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HEADING FOR THE BACKYARD BLITZ
Apr 27, 2005, The Malay Mail
Backyard Pub: Alfred Ho

By Errol de Cruz. Click to enlarge

The Backyard Pub in Sri Hartamas, KL, is featuring some really hot, across-the-board acts over the coming week, and the blitz begins tonight.

For good old-fashioned, tried, tested and true-blue evergreen songs, not many local artistes come close to the entertaining Alfred Ho, a perennial favourite in the local circuit.

This blind crooning guitarist has never let his lack of sight hold him back, plying the pub, club and corporate circuit, and also cutting CDs of golden oldies and selling them at his shows.

Alfred who also penned a country titled Train To Tennessee, many years ago, does his stuff tonight, and you can bet that his repertoire, will also include the hits of Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tom Jones, Paul Anka and the like.

Rock duo Viji and Faseeh take centre stage, tomorrow night, while a Scottish-Malaysian songwriter named Jamie Woon, hits you on Friday.

Playing sets that include alternative rock and soul, Jamie has received consistently excellent reception from audiences on the acoustic and cabaret circuits of London, and is in Malaysia to promote his five-track EP, How Long.

Jamie is the fourth generation of a line of professional musicians that includes Hugh and Ted McKenna from the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. His mother, Mae McKenna, is a folk/celtic artist and session singer.

Jamie comes on at 9pm, followed by SWV, the Carlsberg CentreStage band champions in 2003.

On Saturday, keyboardist Amizan joins forces with Colin Jansen and Jason Noah of Jericho, promising to bring the house down with their guitar-driven grooving!

On May 4, the Backyard takes off on a tangent, never experienced before, when hypnotherapist Joe Nathan Lourdes claims his share of the spotlight. Joe has trained with the renowned American hypnotists Jerry Valley, Calvin Banyan, Don Mottin and George Bien, and when he hits the Backyard, next week, he'll share with you the magic of the human mind.

Publican Jerry Chong guarantees that he will bust myths about hypnosis, and help you experience the most relaxing time you’ll ever have.

Joe will also show you how you can change your life by changing your mind, and in this aspect, we hear that some regulars are due to be dragged onstage to have their quirks and kinks sorted out, once and for all.

You want to be an overnight pool champion? Talk to Joe Nathan Lourdes.

Backyard Pub & Grill is a friendly, unpretentious, neighbourhood pub for live music and live sports events located at No.28, Jalan Sri Hartamas 8, Taman Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur. You can view the latest goings-on on its website backyardpub.com or call 03-6201-0318.

Link: Alfred Ho at Backyard

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