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KRIS BARRAS BAND / FLORENCE BLACK – WOLVERHAMPTON KK’S STEEL MILL, 13.03.22
Forming in 2015, the Kris Barras Band, fronted by former MMA fighter ‘Who Needs Enemies’, plus the thumping ‘These Voices’, which are re-
Kris Barras, have released four studio albums, most recently ‘Death Valley ceived with as much applause as the older, familiar favourites; always a
Paradise’ in 2022. Heading out on the road in support of it, they bring with good sign. With single ‘My Parade’ getting radio play on rock stations, the
them Florence Black, a band we are very impressed by. Florence Black future looks bright for Kris Barras and his very talented band, who looked
are a three-piece from Merthyr Tydfil comprising of Tristan Thomas, Jor- as though they had as much fun as the crowd here tonight, and, boy, did
dan Evans and Perry Davies. They create a great atmosphere in a pretty they enjoy it.
full Steel Mill with a great reception from all, and you can be assured that YYYY
most of the audience, like us, will be waiting for some dates from Florence Jennifer Griffe
Black to follow.
It's obvious from the off that the Kris Barras Band is not going to Kris Barras Band Photos By Geoff Griffe
take any prisoners, when straight away the quartet smash out their
most played and commercial song yet, ‘Hail Mary’, after which we all
know what we are in for tonight. Kris’s high energy rock/blues is what
the crowd expected and that’s what they get, with very little let-up ex-
cept for the very personal song, ‘Watching Over Me’, written for his
late father, and a nice little acoustic break, including a great cover of
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s ‘Simple Man’. Songs from the new album ‘Death
Valley Paradise’ obviously feature heavily, such as ‘Dead Horses’ and

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