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The Loose Screw promises a sexy gypsy midnight music party

Source: The List (Issue 663)
Date: 5 August 2010

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This article is from 2010.

Five questions were put to Denise Black about her new band

The Loose Screw promises a sexy gypsy midnight music party

5 words I’d use to describe my show
Sexy gypsy midnight music party.

4 things I bring on tour
Guitar, pedal steel, busking licence… and I can’t do without my virtuoso guitarist Graeme Taylor, who was a long-haired rockstar in the 70s with folk rock band Gryphon when I was but a girl. We play with my old busking partner Max Moonlight — a guitar genius who plays pedal steel that makes your hair stand on end. We’re playing at midnight and once you’re up that late it’s foolish to go to bed without a real blast, not to mention a dance – so it turns into a late-night party with special guests (Elaine C Smith, Peter Straker, Des O Connor, John Moloney are all signed up) not to mention hula hoopers, can-can girls and more.

3 shows I hope to see in Edinburgh
Mika – he’s the best and the worst in one; very excited about The Not The Incredible String Band. And I like the look of The Tiger Lilies.

2 things you probably don’t know about me
I was a singer before I acted and sing with a gypsy spirit — passionate and funny. I made my living as a singer for eight years before I got on telly and The Loose Screw is the third band I’ve brought to Edinburgh. A recession ago we sold out at the Assembly Rooms and the then brand new Gilded Balloon.

1 rumour I’d like to start about myself
I’m dynamite in bed. It’s not spurious. I’m a great screw. If a little loose…

Denise Black’s Loose Screw, Pleasance at Ghillie Dhu, 556 6550, Aug 15–29, 12.15am, £10.

This article is from 2010.

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