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Issue 217
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June 2016
Friday 3rd - Glen Campbell - Karaoke
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Friday 10th - Glen Campbell - Karaoke
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Friday 17th - Glen Campbell - Karaoke
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Rod Stewart, lead
singer with The Jeff
Beck group, has been
signed to a solo recording contract by
Mercury although it is stressed
that this will be a
parallel independent
venture, and he will
not be leaving Beck.
Stewart begins recording for a single and album in midJune, with producer Lou Reizner.
Former Manfred Mann vocalist Mike D’Abo (Whose own
group announced its split this month) is handling
arrangements on some of the tracks.
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Rewarding Crime: Rather than persuading people not to commit crime, through lack of consequence, we
are literally rewarding crime in some areas. If criminals know they can get away with anything from hundreds to thousands of pounds using a variety of different mechanisms and ruses, and the law will not act,
they will do it again and again! This can go on for years until one day they will over step the mark considerably and the law will come crashing down on them. In the time it takes for all this to come about, many
people will have been left victim to what could and should have been dealt with a long time ago. Because it
gets left as late as it does, as well as the additional victims left in the criminal's trail, it has also resulted in a
wasted life for the criminal, because now it has gone far beyond such a simple and expedient remedial option and there is no turning back. If not properly and appropriately dealt with at the right time with education
or a short sharp memorable shock, criminality can become ingrained behaviour. All the more damaging and
all the more difficult to deal with!
Stroll In The Prison: By the time career criminals eventually do get locked up they’ve already cost society
significantly, both financially and with the problems they cause. Sentences are often far too lenient, compared to the heartache they cause, and while they’re inside they get well looked after. It is not uncommon for
villains to spend a third of their lives in jail, having to be looked after and not having to work. Life in our
jails is a relative stroll compared to some. Currently criminals in the UK get more looking after, pandering
and benefits than many decent people in society. How can this be? After all, they're the criminals. It costs a
lot of money to keep them in prison comfort, feed them and house them. Cost to their victims and criminal
damage aside, by the time the police catch them and get them to court, they've already cost us significantly.
Focus Prisoner Education (fpe.org.uk) currently reports on its website that it costs £65,000 to get a criminal
to prison and £40,000 for every year they spend inside. That is a huge amount of money. Why, therefore, are
we not doing more to try and prevent this and why are they not earning their keep? When ordinary decent
people are living in real hardship and are being squeezed until they burst, prisoners should not be taking it
easy, sitting on their backsides and enjoying the benefits of numerous recreational activities and three meals
a day. Everyone else has to work or starve and it should be the same for criminals. Anything less is a crime.
After all, I reiterate, they're the criminals! And who says crime doesn't pay! Well, it certainly costs!
Whose Responsibility Is Crime? When it comes to prosecuting people for crimes such as fraud and criminal damage, it was explained to me by the police that there is more chance of achieving a conviction if perpetrators are taken to a small claim's hearing. That basically means the law is impotent or can’t be bothered.
But interestingly I was told that this is because the requirement for absolute proof is not so great and the
hearing would be decided, given the evidence presented, more on the balance of probability, as with Judge
Judy or Judge Rinder. So why, in some instances, can the state not exercise this protocol and why does the
onus of responsibility for trying to right the wrongs in society now suddenly fall on the individual, usually
the victim, with no real help from the criminal justice system? After all, we're not paid to do this job, the
criminal justice system is! In fact small claims are usually just about a financial settlement and do nothing to
punish an actual crime. It seems to me that the law does not currently understand or properly acknowledge
that fraud is a crime. I say again, fraud is theft and it is as deliberate and purposeful, therefore the law needs
to take it seriously as a criminal act. If someone obtains money or goods through deceit they should be arrested and dealt with as a thief, because that’s what they are! The law must start to take some responsibility
for properly addressing and dealing with this. Such criminals should be targeted and it should not just be left
to victims to deal with it while the criminal justice system sits on its collective backside and lets criminals
walk away, laughing all the way to their next crime and their next victim! To be continued…
In 2014 I wrote a piece for the mag about John Mayall’s 80th
birthday tour which featured a Scottish band King King as support act. Fronted by Glaswegian heavyweight Alan Nimmo, the
band have been voted best UK blues band several times. A bit of
on line digging led me to his elder brother Stevie, and as a duo
the Nimmo Brothers are highly regarded on the blues scene. So
it was good to find Stevie Nimmo playing the Beaverwood Club,
Chislehurst in May. On the last few dates of a UK tour which started in February, the Stevie
Nimmo Trio were supported by the Ben Poole Band, and both were launching new cd’s – Sky
Won’t Fall (SN) and Time Will Come (BP).
Ben Poole is a young blues guitarist from Brighton who has won
plaudits from all quarters including the late Gary Moore and Jeff
Beck (“F***ing amazing, I loved his playing”). His set was mainly
originals off the new album but also a few covers, including his acclaimed version of Freddie King’s Have You Ever Loved a Woman.
He favours Telecasters but switched to a Gibson Les Paul for some
numbers; the rest of the band comprised Mat Beable on bass, Craig
Bacon on drums and an excellent keyboard player, Steve Watts. I
found a few of his solos a bit self indulgent, and he over-ran leaving
less time than planned to hear Stevie Nimmo. Nevertheless a fantastic guitarist, well worth
seeing.
For the second half Mat and Craig stayed on stage as they are regular members of the Stevie
Nimmo Trio. They started with Still Hungry and Chains of Hope, then a complete contrast
with Change - the best song of the night for me. Running On Back To You and Roll The Dice
Again were also off the recent cd, and there were superb cover versions of the Allman Brothers’ Gambler’s Roll and Storyville’s Good Day For The Blues. The Beaverwood set was mainly
blues / rock but Stevie Nimmo’s range goes far beyond that, and his album includes the gentler Love You More Tonight, the slightly funky Lovin’ Might Do Us Good and even a country,
pedal steel number Walk The Thin Line. All too soon the set came to an end, but Stevie was
joined by Ben Poole and Steve Watts for the encore of Going Down. Another Freddie King
song, this featured blistering licks from the two guitars, a great keyboard solo from Steve
Watts, and audience participation. An excellent evening’s music with one of the best blues /
rock line ups you could hear in the UK today.
The Beaverwood hosts some excellent live music for all tastes – in the past they have had
Walter Trout & Buddy Whittington, and recent events include Paul Cox in a Joe Cocker memorial gig, Robin Bibi, Bowie and Deep Purple tributes, and the Strums with a West Coast set.
Check out their web site at www.thebeaverwoodclub.co.uk
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