Time is Tight treat at Rayon d’Or, Croydon Friday 22 July, 8pm

R&B fans are in for a rare treat on Friday 22nd July when instrumental band ‘Time is Tight’ return to the Rayon d’Or, Airport House on the Purley Way in Croydon..

It’s a rare treat as the band’s appearances are infrequent … and consequently very much sought-after.  All the more reason, then, to get down to the Rayon d’Or and find out why people are saying that Time is Tight is the South East’s most talented and creative R&B band.

But Time is Tight’s rarity is nothing to do with a shortage of booking requests … it’s a reflection of the demands of the band members’ second careers and heavy business commitments.

One of the biggest commitments is keyboard player Giles Holland’s ‘other’ full-time job … as top ranked violinist Vanessa Mae’s personal assistant.  It means global jet-setting, often at short notice.

The band members all met up through connections with St Barnabas Church in Higher Drive, Purley where Giles is a regular organist and band conductor – when jet-setting demands allow.  Drummer Gary Pope is married to choir member Pam and guitarist Dave Rayner is a pal of Giles’.

Since getting together in 2009 Time is Tight rapidly gained a reputation for imaginative instrumental interpretations of R&B classics.  But they defy the R&B label by occasional diversions into Jazz-influenced rhythms and, in one famous example, a sprawling, thrilling number incorporating a number of well-known James Bond film themes.  A shorter version has become something of a signature tune.

The ‘Time is Tight’ moniker reflects the band’s universal love of Booker T. & the M.G.'s, so expect to hear such greats as Green Onions, Soul Dressing and Soul Limbo.

·        For those born on another planet, Booker T. & the M.G.'s was influential in shaping the sound of southern soul and Memphis soul. Founding members were Booker T. Jones (organ, piano), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lewie Steinberg (bass), and Al Jackson, Jr. (drums). In the ‘sixties, as members of the house band of Stax Records, they played on hundreds of recordings by artists including Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Bill Withers and Sam & Dave.

·        Famously in 1977, Cropper and Dunn became part of The Blues Brothers Band, appearing on the number one album Briefcase Full of Blues. The pair, with drummer Willie Hall, also appeared in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.

The Rayon d'Or is named after the world's first deluxe dining service which flew between Paris and London in the late 1920s and is a stylish, classic restaurant with a slight French flair in its cuisine

·                    Contact: Gary Pope, 020 8660 6697                pjpdesign@btconnect.com

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