Salter Cane

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

The Players

Chris

Chris Askew

guitar & vocals

Jeremy

Jeremy Keith

bouzouki

Songs

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Tidings

  1. Are friends acoustic?

    Thanks to everyone who came braved the cold weather to come out to The Prince Albert last night. It was truly an honour to play together with and Caramel Jack. Put us all together on the same bill and we make for a pretty damn good night out.

    We had fun, especially when we covered two very different songs: Tim Buckley’s Song To The Siren and Tubeway Army’s Are Friends Electric?

    While we were playing, Brighton was getting covered in a blanket of snow. Instruments in hand, we trudged home through the transformed white landscape. A cold end to a good night.

    by Jeremy December 18, 2009

  2. Remembering the Gilded Palace of Sin

    A bittersweet event took place upstairs in The Price Albert in Brighton recently. A concert by Danny Schmidt marked the last ever gig organised by The Gilded Palace of Sin.

    The Gilded Palace have been putting on gigs in Brighton for years and they’ve always been very kind and generous to Salter Cane. For the gig in The Albert, a limited run of special commemorative posters where made, listing all the bands who ever played under the banner of the Palace. Salter Cane were in there along with many visiting bands that we have played support to.

    I remember the first Gilded Palace of Sin concert I went to, not long after moving to Brighton. The mighty Flophouse Jr. were playing upstairs in The Lift (now The Hope). The support band that night was a local band called Caramel Jack.

    Since then, Salter Cane and Caramel Jack have formed a kind of mutual appreciation society and we relish any chance we get to play together. That’s why we think our next concert will be quite special.

    On Thursday, December 17th, Salter Cane and Caramel Jack will be playing at The Prince Albert. It will be a festive affair …well, as festive as a bunch of miserablists like us are likely to ever get.

    We’re looking forward to it and we hope to see you there. Together, we can raise a glass to the memory of The Gilded Palace of Sin. And then we will rock.

    by Jeremy December 6, 2009

  3. Salter Cane and The Drones

    ‘Tis the weekend to be spooky, creepy, or just generally scary. But when the blood dries and the zombies and vampires have returned to their graves for another year, life must go on.

    If you’re in Brighton and you’re wondering what to do after crawling around town in the guise of the recently undead, come along to The Prince Albert on Monday night. There, you can thrill to the sinister sounds of Australia’s own The Drones, ably supported by Salter Cane.

    We promise a night of swampy reverb for all. See you there.

    by Jeremy October 30, 2009

  4. Salter Cane on Spotify

    If you’re a Spotify user, you’ll be pleased to know that you can now listen to Salter Cane on Spotify. If you’re not a Spotify user, you should be …unless you live in one of those territories that doesn’t have Spotify, in which case I’m sorry I brought it up.

    Anyway, you can listen to:

    1. The album Salter Cane and
    2. The EP Black Swollen River.

    Services like Spotify and Last.fm are starting to change the way we interact with music. As recorded music moves from being a scarce, expensive resource into something ubiquitous and free, the value of live music gets ever greater.

    But you don’t have to just believe me. Here’s Bill Drummond delivering an excellent talk called The History of Music, Part 19. Yes, it’s kind of pretentious and no, being in the KLF doesn’t automatically mean you’re an expert on music, but this is well worth a listen.

    Bill Drummond: The History of Music, Part 19 on Huffduffer

    by Jeremy October 26, 2009

  5. Live in Lewes

    It was with some trepidation that we set up to play at The Lansdown pub in Lewes: there no stage, the rain was pouring down, and after much head scratching we concluded half the PA was kaput.

    A few frantic phone calls later and Jamie’s girlfriend’s sister’s boyfriend Ben had provided a replacement. Simple! Now all we had to do was set up and soundcheck without a sound engineer…

    All of the earlier hassle was soon forgotten however. We were playing two sets that night and although the first set took a little time to warm up, by the time Chris was switching over to electric guitar it was clear we had the growing audience’s attention. We’d rehearsed a ton of material, but luckily Chris is a prolific enough writer that we now have plenty to choose from.

    We broke for a rest after 45 minutes, coming back with our current favourite cover version, Roy Orbison’s ‘In Dreams’. Finishing the night was exhausting; three big numbers in a row, starting with ‘Wicked Boy’, which the audience lapped up, urging us on with their grateful response through the frenzied ‘Amelia’ and ‘The Truth is Nothing’.

    Not satisfied with an hour and a half of Salter Cane, they had us play an encore too, and another was being asked for even as we staggered away from our instruments!

    So, thank you Lewes, for making us feel very welcome indeed. Now, next time, if you could just sort the weather out…

    by Jamie August 2, 2009

Shows

  1. January 17th, 2010

    The Freebutt, Brighton
  2. December 17th, 2009

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  3. November 2nd, 2009

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  4. August 1st, 2009

    Lansdown, Lewes
  5. June 5th, 2009

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  6. May 13th, 2009

    The Hare & Hounds, Brighton
  7. April 17th, 2009

    Sanctuary Cella, Brighton
  8. February 14th, 2009

    All Saints Centre, Lewes
  9. December 6th, 2008

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  10. September 27th, 2008

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

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  12. July 26th, 2008

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  13. February 12th, 2008

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  14. September 27th, 2007

    Oxfam, Brighton
  15. September 23rd, 2007

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

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

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  18. July 20th, 2007

    Pressure Point, Brighton
  19. April 3rd, 2007

    Prince Albert, Brighton
  20. February 25th, 2007

    Joogleberry Playhouse, Brighton
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