Hand of Latham

Scott Mckeon had been invited to play in Spain at the guitar festival in Madrid some months ago, however the festival had to be cancelled. This did not rock the spanish promotor at all though, a replacement gig was arranged along with dates in Bilbao and Catalonia.

The Cotton Club - Bilbao

We Drove up from London to Stantead for an early flight and landed in Bilbao, where we were booked to play the Cotton Club. most of the soundcheck was taken up by the sound engineer and one of the promoters associates having a heated discussion about the volume of the band. Eventually it was explained to us that there was a Volume meter that must not exceed 100 or the police would be called! We promised faithfully not to play too loud and we left for some food leaving the engineer happy. I don’t think we managed to play below 107 the whole gig but the engineer seemed happy with that and no one called the law!

5hr train ride to Madrid

The following day involved another early start and a train to Madrid, where we were met by Chris who had set up our previous Spanish tour with Jonny Winter and his assistant Francisco who was to be driving us to Catalonia the following day.

This is the Post Office in Madrid! Mental!

Chris took us to a great place for steak and orderd two kilos of the stuff! I have to say I think it was the best steak I have ever had, Chris knows his steak!

The Show in Madrid was largely made up of people expecting to see the band at the festival, It was a shame that the festival did not happen but we still had a good time in Madrid.

Our final show before we left spain for home was in Catalonia. It was a fun night with a jam session after our set. We agreed to stick around for the jam for a couple of hours before we went back to the hotel. Im glad we did, as we would have missed the Spanish Bon Scott! My only regret is that I did not get a picture of him, he was a bit of a legend!

The Stage @ the Paradiso

I have just got hold of a live clip recorded a couple of weeks ago at one of our shows with George Thorogood in Europe.

This was (I think) taken from the Amsterdam show on the 17th of May 2009.

Currently on tour with Eric Clapton and in the middle of a string of dates at the Albert Hall the Arc Angels (featuring original members Doyle Bramhall II, Charlie Sexton and Chris Layton) used their only day off to play a show at  Bush Hall in London. 

The Scott McKeon band was the opening act that evening. Upon our arrival at Bush Hall the Arc Angels were still sound checking. I don’t know if it was the presence of the Arc Angels or the dramatic look of the room we were about to play but there was a real ‘vibe’ inside. 

Our forty minutes seemed to fly by and it was not long before I found my self amongst the crowd waiting for the Arc Angels to hit the stage. A little after 9.15 they arrived, playing songs from their first album and a few new ones. The Arc Angels show was also a great social event as there were gig goers from all over the country in attendance, including one Jesse Davey of the Hoax. 

Check out the Arc Angles here

Photos by S.Mckeon