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Two great gigs at The R.M.A. Tavern in Cromwell Rd., Southsea this week, and they're all free entry! ! Tonight (Friday 30th) Jim Condie makes the long trek fron Scotland. Although he first picked up a guitar at the age of 14, Glasgow musician Jim Condie thought his big break had come when, in 1981, two weeks after his 30th birthday, he got a gig backing Lena Zavaroni. Flushed with success, Jim immediately stepped intoThe Dexters, a ten piece R & B band which also featured Edinburgh legend Tam White, who Alexis Korner rated as "the greatest undiscovered blues talent of our time". In 1987 the band folded, during the next four years Jim worked with, among others, Van Morrison, Ali Farka Touré, Charlie Musselwhite, Tracy Nelson, Lowell Fulson, Louisiana Red, Jo Ann Kelly, Carey Bell, Johnny Mars, and Phil Guy. Also at this time, Condie played guitar and lap steel on most of the soundtracks to come out BBC Glasgow's comedy unit. You could hear his distinctive sound on "Rab C Nesbitt", "Naked Video", "City Lights", "Only The Lonely". In August 2001, Jim joined the legendary Amos Garrett on tour. For this, he formed a band consisting of Ted McKenna (ex Alex Harvey and Rory Gallagher) on drums, Alan Thomson (John Martyn and The Hellecasters) on bass and Jim on slide and rhythm guitars. Amos was so knocked out by the band and by the response he attained that recorded his next CD in the UK with the band. I In 2002, Jim started promoting his solo career and his new CD 'Distant Cousins' . This will be his first gig in the Southsea area and promises to be a night to remember . As you may have read on previous e mails, the following night (Sat 31st January) the soul band SOUL SUSPECTS will be appearing for the first time at The R.M.A., replacing SKUNK FUNK, who will now be appearing the following Saturday! And don't forget on Tuesday (3rd February) Pompey's own Celtic music and formation drinking team FATHER JACK are back by popular demand for a raucous night of Irish and celtic music......