Salter Cane

Hailing from the Southernmost Reaches of Great Britain, these Four Players trade in Ballads of Melancholie & Tales of Murder.

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Chris

guitar & vocals

Jeremy

bouzouki

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  1. Cut it down

    The Salter Cane concert in The Prince Albert in Brighton on Saturday night was a success. We certainly enjoyed ourselves — thanks in no small part to the excellent sound on stage — and the audience was most appreciative. If you were there, thank you very much for coming along.

    We tried out some new material including a cover version of although, as Chris quipped afterwards, our version was more like Altamont.

    After playing the song I remarked If Joni Mitchell was dead, she’d be rolling in her grave. What a terrible thing to say! Of course what I should have said was If Joni Mitchell were dead …Salter Cane does not condone wanton abuse of the subjunctive.

    We also road-tested a relatively new song called Cut It Down that we’re probably going to record when we’re next back in the studio (just a few short weeks from now). You can get a sneak peak of the song thanks to one audience member who had the presence of mind to make a video …Salter Cane does condone recording and photography at our concerts.

    by Jeremy July 27, 2008

  2. Salter Cane at The Albert

    People of Brighton, prepare yourselves. The next Salter Cane concert will be in just under two weeks time. We’re playing on Saturday, July 26th in the Prince Albert on Trafalgar Street — one of our favourite venues.

    The concert is being organised by local promoters, The Cable Club. The other bands lined up for the evening are The Elms and Villareal, who will be playing an acoustic set.

    The cover charge is just £4. Where else will you find a Saturday evening full of so much misery and dark country rock for so little?

    If you decide to come along — and I hope you do — feel free to bring your camera. If you take any pictures or videos and upload them to Flickr, be sure to tag them with:

    by Jeremy July 13, 2008

  3. Grinding, man

    We get compared to Nick Cave a lot …probably because we both sound so miserable. We’re not just aurally close to monsieur Cave; we’re geographically close as well. He’s a resident of Hove, actually.

    The latest side project from Nick Cave is Grinderman. The band have been rehearsing down at the King Alfred Leisure Centre in Hove where they also chose to throw a little warm-up gig for their forthcoming tour. Three quarters of Salter Cane went along to the intimate little gig (I’m sure that the other quarter, Chris, would have been there too had he not been away in Germany).

    I wasn’t a particular fan of the Grinderman album but the songs made a lot more sense live. The band came on stage in the somewhat peculiar venue and launched into Depth Charge Ethel. While I was letting the music wash over me, Jessica pointed out that — no, not that Warren Ellis — was playing a bouzouki.

    At first I thought This town ain’t big enough for two rock’n’roll bouzouki players! But after a superb set of Grinderman songs followed by an encore of Bad Seeds songs from the back catalogue, all was forgiven.

    But just for the record, we were here first.

    by Jeremy July 2, 2008

  4. Evidence

    Thank you to everyone who came out to The Albert for our gig on Tuesday. We had a good time and we hope you did too.

    A special thank you to those of you who documented bits of the performance, including this footage of us playing the song The Truth Is Nothing for the very first time.

    Remember, if you post any videos on YouTube or pictures on Flickr, be sure to tag them with saltercane.

    by Jeremy February 16, 2008

  5. Live at The Albert

    If you’re in Brighton tonight, come on down to The Prince Albert on Trafalgar Street. There you can see three bands for three quid—not bad!

    Salter Cane are headlining so we expect to be on stage sometime around 10pm. But come along before that to hear The Epstein and The Sea Will Decide.

    We’ll be trying out some new material tonight. Wish us luck!

    by Jeremy February 12, 2008

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Shows

  1. September 27th, 2008

    Market Lane Garage, Lewes
  2. August 25th, 2008

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  3. July 26th, 2008

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  4. February 12th, 2008

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  5. September 27th, 2007

    Oxfam, Brighton
  6. September 23rd, 2007

    The Greenhouse Effect, Hove
  7. September 16th, 2007

    End of the Road Festival, Salisbury
  8. August 18th, 2007

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  9. July 20th, 2007

    Pressure Point, Brighton
  10. April 3rd, 2007

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  11. February 25th, 2007

    Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton
  12. December 12th, 2006

    The Hope, Brighton
  13. October 27th, 2006

    The Lamb, Farnham
  14. October 14th, 2006

    Spitz, London
  15. September 25th, 2005

    Komedia, Brighton
  16. August 9th, 2005

    Hanbury Ballroom, Brighton
  17. July 26th, 2005

    Ocean Rooms, Brighton
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