#datcha mandala

As mad as a box of frogs they were but, ooh la la, one the very best bands we’ve seen this year. Who are they? Where did they come from? Why are they here?

“This is our first tour in UK and it’s an amazing experience! We had the chance to meet Hayseed Dixie in a French Britany Festival last year “Les Pieds dans La Vase” (Kervignac – 56) and these fabulous musicians and people proposed us to support them on their next UK Tour, and that’s what happened ! We feel the UK people appreciate our music and we’re really happy for that!”

French heavy blues trio Dätcha Mandala at The Garage, Highbury, April 22, 2017

French heavy blues trio Dätcha Mandala at The Garage, Highbury, April 22, 2017

French heavy blues trio Dätcha Mandala at The Garage, Highbury, April 22, 2017

French heavy blues trio Dätcha Mandala at The Garage, Highbury, April 22, 2017

French heavy blues trio Dätcha Mandala at The Garage, Highbury, April 22, 2017

French heavy blues trio Dätcha Mandala at The Garage, Highbury, April 22, 2017

French heavy blues trio Dätcha Mandala at The Garage, Highbury, April 22, 2017

French heavy blues trio Dätcha Mandala at The Garage, Highbury, April 22, 2017

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  With a sold out show, everyone was at The Globe to hear the unique Hayseed Dixie take on classic songs we love to hear. Before the main event up on stage was an unknown entity, on the second night of their first UK Tour, a young French band, Dätcha Mandala. The band met Hayseed Dixie when playing Las Pieds Dans La Vase last year. With 22 dates they will be reaching audiences who will be amazed by the hard rock energy with psychedelic overtones all to a backdrop of blues riffs. Tonight the energetic leg flying Nicolas Sauvey, Bassist who takes the lead vocals and adds the tone of Harmonica whilst guitarist Jérémy Saigne who kneels as the high-octane Gibson fills the air provided an energetic front for the band.  With a stand-in drummer following the band’s drummer breaking his wrist we were treated to a warm-up act that certainly got the musical adrenalin running.  This is hard rock colliding with Buddhist spirituality they are a band who entertain and certainly put on a show.

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Hayseed Dixie has been a crowd-pleasing act since they formed in 2000; after fifteen albums ‘Rockgrass’ must be hitting the crowd-pleasing button. This is a band that despite having a brand new album Free Your Mind and Your Grass Will Follow did not provide a sales pitch it was about delivering songs,  a mix of  Dixie’s originals and their creative re-working of songs from across the genres of popular numbers.  Not many set lists include War Pigs, Bohemian Rhapsody, Ace of Spades and Oliver’s Army. Hayseed Dixies DID! This Bluegrass ho down meets classic rock as the acoustic bass and guitar, fiddle, banjo and mandolin are on a collision course of rock & country creating a genre of their own grass rock it is music mayhem that works it is infectious.  Sold out at The Globe means the venue is crammed with excited fans who just want to have fun, they did not need any encouragement from the foursome.  The members may have changed but the music has stayed the same.  Tonight, John Wheeler, Jake Bryers, Joe Hymas and Tim Carter came and conquered the capital city once again. As they explained, “we have playing this music longer than many marriages, must be doing something right as we explore Drinking, Cheating, Killing and Hell”. We all agreed in one very loud voice.

This is a band that does music their own way with its foot tapping, arms waving let’s dance to the beat and harmonies. They may not appear to be taking themselves too seriously. Do not let the jokes and wise cracks fool you; this is music that delivers in spades.

Tonight Liz from Bluesdoodles was tired post-festival fatigue was setting in having been in Sheffield all weekend. So Tuesday night more live music, but having missed seeing Hayseed Dixie too many times she wasn’t going to let sore feet get in her way.  The music was fun, lively with a good time vibe so staying until the last note died away was a pleasure, not pain. Why?  A set list that is a rollercoaster of hell raising mayhem that hits the spot all post bank holiday blues were blown away by Hayseed Dixie in Cardiff tonight.

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