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Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on August 21, 2011, 05:40:09 AM
There will be a live rock band at the Cafe Pazar on Thursday the 25th August 9:00pm. They are a Turkish band specialising in mainly rock music covers from the 60's to the present day. They have a realy good mix of music for all tastes. Their covers inlude works by Cream, Radiohead, REM, Clapton,Floyd, Bob Marley etc.
Well worth a look, I saw these guys a couple of weeks ago and they were great. Even though they were not advertised in advance so there were only a few customers there when they started, as soon as they started playing people seemed to drift in from everywhere and in half an hour the place was jumping.........
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on August 21, 2011, 08:28:42 AM
Sounds interesting!  Do you know the band's name?  Used to love a band who played in Alladins years ago...cannot recall their name right now but just wondering if it could be the same guys.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on August 21, 2011, 08:49:27 AM
Don't think they have a name, they are all pretty young so I don't think it's the same band. The lead guitarist is Cenap's (the owner of Cafe Pazar,) nephew, they are all friends and just get together to perform when they can. They are a really talented bunch of guys though.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on August 25, 2011, 07:31:43 AM
Is this still on tonight Philrose?  Cheers.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on August 25, 2011, 08:36:03 AM
Yes spoke to Cenap yesterday...
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on August 25, 2011, 08:58:47 AM
Excellent!  Looking forward to hearing some REM :))
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: poppy50 on August 25, 2011, 10:44:22 AM
Hi  Can recommend this band, we previously called in Cafe Pazar and what a pleasant surprise to hear a live band playing such good music.  They played some of Eric Clapton and Cream music, it was fantastic. Wish we were there to hear them again.  :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: GordonA on August 25, 2011, 18:38:05 PM
There used to be a really good rock band who played weekly in Aladdin Bar when the inimitable, one & only Omer, :D (Cowboy) ran it. I was honoured to be asked to sing with them on every occasion that they played. They were called; "PANZEHIR", & were based, I believe, in either Hisaronu, or Kaya Koy. The female lead singer had a very unusual, but spell-binding voice, & the lead guitarist was, well, just fantastic, my opinion, obviously !!
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on August 26, 2011, 09:49:33 AM
Thanks so much Philrose...we had a great night listening to some very talented young men.  No REM played but plenty of Cream, really good to hear that kind of music here...they were better than some bands who played in London pubs when we lived there!
GordonA - Panzehir were excellent, very tight.  BTW spoke to Cowboy last night...daft as ever lol.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on August 26, 2011, 10:00:25 AM
Have to agree a great night, the place was packed and everyone seemed to enjoy it. No REM this week, but the Pink Floyd number was tremendous...
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on August 26, 2011, 11:29:11 AM
Agreed...their Pink Floyd was excellent!  I hope they keep performing here as we have really missed listening to what we consider good live music :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: heatherhanum on August 26, 2011, 12:57:05 PM
Hi there will the lads be regularly playing at this venue. I am over in September and would love to come and listen?
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on August 26, 2011, 13:20:07 PM
Spoke to Cathy last night and it is intended to be either a fortnightly or monthly event, depending on demand. I was pushing for fortnightly... ;)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on August 28, 2011, 06:18:13 AM
Just a quick heads up the next rock night will be a week Thursday, 8th September at 21:00 8)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on August 28, 2011, 09:48:49 AM
Cheers philrose :)  Thanks for letting us know.  Looking forward to it especially as Phil's daughter will be here, she will love it!
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: badger on August 28, 2011, 10:48:54 AM

 If the band are playing on the 22nd sept we will be there  :)  8)

                                     The Badgers
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: Ande on August 28, 2011, 22:45:02 PM
Hi
Where exactly is Cafe Pazar please?  Thanks for any info.  Em.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: Liz 101 on August 29, 2011, 05:39:03 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Ande

Hi
Where exactly is Cafe Pazar please?  Thanks for any info.  Em.



It's between Aydin Pide roundabout & the Sunday market on the RHS
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: julesbob0303 on August 31, 2011, 13:17:31 PM
Have just returned from Calis and saw this band on Thursday night, and also two weeks before that.

