Following last years sold out Glasgow show (and recent sell outs here at Arcadia!), John Miller returns with his Country Casuals and special guest, Mons Wheeler for an evening of songs to celebrate the 101st birthday of Hillbilly Shakespeare Hank Williams. Miss it at your peril!
John Miller and his Country Casuals are becoming quite the regulars at the Arcadia Music Cafe, with an electric mix of traditional and vintage country inspired originals.
This special show is dedicated to the life and music of American singer-songwriter, Hiram King "Hank" Williams, who is regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century.
Remember to bring your own bottle (saves a few quid!) and bring your friends, cos with the Country Casuals in town, you can be sure of a good time!
Millers a traditional country singer; theres no gimmicks and no newfangled twists. If he can be dubbed alternative these days its because he cleaves to the verities, sure in the power and emotion of his own voice, and happy to make it's setting the music of the honky-tonk, the western swing band, and the original Opry. Consequently hes the purest country singer practising his art on these islands, and the finest.
NICK WEST, Bucketfull Of Brains
"Utterly convincing, sometimes joyous, sometimes heartbreaking, always credible trip from Glasgow to Nashville and back again, both in terms of songwriting and performance. I loved it."
TOM MORTON, BBC Radio Scotland
"I'm not sure quite how reincarnation works but if Merle Haggard was dead, he'd be the new Merle Haggard. As it is there are two Merle Haggards... It is really nice hearing a country album of that style which is consistently good all the way through"
MARK LAMARR, BBC Radio 2
"I dont need to pick favourites, because every one of the albums twelve tracks is an absolute winner"