Spooky Tooth European Tour

Posted by: DenisA on 24 January 2008

Dates taken from the Spooky Tooth MySpace.

14 Feb 2008 19:00 Live Music Harelbeke - Harelbeke
15 Feb 2008 20:00 Downtown-Blues Club - Hamburg
16 Feb 2008 20:00 Downtown-Blues Club - Hamburg
17 Feb 2008 20:30 Boerderij - Zoetermeer
20 Feb 2008 21:00 Alte Piesel - Fulda
21 Feb 2008 20:00 Harmonie - Bonn
22 Feb 2008 20:00 Der Heimathaus - Twist
23 Feb 2008 20:00 Blues Garage - Isernhagen
25 Feb 2008 20:00 Colos-Saal - Aschaffenburg
27 Feb 2008 20:00 Der Hirsch - Nurnberg
28 Feb 2008 20:00 Metropolis Music Hall - Munich
29 Feb 2008 20:00 Planet Vienna - Vienna

Hopefully they will tour the UK & the US. The guys can still play and sing, especially Mike Harrison.

Words from Gary Wright

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Spooky Tooth European Tour
Current mood: confident
Category: Music

Hi Everyone,

It's Gary Wright from Spooky Tooth here. I just wanted to let you all know that Spooky Tooth will be starting their first European tour on February 14th in Belgium. All the tour dates are currently posted on our myspace web page. The band will consist of myself, Mike Harrison, and Mike Kellie, all from the original band, plus Steve Farris on guitar (from Mr.Mister) and Shem Schroek on bass(from Kenny Loggins band). This is our first European tour in more than 30 years! We would like to meet you all personally, and after our shows we will be available to greet you and sign autographs.

We want to thanks you all for your kind emails and support of our new DVD/CD "Nomad Poets." Please email us during the tour with any questions you may have.

In light and peace,

Gary

Posted on: 24 January 2008 by Guido Fawkes

Very interesting

I like their debut album It's All About and thought Spooky Two was a superb album - the vocal inter-play between Mike and Gary on Evil Woman was tremendous and a trio of truly great songs on side 2: That Was Only Yesterday, Better By You Better By Me and, best of all, Hangman Hang My Shell On A Tree.

Ceremony was odd - now I like odd - but it was too much even for me. I wonder if they could mix up Ceremony - Naked without that clown Pierre Henry. The Last Puff was better.

Then they had a break and came back with the rather mixed You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw - of course, any album that has a track as good as Self Seeking Man is worth playing. Sorry, but I didn't like Witness and lost track of them after that.

If they re-capture what they created at their best then it would be a great re-union.

Spooky Two should definitely be in that list of 1000 great albums that we've been compiling.

I will definitely give the DVD a listen.

ATB Rotf

Posted on: 24 January 2008 by DenisA

Hi ROTF

I have the Nomad Poets CD and it's excellent. Just received the DVD this week but not seen it yet.

I highly recommend Mike Harrison's Late Starter. Mike's voice is unbelievable as well as the musicians. They are from the Hamburg Blues Band, who he has been recording with for quite a while now. Although it's an analogue recording I have not seen the album available on Vinyl.

Denis

Posted on: 24 January 2008 by Guido Fawkes

Thanks Dennis - more than happy with CD (music before media): another one to try - my Spooky albums are all on vinyl, as I bought them when they first came out.

I agree with you and I always thought Mike was an excellent singer.

Posted on: 24 January 2008 by ewemon

Still have a copy of Gary Wright's Dream Weaver disc. Pulled it out to listen to it for the first time the other day in ages.

Posted on: 25 January 2008 by Nick Lees

quote:
Originally posted by ewemon:
Still have a copy of Gary Wright's Dream Weaver disc. Pulled it out to listen to it for the first time the other day in ages.

His first one, Extraction, still stands up well too.

ROTF is right - Spooky Two is a top top album, but I have a weakness for Ceremony. Repertoire have done a great job of re-issueing the Spooky Tooth catalogue and clearly have a good relationship with the band, but there's no sign of Ceremony from them - because of that good relationship I suspect.

Keep us posted on any UK dates Denis - Ta!

P.S. Tooth fans might like Spring a short lived group from the early 70s. Sort of what Spooky Tooth might have been if they'd used three mellotrons: their Myspace site.

Posted on: 31 January 2008 by Guido Fawkes

quote:
Originally posted by DenisA:
Hi ROTF

I have the Nomad Poets CD and it's excellent. Just received the DVD this week but not seen it yet.

Denis

Hi Denis

I bought the DVD and watched it last night, it is very enjoyable indeed - thanks for the recommendation.

ATB Rotf

Posted on: 01 February 2008 by JohanR

So, now every 60's band have been reformed...

I have "Light of Smiles" on the original Doug Sax mastered vinyl. It was ages since listen to it!

I also have a live with Spooky Tooth from ca 1968 with very good playing, but dreadful sound.

JohanR

Posted on: 16 February 2008 by Big Al

I've only got "It's all about", but I think "Here I lived so well" is an incredibly soulful song, in the true meaning of "soul".

In fact I'm off downstairs to play it now!

Allen

Posted on: 16 February 2008 by DenisA

Munch,

I thoroughly recommend the DVD and 3 tracks can be sampled here. The guys may be older but class is permanent

Denis

Posted on: 16 February 2008 by Guido Fawkes

quote:
If Rotf got it thats good enough for me .

It is a very good DVD - however, I would seek out a really good copy of Spooky Two if you haven't already got one