For those uninitiated Throttle makes for a powerful, physical and innovative show not quite like anything you have heard or seen before on Melbourne’s stages.
This weekend The Shadow Electric Bandroom will be playing host to Throttle aka Ashley Davies on Saturday 7th March for a musical journey through live music, visuals and theatre. Throttle is one man on a drum kit playing to cranking, toe-tapping, percussive overloaded music. It is a high-octane thrilling rhythmic musical adventure built on driving drum grooves and a visual kaleidoscopic extravaganza.
To celebrate the upcoming show Davies has put together a collection of the best driving albums, and as per Davies’ direction “All my driving albums have to be played loud and on open roads, where I can play the album thru uninterrupted.” Check ’em out below and don’t miss the Throttle show.
AC/DC – ‘Powerage’
1978, Atlantic
Easily no 1…and it seems to me its not an ac/dc album that a lot of people know about…unless you are a real Acker Dacker fan.
Somebody told me once that Powerage was one of Keith Richards’ favourite albums. It is a helluva rockin’ record from start to finish beginning with rock and roll damnation.
‘Gone shootin’ is my favourite.
Status Quo – ‘On The Level’
1975, Vertigo/ Capitol
People don’t give Quo enough credit, and sadly they lost a bit of cred in my eyes as well with the coles ads.
But on the level was my first record and right off the bat it kicks arse with ‘Little Lady’ – the track explodes off the record.
They are all great musicians and the songs are well played and cleverly arranged…maybe the lyrics aren’t that hot but I can ride that out as they are easy to sing along with.
Hound Dog Taylor – ‘Beware Of The Dog’
1976, Alligator Records
‘Doin’ Homework’ one night way back in high school I was listening to the radio.
My best friends big brother had told him to tune into this great blues show on the local abc radio station. That’s where I heard hound dog taylor for the first time. Man that was a revelation, I had not heard guitars like that before.
So tough, sharp, mean and raw and there was the drums layin’ down rough house shuffles mixed in with military snare rolls. To this day no one, and I mean no one sounds like hound dog taylor and the
Lou Reed – ‘New York’
1989, Sire
Not much I can say about this except that everything about it is magnificent.
The words and stories, the sound, the playing. Lou reed nailed this one.
Gene Krupa- ‘Live At The New School’
1999, NA
Gene Krupa is my favourite drummer. He is the most swingingest guy I know on the drumkit.
He was so creative and innovative with his playing and how he was going about writing drums for the music he was making. I think this was his last album but his playing is flawless – as is all his old mates that are with him on the album.
Cannonball Adderley – The Capitol Years
1991, Capitol
This record shifted me musically in a major way, I really got back into jazz with this album and also instrumental music.
Show Details
Saturday 7th March
Shadow Electric Bandroom at Abbotsford Convent
Tickets info: www.shadowelectric.com.au
