Alain Whyte and band mini Ireland tour (August 21, 2023)

The BIG news is here and we're so excited to finally share it with you. We will be playing some very select live shows later this year in the following cities/venues:

29 November - Belfast, Northern Ireland (Ulster Sports Club)
1 December - Cork, Ireland (The Pavilion)
2 December - Dublin, Ireland (Whelans)

The gigs will feature my band of all-stars most of you already know and love:

Craig Gannon - guitars
Gary Day - bass
Spencer Cobrin - drums
Gustavo Manzur, Jr. - keyboards

We'll be playing sets filled will songs we've all been involved in (either written, co-written and/or played on) as well as a surprise or two each night which you won't want to miss.

Tickets go on sale this Friday (25 August at 10am GMT) via AlainWhyteMusic.com/tour & Eventbrite.ie

More info will follow, so please stay tuned. We really can't wait to play for you all!

 

[j*e*t]

I wonder if they take requests. Suspicious Minds, please, Alain!

 

[Redacted]

omg

 

[gashonthenail]

Southpaw Grammar, minus Boy Racer/plus Nobody Loves Us, is a dynamic and very unique record. The two really long tracks that bookend the LP are highly sophisticated and simply powerful musical statements for Morrissey. He didn't have any other albums that sounded like Southpaw, and I believe the LP overall is a testament to how great of an artist he is - that he could shake-up his direction like that after V&I. The band/music really shines on that record (in the forefront more than any other LP), and it's packed with energy.

I do agree with you though about his default musical setting, albeit after Southpaw Grammar, up until Gustavo arrived. He brought such a refreshing change to Morrissey's sound - even the ideas for the horn section/accordion in Bullfighter, the backing vox at the end of Drops Dead, and all the classical nylon stringed guitar playing throughout the whole World Peace album. He is missed.

I love Boy Racer. Great song and great single. Also love Nobody Loves Us.
Southpaw Grammar I think is one of Moz's best albums. There, I said it...
Musically it is very reminiscent of The New York Dolls. Not a bad thing.

 

[Redacted]

I totally agree with you, but consider the source: Morrissey has let vitriol, revenge and a pervasive bitterness guide his career in music. It extends to the fans. Where is the kindness and inclusiveness for the outsiders? It was all a narcissistic facade. The fans that see through the facade are the ones who are disappointed.

I have often wondered about this lately. Who was he really and is that who we are seeing now? I can say that being an outsider never attracted me to his music, I was never an outsider. I thought he was very clever with words, the songs were very intelligent, which is kind of rare.

 

[Les Tameside]

I love Boy Racer. Great song and great single. Also love Nobody Loves Us.
Southpaw Grammar I think is one of Moz's best albums. There, I said it...
Musically it is very reminiscent of The New York Dolls. Not a bad thing.

The Operation is the one I skip: not great lyrically, and the opening is problematically evocative of a song which towers over it.

Otherwise a great album. And Southpaw itself is Morrissey at his finest.

 

[Juan Dulces]

Minus boy racer
Really ?

Hey, I gave an option . You could keep Boy Racer and add Nobody Loves Us.

Truth, I used to really like Boy Racer when I was still absorbing the rest of the album. It's not a 'least fave Morrissey song' for me or anything, I'm just referring to it within the context of the whole album. But, I am happy that you like it! I wouldn't say that if we were talking about 'Sorrow Will Come', btw.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

Is this you finally smelling how sh!t of a guitar player Jesse Tobias really is?
You can get off your knees now!
BOOYAH!

 

[aglutina]

Alain Whyte / Your Arsenal ...

 

[Famous when dead]

Craig sharing same video.
FWD.

 

[Crisstti]

Thanks. I don't think it made the front page of solo.. just made it to General in the forums.

That's what I thought people meant when they said "front page" lol

If it did I missed it but either way thank you for the link. I really appreciate it.

