Henry’s Funeral Shoe

Playing bluesy hard rock and roll with a lot of attitude, a vintage rocker’s appreciation of history, and a punk’s feeling of concision, Henry’s Funeral Boot is a force duo from Southern Wales comprising Aled Clifford on guitar and vocals, and his young brother Brennig Clifford on drums. Aled’s early musical motivation originated from his father’s assortment of LPs, as the youngster started checking out the task of iconic rock and roll bands like the Beatles, the Who, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, and a selection of blues functions which range from Robert Johnson to Peter Green. Aled used your guitar, mentored by musician Ned Edwards (most widely known for his use Vehicle Morrison), and he started playing single acoustic shows, concentrating on blues-oriented materials. After many unsatisfying experiences using bands, Aled thought we would return to single function when he was asked by his sibling Brennig to gather and jam. Brennig, a decade young than Aled, was influenced to consider up drumming from the fiery stickwork of Keith Moon, as well as the brothers quickly discovered that Aled’s forceful, blues-rock design and Brennig’s frantic percussion designed for an effective mixture. In 2008, both started carrying out as Henry’s Funeral Footwear (the name via an unpublished brief story compiled by Aled), even though several bassists had been auditioned to circular out the group, the Clifford brothers experienced that they worked well well enough like a two-piece to accomplish without. The group found the interest of Alive Organic Sound Information, an American label that’s house to several modern punk-blues works, and in ’09 2009, the label released Henry’s Funeral Shoe’s 1st album, Everything’s on the market. After intensive touring in European countries as well as the U.K., the duo came back in 2011 using their second LP, Donkey Coat, featuring guest looks by Justin Beynon of Broken Vinyl fabric Golf club on keyboards, Pete Hurley (a previous person in Welsh hard rockers Lone Superstar) on bass, and Aled’s one-time instructor Ned Edwards on harmonica.