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Limited edition Gaiety Theatre T-Shirts
"A musical phenomenon...a guitar prodigy" Paul Sexton, The Sunday Times
After wowing audiences throughout the United States, Davy Knowles returned to
the Isle of Man for an emotional homecoming show – one of only two in the
British Isles during 2009.
This is the Official DVD of that incredible evening as Davy took to the stage
with his amazing Back Door Slam line-up.
Fans queued for hours to secure tickets for the performance at the Gaiety
Theatre, which sold out in just two hours.
This DVD is an essential record of the homecoming show for those lucky enough
to get tickets, and a chance to witness Davy Knowles at his best for those who
missed out.
Still on a high following the critical and commercial success of his album
Coming Up for Air, produced by Peter Frampton,and massive American tour, Davy
enthralled and delighted his Isle of Man fans.
Enjoy the exceptional talents of Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam, plus
DVD-exclusive bonus features.
"The capitals of the blues are deeply etched in music lore. Every devotee can
plot the historical points on the map, from Buddy Guy’s birthplace in
Lettsworth, Louisiana, to BB King’s, in Itta Bena, Mississippi. The new name on
that roll of honour is a geographical - indeed, a musical - phenomenon: Davy
Knowles has reshaped the Delta to include the Isle of Man. History has not
previously recorded a bluesman who woke up this mornin’ in Douglas, by the Irish
Sea, but Knowles, 22, has emerged from there to stake a credible place on the US
circuit, locking down a reputation as a guitar prodigy. Coming up for Air, his
second album with his band Back Door Slam (named for a Robert Cray song),
climbed to No 2 on Billboard’s blues chart in the summer. The first-ever
production - apart from his own work - by Peter Frampton, himself once a young
sensation in a far-off pop incarnation, the record has been rubbing shoulders
with Buddy and BB, and younger contemporaries such as Joe Bonamassa and Derek
Trucks. Knowles’s robust but honeyed playing and his gravelled vocals are
succeeding in selling one of America’s oldest music forms back whence it came"
Paul Sexton, The Sunday Times
