GEOFF CARNE & the RAW ROX Band
GEOFF CARNE's Acoustica
GEOFF CARNE & the HATZ
British Rock & Blues!
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Geoff live and in conversation on 'Sue Marchant's Big Night In' on BBC Cambs/Essex/Norfolk & Suffolk Sunday Oct 6th,2019.
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Below at the Picturedrome, Holmfirth, Yorks playing support for Snakecharmer & Focus 2015. Stuart McMahon (Sidewinder) left on bass & Mick Hatz right on the bongos!
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BLUES MATTERS (P.89). AUG/SEPT Edition 2016.CD REVIEWs:
GEOFF CARNE AND THE HATZ
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This album hits you in the face with a no-holds-barred barrage of blues played with passion. You have Geoff Carne on vocals, Mick Hatz on percussion along with Paul Mex on bass and electric piano. What you have on this collection is nine original songs by Mr Carne, which are all energetic and empowering. The opening cut Out In The Country has a powerful hypnotic riff, which is followed by the track Lost In You, again with a driving rhythm backdrop. Another Piece Of Me is a heartfelt blues ballad. Giving Me The Blues illustrates the driving vocal eloquence of Carne’s phrasing. Throughout the whole album, this lyrical excellence is evident with a vocal style is reminiscent of Free’s Paul Rodgers. Together with the Paul Mex’s bass-line and Mick Hatz’s drumming, this trio comes across as a force to be reckoned with. All this said, this album tended to me to be quite repetitive, lacking in light and shade, but still it is a brilliant showcase for Carne and the Hatz and wouldn’t stop me going to see them live.
BOB BONSEY
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Geoff started the return to rock journey with the 'One to One' album (2014), then with drummer Mick Hatz on the Geoff Carne & the Hatz project to work on progressing the British Rock blues-driven genre. The release of the 'Get Close' album,'4 Play'/'Kids' EP's, and various singles up to their last release together 'Caught On The Outside' in February 2020 provides a good sample of their works.
Three "Acoustica E.P.s" had been released following the end of the GC & the Hatz era. Then a collaboration with North London's "Raw Rox Band" courtesy of producer Paul Mex (Toyah/Robert Wyatt/Jive Records) on the "Big Town" album was recorded and future recordings herewith. 'The Raw Rox Band' is a collection of experienced session musicians who all worked in the once-thriving British Record Industry for major labels such as Island, Jive, and EMI.
The Raw Rox Band includes: Jim Black (Bass Guitar), Zoki Jovanoski (Drums), Bob 'The Rock' Calvert (Keyboards), Arby 'Miami' Rockman (Lead Guitar) & Tanya Lee (Backing Vocals).
Ongoing radio support has come from 'Get Ready to Rock' (incl. The Pete Feenstra Show), Emma Scott's Pluggin Baby Radio Show, Tony Corner's show Rock-Radio UK, Pablo & the Blues Show on Paisley FM/MyRock-Radio, Severn FM (Dr. Wart Hoover), HRH Rock/Blues/Crows Show with DJ Moto, Jezza Locke BSR (Bristol), Angel Gareth BGFM (Wales), Stockport FM, Harry Simpson (North-East/Redcar), NCB (Cornwall), Deal Radio (Kent), Forest FM (Dorset), Nottingham Radio, Sedgemoor FM (Bridgwater), Wolverhampton Radio, Choice (Worcester), Tircoed (Swansea), Radio Rcc (Italy), Flores FM (Argentina), Various 365 shows in the USA and Jango Worldwide.
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Production via Paul Mex (see Links for details).
Both CDs available at gigs are set at a special price of £7.50 each or £10 for the two.
Major act support slots have included the likes of 'Snakecharmer','Focus' (Both at the Picturedrome.Holmfirth,Yorks) and 'Dr.Hook' (At the Watford Colosseum,Herts).