Tonight and Tomorrow: Country music … all the way from Japan
From Gary of the Shanghai Cowboys:
Stopped in Tokyo for a few days and played last evening with some of my old band members from the Tokyo Cowboys. Great fun. The quality of playing by young country musicians here in Tokyo has really improved over the past few years! Tomorrow, Thursday Jan 20, I return to Shanghai. Also tomorrow a Japanese band from Kyushu will arrive in Shanghai to play at Ark onSaturdayFriday evening! My good friend, a great young pedal steel player Hiroshi Ozaki, who is the son of my old pedal steel man Takashi Ozaki, will be coming with them. Hiroshi is one of the musicians I played with last night and he really swings! The lead singer and band leader is Charlie Nagatani, who Shawn Waters worked together with in Fukuoka a few years back. So it will be a great weekend. See you all at ArkSaturdaytonight!
UPDATE from Gary:
Correction! Tonight at 8:30 the band plays at Ark. Tomorrow at Oldies in Hongqiao. Hope this reaches you all in time.
Sorry, still no word on the band’s name, what time the show starts on Saturday, the admission price or whether any other bands are playing. I tried to see if the info was on the new That’s Shanghai website, but that thing is soooo bad. The Ark Live House site looks better, but it is also of no use whatsoever. I’ve never been able to find listings on it, not on the English version at least. I’d call Ark myself, but I’m in Hawaii. I’ll let you do it:
Ark Live House
Taicang Rd, Lane 181
Xintiandi (North section) #15
太仓路边181弄
新天地广场北里15号
Phone: (021) 3308-5000
This might be the venue for Saturday night (I’d call if I were you):
Oldies But Goodies 温故知新
1440 Hongqiao Lu (by Yan’An Xi Lu)
虹桥路1440号，近延安西路
Phone: (021) 6219 3364
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01.21.2005, 3:30 PM · Music
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Hi Dan,
Gary Flint and the Shanghai Cowboys will be playing for the American community at the Shanghai AmCham 4th of July picnic at the Cypress Hotel out in Hongqiao on Saturday July 2nd. This is my new band composed of former Shanghaiese rock stars converted to country musicians…..I hope…
Cheers,
Gary