Venue Watch ~ The Latest at Rock Steady Eddies

Rock Steady Eddies
184 Stafford Street. Walsall.
WS2 8EA

 “Stafford Street, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the musical enterprise. Her life long mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no band has gone before.”


Cue the music...

Dedicated Walsall muso's will have noticed in the April edition of Ryan's Gig Guide the familiar sight of local public house, 'Rock Steady Eddies' sitting neatly on page 22. Across the page a staggering line up of mainly Midlands based bands provide the reasononing behind the warm smiles subtly emanating, like the pleasant aroma of a gently heated glass of mulled wine, from the glossy picture of pub managers Eddie and Emma.

On potential alone, RSE cannot be ignored. A ten minute walk from the town centre; sat on a main bus route which connects some of the towns most well known district centres (i.e Bloxwich, North Walsall, Birchills, etc), within arms reach of a snatch of various types of takeaways, spacious and clean both inside and out and subscribed to by what appears to be a good blend of clientele. What more could a typical muso lover want? Well time will tell actually. Walsall has a strange habit of falling in and out of love with the live music scene. It seems an absolute age since bands like The Real Thing and UB40 packed the Town Hall. (Shite!!! It IS an absolute age!!!) Promoting and supporting live music in Walsall has its risks but fortunately they are risks that RSE are willing to take for the foreseeable futurama.

 

"Getting a friday night booking here is going to be hard for bands now because we are booked solid through to the end of November." Eddie somehow manages to share with me between pulling pints.
 
Although he admits to particularly liking classic rock bands (nothing wrong with that!) he is keen to see some diversity built into the schedule. Muso's should definately not be surprised to see bands like Japanese ska and rockabilly outfit 'Asakusa Jinta' roll into town at some point if Eddie gets his way. Until then though the focus will be on  providing a solid stream of high standard and perhaps more familiar entertainment in the form of such bands as 'Barrel House Blues Band', 'Trigger','Planet Rock UK' and the eagerly awaited 'Dizzy Lizzy / 51 Stone' special.
 

 
 
 
One thing is for sure. RSE is a really nice venue. The staff are friendly and the beer is moreish. So we will definately be returning on a friday night in the near future to review a band or two.
 
As far as we are concerned it's Ready 'Rock Steady Eddie' ~ Go!!!
 
(We realise that that was slightly cheesy but it was a toss up between that and 'Live long and prosper' !)
 
Peace.