LIVE SHOWS - incomplete...

August 2nd, 2008 - Stockton Riverside Festival On Saturday August 2nd, 2008 Tymon headlined a special festival afternoon of folk and roots music at the Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival held at the Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees, England, UK. The completely free festival which ran from Wednesday 30th July to Sunday 3rd August also featured, among others, the Super Furry Animals, Happy Mondays, Paul Heaton (Beautiful South and Housemartins), John Power, British Sea Power and Clinic. Stockton Riverside Fringe Festival was organized by the Tees Music Alliance, with sponsorship and support from Stockton Borough Council and Arts Council England. Susan de Muth - (August 11th, 2008): "The Stockton Riverside festival was good. A photographer called Susan Cockerill was there who has some fantastic pictures of Tymon and Joe from 2002 and took a lot last weekend at the festival. We stayed in the same hotel as the Happy Mondays and had a merry drink with Bez who is great company and a fabulous performer as we discovered afterwards at the gig... After the festival we had a few days in the border country between NE England and Scotland - the most remote part of the UK with no mobile phone reception which was odd! - just cycling round and chilling out..."

July 28th, 2008 - Rogue's Gallery concert, Barbican Hall, England On Monday July 28th, 2008, Tymon took part in an epic 4-hour live concert peformance of Hal Willner’s Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys concert, held at the Barbican Hall in London, England. Artists featured on the night, included: Shane MacGowan, Chris Difford, Baby Gramps, actor Tim Robbins, Gavin Friday, The Langley Sisters, Richard Strange, Martin Carthy, Neil Hannon, cartoonist Ralph Steadman, Teddy Thompson, Kamila Thompson, Sandy Dillon, Julie Fowlis and band, Robyn Hitchcock, Suzanne Vega, Martha Wainwright, Kathryn Williams, Eliza Carthy, Norma Waterson, Rachel and Becky Unthank, Jenni Muldaur and house band: Kate St John (MD), Andy Newmark, Leo Abrahams, Rory McFarlane, Martyn Barker, Barry Reynolds and Roger Eno... Songs played throughout the night included: "South Australia", "The Leaving of Liverpool", "Farewell Nancy", "Pinery Boy", "Boney was a Warrior", "Baltimore Whores", "Bully In The Alley", "Bay Of Biscay", "Good Ship Venus", "Johnny Leave Her", "Lowlands Low", "Caroline and Her Young Sailor", "Rolling Sea", "Sam's Gone Away", "Lowlands Away", "Cruel Ship's Captain", "Turkish Revelry", "Hog Eye Man", "Row the Boat Child", "Old Man of the Sea" and an improvised (due to Pete Doherty's non-appearance) "What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor". Caroline van Oosten de Boer said this of Tymon's performance on the night (August 1st, 2008): "I have to say I was a little surprised. I didn't know who he was and he wasn't on the bill, I thought. I loved that he was really getting into the improvisation on "What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor" and I thought he suited the material really well." Amanda Farah, Londonist (July 2008): "As (Hal) Wilner said, you couldn't get through an evening of sea chanteys without the obligatory rendition of "What Do We Do With A Drunken Sailor." In the hands of David Thomas, Keith Moline, the still-shaky McGowan, Gavin Friday, (and Tymon Dogg) it took on an apocalyptic nature. Despite a light-hearted reference to the accordion on his knee, Thomas succeeded only in making perhaps the best known of sea songs borderline terrifying. However, if a song has been covered to death then it might as well scare you near to death." Tim Cumming, The Independant ( July 30th, 2008): "A growling, Beefhearted David Thomas handled the essential "What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor" ("is that a rhetorical question?" asked Hannon), taken down to a slow dirge with flashes of abstract, tremolo guitar from Leo Abrahams, and David Coulter's literally show-stopping way with a saw." Six photos (two courtesy of photographer Caroline van Oosten de Boer at http://flickr.com/photos/caroline, one by flickr.com's 'Pix Gremlin' at http://www.flickr.com/people/aworan/, and one by flickr.com's 'Diamond Geyser' at http://www.flickr.com/people/diamondgeyser/) and three videos courtesy of youtube.com member, SeeGigFilmGigPost:

July 12th, 2008 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg, Germany Tymon's second show in Germany was as a headliner spot for the Woody Bash Festival at a venue called Hasenschaukel in Hamburg on July 12th. The following musicians/bands also be appeared at the fesitval: Amy Rude, Unreachables, La Grande Illusion, Tan Le Racoon, Boo Hoo, and Dirty Dishes. For reviews of this show, please visit the "GERMANY - 2008" page; for photos please visit the "PHOTO GALLERY" section.

July 11th, 2008 - Wild at Heart, Berlin, Germany Tymon played a gig at the Wild at Heart club on Weiner St. (Weiner Str. 20) in Berlin, Germany on July 11th, 2008 (8pm). Support included Berlin punk/folk musician Pascal Briggs. For video from the night, visit the "Video" page. Susan de Muth (July 14th, 2008): "The Berlin gig at 'Wild at Heart' on the Friday night was well attended by young punks, curious kids and older people who were probably Clash fans, and, much to Tymon's surprise, his long-lost friend Ralfe who played bass guitar on 'Hollowed Out' and was one of the 'Fools' along with Richard Dudanski. Berlin is quite a scene these days - or at least Kreuzberg where 'Wild at Heart' is - a bit like London in the 1970s, full of idiosyncratic dressers and squats and alternative living projects. We were fascinated to see people living in brightly painted wooden trailers right in the heart of the city in woodlands shared with rescued animals! In the park near the venue, we found lots of people having impromptu parties (without being told off by the authorities as they would be here in England) and walking and cycling despite the fading light. In England people take dogs for a walk - in Berlin it seems people take their bottle of beer for a stroll in the park on a Friday night before heading out for the rest of the evening! 'Wild at Heart' is quite a hardcore venue run by a great bunch of people (thanks Uli, Lea…) who also have a veggie restaurant next door."

