers with his own inimitable style of both tunes and presentation and with Doug returning to finish off the paying public finally had time to rest their weary feet at 2:00 just as they had to face the frosty, foggy journeys home.
A long night, a great night and the ‘across-the-board, across-the-decades’ music policy of this event once again, like succulent fresh cream rose to the top.
Next event in February, watch press and flyers for details because if it’s half as good as this night it’ll be one you won’t really want to be missing.
