CAUGHT LIVE: UNKLE BOB
Unkle Bob King Tut’s, Glasgow, June 16
Paul English
HAVING built up a devoted following in their adopted Glasgow, there was something of a homecoming feel to Unkle Bob’s Tut’s turn.
After two years on the acoustic gig circuit, the band used this as a launchpad for new single Too Many People (out July 17), a precursor to their forthcoming debut album. Singer Rick Webster’s velvety vocal is -for now – one of the country’s best-kept secrets, and his bandmates’ harmonies remain tight and graceful.
Songs such as The Hit Parade, with its brilliant “I want to get laid, I want to get played, I want to walk down the hit parade” lyric, and the delicate ballad I Need A Car, were well received.
Unkle Bob write smart, catchy songs about broken hearts and chasing skirt – universal themes that might yet find a universal audience.