June 13th, 2008 - The Offside Bar, London

Tymon played a 30-40 minute headlining set at The Offside Bar, 271 City Road, London EC1, on June 13th 2008 as part of the 'Long Hot Summer Party'. The theme of the night was 'A Night of 1968 Inspiration' - which featured Tymon playing a range of material from the late 60's to the present day. Susan de Muth: "It went really well except at the end when, incredibly, the pick-ups went on BOTH Tymon's violin and his Spanish guitar!!! I filmed it and it was very well attended. We especially liked Adrian Mitchell's set, he is called the 'Shadow Poet Laureate' of Britain because he's a great poet and very anti-establishment. He's pretty old now - well into his 70s - and didn't stay for Tymon's set but they had a good old chat before he left."

March 20th, 2008 - Filthy MacNasty's Whiskey Cafe Tymon recently played a solo show as part of an informal evening at London's legendary Filthy MacNasty's Whiskey Cafe on March 20th, 2008. The Joe Strummer-related night was hosted by Johnny Green, who wrote the excellent Clash book 'Riot of our Own'. Tymon played several songs he wrote with Joe, and also played some of his own new songs which haven't been played in years. If anyone has any photos or memories of the night that they wish to share, please let me know as I would appreciate adding something regarding this gig. Here is a review from Susan de Muth of the recent March 20th Filthy MacNasty's gig Tymon played in London: "The Filthy's gig was a one-off solo session featuring songs from the period 1970 - 1977. These included:   "Confessions of an English Tea drinker" (1974) "I caught you dancing" (1973) "Johnny is a Wanderer" (1970) - [This was one of Joe Strummer's favourite Tymon songs when he used to help Tymon with his stuff at gigs before he even started to play himself! Tymon says Joe used to say, 'that song's about me man isn't it!' but it was written before they even met!] "Too small to lead, too big to follow" (1973) "Lose This Skin" (1977) "Locks and Bolts and Hinges" (1977)    "Tymon also performed an improvisation on the violin resembling one he did in the studio while the Clash were recording 'Combat Rock', Joe started shouting 'Rock the Casbah' in response to the tunes Tymon was creating and that's how that song came about. Johnny Green and Pat Gilbert read passages from their books about the Clash and then Tymon did a bit of a trip down memory lane playing songs from the 70's associated with the period when Joe lived in the same squat and, as Tymon told the audience, 'Joe was my roadie' at the time! Tymon also played the blue acoustic guitar that he taught Joe to play guitar on."

February 1st, 2008 - Carbon Casino 3

Tymon and the Quikening played a guest set at Mick Jones's club night - Carbon Casino 3. Tymon himself also played three songs as the encore with Jones's band Carbon Silicon - the songs included: a cover of "Junco Partner", and two Carbon Silicon numbers: "Really The Blues" and "The Network's Going Down". Carbon Casino 3 was held at Inn on the Green, located at 3-5 Thorpe Close, Portobello Green, London. Three youtube.com clips from the show have now been added to the "Video" section on this site, and one photo has been added below. Thanks to youtube's member's carbonsiliconvideos and anegokoro for the video clips. Love that blue violin! sucksupbudgie from 'Strummernews' had this to say about Tymon's performance on the night: "Tymon's set was interesting, I am not a massive fan but there was a slight line-up change from the last time I had seen them and he is a very talented and interesting musician. He did one of the old Meskies numbers Mondo Bongo which I enjoyed. For the encore Tymon came back on and did a magical 'Junco Partner' with Carbon Silicon followed by Really The Blues, The Networks Going Down. A REALLY GOOD NIGHT OF ENTERTAINMENT - THANKYOU GUYS!"

January 25th, 2008 - Half Moon, Herne Hill, London
	Tymon's played a gig at the Half Moon Pub located at 10 Half Moon Lane in Herne Hill, London, England at 08:00 PM on January 25th, 2008.

November 16th, 2007 - Mindsweeper Benefit Gig - Climate of Change Tymon Dogg & The Quikening took part in a Benefit gig for the restoration of the unique floating underground venue called the Mindsweeper on November 16th at ‘Climate of Change’ located at 235 -241 Union Street, London SE1 OLR. The Benefit gig was organized to raise funds towards the £10,000 needed to restore the ‘Mindsweeper’ to its former glory, which suffered a lot of fire damage in September this year. Other featured on the night included Glassglue, Saddam and the Lookalikes, cabaret acts including the Greatest Ever Dada Show, and several others. The following reviews of this event are by Lana Sim and Merrill Aldighieri... Lana Sim:"This was a benefit gig for the Mindsweeper floating venue that was set ablaze in the late summer. Tymon headed the bill with a slimmed down line-up consisting of the rythmn section: Jasper and Alex T on drums and percussion and Muz on bass. Coupled withan unpretentious PA system the result was banging raw power! A good sized crowd also enjoyed a set from the weird and wonderful Glassglue (Beefheart-esque band) and an amazing outburst of 1920s DaDa strangeness from the Greatest ever Dada Show (performance). Camden Macdonald's alter-ego, Saddam, played with his performance/music band, Saddam and the Lookalikes who were hilariously entertaining. DJs Noise provided an eclectic and original set to wind up a great night at the dark end of the street. The event raised around £800 for the Mindsweeper restoration project which cheered up Camden and his shipmates no end." Merrill Aldighieri: "At the Mindsweep Benefit it was a very different kind of night. The space was open and more like a party. There were 2 floors with a multi-media projection installation in the basement by Exploding Cinema. I also showed some of my animations there. On the main floor, a collection of comical sexy women invited the crowd to try various delicious drinks to raise money for the boat repairs, and this went on in between most of the main acts. The teqnical set up of the show was more improvised and this was a bit trying for me, but I perservered. The drummer of the Quikening even said he was enjoying himself better at this performance because the set up was closer together and his drumkit was more comfortable. He was smiling ear to ear every time I looked at him. Tymon gave a powerful and inspired performance both nights. He is full of witty and comic thoughts, sly comments, historical footnotes. Tymon's girlfriend Susan de Muth put on a great cabaret act based on some text from the Dadaists she translated from an original french text. There was a troupe of four fantastic actors (2 women, 2 men) plus Susan, who started the show with a strange apparition as a looming balloon head. The group was well rehearsed and used the space well, creating an instant theatre in the round with a huge circle of red tube lights laid out on the audience floor. One of the other highlights of the show was from The Mindsweeper's captain, Camden MacDonald, who had a tight rock n roll band called Saddam & the Lookalikes. Their songs were hilarious political satire and I was laughing too hard to film much of their set." Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA (Audio excerpt of "We Dragged Ourselves" from 9 Lives of Tymon Dogg, Merrill Aldighieri Copyright © 2008)

