I am always somewhat wary of advertising posters that some musical outfits put out. But I decided to check out Austin Gold on Youtube, prompted by the poster in the Gents’ in the DnD. After listening to about 30 seconds of their ‘Before Dark Clouds’ lp, I was ironing my jeans ready for the bus into Leeds!
We arrived about 7.00pm, to be confronted by what seemed to be half of Pink Floyd’s stage equipment on the pub floor. But by 9.00 pm they had it all in place and done a soundcheck. We got chatting to keyboard man Russ, who told us it was their first gig as a four piece, the other guitarist had decided to go to Canada.
9.30pm and if any nerves were onstage, they were well-disguised. Singer/guitarist Dave has a great voice and is no slouch on guitar either. They played plenty of stuff from the afore-mentioned lp, and it’s half an hour before a cover song, namely ‘La Grange’. The first set finished with ‘In a Broken Dream’ and Her Ladyship and I looked at each other absolutely gobsmacked. It was one of those rare occasions when you get to see something just a bit bloody excellent! Sadly we had to go for the last bus home but Austin Gold are definitely on our ‘must and will see again’ list.
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