They were superb - an excellent night out!  Get there early; it was packed on Thursday night.   :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: Ande on August 31, 2011, 16:28:54 PM
Thanks very much for the dirctions, Liz. Will look forward to going.   Cheeers  -  Em. :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on September 09, 2011, 08:04:55 AM
Another great night of rock music last night, the place was packed! It was also nice to see that they vary their set and don't play the exact same thing from one week to the next 8)

PS Next night is on Thursday 22nd September ;)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on September 09, 2011, 09:02:54 AM
Totally agree philrose...and they played REM:D
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: biff052 on September 09, 2011, 13:15:08 PM
Would anybody know if they were likely to playing in the last week of October?
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: yabanci on September 09, 2011, 14:40:43 PM
If they stick to playing fortnightly then the answer is no as they will be playing on the 20th October.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: biff052 on September 09, 2011, 16:01:15 PM
Thanks yabanci, thats shot that idea down in flames hasn't it!
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on September 09, 2011, 16:08:40 PM
Apparently they do play in a few bars and hotels in Olu Deniz, but I've no idea which ones sorry..
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: biff052 on September 10, 2011, 19:52:17 PM
Any other ideas for rock music in the last week of October?
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on September 22, 2011, 09:03:40 AM
Tonights performance is canceled due to the rain! Hopefully should be on for next week...
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on September 22, 2011, 12:28:59 PM
Must admit the rain was putting us off going tonight so really glad it's been re-scheduled ;)  Maybe they'll play a whole set of REM[?]
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: tel on September 22, 2011, 16:10:27 PM
REM splitting up I hear, such a shame.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on September 22, 2011, 16:15:35 PM
Yes Tel they have split so a tribute night by the band in Cafe Pazar would be great!
Such a shame though, REM were probably the best band ever...in my opinion anyway ;)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: tinkerman on September 22, 2011, 16:45:16 PM
what rain?
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on September 28, 2011, 11:42:26 AM
Just a quick heads up...
The band will be playing again this Thursday 29th September 8)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: Supacabby on September 28, 2011, 12:26:07 PM
Wednesday 28th or Thursday 29th??? but can't be Thursday 28th!
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on September 28, 2011, 12:35:07 PM
Oops! corrected Thursday 29th
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on October 13, 2011, 12:04:35 PM
Just a quick reminder that the bands last performance for this year will be tonight at 9:00 pm  8)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on October 13, 2011, 12:52:19 PM
That's a shame philrose...must pop out to listen to them as it seems unlikely we'll hear any more half decent live rock for a while:(
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on October 13, 2011, 13:13:13 PM
Will see you there then... :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on October 14, 2011, 08:34:02 AM
The good news is that, according to Cenap, the band are going to continue playing every 2 weeks :)  They were excellent last night...these guys can certainly play good music ;)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: yabanci on October 14, 2011, 10:05:55 AM
quote:
Originally posted by biff052

Would anybody know if they were likely to playing in the last week of October?