November 15th, 2007 - Acton Town Hall

This very special event commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Fire Brigades Union benefit where Joe Strummer played his last London show. The concert took place at Acton Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, Acton, West London on Thursday the 15th of November 2007. The line-up featured Tymon Dogg, Billy Bragg, and Take the 5th. There was also DJ sets, special guest Jerry Dammers, and screenings of fire fighter/filmmaker Alan Miles' short documentaries: The Last Night London Burned and Jail Guitar Doors. For more information regardin this event, visit the "ARMS ALOFT - 2007" page.   Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA (Audio excerpt of "Child of War" from 9 Lives of Tymon Dogg, Merrill Aldighieri Copyright © 2008)

August 4th 2007 - The 19th Annual Hastings Free Beach Concert - The RNLI Boathouse, The Stade, Hastings Old Town, East Sussex, England Tymon Dogg & The Quikening headlined the first day of the 19th Annual Hastings Free Beach Concert in Hastings, East Sussex, England on Saturday the 4th of August 2007 at 8pm. The Quikening line up for the Hastings Beach Concert show was slightly different to the previous Big Green Gathering gig. For this show the band consisted of: Tymon, Muz MacHattie (bass), Simon Shaw (guitar), Jo Brookes (keyboards), and as yet unknown drummer named Simon. Susan de Muth of the official Tymon Dogg website had this to say about the show: “It was another great gig, which left half the audience baffled by what was going on - especially when Tymon put his violin on the floor and started playing it as though he was sawing it to bits.” Other bands/artists to play on the Saturday will be Mushty, DJ Funky Monkey Grooves, Lucky Strike, Noise Pilots, and King Size Slim. The beach concert is held each year to raise money for the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Visit www.hastingsbeachconcert.org/ for more information.

August 2nd and 3rd, 2007 - Big Green Gathering Festival Tymon Dogg & The Quikening played the Big Green Gathering Festival held at Mendip Hills in Somerset, England on August 2nd and 3rd, 2007. The Quikening line-up for shows included seven musicians: Tymon, Simon Shaw (guitar), Jo Brookes (keyboards), Muz MacHattie (bass), Jasper (drums), Sarah Anderson (violin) and Alex Thomas (additional percussion). Chris from MAPMUSIC said this about the shows: "The whole band just took off and it was like they were riding this huge wave all together and it just got more and more intense... the audience were blown away and so were we from MAP - so much so that we left the festival and drove the 250 miles to Hastings where Tymon was headlining the Party on the Beach the next night." The Big Green Gathering is an annual 5 day camping event which has grown out of the original Green Gatherings of the 1980's and the Green Fields of Glastonbury Music. For information regarding the Big Green Gathering Festival visit - www.big-green-gathering.com/ - Pics from this show can now be seen here on the fan site in the "PHOTO GALLERY" section.

May 27th, 2007 - Strummercamp Festival 2007 Tymon Dogg & The Quikening played the Strummercamp 2007 Festival on Sunday the 27th of May. The band performed on the Main Stage. Strummercamp 2007 was held from May 25th to May 27th at Manchester Rugby Club - Grove Lane, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, North West England. Other acts at this festival included: The Mescaleros (back together for one night only), El Doghouse (Richard Dudanski's band), Hugh Cornwell, Edward Tudorpole, The Men They Couldn't Hang, UK Subs, Roddy Radiation & The Skabilly Rebels, Robb Johnson, The Infidels, Goldblade, The Grit, Neck, The Strawberry Blondes, Clay Machine Guns, BabyLondon Band, From Italy ~ Radio Brixton, Again from Italy ~ Linea, Rob Galloway, Gabby Glaser (from Luscious Jackson), Guest DJ Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets and Radio Xfm), plus many, many more… For stories and pics from the Festival, visit the Strummercamp 2007 forum at: www.strummercamp.co.uk/

