One of *the* masters. Click here for the YouTube link.

Super Chikan plays a jewel encrusted gas can guitar.

Pete reminds us….. Just a note to anyone thinking of coming to Worthenbury on Saturday-camping is free and you can bring gazebos, barbies, chairs or whatever to make yourself comfy. The outlook is a beautiful rural setting and the forecast is good. Great value at £25 for 8 acts or £15 for the evening (by [...]

What a great singer….. Click here to access the video clip on YouTube.

29-Jun – Jools Holland – Summer Pops, Liverpool 29-Jun – The Stumble – Waggon and Horses, Leyland 30-Jun – Sling Shot – Dicky Doodles Bar, Kendal 30-Jun – The Badge – The Lithy, Liverpool 30-Jun – Roadhouse – Barrow R & B Club 01-Jul – Worthenbury Blues, Roots and Rock Festival 08-Jul – Eugene Hideaway [...]

Here’s a new venture launched that might be the way to get hold of those difficult-to-source CDs from the favourites on the UK club circuit. They also do regular blues CDs and have a much greater selection that any high street. It may be worth adding them to your list of potential CD suppliers. Anyway, [...]

I received the following email from Derek White… I play in a band called Storm Warning. We have just had a session on Paul Jones Radio 2 programme last week and have a couple of gigs in the North West; Friday 18th August – Barrow R&B Club at The Duke Sunday 20th August – Navy [...]

SATURDAY 1ST JULY 2006 at WARRINGTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB featuring THE BACKWATER BLUES BAND Admission £10 including refreshments Sue Howell writes…. You will probably remember Sharon from the many blues gigs she attended in the north west and we hope that one or two people can spare some time next Saturday to come across to [...]

Ray tells me that this gig is cancelled.

In his career, Mac Arnold has toured and recorded with James Brown, A.C.Reed, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Otis Spann, Bill Withers and others. Now Mac fronts his own band Plate Full O’ Blues. Last week Mac and the band taped the internationally syndicated Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour which posted the video at this [...]

From Alan Hewitt…… Hi Guys A new venture by John at the Wordsworth !! Starting this Saturday June 24th at 1100pm come and see the wonderful Simon “Honeyboy” Hickling Band, why not make a night of it and go to The Fletcher Christian at 900pm for Cafe Bar 401 from Holland. All this and nothing [...]

There’s a new Matt Schofield Trio video posted on YouTube. Click here to see it. For reference my Matt Schofield clips are here.

The CANtreat Rhythm and Blues Festival, Antrobus, Cheshire Saturday, 10 June 2006 CANtreat is a relatively new charity whose sole aim is to improve the quality of the treatment environment for all NHS cancer patients. To that end, the entire income from the event at Antrobus was dedicated to that cause. The festival was co-presented [...]

There are some great videos out there in Internetland. Some of my favourites are posted to YouTube by Harpsucker. He has some great clips of Memo and the Bluescasters. I am sure that I have bored many of you before either verbally or in this blog about just how good I think Kai Strauss is [...]

16-Jun – Fruteland Jackson & Bob Hall – Worthenbury 16-Jun – Groove Doctors – Barrow RnB Club 16-Jun – Guy Tortora Band – Spectrum Blues, Keighley 17-Jun – Wyre Blues – Dr Feelgood and more – Fleetwood 17-Jun – Dog House – Duke of Edinburgh, Barrow 17-Jun – Midsummer Blues Explosion – The Met, Bury [...]

Does anyone remember this post? I gave a link to a long show that featured two Janiva Magness songs. Well, it seems that some people had trouble viewing this large file. Here’s what I have done. I have taken the Janiva parts of the broadcast and uploaded them to YouTube. This is not strictly acceptable [...]