The Kidda Band - Johnny Black & White Trash

**** Album Review****

With the incredible surge of interest in late lamented The Kidda Band (their singles are fetching

up to £200 on E Bay), comes news that singer and songwriter Alan Hammonds (now relocated

to Spain) has resurfaced under the new identity of JOHNNY BLACK, supposedly some English

ex pat who's spent four years in the Australian outback with only goats for company.

White Trash is his self promoted demos collection (contact him at jordy@18tilidie.com), a 10

track set of acoustic strummed contemporary protest commentary that casts a cynical and sharp

eye over screwing up things by screwing around (When Harry Met Sally), the images put over

by media women like Jordan (Women's Liberation's Finest Hour), rapist footballers (Roasting),

Pete Doherty and Kate Moss (Baby Shambles), girls taking part in drunken nightclub rumbles

(The Crime watch Reconstruction), gay bashing (The Only Gay In The Village), being

hounded by ex girlfriends (I Just couldn't Say It To Your Face), embarrassing yourself at the

office knees up (The Office Party), the immediate post 7/7 paranoia aboard London transport

(No More Freedom) and, oh yes, a lovely caustic dig at Stoke on Trent's favourite whinging

son on All Robbie Williams Does Is Moan.

More a scabrous Billy Bragg than James Blunt, thank God, this is well worth tracking down.

Mike Davies

	*Johnny Black*
	Black & Blue Records BNB 001
	Well here we are, at last, the long awaited solo album from Alan Hammonds, the singer and songwriter from the Incredible Kidda Band. The first release on the Kidda Bands own Black and Blue label, the "Johnny Black - White Trash" album features the same great melodies, but probably some of the best lyrics of his life. Alan plays guitar, harmonica and features on all vocals. See the track listing and get a feel for the album by hearing samples below.
	** Album Review With the incredible surge of interest in late lamented The Kidda Band (their singles are fetching up to £200 on E Bay), comes news that singer and songwriter Alan Hammonds (now relocated to Spain) has resurfaced under the new identity of JOHNNY BLACK, supposedly some English ex pat who's spent four years in the Australian outback with only goats for company. White Trash is his self promoted demos collection (contact him at jordy@18tilidie.com), a 10 track set of acoustic strummed contemporary protest commentary that casts a cynical and sharp eye over screwing up things by screwing around (When Harry Met Sally), the images put over by media women like Jordan (Women's Liberation's Finest Hour), rapist footballers (Roasting), Pete Doherty and Kate Moss (Baby Shambles), girls taking part in drunken nightclub rumbles (The Crime watch Reconstruction), gay bashing (The Only Gay In The Village), being hounded by ex girlfriends (I Just couldn't Say It To Your Face), embarrassing yourself at the office knees up (The Office Party), the immediate post 7/7 paranoia aboard London transport (No More Freedom) and, oh yes, a lovely caustic dig at Stoke on Trent's favourite whinging son on All Robbie Williams Does Is Moan. More a scabrous Billy Bragg than James Blunt, thank God, this is well worth tracking down. Mike Davies**
	White Trash - The Track Listing
	1. When Harry Met Sally 2. Women liberations finest hour 3. The crime watch reconstruction 4. Babyshambles 5. All Robbie Williams does is moan 6. I just couldn't say it to your face 7. Roasting 8. The office party 9. No more freedom 10. The only gay in the village
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