March 1st, 2007 - The Rhythm Factory Tymon Dogg & The Quikening played London's The Rhythm Factory on March 1st, 2007. The gig was voted “gig of the day” by the British newspaper Metro. Support acts included: THE OLD STREET MUSICAL UNION, PRIVATE LIVES, DJ's "THE CAMDEN SLAGS", and poetry by TIM CUMMING. A review of this gig by Lana Sym follows: "An amazing set from an amazing band! The ever original Tymon Dogg and his new band the Quikening came on near midnight and there was an immediate shift of energy and intensity in the venue. People stopped talking and moved forward nearer the stage, craning their necks to see what was going on as Tymon started the show on all fours crouched over the 'pyramid' harp whose strange unearthreal tones floated above the crowd. Then he jumped to his feet and started belting out 'we dragged ourselves'. The band sounded really tight, Sasha on drums did a great job of keeping everything together. Simon Shaw's lead guitar was as deft, responsive and solid as ever. Joe on keyboards was just grinning and dancing through the whole set, his enjoyment completely obvious. 19 year-old Muz on bass guitar was so focused he often had his eyes shut, looking round in surprise at where he was when he opened them again, he'd got so lost in the sounds. At recent gigs, talented young violinist Sarah Anderson has been joining Tymon on stage, adding depth and texture to the band's sound. Sarah has a luminous stage presence, a versatile and intelligent musician. She and Tymon did one song on just the two violins 'Beyond this Frontier' accompanied by Tymons' new Indian electronic tamboura box that he got in Southall. Completely mesmerising. Tymon himself was on top form, strong and strident voiced most of the time, sometimes caressing the words with a moving emotional intensity. The material was a solid mix of well known songs from the past - including a rip-roaring rendition of 'Lose this Skin' – and newly crafted songs like the high velocity political onslaught 'Guantanamo'. Tymon gave masterly performances on the violin, Spanish guitar, 'pyramid' harp and then astonished everyone by taking up an electric guitar and giving it a good thrashing to his 1972 song 'Sick as a Dog' (apparently one of Joe Strummer's favourites by Tymon). The Quikening just get better and better. Can't wait to see what they come up with next."

December 16th, 2006 - Venue M Tymon Dogg and The Quikening played a sold-out show on December 16 at VENUE M in Hastings. Tymon also appeared on stage with band Rumiko Jr. From Stu Huggert's (DIZZYTIGER) January 7th, 2006 blog: "Rumiko Jr played a vibrant set, culminating in a double guest spot from Alfie on harmonica, and Step on fiddle, for 'We Get Lost'. Step stayed up there for his headlining set, as Tymon Dogg & The Quickening (who I think were the aforementioned Sacha; Muz, once of The Heaters, on bass; and Simon Shaw - who'd played earlier with Jonathan - on guitar)."

December 14th, 2006 - The Hub Tymon played a gig at The Hub on December 14 2006. The BULB magazine fund-raising event featured an exclusive night of political dub poetry, comedy and music. Other acts included Joe Driscoll (energized beat-boxing rhyme-slinger), MC Riz (from Road to Guantanamo and Asian Dub Foundation opera Gadaffi), Dizraeli (Bad Science, current Hammer and Tongue slam champion - slam poetry), Angry Sam (founder of Hammer and Tongue, Brighton, comic poetry) and Hayereyah (Reggae Folk Blues). All profits were put back into the social objectives of the magazine.

December 2nd, 2006 - Passing Clouds - Dada Club Tymon Dogg played a solo show at Passing Clouds - Dada Club on the 2nd of December 2006.

November 18th, 2006 - The White Rock Hotel - Charity Event Tymon played a charity event on Saturday the 18th of November at the White Rock Hotel in Hastings, East Sussex, England. Tymon Dogg, Claire Hamill and other singer song writers, will gave performances in aid of The Victoria Project in Guatemala. The Victoria Project is a very important charity that raises money to send poor Guatemalans to university to learn to be primary school teachers. They then return to their villages to teach. Claire Hamill said of Tymon's performance: “Tymon was his usual amazing self! Many people there had never seen him perform before and were completely blown away by his passion and ability. He made many new fans that night. He first played on his own and opened the set with one of his songs on guitar playing in a Spanish style. Then he sang "Something To Prove" and things started to take off. When you see him play for the first time it's awesome! No one plays violin like that. He finished the evening accompanying singer/songwriter Jonathan Martin. It was a great evening and we raised £361.”

October 28th, 2006 - Not The Same Old Blues Crap On the 28th of October, Tymon joined DM Bob & Jem Finer onstage at a NTSOBC show at The Brass Monkey in Hastings, East Sussex, England. Other acts included Lord Vagrant and Slim Lighfoot & The Back Beats.

October 8th, 2006 - The Quikening - Mad Pride Festival Apparently a gig was played here on the 8th of October, 2006 as part of the Mad Pride Festival at Ivy House - 40 Stuart Rd, London. No further details of this gig as of yet.

September 21st, 2006 - The Quikening - The Zigfrid The official "Guantanamo" EP launch gig at the ZIGFRID in 11 Hoxford Square, London.

September 21st, 2006 - The Quikening - The Zigfrid Flyer for the official "Guantanamo" EP launch gig at the ZIGFRID in 11 Hoxford Square, London.

July 20th, 2006 - The Quikening - Monkey Chews 3rd Quikening gig at MONKEY CHEWS in 2 Queens Crescent, Chalk Farm, Camden, London.

July 18th, 2006 - Revolver, Hastings Apparently Tymon gave an impromptu performance at the Revolver pub in Hastings, filling in for Rumiko Jr's Dean Adams. From Stu Huggert's (DIZZYTIGER) July 19, 2006 blog: "Meanwhile, Dean had begun his second set, but part-way through his voice started cracking with the heat (Dean - "My voice is getting really low"; Step - "That's 'cos you're playing so-lo"), so Step moved across to give him a break by performing a couple of his own strum-heavy agit-folk songs, which made people grin. It was only when the two musicians swapped places again that Step revealed the extent of his inebriation, by commenting that he thought he'd been playing the gig shirtless, and was glad now to see that it was Dean who was undressed after all, and that he'd been wearing his own shirt all the time (it was confusing then, too)."

