Kris Drever Band at The Stables [Wavendon, Milton Keynes] (work in progress)

Kris Drever Band at The Stables [Wavendon, Milton Keynes] (work in progress)

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6 June

Kris Drever Band at The Stables [Wavendon, Milton Keynes] (work in progress)

A great evening at The Stables with Kris Drever and his friends, Euan Burton (double and electric bass plus vox) and Louis Abbott (perc, drums, guitar and vocals), including a fair sprinkling from the 2020 album Where The Air is Thin !

In the first set, Drever and his band gave us some poignant or reflective 'takes' on 'Sanday' (and its origins), 'I'll Always Leave The Light On' (and its origins) and 'More Than You Know' - after the interval, there was noticeably less 'chat', and this, as well as the energy in the songs chosen for it, helped the second set build.)

Where The World Is Thin

As ever (though known mainly though his performances, at this venue, as a member of the trio @LauMusic**), this gig was strongly pervaded by a consciousness of Drever's authorial commitment to both social awareness and social justice.

** Songs such as 'Ghosts' or instrumentals.

— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) June 7, 2023

'Sir, I was born here -
So where would I go ?'

As often, an achingly beautiful song from the trio of @KrisDrever, @obanfiddle and @Martin_Green__ [@LAUmusic], which is not just about immigration, but also refugeeship :

'We came seeking protection,
Away from the strife'

1 / 2 https://t.co/HVgGdhKXz8

— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) April 1, 2022

One wouldn't expect @KrisDrever to be anything other than committed and uncompromising :

The new album, Where the World is Thin and which arrived to-day (i.e. Friday 25 September), is all of those, and full of poetrty, honesty and observation besides. pic.twitter.com/k1MrcOF1GG

— THE AGENT APSLEY #ScrapUniversalCredit #JC4PM2019 (@THEAGENTAPSLEY) September 25, 2020

Comparing the voter voter ID debacle with this Thames Water farrago is further unnecessary proof that our legislator class treat us like they should treat ltd companies and ltd companies like they should treat us. What an absolute smashed can of arseholes.

— Kris Drever (@KrisDrever) June 29, 2023

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