One for you blues-rockers – The Sean Webster Band at Alexander’s, Chester on Friday, 30th December – admission £4.
Monthly Archive for December, 2005
Hey y’all check this guy out. Gary Potts mentioned him the other week and then he pops up on the Blues-L mailing list.
Great tone and a pretty good band too. Vocals sound strange with the accent.
The video clips are small but pretty good audio.
Enjoy…
http://www.helgetallqvist.com/
John Welsh tells me that….
This super Steely Dan tribute band are playing at the Liverpool Academy 2 on Saturday, 25th February, 2006.
Hey everyone, check out Bluepower by clicking this link.
There is an excellent interview with a great harmonica player Mark Hummel, he chats about his life as a bluesman and plays some records that have influenced him.
Downloadable for your MP3 players or can be listened to online.
I’ll be listening the Ike Turner interview tomorrow.
Good stuff.
Hurrah! – Grahame Rhodes sends me the following excellent review. Before I paste it in let me confirm just what a great gig it was…..OK here goes with the review.
This was a great way to round off a most enjoyable year at Warrington Blues Club with The Cadillac Kings – Britain’s finest exponents of classic blues and swing – and a lot more besides – with a guaranteed good time for one and all!
With the band line-up now settled – Mike Thomas (lead vocals and slide guitar), Gary Potts (harmonica and vocals), Mike Adcock (piano and accordion), Del Van Dee (guitar), Orlando Shearer (stand-up bass) and ‘Uncle’ Roy Webber (drums) – they form a slick, tight outfit, who play with great skill and passion – with plenty of room for humour!
Two marvellous sets saw the dance floor often full as they powered through a high-energy show of tunes from the current “Highway 17†release and some choice covers, from heroes and influences like Billy Emerson, Joe Liggins and James Harman.
It’s almost impossible to pick favourites as the whole show was a blinder – particularly a second set segment of Louisiana tunes – a sort of tribute to the resolve of the New Orleans community after the terrible Hurricane Katrina – from Professor Longhair’s “In The Night†to Clifton Chenier’s rousing “Oh Lucilleâ€, with Mike Adcock strapping on the accordion for that authentic feel.
The great “Icepick’s Confessionâ€, popularised by James Harman, saw Gary Potts and guest harmonica man Ken Peace blowing up a storm; with another highlight being the late, great William Clarke’s “Lollipop Mamaâ€, with a snatch of “Shake, Rattle & Roll†thrown in for good measure.
Guitarist Del Van Dee now seems to have found his feet within the band and his playing was possibly the highlight of the night – from his Junior Watson-esque solos to some top-notch rhythm playing.
The fun was rounded off with a well-earned brace of encores – the title cut of “Highway 17†– great harmonica from Potts, and a return to the stage for Ken Peace on a rollicking “I’m Leavin’ You Babyâ€. Simply great stuff!
It seems like, as usual, gigs have pretty much died out over the Xmas period. The only thing I know about is Connie Lush at the Harbourside Club in Liverpool on Boxing Day. Tickets £12. Give Vinnie Reynolds a call on 07950 012994 if you are interested.
If anyone knows of anything else then please let me know.
Excellent gig by the Cadillac Kings tonight. Great band, great songs, lovely people. I hope that Grahame or Lionel will send me a few words to add to this blog. My pictures are up to the usual quality : ( and I didn’t even take all of them. I must either buy a new camera or learn to use the pointy-clicky thing that I have.
Not blues related at all, but I though this was so good I decided to post the link here. Have you ever wanted to produce a large monochrome picture displayto decorate your personal spaces? If so read on….. http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
It’s brill! Here’s an example……
Thanks to Chuck Nevitt for tipping me to this one.
John Welsh emails to inform us that Simon “Honeyboy” Hickling will be appearing at the Harbourside Club in Liverpool on Tues 24 January 2006.
Doors at 8pm. Tickets are £10 each; available from John on 0151 428 2855.
Today would have been the birthday of one of the greatest blues harmonica players ever, so a Happy Birthday to Rice Miller a.k.a. Sonny Boy Williamson II.
Born 05 Dec – the actual year is a debatable item so I wonder just how acccurate the date can really be. Died 25 May 1965.
My favourite SBW story, allegedly when he came back from his first UK tour with the Yardbirds he was quoted as saying something like “Those English guys want to play the blues so badly —– and they do”.
He did come to the Northwest, certainly Manchester and Liverpool in the 60s. His fee for the Liverpool gig….. one bottle of Bourbon. So they say.
For more information read here, here or here.
Tonight – The Wildcards at Telfords Warehouse
Fri 09 Dec – The Cadillac Kings at Warrington
Fri 09 Dec – Rod Clements at Worthenbury
Pete Evans emails to announce the grand re-opening of Hookers Blues Club in Wrexham. The kickoff is now Sat Feb 11th featuring Trafficker and Big Blue House.
In the meantime the line-up at Worthenbury is confirmed as….
Jan 27th Rick Payne
17th Feb Phil Bates
31st March Ernie Payne
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