July 15th, 2006 - The Mad George Tavern Tymon Dogg and Charles Hayward played a gig at The Mad George Tavern in London on July 15th, 2006. Charles Hayward has released his own solo albums and has been a member of bands - Keep the Dog, This Heat, and Camberwell Now.

June 30, 2006 - Camberwell Arts Festival CAMBERWELL ARTS FESTIVAL was from 24 June-2 July 2006. Tymon was part of the Live Art/Sound - Continuity 2006 - Sound event, Lecture Hall, Camberwell College of Arts, on June 30. The event: A consciously hybrid live music performance mix, devised and directed by Charles Hayward with Tymon Dogg, Lol Coxhill, Orphy Robinson, Hugh Hopper, Chris Cornetto, Nick Doyne-Ditmas, Ashleigh Marsh, Rob Mills, Peri Mackintosh and improvised projections by Rob Flint and Lucy Renton. Camberwell Arts Fe...

March 23rd, 2006 - The Quikening - Spitz Inaugural gig with The Quikening at the SPITZ in 109 Commercial Street, Old Spitalfields Market, London.

March 23rd, 2006 - The Quikening - Spitz Flyer for the debut gig played at the SPITZ in 109 Commercial Street, Old Spitalfields Market, London.

March 22nd, 2006 - Glass Shrimp Radio Show Tymon played a live session on the Glass Shrimp Radio show on Resonance FM on the 22nd of March at 5.00 pm (U.K. time).

December 21st , 2005 - Brighton Strummer Tribute Tymon played a support gig for the Brighton Strummer Tribute at The Prince Albert in 48 Trafalgar Street, North Laine, Brighton. Other bands featured were: Garageland, and The Sweet Nothing plus DJ.

December 6th, 2005 - Brighton Fundraising Gig Tymon Dogg and an early version of new band The Quikening, played their first unofficial UK gig in Brighton on 6th December, as part of the Brighton Fundraising Gig at The Brighton Concorde 2, Madiera Drive. Neville Staple, formerly of The Specials, headlined the Revolution Rock event at Brighton's Concorde 2 venue.

September 26th, 2003 - Dublin Fringe Festival Gig at the Dublin Fringe Festival on September 26th 2003 in the Speigel Tent at Jervis Street with Doctor Millar.

August 20th, 2003 - Joe Strummer Tribute - Granada, Spain A Joe Strummer tribute gig in Granada, Spain took place on August 20th, 2003. Tymon played on stage in a band called The Amigos, whose line-up consisted of: MICK JONES, TYMON DOGG, RICHARD DUDANSKI, JEM FINNER, TOM LARDNER and JULIAN HERNANDEZ. A review of the memorial show by Jesús Arias follows: “Something To Prove” - Tymon Dogg goes to the mike with his violin and sings. He’s really wild playing and one of the best musicians I’ve ever seen on stage. He deserves a great record for himself. I understand why Joe admired him so much and was always ready to produce him and to bring him to The Mescaleros. “Mondo Bongo” - It’s Tymon again. A lot of people start asking: “Where can I get The Mescaleros’ records? I want to buy them right now!!! This is really great”. “Planxty John Mellor” - Really moving. Tymon Dogg composed this song for Joe after a feeling he had about him. He wanted to write a song as a present for Joe. It was last year, months before Joe died. Tymon asks people to listen to him. He dedicates the song to Lucy. It’s a great, sad moment. “Lose This Skin” - The great Tymon Dogg’s number. The arc of his violin is almost completely destroyed. He plays really wild, emotional, and spontaneous. He’s living music, he’s breathing music. One recommendation: don’t ever miss a Tymon Dogg’s concert. He’s one of the greatest musicians of the world. Believe me. He’s a sort of Paganini mixed with Scottish and Irish tradition." An MP3 of "Planxty John Mellor" is featured below, and also a clip of "Johnny Appleseed" shot by Jesús Arias from the tribute night. Image provided by Don J Whistance's site. Planxty John Mello...

April 20th, 2003 - Strummer Tribute, The Tabernacle Joe Strummer's first proper band The 101'ers reunited for a tribute concert to remember the punk legend on Sunday, 20th April 2003. The 101ers played for the first time in 32 years, since the group's split in 1976. This gig was the launch of the Strummerville charity. Tymon performed a number of songs, including: "Indestructible", "Lose this skin" and "Mondo Bongo".

April 2nd, 2003 - Cripta, Granada, Spain The following text has been translated (rather poorly) from Spanish. This review was written by Juan Jesús García, and features on the www.buscamusica.org site (Image by Juan Jesús García): "Tymon Dogg: Statovarius Tymon Dogg is a British musician related to the history of the tasted punk after to have recorded and for The Clash from the disc ' Sandinistá. Tymon also put its violin to the service of recently disappeared Joe Strummer in its last band The Mescaleros. Like all those of its surroundings, apparently they have between its habitual destinies the city of Granada. And this way it burst in into a concert of the new formation of the ex--Country Dogs, the one that includes to ex- 1001`s Richard Dudansky and who is called Dogs Of Paradyse, Richard and Tom had been 25 years without touching together. The American Tom Lardner, visible face of the group, is the sufficiently eclectic thing like so that any musical embroider to his around without problems, although it is a violinista school punk. Tymon is an expert in putting under a third degree to its violin according to the rules of manual of the punk the edition of 75, instrument that ended the battered arc, exhausted, with the despeluchado arc but without requesting dead time. Tymon uses it like electrical guitar, violin or as arrived contrabass player the case, makes speak him, moan or scream if it is necessary, using technical and positions that never will study in a conservatory."

