The British Steelies Society

I am playing with Danny and the Champions of the World in their tour this November.
Soul meets country with some Springsteeny tunes chucked in for good measure (some reviews below)

Would be great to see any of you and put faces to names..I might even buy you a beer!

(If you heard the album and liked the pedal steel you might be disappointed cos it was Melvin Duffy not me !!)

13/11/13 Cork - Old Oak Bar
14/11/13 Dublin - Whelans
15/11/13 Bangor – The Goat’s Toe
16/11/13 Wexford - The Sky And The Ground
17/11/13 Kilkenny - Cleere’s
19/11/13 Shipley - Caroline Social Club
20/11/13 Glasgow - Pivo Pivo
22/11/13 Stornoway - Stornoway Town Hall
24/11/13 Newcastle - The Cluny
25/11/13 York - The Basement
26/11/13 Ripon - Rugby Club
27/11/13 Leytonstone - What’s Cookin’
28/11/13 Oxford - The Bullingdon Arms
29/11/13 Leicester - The Donkey
30/11/13 Hove - The Palmeira
01/12/13 Nottingham - The Maze
03/12/13 Winchester - The Railway
04/12/13 Hastings - The Fountain

06/03/14 London - Jazz Cafe


"a gold standard album for UK Americana" ★★★★
- Q Magazine

"Wilson and the Champs' finest set yet" ★★★★
- Mojo

"with Stay True Danny and his wonderful band have fused blues, country and even gospel to provide a truly magnificent album" ★★★★★- AmericanaUK

"sounds as if it was made in Stax Studios by a collective of Nashville’s finest Country musicians... unquestionably their finest" ★★★★★
- Maverick R2 (Rock'n'Reel) Magazine


"a mini-masterpiece of UK Americana" 9/10 - Shout4Music

"ragged but righteous country soul" - Uncut

"rivals Springsteen in its blue-collar brilliance" ★★★★★ - Scottish Daily Express

"a band that seem to be getting better and better and more soulful with each release"
- Gideon Coe (BBC Radio 2 / 6 Music)

"An instant classic"
- Ralph McLean (BBC Radio Ulster)

"Probably the best thing Danny has ever done" - Jim Meredith (BBC Radio Ulster)

"Album of the year? Too early to say. Contender? Definitely."
- FATEA Magazine

"Straight into top spot for my album of the year" - Beat Surrender

"an excellent album" - Glasswerk

“'Stay True' is a ten-out-of-ten album. It is masterful in form and pitch-perfect in execution. Giving it a spin is like a long-awaited homecoming for anyone raised on country-western, Motown soul, and classic folk-rock, and I implore you to check it out" - Ann Arbor Review

have a fun tour Henry, should be able to get to see you @ Cookin'

cheers Allan, would be great to see you down there

Good Luck with the tour Henry, Hope it goes well for you

cheers Shaun! good to see you the other day. see u soon for another one..except I cant make the November meet

Good work Henry! I first read this as Danny & the Champions - world tour - never mind, a good tour to be on. All the best and hope to see you in January - will let you know the date after our next South London steelies meeting.

cheers Nick, perhaps we should call ourselves Danny and the Champions of the UK for the mo to avoid confusion?!

see u soon for another meeting..

Henry

Henry, I heard the band on Saturday on Radio 2 just before 6pm - the Dermot O'Leary show (at 2:43:20 or so). Nice, sparing PSG, just the job. It was a recent track. Was that you? Fame comes knocking?

Will C

No .. it was Melvin Duffy! I'll be massacring his parts at What's cooking this evening if anyone's about. .

Tomorrow night at the Bullingdon in Oxford..

Oh yeah the Hastings gig is canceled unfortunately..

Good luck Henry, break a leg, not a string. I'll be with Mystery Train Thursday at the Blue Ball in Grantchester, cross fingers!