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Trevor Tall
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Folk, Indie, Pop, Rock |
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WWW.TREVORTALL.COM
In 1969, Trevor Tall was born. Six months after that birth, Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot upon the moon.
Trevor mispent his youth aiming to become Arsenal’s first fat footballer. When the puppy fat dropped off him, he decided that he would be better off stepping into Ian Botham’s shoes at Somerset Cricket Club.
In the early eighties, Trevor was talked into buying “All Mod Cons” by The Jam. Suddenly, cricket went out of the window. Only pop stardom would do for young Trev!
In 1988, Trevor played his first solo gig at “Heroes & Zeros” in High Wycombe. With no notice, he filled in for an absent support band and played all nine songs he knew.
Trevor honed his talent writing songs and playing numerous gigs. During this time he wrote a handful of classics and played a few great gigs. He fronted bands with terrible names such as; Uneasy Times, Groovey People, Bitter End and Vast (!). A patchy demo was dispatched to record companies to a “Not too bad” response. Clearly there was talent there. In 1994, he attained a level where he felt he deserved success rather than just wanted it.
Gigs as Trevor Tall & The Shades of Colour Band followed, along with a batch of stunning new songs. Simultaneously, he formed the duo Collins & Tall with another luminary of the Buckinghamshire scene. An astonishingly good demo, “We Won’t Let You Sleep”, drew lots of interest but no record deal.
Fantastic gigs at venues such as “The Hope & Anchor”, “The Mean Fiddler” and “The Old Trout” (Don’t look for it, it isn’t there any more!) followed. They supported the likes of Travis, John Otway, Nine Below Zero and even a Genesis tribute band!
A Collins & Tall song appeared on the compilation CD “Pig-The New Breed” and was chosen in every review as the stand out track. At this point, Trevor ceased solo activities to concentrate on Collins & Tall. They then recorded the album, “Filthy Con” which received an even better reception, including a four star review in Melody Maker. More superb gigs on the back of the album confirmed the duo as too good to be unsigned.
The pressure grew at the appalling lack of record company recognition and Collins & Tall imploded in the summer of 2000.
Trevor spent the immediate months after the break-up recording the sound track to “All Futures Past” – a Respectable Films production.
Now the way is left clear for Trevor to let loose the solo album that has long been burning a hole in his pocket.
Ian Wood (March 03).*
*You may well be wondering who I am to Trevor Tall; well I was at his first, shambolic, gig. I drove him home that night to get his guitar. Over the years, I watched him change from clumsily entertaining, to genuinely good. I loved aspects of Collins & Tall, but always found myself going back to Trevor’s solo demos. I just hope he doesn’t let me down because I really believe this solo album could be fucking awesome.
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0149486619
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07739306957
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22 whitefield lane
great missenden
hp16 0bj
South East
United Kingdom
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Gig Details
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| 1. The Black Horse, Great Missenden - Sunday 28th November - Tel: 01494 862537 |
| 2. The Red Lion, High Wycombe - Friday 17th December - Tel: 01494 536901 |
| 3. The Queen's Head, Chesham - Monday 27th December - Tel: 01494 778690 |
| 4. The King's Head, Prestwood - Saturday 15th January - Tel: 01494 868101 |
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Additional Information
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Elvis Costello meets Nirvana; they turn left at The Who, cross the road to avoid Busted, go via New Order and arrive at Trevor Tall’s Free The Starfish.
This album kicks off with ‘The Power Of Distraction’, propelled by a truly brilliant baseline; this song takes a wry look at modern life through the eyes of an anxious guy who is reading a newspaper whilst waiting for a potential girlfriend.
‘Peggy Sue Got Divorced’ is a beautiful ballad that completes the trilogy started by Buddy Holly. ‘Naked On A Treadmill’ with it’s chiming Smiths’ guitar leads the song into a truth attack even Bob Dylan would be proud of.
There is some ‘pure pop for now people’ in the shape of ‘Potential Tears’, ‘Fishing’ and ‘Pool Of Happiness’ – the latter ending in a corrosive ****-storm of feedback, after some savage Townshend–like riffing.
At the other end of the scale is the stark acoustic ballad ‘Seven Year Sleep’, which crackles along with an intensity seldom heard in today’s anodyne climate.
‘You Will Be Desirable’ is a brutally honest account of a relationship gone sour. This song has had many a couple nodding along at gigs, apparently unaware of what they are admitting to. ‘I Can See It For What It Is’ rocks like a **** on gravy and is for all those victims of, erm, ‘Russell dust’.
The centerpiece of Free The Starfish is ‘The Boot Goes In’. Imagine the moment you realize your lifetime’s goal, that you have pinned all your hopes on, will never be achieved. ‘Boot’ captures that tragic feeling, almost too accurately.
This is followed by ‘I Can’t Help The Way I Feel’ a country rocker with a Pixies’ guitar solo!
Perhaps the album’s most hopeful song is ‘How Would You Feel?’ with lyrics by a sufferer of Multiple Sclerosis, who sees more good in life than an able-bodied person.
I believe the best music has three essential ingredients – A memorable tune, lyrics that actually mean something and it must be delivered with a healthy dose of passion.
Free The Starfish has all of these qualities in abundance.
Ian Wood
September 2004
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