March 14th, 2003 - The Engine Room official opening Tymon participated in the launch of The Engine Room at 52 High Street, Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The Engine Room is Somerset's new community-based film and creative media centre operated by Somerset Film & Video Ltd. Other artists who performed for the launch were Andy MacKay, Saxophonist for Roxy Music; The Visitors; and, The Chris Jagger Band. Speeches were made by Film Director Julian Temple; Jules Channer, Director of Education & Skills for South West Screen; film-makers Robert Richards & Phil Shepherd of SFV; and Councillor Neville Jones, Chairman of Sedgemoor District Council.

2003 - Unknown This MP3 extract was taken from www.strummersite.com's Tymon interview from 8th August 2003. The hidden live show on the page is accessible by clicking on the © icon. Comes The Rain.mp3

TYMON with THE MESCALEROS - (2000-2002)

November 22, 2002 - Final gig of the "Bringing It All Back Home", Liverpool University - November 21, 2002 - The Leadmill, Sheffield - November 20, 2002 - Hastings, Hastings Pier - November 19, 2002 - Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms - November 17, 2002 - Bridgwater, The Palace - November 16, 2002 – Newport, TJ's - November 15, 2002 - London, Acton benefit show - November 13, 2002 - Blackpool, Winter Gardens - November 12, 2002 - Newcastle - University of Northumbria - November 11, 2002 - Edinburgh, the first night of the "Bringing It All Back Home" tour - November 10, 2002 - LONDON, Royal Opera House - October 1, 2002 - Tokyo, Liquid Room - September 29, 2002 - JAPAN, Asagiri Jam Festival - September 28, 2002 - JAPAN, Fukuoka Zepp - August 3, 2002 - CAMBRIDGE, Folk Festival - July 13, 2002 - Kinross, T IN THE PARK FESTIVAL - July 12, 2002 - Manchester, MOVE Festival - July 11, 2002 - Shepherd's Bush, Empire - July 7, 2002 - Hootenanny Festival - July 6, 2002 - Hootenanny Festival, Irvine, CA at Hidden Valley - July 5, 2002 - Hootenanny Festival, Mountain View, California at the Shoreline Amphitheatre - July 4, 2002 - House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada, this first of the Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros mini West coast tour of the US - June 8, 2002 - LONDON, The Fleadh - April 6, 2002 - Brooklyn, St. Ann's Warehouse - April 5, 2002 - Brooklyn, St. Ann's Warehouse - April 4, 2002 - Brooklyn, St. Ann's Warehouse - April 2, 2002 - Brooklyn, St. Ann's Warehouse - April 1, 2002 - Brooklyn, St. Ann's Warehouse - November 30, 2001 – ATHENS, Sporting - November 29, 2001 – THESSALONIKI, Ydrogeois Club - November 26, 2001 – PARIS, Elysee Montmartre - November 24, 2001 – LONDON, Brixton Academy - November 23, 2001 – BRISTOL, Colston Hall - November 21, 2001 - DUBLIN, Olympia Theatre - November 20, 2001 - BIRMINGHAM, Academy - November 18, 2001 - GLASGOW, Barrowlands - November 17, 2001 - MANCHESTER, Academy - November 15, 2001 - Brighton, Concorde II - November 11, 2001 - GRAN CANARIA, Womad Festival - November 5, 2001 - OSAKA, On-Air - November 4, 2001 - NAGOYA, Club Quatro - November 2, 2001 - TOKYO, Akasaka Blitz - November 1, 2001 - TOKYO, Club Quatro - October 30, 2001 - FUKUOKA, Drum Logos - October 26, 2001 - Troubadour in Los Angeles, California - October 25, 2001 - Troubadour in Los Angeles, California - October 23, 2001 - Troubadour in Los Angeles, California - October 22, 2001 - Troubadour in Los Angeles, California - October 20, 2001 - SAN FRANCISCO Filimore - October 19, 2001 - ANAHEIM Sun Theatre - October 18, 2001 - Scottsdale, Cajun House - October 17, 2001 - SEATTLE Groundworks Benefit Concert - October 16, 2001 - CHICAGO Metro - October 14, 2001 - TORONTO The Guvernment - October 13, 2001 - MONTREAL Spectrum - October 12, 2001 - WORCESTER Palladium - October 10, 2001 - Irving Plaza in New York City - October 9, 2001 - Irving Plaza in New York City - October 8, 2001 - HARTFORD Webster Theatre - October 6, 2001 - ATLANTIC CITY Trump Marina hotel - October 5, 2001 - PHILADELPHIA Theatre of Living Arts - October 4, 2001 - WASHINGTON 9:30 Club - October 3, 2001 - Late Night with David Letterman - August 4, 2001 - LOS ANGELES Greek Theatre - August 2, 2001 - LOS ANGELES The Viper Room - August 1, 2001 - LOS ANGELES at Tower Records Sunset - July 28, 2001 - San Francisco at Amoeba - July 27, 2001 - Chicago at Tower Records - July 25, 2001 - Toronto, HMV in-store - July 24, 2001 - New York City, Virgin Records in Times Square - July 24, 2001 - Late Night with Conan O'Brien - July 17, 2001 - LEEDS, Virgin in-store Albion Street - July 16, 2001 - LONDON, HMV in-store in Oxford Street - November 16, 2000 - LONDON, Wembley Arena (The Who support) - November 15, 2000 - LONDON, Wembley Arena (The Who support) - November 13, 2000 - LONDON, Docklands (The Who support) - November 10, 2000 - SHEFFIELD, Arena (The Who support) - November 8, 2000 - BIRMINGHAM, NEC (The Who support) - November 6, 2000 - NEWCASTLE, Arena (The Who support) - November 5, 2000 - GLASGOW, SECC (The Who support) - November 3, 2000 - GLASGOW, SECC (The Who support) - November 2, 2000 - MANCHESTER, MEN (The Who support) - October 30, 2000 - BIRMINGHAM, NEC (The Who support) - October 27, 2000 - LONDON, 100 Club

October 8th, 2000 - Poetry Olympics - London Astoria

After 1999’s memorial concert for “Mole”, Tymon went off to live in Spain for a short period. At the ‘Poetry Olympics’ night at the London Astoria in October 2000, Tymon joined Joe Strummer, Pablo Cook and celebrated British folk guitarist Martin Carthy on stage for several numbers. Following this performance, they all retired to the nearby Colony Room in Dean Street where Tymon, Joe, and Pablo played for a further forty-five minutes. The next day Tymon became a member of The Mescaleros.

