I mention the pleasures of a certain Liverpool
pub, the Belevedere, in my last post
here (and the poems on its walls), and
indeed, on Sunday I visited the Belve (but forgot to point the poems out to my
companion Mike). Then we visited Ye Cracke (a veritable Beatles site, of
course), The (‘little’) Grapes, before using our Old Bastards Bus Passes to
glide down Smithdown to check out the Handyman (which graced this blog
here, on the Ern Malley night - it was our venue),
and in particular Nick Ellis. I’ve seen him about three times now at the
Handyman and I like his combination of 1950s rock and roll singing, with folk
style arpeggio guitar work, Scouse narrativity, and ending up with something
that doesn’t sound like any of those things. Try to catch him if you can. He
often does this Sunday 6-9 slot. Twitter keeps you up to date.
https://twitter.com/nickellis_music
It’s good to see such great music on my doorstep.
Here are some pictures of Ellis, taken by Mike Dunne.
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| You can see the Ern Malley poster in this one! |
