Welcome to An Evening With Paul Dunton & Guests at The Grey Lady, Tunbridge Wells
Paul Dunton is a uniquely talented singer/songwriter whose distinct vocal tones complement imaginative melodies & honest compelling lyrics. Contrasting tempos, themes and intriguing stories feature in Pauls songwriting which when fused together and expressed through his unusual line up of Piano/vocals, strings and flute the end result is a multitude of sweeping choral like arrangements laced with mood and ambience.
The revered Jazz venue "The Grey Lady Music Lounge" (located on the Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells) were so impressed with Pauls atmospheric pop/rock style they awarded him with a weekly residency, a first for a non jazz artist. Paul decided to share his residency by inviting 2-3 local acts each week to showcase a selection of their material providing a much needed platform for local original acoustic music of all genres. An Evening With Paul Dunton & Guests was born and continues to go from strength to strength and with great variety & exceptionable performers on display each week it is no wonder the Grey Lady is packed out week after week.
Paul's take on the subject:
"I was chuffed to bits to be offered a residency at such an esteemed venue that is The Grey Lady Music Lounge. Being strictly a jazz/blues venue I was delighted that The Grey Lady had decided to broaden their musical horizons, however what dawned on me was the fact that even if I were to write new songs every week it would be inevitable that after a while I would not be able to sustain peoples appetite for variety and the night would soon become stale. I realized that there is hardly anywhere that supports local acoustic original music within Tunbridge wells and the surrounding areas. You would have to travel to Brighton or London to find purpose built music venues that cater for original music. So I decided to share my residency by inviting 2-3 local original acts to perform a selection of their material.
"The night is set up by candlelight with professional sound technician and co resident singer/songwriter Ollie Nicholls monitoring levels for the duration. Every local act that is invited receives sizeable pre gig publicity via local radio/newspapers, in house press releases & posters and is featured on the Grey Lady website. A popular feature of the night with audiences and musicians alike is the Peoples choice where by each artist is required to prepare a list of 2-3 covers. That list is then duplicated to each member of the audience who in turn will then vote for the song they most want to hear performed. The song with the most votes is then performed by the artist in the latter part of their set. As a gesture for playing each guest act receives 20% of the door takings and one of the guest acts is given the headline slot. Local original acoustic music now has a presence in Tunbridge Wells and along with our friends at the Fishbowl in Lamberhurst we hope to have started the ball rolling..."
Doors open 7.30pm. Entry 4 pounds.
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