1999 - Don’t Feed The Poets Cabaret - Great Eastern Pub An impromptu one-song performance by Tymon in 1999 during the Don’t Feed The Poets Cabaret at the Great Eastern Pub located at 103 Trafalgar Street, Brighton, England.

Early 1999 - Memorial Concert for Marwood Chesterton aka Tymon played an impromptu show with Joe Strummer early in 1999 at a memorial concert for Marwood Chesterton aka " Mole" - the original bass player from the 101ers - at Acklam Hall in West London. Tymon remebers the night (Strummersite Interview 2003): "I arrived at the event [in Acklam Hall, West London] quite late, with a violin in my hand and suddenly someone said 'Hey Tymon!' and it was Joe. I asked him if he was going to do some songs and he said no, I haven't got a guitar, I just came to be here. I said to him, let's get a guitar and we'll go on stage and do something, a Woody Guthrie tune or even if we have to, make one up. And there were also a couple of the other members of the 101ers there that night, and then we found a drummer. Joe wasn't a man to turn down a challenge! He located a guitar. Next thing we're on stage."

May 24th, 1997 - Black Horse Music Festival Tymon played the Black Horse Music Festival on May 24th 1997, under the name of Step Murray.

March 17th, 1991 - Burnley International Blues Festival Tymon played the Burnley International Blues Festival on Sunday the 17th of March in 1991. The Third Burnley International Blues Festival ran from March 28th to April 1st.

Mid 1990's - The Last Straw Folk Club
	Tymon played a solo show at London’s The Last Straw Folk Club in the mid-90’s. The Last Straw was a London club that featured less traditionally oriented acoustic music.

1991 - Manchester International
	Tymon played the Manchester International in early 1991. The following review of this show by Lesley Osbourne was taken from the March 1991 issue of Folk Roots.

Early 90's - Cambridge Folk Festival The following review of this show is courtesy of musician/writer Mark Turauskis: "In the early nineties I was up at the Cambridge Festival and had managed to secure a much sought after spot in the festival club tent. Whilst killing some time I bumped into Tymon and Rory Macleod who were chatting. Tymon was a bit fed up because he had not arrived early enough to secure a slot at the festival. I was happy to share my four numbers with him – it would be good fun and I was looking forward to hearing him play again. I did two numbers, he did a solo song and then we did one together. We got a fantastic reception and I got a paid booking out of it for the festival the following year. I wanted them to book us both – but, unfortunately, they would only pay for me solo."

May 24th, 1990 - The Malvern Fringe Festival Tymon played a gig at the The Malvern Fringe Festival with British folk singer-songwriter Rory McLeod on May 24th,1990. The Malvern Fringe Festival is an arts festival (founded 1977) that takes place in Great Malvern, England. Image courtesy of www.malvernfringe.co.uk/

July 7th/9th - Bracknell Folk & Roots Festival
	Tymon played the Bracknell Folk & Roots Festival in July 1989. The Bracknell Folk & Roots Festival ran from July 7th to July 9th.

October 3rd, 1989 - Reading Arts Centre
	Tymon Dogg and Robb Johnson played a show at the Reading Arts Centre at 21 South Street, Reading, England on October 3rd 1989. The following reviews of this show are by Mark Turauskis, written for both Folk Roots (December 1989), and Catalyst (October/November 1989).

1985 - The Union Tavern Tymon and Helen Cherry (FRUGIVORES) played at least two gigs at London's The Union Tavern in 1985 and 1986. The Union Tavern is located at 52 Lloyd Baker St, London, England. I Don't Want To Be...

1984 - Harlow CND Benefit
	Tymon headlined a CND Benefit in Harlow in 1984. CND Benefit organiser Bernard Towers (aka Boz) remembers the gig: "Last dealings I had with the great man was when I got him to headline a CND benefit in Harlow, about 1984, the power went off but he yodelled and fiddled right on."

April/May 1983 - Hope & Anchor, London
	Tymon played the Hope & Anchor in London in either April or May 1983. The clipping below was taken from a May 1983 "Record Mirror" magazine.

1983 - The Enterprise
	Tymon played several gigs at The Enterprise, which is located at 2 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London, NW3 2BL in 1983. This gig poster image was kindly provided to me by Chris Brook.

1983 - Jericho Tavern, 56 Walton Street, Oxford, England

The following review of this show is courtesy of musician/writer Mark Turauskis: "I saw that Tymon was playing at the Jericho Tavern in Oxford. So myself and my girlfriend, Sue, drove up to see him. The roads were completely iced over and we eventually arrived to find Tymon playing to a room of about twelve people, huddled together and nursing their whiskeys for warmth - sounds bleak but it was brilliant. Tymon put every thing into his performance – you’d think he was playing for his life. He had a small keyboard which he used mainly to produce a drone whilst he played a fiddle held at chest height producing a mixture of secondary drone and melody line. It all sounded very Indian. Occasionally he added some harmonica, sometimes he played guitar. His voice was clear and powerful sometimes melodic as in the song ‘It’s the Way of a Man to Take All He Can’ sometimes cackling and frenetic as in ‘ Get Your Hands Off Me Satan’. He regularly stamped his large working boots as he paced back and forward across the floor like a caged lion. The power of his performance was immense and I learned something really important about performing that night; that a gig can be your statement, your self expression and your universe for a couple of hours – so make the most of it –weather you are playing to ten people or ten thousand. Me and Sue were so impressed with the gig that we were buzzing all the way home. We decided had to put him on in Reading! He had to be heard!"

