Album review: THE PECKHAM COWBOYS -10 Tales From The Gin Palace

THE PECKHAM COWBOYS -10 Tales From The Gin Palace

Cargo Records [Release date 14.02.14]

“10 Tales From The Gin Palace” is the second album from South London’s The Peckham Cowboys and as the title would suggest, the album contains 10 tracks of sleazy, debauched, catchy rock n roll and this is perfectly summed up by the track “Bromley Girls”.

If you’ve never heard the band, opening track “Not Guilty!” is the perfect introduction- raw as The Quireboys, catchy as The Faces and with the flash bravado of The Rolling Stones, it sets “10 Tales From The Gin Palace” up nicely.

Front man Marc Eden has a voice that is not a million miles away from that Quireboys sound and with guitarist Dale Hodgkinson they have created a bluesy, good time rock n roll album that will appeal to a large number of listeners.

The band is completed by guitarist Timo Kaltio (Izzy Stradlin’, Cheap & Nasty), bassist Nigel Mogg (The Quireboys) Ryan McCormick on drums (Steven Adler Band) and on keyboards and horns Duncan McKay (Primal Scream) and they have a fuller sound than on debut album “Flog It!”.

“The Debt Collector” has a feeling of The Dogs D’Amour does The Stones does reggae, “Don’t Damn The Hypnotist” has a Clash style low dub feeling to it and features a rapping section courtesy of Congo Natty, whilst “Quarantined” could be described as The Quireboys meets U2.

“Poor Boy Blues” has some nice scuzzy guitar and laid back vocals, “You’re Only There For The Money” has that raw, catchy and confident feel about it, “She Was Sweet On Me” has a Stones/Faces feel to it and the album is signed off in style by “Knocked Senseless” .

The Peckham Cowboys are a great band and “10 Tales From The Gin Palace” is a prime example of what rock n roll should sound like. ****1/2

Review by Nikk Gunns

Featured Artist: JOSH TAERK

Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.
In 2023 he signed a recording deal with Sony in Canada and released a new single on 15 September.

Next session: Sunday 1 December

Check out videos here: https://www.facebook.com/getreadytorockradio

David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. First broadcast on 3 November 2024.

UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (2020 and 2021 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon “Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!”. The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). This show was first broadcast 29 October 2024.

How to Listen Live?

Click the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop)

Listen via Windows Media Player. Click or tap here and “open file”
Listen via other media player (eg. VLC) Click or tap here and “open file”

Get Ready to ROCK! Radio is also in iTunes under Internet Radio/Classic Rock
Listen in via the Tunein app and search for “Get Ready to ROCK!” and save as favourite.

More information and links at our radio website where you can listen again to shows via the presenter pages: getreadytorockradio.com

Power Plays w/c 11 November 2024

ARCANE MOON Hello Sun (indie)
S8NT ELEKTRIC XTC (Long Branch Records)
ARCANA KINGS Here We Go (Curtain Call Records)
KLOGR face The Unknown (Zeta Factory)
BEYOND UNBROKEN Dance With The Dead (FiXT)
REVENGIN Decadent Feeling (Wormholedeath)

Featured Albums w/c 11 November 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Singer Songwriter)