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Last chance to see....the Batinah Blues Band?!
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Geronimo



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:57 pm    Post subject: Last chance to see....the Batinah Blues Band?! Reply with quote
The Batinah Blues Band's performance on 11th June is likely to be its last as some of its members are moving on. The band's line up has featured four of Sohar's English teachers. It will be missed by local lovers of rock and the blues.
Photos of the band are available at www.soharmusicfestival.com .

Wednesday's free concert is at the Sohar Beach Hotel and starts at 8:30 p.m.. Let's pay tribute to their ground-breaking efforts and bid them a fond farewell! Very Happy
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lall



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 4:24 pm    Post subject: Blues Reply with quote
Wish I were there!

Though I'm not a blues fan, I appreciate any effort in providing live music, amateur or professional (amateur player, myself and all that).

Which is more than I can say for those numerous bands that play in the hotels in Bahrain, sequencing and lip-synching all the time.

And they do fool a lot of people. Why! I had a fellow Indian who insisted that the singers weren't lip-synching until I pointed it out to him.

Anything on the new blues bar that was supposed to open up in Bahrain. Gharwell, eh?

Wish them all the best on my behalf, Geronimo.
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Geronimo



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a pity that you can't make the concert this Wednesday,Lall.
I'll pass on your best wishes to the Batinah Bluesband if I get the opportunity. Two of the band's members are Indians, too, incidentally.

Maybe we'll see you at the Sohar Music Festival....
Dates are yet to be confirmed, but I've heard that the 2008 festival will be held over the course of 3 Wednesday evenings, commencing on either 29th October or 5th November. And, the Sohar Beach Hotel is likely to be the main venue again.

"Gharwell?" Although I was in Bahrain the other weekend, I haven't heard any news regarding a new blues bar.
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lall



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:40 am    Post subject: Blues bar in Bahrain Reply with quote
Geronimo wrote:
"Gharwell?" Although I was in Bahrain the other weekend, I haven't heard any news regarding a new blues bar.


There was this following post on the Bahrain forum by a poster named Gharwell1:

gharwell1 wrote:
I heard there was an English Teacher who has opened or is going to open a Blues Bar in some building next to the Best Western Hotel. Does anybody know anything about it.


Nobody seems to know anything about it.
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Geronimo



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Have you tried the 'Warbler's Bar' next to the Baisan International Hotel, just off Exhibition Avenue in Manama, lall?

Apart fom the live music there, the food is excellent!
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lall



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:25 pm    Post subject: Diplomatic Area Reply with quote
I live bang next to the Diplomatic Area. I'll look it up. Thanks.
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Geronimo



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Baisan International Hotel was part of the Best Western group, and the Warbler's is right next to it.. Maybe it was the one that Gharwell1 heard about.

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lall



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:25 pm    Post subject: Sucker Reply with quote
I'm a sucker for pure, live music. I called and ascertained the location of the place. Unfortunately, they weren't open when I checked at around 19:00 hours, yesterday.
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Geronimo



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Warbler's Friday brunch comes recommended. And their all day, full English breakfast reputedly has more real bacon in it than a veggie can turn down in a whole month! Very Happy

As this is a posting on the Oman forum, and not the Bahrain one, I ought to mention that the Batinah Blues Band's farewell performance in Sohar was something of a disaster... A couple of the band members, including the drummer, got held up by a road accident. By the time the band was ready to perform, most of the audience had left the Sohar Beach Hotel.

Now for some brighter news:- A new newsletter for Sohar expats, "Sohar Source", bearing local news, details of activities and events in Sohar, recipes and other stuff, is now available. The contact email address for "Sohar Source" is [email protected] .
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veiledsentiments



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Geronimo... is it available online so that people in some of the nearby colleges would know if something was up for the weekends?

VS
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