You're welcome

 

[goinghome]

I love Boy Racer. Great song and great single. Also love Nobody Loves Us.
Southpaw Grammar I think is one of Moz's best albums. There, I said it...
Musically it is very reminiscent of The New York Dolls. Not a bad thing.

Name posted a rocking live version from 2011 on the song thread -

Don't mind me. I'm just swinging by what has to be www.Morrissey-satellites.com, observing all the action at the peripheries, while waiting for another update from the parent planet, that Central place!

 

[Gaylord Deepstar]

He brought such a refreshing change to Morrissey's sound - even the ideas for the horn section/accordion in Bullfighter, the backing vox at the end of Drops Dead, and all the classical nylon stringed guitar playing throughout the whole World Peace album. He is missed.

I’m not a fan of the “Holiday in Magaluf sound” Gustavo introduced. He may be missed by many, but not by me.

 

[Anonymous]

Alain Whyte has what many Morrissey guitarists lack. Finesse! He has that light touch but power chords are always delivered in a deftly melodic way. See the Glamorous Glue clip above. No sub-metal chug-a-thon. I'm no musician but I instantly recognize his style whenever he performs with Morrissey. An artist like Moz needs just the right combination of precision and respect for melody. Alain never tries to fill up every space within a song. His style never gets in the way of the ultimate musical instrument, Morrissey's voice!

 

[Redacted]

Obviously this band and the Smiths are 2 very different things, but both complimented Morrissey so much. I think even if the Smiths had stayed together, it would have only have been for a few more years, Johnny is too restless and I don't think he would have stayed no matter the circumstance with Morrissey. M had great success with Stephen Street too, that cannot be discounted, but I think of these guys as his band and anything after that was a pale imitation. The new band is awful.

 

[Famous when dead]

& FB:

Tickets:

Tour — Alain Whyte

www.alainwhytemusic.com

 

[marred]

What do we think of this? I think I like it quite a bit.

 

[Surface]

I like it too, should sound great electrified!

 

[Harsh Truth]

Southpaw Grammar, minus Boy Racer/plus Nobody Loves Us, is a dynamic and very unique record.

I love Southpaw Grammar and agree that "Nobody Loves Us" should have been included. However, for me, the song I just can't bring myself to like (and boy have I tried) is "The Teachers are Afraid of the Pupils".

 

[Juan Dulces]

I love Southpaw Grammar and agree that "Nobody Loves Us" should have been included. However, for me, the song I just can't bring myself to like (and boy have I tried) is "The Teachers are Afraid of the Pupils".

For Morrissey, it probably wasn't about us 'liking' that one as much as it was about us 'experiencing' it. Written, recorded, and placed at the beginning for a reason. Very experimental for him, and certainly a polarizing track but when taken within the context of the whole album it sounds right.

And Nobody Loves Us being added would've brought at least one softer track to an album loaded with loud guitars and lots of noise. But, that also makes it clever as a B-Side too.

 

[DagenhamDan]

Southpaw Grammar, minus Boy Racer/plus Nobody Loves Us, is a dynamic and very unique record. The two really long tracks that bookend the LP are highly sophisticated and simply powerful musical statements for Morrissey. He didn't have any other albums that sounded like Southpaw, and I believe the LP overall is a testament to how great of an artist he is - that he could shake-up his direction like that after V&I. The band/music really shines on that record (in the forefront more than any other LP), and it's packed with energy.

I do agree with you though about his default musical setting, albeit after Southpaw Grammar, up until Gustavo arrived. He brought such a refreshing change to Morrissey's sound - even the ideas for the horn section/accordion in Bullfighter, the backing vox at the end of Drops Dead, and all the classical nylon stringed guitar playing throughout the whole World Peace album. He is missed.

Totally agree Juan, for some reason and without going into its musical merit, its an album i always love playing.
From the two long tracks which bookend it, also Dagenham Dave which is fantastic and everything else, its just great.
Being ignored in large because of everything britpop (hate that term), and disappearing without a trace sadly.
Its up there with his best.