Doors 7pm // Show Starts 8pm (Unreserved mixed seating & standing show)
An evening of tall tales and top tunes from half a century working on the wilder fringes ofthe Music Industry. Expect encounters with Alexis Korner, Ray Davies, Elton John, PeterGabriel, Todd Rundgren, Eddy Grant and Brian Eno - alongside classics such as War Baby,Glad to Be Gay, and 2-4-6-8 Motorway. Plus unexpected back catalogue gems from CaféSociety (1975) to Only The Now (2015) in this brand new two man show with virtuosoguitarist Adam Phillips.
Tom Robinson first record release was in 1975 as one-third of Café Society: an acoustic harmonytrio produced by Ray Davies of The Kinks who had discovered them playing at The Troubadourcoffee house in London's Earls Court. After seeing The Sex Pistols at The 100 Club, Tom realised"the Next Big Thing probably wasn't going to be an acoustic harmony trio" and formed a newgroup of his own with guitarist Danny Kustow. The Tom Robinson Band were early supporters ofRock Against Racism and went on to enjoy Top Five success with 2-4-6-8 Motorway andmild notoriety a few months later with their LGBT anthem Glad To Be Gay. Their album Power InThe Darkness entered the charts at No.4.
In the subsequent 50 years Tom's been mentored by Alexis Korner and Martin Carthy, writtensongs with Elton John and Peter Gabriel, toured with The Police, Red Wedge and The Undertones,and Rocked Against Racism alongside The Clash, Steel Pulse and X-Ray Spex. He's also beenbanned by Radio One, bankrupt and exiled in East Berlin, and hounded by the tabloid press forbeing in love with a woman.
More recently he's given 10,000+ artists their first nationwide airplay on his BBC Introducing showsand served for ten years on the Ivor Novello Awards committee. At age 75 Tom still enjoys areputation among his punk contemporaries - as well as the world of acoustic/roots music - as bothas a master songsmith and a funny, ferocious live performer.
Event Venue
216-220 High Street, SM1 1NU Sutton, United Kingdom, 220 High Street, Sutton, SM1 1, United Kingdom
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