Unfortunately dear friends I have to travel to Thessaloniki in Greece for a week in order to celebrate the wedding of a good friend of mine. I’ll be so busy smashing plates and drinking ouzo that I will not have time for any blues posting. So adios amigos – I’ll leave you with this final [...]

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Born this day in 1910 in Linden Texas. Check out this YouTube video, not the most sympathetic band for T-Bone’s slick west coast jazzy sound, but man what a performer – killer guitar tone and amazing voice. If the embedded player does not work then check out this link.

The Rocky Athas Band The Harbourside Club, Liverpool Tuesday, 16 May 2006 Texan guitarist Rocky Athas was a childhood friend of Stevie Ray Vaughan and had the distinction of being honoured by Buddy Magazine’s Texas Tornadoes as one of the ten best guitarists in Texas – two years before SRV was similarly lauded. As that [...]

28-May – Smokehouse Blues – Full Moon, Newcastle 01-Jun – Ian Parker, Citadel, St Helens 03-Jun – Saiichi Sugiyama – Appleby Blues Club 03-Jun – Smokehouse Blues – Nova Centre, Prestatyn 09-Jun – Simon Hickling – Warrington Blues Club 15-Jun – Paul Jones – Dave Kelly – Alexanders, Chester 16-Jun – Fruteland Jackson & Bob [...]

Another new gig for the week after next.

Pete Evans emails with the following… A number of people have been in touch with me asking if the rumours that are ciculating about a supposed break up in the band Trafficker are true. I can categorically state that these rumours are not true at all. Trafficker have had to pull out of The Maryport [...]

A rare northern visit for the Japanese born blues sensation. Take a look at www.saiichi.com Tickets now available from Ticketweb or 01768 351317 discounts for parties of 10or more. On stage 830pm.

Of all the words that I have read today I liked these the best. From Candye Kane’s excellent blog. Candye’s Blog

Some interest to blues fans at this year’s Liverpool Pops Festival. Follow this link for details.

New video clips from Hash Brown and Andrew “Junior Boy” Jones. Pop on over to Don’s video site to watch. **STOP PRESS** Don also has posted some photos of one of my favourite bands, The Fabulous Thunderbirds from a recent Dallas area gig. Gotta love the fashion sense of Nick Curran.

Worthenbury Blues Festival 01 July 2006 Glandeg Farm on the Bangor-on-Dee to Malpas road. (Go here for a map) Acts confirmed are The King Bees, The Blues Missiles, Dave Arcari, Tim Disney and Donnie Johnson, Harry Skinner and Dave Saunders, Giles, The Cadillac Kings and Trafficker. Gates are 1.30pm and the music starts @ 2.30pm. [...]

My blog post of a couple of weeks ago was a report of the recent blues holiday taken by famous blues club owners Pete Evans and Paul Taylor from Hooker’s Club in Wrexham. To see a selection of their pictures then folow this link to go to the photo page at Flickr. A couple of [...]

I have been a fan of West Coast diva Janiva for a couple of years. Here’s a link to a page where you will find a video of Janiva playing an acoustic set with her band featuring Mathew Stubbs on guitar and Benny Yee on keys. Janiva’s show is number 396. Having said that it’s [...]

I always loved the place where Jazz and Blues meet. So check out this classy band featuring Kid Ramos doing a jazzy number with Lynwood Slim on vocals, John Bazz on low-slung bass, Carl “Sonny” Leland on piano and Troy Jennings on sax. Thanks to Grahame for the tip off. Click here to go to [...]