Skip 'Little Axe' McDonald
Sat 13th March 2010
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General Admission £12.50
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Which musician links the legendary Sugarhill Records, Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaata, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, James Brown, Robert Plant, Mark Stewart & The Mafia, Sinead O'Connor, Tackhead and Megadeth? The answer is Skip McDonald, now known by his stage moniker Little Axe and his raucous blues-based sound. Skip made his name as an integral part of the Sugar Hill house band playing on the most influential early rap classics and as part of Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound crew he has made some of the most adventurous and praised UK music of the last twenty years.
As Little Axe Skip returns to exploring the rich blues tradition that he grew up with and learned from his father and thus, intriguingly, bringing black American music full circle. A rare opportunity to see one of the main driving forces in the creation of modern urban black music in action. Blistering stuff.
This concert will begin at 7.30pm
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Comment
The Skip McDonald gig was excellent overall. Skip seemed to take a while to get going and after the first couple of numbers I was feeling a bit disappointed with the feel of things. However things got rapidly better and by the end of the first set Skip was rocking. At the end of the first set Skip announced that for the second set he would be using a band in a box. The second set was awesome with Skip using samples to beef up the sound which to me made all the difference. This was the Little Axe sound which we've come to love. A great gig but far too short. Could have done with another hour of it at least.