Nick Garrie: New digital single "Wheel of Fortune"; "The nightmare of JB Stanislas" in the British festival Doune The Rabbit Hole; Nick Garrie Christmas Week Gstaad 2011

Here at Elefant we are continuing our unrelenting mission to rescue material by the distinguished Nick Garrie, and if we spoke about a new single for “Can I Stay With You” a few weeks ago, now the time for “Wheel of Fortune” has arrived in this very special moment for the author of “The Nightmare of JB Stanislas”.

This coming Saturday, June 11th, as a part of the British festival Doune The Rabbit Hole, Garrie will be performing his admired debut album in its entirety, accompanied by Mike Heron of THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND and members of the British band TREMBLING BELLS, the psychedelic pop band led by Alex Neilson, with a line-up that will include string instruments, wind instruments and a rhythm section, in order to make the songs shine as much as possible with the arrangements that Eddie Vartan imagined them with in 1969. Without a doubt, this is an incredible and unique opportunity that will also have great festival-mates like THE VASELINES, TREMBLING BELLS, BMX BANDITS, Ally Kerr and Alasdair Roberts.

But that’s not all, because a curious and attractive deal has just been announced for this coming Christmas. Under the title “The Nick Garrie Gig Pass Christmas 2011” our star will give four concerts in the ski slopes of the Swiss city Gstaad, as well as the opportunity to ski with the man himself (there is a legend that says that Nick gave ski lessons to Paul McCartney himself on those very slopes). The first concert will take place on Wednesday, December 21st in the Hotel Alpine Lodge, where Garrie will perform “The Nightmare of JB Stanislas” in its entirety, accompanied only by his guitar. The following day he will play songs that he wrote with Francis Lai, which he played with Cat Stevens’ band, and even some of the songs included on “49 Arlington Gardens”, over dinner in the Landhaus hotel in Saanen. Saturday the 24th, there will be a very special Christmas concert in which Garrie will be accompanied by a children’s chorus in the Hotel Gstaaderhof, while on the 25th he will adorn lunch with various songs from his complete repertoire in the Chemistube in St. Stefan. You don’t need to know how to ski to enjoy an event as incredible as this.

And because of all of this, we are making special mention of the release of the digital single for “Wheel of Fortune”, which includes a previously unreleased track, “The Bath and Mrs. Brown”, recorded in Glasgow with the same musicians who recorded THE CUTS for the re-release of “Stanislas” (captained by the perennial Duglas T. Stewart), inspired by a song by France’s Pierre Perret. In addition, the single includes two songs, two re-recordings from a session in Portugal in 2002 of songs that were released on “Stanislas” and to which a curious twist is given: “Deeper Tones of Blue” acquired intensity in this acoustic, raw version and “Bungles Tours” breaks all the boundaries when it goes off-course, halfway through the recording, towards Caribbean sounds that give a new light to a song that was already incredible in its previous format. You can find this single on the most important digital platforms.

And now, more than ever, Nick Garrie’s fans are celebrating.

Digital single "Wheel of Fortune":

Nick Garrie "Wheel Of Fortune" ER-D009

Tracklist: 01. Wheel of fortune 02. The Bath And Mrs Brown 03. Deeper tones of blue 04. Bungles tours

Click here to listen to the single on SPOTIFY

Click here to listen to the single on DEEZER

Click here to watch the video-clip of "Wheel Of Fortune"

Video-clip of "Wheel Of Fortune" on sale on iTunes

Click here to purchase the single on iTunes

Saturday, June 11
Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival
Nick Garrie [Playing “The Nightmare of J B Stanislas”]
with band [violin, cello, three guitars] and members of "Trembling Bells"
Stirlingshire [Scotland]
price: Tickets £18.00 - £58.00 adv HERE !
Doune Castle
http://www.rokbun.com/?p=6496
http://www.dounetherabbithole.co.uk/
 

Nick Garrie Christmas Week Gstaad 2011
+info HERE:
http://www.nicksclub.org/

21st, December
Garrie “The nightmare of JB Stanislas” only by his guitar
Hotel Alpine Lodge

22nd, December
Garrie will play songs that he wrote with Francis Lai
Hotel Landhaus [Saanen]

24th, December
“Special Christmas concert“
Garrie will be accompanied by a children’s chorus
Hotel Gstaaderhof

25th, December
Garrie will play songs from his complete repertoire
Chemistube de St. Stefan