Tapestry New Years Eve Party - Jim Jones Revue / Sabretooth Tiger Band

Belated, but not forgotten thoughts on new years eve at London's best night time happening Tapestry.
Firstly, not been to St Aloysius Social Club for a long time - I'm more loyal to the Tapestry Goes West Festival, it's summer spin off - and boy is it good for the wallet and the staff are all great too! Who says central London can't be an affordable night out - even on NYE.
First up is Sabretooth Tiger Band. London's newest powerpop rock four piece comprising of a hybrid of: two parts ex-Tokyo Dragons and two parts ex-Do Me Bad Things. Only tonight, they're a: 'power trio', to quote lead singer/guitarist Steve Lomax as he gees up the audience with a yelp or two. Only their fourth gig to date and their second as a three, they rip through a set of glorious melodic tunes carved out of rock. A fast emerging favourite is their own 'Power of Love'. Feels so familiar... Cheap Trick teaching Hold Steady a thing two springs to mind. Consciously, The Raspberries, Turbonegro and Bob Seger influences litter their six song set - although their have been Kenny Loggins accusations flying about too - and world is a better place for hearing it. More please.
2009 is now very near as STTB pack up their gear and receive congratulations from people near the front.
Forgotten, groovy sounds of the sixties and seventies fill the room as the new year beckons Jim Jones Revue on to the stage. A countdown begins, party poppers get drowned out by the new wave of optimistic cheers and rock'n'roll is rebirthed by the precise, stripped down sound of JJR - Little Richard and The Stooges fighting for attention only begins to describes the noise they make. Drenched in sweat almost from the start (mocking the cold weather outside), the JJR set is relentless as the very basics of r'n'r are exposed as the only ingredients you need to make people dance. You dig it right away and the new year emotion is given a final soulful boost with the grinding, repeated guitar motif of their semi-epic 'Cement Mixer'.
Washed up and euphoric by the close of their set - plus many pints of the 'bow - the final lingering memory of a great night out was smiling at anyone and everyone dancing to the ridiculous proto-dance/rock of Hot Butter's Popcorn.
Result!