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I loved ‘Rockstar’, which he started playing when just 17, with a glorious riff, the lyrics full of teenage rebellion and excess. Some words stood out: “Judge me by the songs I write and not the person that I am." This got me thinking, is Blaze somehow escaping from this world into that of his songs? Another heart-on-a-sleeve song was ‘Holding Out Hope’, a gentler song about the angst of a teenage relationship breakup, the lyrics suggesting a lack of confidence: “Will I ever be good enough? I’m running around in circles again.” Mmm… It’s clear Blaze isn’t holding back on his emotions in his songwriting.įinally, we came to the grand finaIé. It’s normal, every band plays their best songs last! By the time I got to ‘Melodrama’ halfway through, I was getting drawn in. The songs that followed built in quality. You can’t say much in a minute, so it was very much a wake up song. The band started with a manic, one-minute song called ‘Seasonal Depression’. This is not the kind of stuff you’re likely to hear on a compilation of love songs. His songs were mostly aggressive, tacking hard-hitting subjects of depression, self-doubt and abuse. While his father encourages him to write commercially viable songs, Blaze prefers an “edgier, unhinged sound”. Both have been groomed by the Phuket Academy of Performing Arts (PAPA), and both plan to move to North America in search of fame when studies here end, Blaze fancying Austin, Texas.īlaze played 12 songs with N.E.E.T. The NAUGHTIES wound up a great day with tight and exciting songs, their last just having to be ‘Lean on Me’, where they invited 40 people to sing along on stage, ending the day on a high but emotional note.Īs it’s just not possible to say something in any depth about so many bands here, I want to focus instead on just two promising young singer-songwriters at the event: Gary’s 20 year-old son Blaze and Dasha D’Aria from Russia. and Tidy before the FUZZtonez took over, my friend and veteran rock guitarist Alf Hodges singing what I consider the best original song of the night, Millionaire. My only disappointment was watching an empty drum stool and hearing electronic drums when there were so many fine drummers there that day!īlaze Crause was then up with N.E.E.T. Perhaps the band of the day was Gary Crause’s own band Dark Fiber, playing an all-original set with strong vocals from Rannze Davies and terrific gritty guitar from Rob Cooke. If this event is repeated, it should be a two-evening event rather than a one-day one to be fairer to such great musicians.Ĭolin Hill with Jimmy Fame were next, followed by the Bebop Bar Band where Khun Boy played what I believe to the best rock guitar solo of the day – not a bad achievement for a jazz musician on his day off! Then it was Dasha D’Arai with a short, powerful set with Gary’s son Blaze on guitar. Things were not much kinder for the following acts until it cooled down and people started to arrive in numbers during Rob Cooke’s band Black and Blue, perhaps to hear his fine, sizzling guitar solos.
The arena was empty and the sun hot, but they played admirably well nonetheless.
I felt particularly sorry for my Thai friends in the opening act Gypsy Sun, playing Classic Rock.
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