Thats you sorted now:D
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: Supacabby on October 14, 2011, 14:38:24 PM
I enjoyed the band, they played very well however I found the male lead singer very quiet. Not sure if he just has a naturally soft voice or the mic wasn't tweaked quite right, will certainly go & listen to them again.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: amca on October 14, 2011, 20:42:13 PM
Vocals, both male and female, lost out in sound balance. Other than that the band was enjoyable.
Nice change from quiz nights etc..
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on October 14, 2011, 23:40:01 PM
When they first played they had a different singer who was amazing.  He has not been there the last 2 sessions and I think they are trying to find their way jamming and having some fun.  Phil and I thought the guy was much better this week, put it down to confidence...vocals OK, not brilliant...but neither are so many guitar playing superstars (Eric, Gary!!) The lead guitar/singer for sure can play the guitar!!! I'm his groupie: :)  Girl singer just needs to build up her confidence.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on October 26, 2011, 14:01:06 PM
They have a pretty informal line up and there have been various singer/guitar/bass combinations over the past few months.
Anyway they are there again this Thursday (27 October) at 9:00 pm if anyone wants to catch them...
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on November 07, 2011, 13:49:45 PM
Just to let everyone know the band are back at Cafe Pazar, this week Thursday 10th November at 8:30pm. Playing indoors now, but it does make the sound balance a whole lot better... :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: Supacabby on November 07, 2011, 15:16:39 PM
I might be able to pop in but next door has its Thu nights specials for the winter now, far too tempting I'm afraid. Can you loan them a speaker, that'd be fun! Hope all goes well for the group.
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on November 08, 2011, 05:41:23 AM
Great!  Missed them last time due to illness but looking forward to some good music on Thursday ;)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on November 11, 2011, 22:42:21 PM
Oh my goodness...what a great night of music in Cafe Pazar on Thursday evening.  Such a good atomsphere, such fun...reminded us of good jamming sessions when we lived in the UK.  Strongly recommend this band ;)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on November 23, 2011, 05:55:11 AM
Cenap at Cafe Pazar has asked me to let everyone on here know that this weeks rock night will be on Friday the 25th of November instead of Thursday. :)
Sorry just had an update from Cenap.
They have had to re-schedule this to Sunday 27th November, kicking of at 8:00pm..........
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: kevmclean2001 on April 16, 2012, 20:20:46 PM
hi  anyone know if the thursday night live band are returning this season to cafe pazar, missed them last year but heard they were pretty good. thanks
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on April 17, 2012, 06:58:40 AM
Yes, they will be back, hopefully some time in May...
I'll drop a post here when I know thw dates :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: kevmclean2001 on April 17, 2012, 13:17:49 PM
cheers, should catch them june then  out for 3 weeks
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: julesbob0303 on May 01, 2012, 19:56:34 PM
Looking forward to these starting up again.  We were able to go to a few last year, and they were fab!   :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on May 12, 2012, 06:36:30 AM
Cenap at Cafe Pazar has asked me to announce that the first rock night of the season will be at the Cafe Pazar next Thursday 17th May at 8:30pm. It will be the same band that played last year, who incidently now have the name "The Lounge Lizards"
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: julesbob0303 on May 12, 2012, 08:29:41 AM
This band were fantastic.

Will the rock nights be every other Thursday night, same as last year?  Just trying to work out if we'll be there at the right time when we're over for ten days in early June.  :)

(Argggghh - no we wont be!  What a shame - we'll have to wait till summer!  :( )

Perhaps Cenap would like to start the rock nights a week later?  :o :) :)
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on May 12, 2012, 09:13:42 AM
quote:
Originally posted by julesbob0303

This band were fantastic.

Will the rock nights be every other Thursday night, same as last year?  Just trying to work out if we'll be there at the right time when we're over for ten days in early June.  :)

(Argggghh - no we wont be!  What a shame - we'll have to wait till summer!  :( )

Perhaps Cenap would like to start the rock nights a week later?  :o :) :)


Not sure yet. I think Cenap is waiting to see what the response is like, to see how often it would be worthwhile to do...
Title: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on May 17, 2012, 05:26:00 AM
Just a quick reminder (and giving this topic a little bump) that The "Lounge Lizards" will be playing tonight at the Cafe Pazar 8:30pm.
Title: Re: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on July 22, 2012, 17:00:24 PM
The rock nights at the Cafe Pazar with the "Lounge Lizards" have resumed. The next one is on the Thursday the 26th at 8:30pm. Be there or be square!...
Title: Re: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on July 22, 2012, 23:28:34 PM
Fabby :)))  Will be there for sure ;D
Title: Re: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: mac2010 on July 23, 2012, 08:42:43 AM
Is this the same group that play at the Help bar in Oludenize on saturdays?
Title: Re: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on July 23, 2012, 09:22:31 AM
Is this the same group that play at the Help bar in Oludenize on saturdays?

I think so, I know they do have a regular gig at Olu but not sure where...
Title: Re: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: philrose on August 06, 2012, 15:47:26 PM
The "Lounge Lizards" will once again be preforming at the Cafe Pazar  this Thursday 9th August at 20:30. Lots of new material so should be a good one!
Title: Re: Rock Nights at Cafe Pazar!
Post by: janmack on August 06, 2012, 17:07:09 PM
Great!  They had a new female vocalist a couple of weeks ago and she was really very good at singing Adele, Duffy etc.  Gokhan from Finans Bank also sang some very rocky Turkish songs...excellent  ;)