1983 - The Horse and Barge
	Tymon played at the The Horse and Barge located at 680 Dumbarton Rd, Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, in 1983. About 80 people were there that night. Helen Cherry may have also been there as well. A Reading musician by the name of Chris Parr also played.

August 1982 - Edinburgh Festival Excerpt from Richard Strange's book "Strange: Punks and Drunks and Flicks and Kicks" published by Andre Deutsch in May 2002: "That August, 1982, I returned to do the Edinburgh festival with a ragbag of acts. There was myself and Rene, Mick Jones and Kerry Bell from The Event Group, a singer/violist called Tymon Dogg, Oscar McLennan, a Scottish stand-up (then fall over) comedian, and a Goth-punk poetess named Joolz. We sold the gig as The Strange Dog Event and got a good venue, The Masonic Lodge in the centre of town. We had a fairly early show, around 7.30, and were finished by 9.30, and so consequently were able to devote the rest of the evening and the night to the more important business of getting totally wired. We did pretty good business and got rapturous reviews and had a week-long party. The Klaxons drove up to join us and were on their very worst behaviour. I believe they all slept in the same car every night. I am glad to say I didn't join them. The performers all stayed in a flat we had rented for the week and it was seriously squalid. We used to meet up at parties to which we had not been invited, and insured by our behaviour once there that there would be many more parties to which we would not be invited.We arrived back in London at the beginning of September like so much broken merchandise." An email I received from Richard Strange on November 21: "I think we did a week of "Cabaret Futura " nights at the Masonic Lodge in Edinburgh. The Bill was myself, performance artists The Event Group, a dance troupe called Pulse, the stand-up comedian Oscar McLennan, and Tymon. I seem to remember him being a very enthusiastic performer, sawing away at an electric violin and haranguing the audience with a very physical in-your-face delivery."

1982 - Hitsville club Tymon supported The Cramps at the Hitsville club in Passaic, New Jersey in 1982. The other support act was Freddie & the Hubcaps. The theme of the club was black and white checkerboard.

Elephant Fayre - 1982/1983/1986 A show was played at the Elephant Fayre at St. Germains on July 1982 or July 1983, and also possibly July 1986.

April 29th, 1981 - Main Hall, Pond Street Tymon was the support act for a Roy Harper gig way back in April 1981. Copies of Tymon's 1981 single "Lose This Skin" were being sold at the show.

November 21st, 1980 - The Hurrah Club Tymon played a gig here on November 21, 1980. Other acts that night were the Y-Pants, and The Tiny Desk Units. Visit the "VIDEO" page to view an excerpt of "Lose This Skin" taken from a full concert video shot by Merrill Aldighieri. Further excerpts from this show will appear in Merrill's forthcoming 2007/2008 "9 Lives of Tymon Dogg" documentary. About the venue: "New York City's legendary Hurrah club nurtured some of the most influential music ever recorded. Hurrah stood up against the best of them by serving as the epicenter of the New York Music scene." Get this widget | Track details | eSnips Social DNA (Audio excerpt of "Johnny Is A Wanderer" from 9 Lives of Tymon Dogg, Merrill Aldighieri Copyright © 2008)

MAX'S KANSAS CITY - Upstairs - Unknown Tymon played Upstairs at MAX'S KANSAS CITY. Date unknown. Max's Kansas City was a nightclub (upstairs) and restaurant (downstairs) at 213 Park Avenue South, between 17th and 18th Streets, in New York City. In the 1970s, Max's Kansas City became one of the birthplaces of punk rock, featuring bands like Cherry Vanilla, The New York Dolls, Blondie, The Ramones, Patti Smith, and The Damned. Other artists/groups including Bob Marley & The Wailers, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, and Bruce Springsteen also played gigs there.

Meigan Fayre - circa late 70's The Meigan Fair was held in the Welsh village and parish of Eglwyswrw, Hundred of Cemais, Pembrokeshire.

The Stonehenge Free Festival - circa late 70's The Stonehenge Free Festival was a British festival from 1972 to 1984 held at Stonehenge in England during the month of June, and culminating on the summer solstice on June 21st. The festival was a celebration of various alternative cultures, in particular neo-paganism. Sid Rawles' tepee people and the Wallys were notable counter culture attendees and bands such as Hawkwind, Gong, Doctor and the Medics, Crass, Selector, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Thompson Twins, The Raincoats, Brent Black Music Co-op, Amazulu, Wishbone Ash, Man, Benjamin Zephaniah, Inner City Unit, Here and Now, The Cardiacs, The Enid and Roy Harper, all played for free.

October 25th, 1979 - The Fan Club - Leeds Tymon supported The Fall at The Fan Club in Leeds,Yorkshire, England on Thursday the 25th of October 1979. The other support act was Performance Anxiety.

June 1st, 1979 - St George's Hall Tymon supported Fairport Convention and Bert Jansch at St George's Hall in Bradford, England on June 1, 1979.

May 31st, 1979 - The F Club, Brannigans A show was played at The F Club/Brannigans in Leeds, England on May 31, 1979. Also playing that night were Fischer Z.