Dirty Dealers, Hidden Dragon!

It was months ago at the Crazy Elephant Jam that I first saw the Dirty Dealers. I thought they were quite good so I asked the singer Mathilda to let me know when and where they would be performing next. At that time she was rather vague about it telling me they were not ready yet and would be working on it.

A little while ago Mathilda came through though and sent me an invitation to the gig at China One, Clark Quay.

It turned out however that on that weekend we also had a visitor from Germany, and I was not quite sure if she would be into Hard Rock and metal music. Luckily our friend is a fun loving easy going person that, as many times before, responded with a big smile and the word “sure” when we proposed to go see the Dirty Dealers

On drums Roslan

On bass Anders

On guitar Timo

On guitar and vocals Joel

vocals Mathilda

It was an early gig, 8 PM so we decided to go for Japanese at boat quay a little earlier. When we arrived at south-bridge and boat quay it turned out that our regular Takanashi was closed. I vaguely remember there was another Japanese restaurant at boat quay so, with our minds set on Japanese food we strolled down further and found the place. I cannot recall it’s name though, but we had some good food.

So with food under the belt we were back at China One well before the place started filling up and therefore found ourselves a decent seat. It is a bit challenging at China one because the whole area right in front of the stage is reserved for dancing. Tables, therefore, are to the left or right but some behind pillars.

Once the band had started China One was pretty much full. This was helped by the free flow deal, and a strong following of Mathilda, who of course invited the club members of her boating team. 

The band showed that practice had paid off. We listened to a couple of sets of great covers and it was all well performed. 

Maybe for Metal, the show was a bit friendly,

but with the free flow having it’s effect on the members of the German boaters, Mathilda was clearly inspired to put change the paddle for the Metal and unleash her inner dragon's voice!

 

and the band members were in full support of that.