Please note: This show has been cancelled. Refunds will be issued asap.

Doors 4pm, Music 9pm

Abilene Bar and Lounge & Bop Shop Records present…

Barrence Whitfield and the Savages

BARRENCE WHITFIELD AND THE SAVAGES ARE BACK after a 5 year hiatus with Glory, released on FOLC Records. The tracks were recorded in Valencia, Spain in May 2023 at the end of a successful and explosive, as usual, European tour. The tour yielded much of the material for the album. 

 The Savages are on the cusp of the 40th anniversary of their first recording, which was released in 1984. Glory gives a slight twist to their rip-rock-powerful style they started out with way back when, though with no less attitude or volume, or any less speaker-imploding energy that Barrence still has behind a microphone and in front of a crowd.

 The band includes original members Barrence Whitfield on vocals, Peter Greenberg (DMZ/Customs/Lyres) on guitar and Phil Lenker (Lyres) on bass along with Andy Jody (Pearlene/James Leg) on drums and Tom Quartulli (Toasters) on sax. who both joined the Savages 12 years ago. 

 Helming the board as producer of the sessions was Mike Mariconda, “a legend in the underground rock scene” as noted by White Trash Soul. Mike has produced countless garage rock bands around the world and was the original A-Bones guitarist, then in The Raunch Hands and The Devil Dogs. The Savages were joined on the recording Spencer Evoy, of London’s legendary MFC Chicken, on baritone sax.

 The Savages reunited in 2010 and created critically acclaimed recordings on the Bloodshot Records label. It was Rock Thy Savage Soul that whiplashed across the ears of the folks booking Later with…Jools Holland where Barrence and the boys most surely sent Jools rocking and reeling back to the his early years pounding the keys before Squeeze. 

 With GLORY, Barrence and the Savages are in prime form. With their high octane mix of soul, blues and garage they have created another set of timeless tracks. Highly flammable and explosive as ever with enough heat to last the winter and then some.

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Tickets: $20 advance, $25 day of show and on sale now online at https://abilene.showare.com/ and at the bar