December 2011… Feat: Tyketto/Wrathchild/Def Leppard/Motley Crue/Steel Panther/ Dr. & The Medics/Dawn Trader/Thunder/Hell…
December 18th… Dawn Trader… (The Rescue Rooms
It’s Christmas party season and not to be done out of hosting one Dawn Trader have booked into the re-vamped Rescue Rooms in Nottingham. Trader have had an astronomical year having launched their debut album ‘Castle’ back in May (25 years late) as well as supporting great bands like Y&T and the mighty Status Quo to cement their return. The master of ceremonies tonight is none other than rock leg end Mr. Badaxe who insists on playing an acoustic set of Badaxe songs, altogether now… ‘Who’s that hiding in the garden? It’s Bin Laden it’s Bin Laden’. After these debased shenanigans it’s time for a bit of sanity and a bunch of young lads called Sucker Punch play a support set which appeals to the younger members of the crowd. When Dawn Trader do hit the stage they seem determined to make tonight a memorable one with several former band members taking to the stage to perform with them. However the best kept secret of the evening (not) was to be a guest appearance by none other than Graham Oliver (Saxon/OD Saxon) pictured with GD, Graham once jammed with the Trader boys in the early 80’s and has waited till tonight to repeat the feat. Saxon’s ‘Wheels of steel’, Cream’s ‘white room’ and a rock n’ roll medley are played to a warm reception from the audience. This show was all about having fun and fun is what we had, despite Mr. Badaxe playing for us twice. I met up with Graham Oliver after the show and was reliably informed that Oliver Dawson Saxon will be releasing a new album in the New Year and playing this very venue in March with Dawn Trader, a show well worth waiting for GD.
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