I was lucky enough to catch Jonesy’s blues show tonight, it was very good indeed. If you didn’t get the chance to catch the show, he did a great tribute to the recently departed Sam Myers including the copper bottomed classic “Sleeping in the ground”, there was also an excellent session by Mary Flower; you can listen again to the show by clicking here.
Monthly Archive for August, 2006
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I am quite disappointed by the lack of responses to my post of a couple of weeks ago. Come on! I know you all want to tell your stories. Email me now!
I always loved the Red Devils and I always loved Alex Schultz (in fact Alex is on many of my favourite recordings of all time). So when these gentlemen got together to make the “13″ album in 1997, I was delighted.
I am equally delighted to present a YouTube film of one of the band’s rehearsals in Europe. Schultz is amazing…… and I think that the drummist is the legendary Eddie “Lips” Clark.
24-Aug – Boogie’ Bill Roberts – The Red Cat, Wheelton
25-Aug – Colne Blues Festival
25-Aug – The Badge – The Hanover Hotel, Liverpool
25-Aug – The Stumble – Barrow R & B Club,
26-Aug – Cat Dog – Duke Of Edinburgh, Barrow
26-Aug – Colne Blues Festival
26-Aug – John O Leary – Fletcher Christ. Cockermouth
26-Aug – Slingshot – The Musketeer, Leigh
26-Aug – The Badge – The Stag Inn, Orrell
27-Aug – Ben Ruth – Fletcher Christ. Cockermouth
27-Aug – Colne Blues Festival
27-Aug – Lightnin Willie – Maryport Navy Club
27-Aug – The Works – Duke Of Edinburgh, Barrow.
28-Aug – Colne Blues Festival
31-Aug – The Badge – The Red Cat, Wheelton
John Welsh tells me that Paul Rogers is playing a gig at Salford Quays on 08 October.
Take a look at the Paul Rogers website for a bit more information.
Hello everyone.
Try this bit of YouTube slide guitar for starters. I have never seen anything like this before.
I can’t make it as I’m still enjoying el sol y muchas cervezas in Valencia, however those still in Blighty can pop down to Worthenbury tonight to see Zach Parrish.
ZACH PARRISH & BRAD WHEELER
As part of their UK tour, American musicians Zach Parrish from Austin, Texas on guitar and Brad Wheeler from Ogden, Utah on harmonica will be appearing at Worthenbury Village Hall on Friday August 18th as guests of the “Goin’ Up The Country Blues & Roots Club”.
Playing a good mix of authentic Delta blues and American roots music, they
will be on stage at 9pm. Doors open at 8pm and the tickets cost £8.
Info line 01948 770 215
There’s a new and improved way to get to this blog.
I have registered the following domain names and pointed them here. This is in preparation for a full blown website to be launched later this year.
Please update your bookmarks to
www.bluesinthenorthwest.com
or
www.bluesinthenorthwest.co.uk
Cheers
Ken
Just realised that today is 8th August. I always have a little celebration on this date every year as my last cigarette was on 8th August 1988 – 8/8/88. I have been an ex-smoker for 18 years.
Hello to all other ex-smokers.
This is my last chance to mention Zach Parrish and Brad Wheeler at Worthenbury on 18 Aug.
Zach Parrish is a guitarist from Austin, Texas who plays a mean slide and National Steel and is on his first UK tour accompanied by harp player Brad Wheeler from Ogden, Utah.
Downloads from Zach’s website suggest a great gig so go on down to the country for a great night of blues for £8.
Two brand new interviews have been posted on the “Two for the Blues” shoe website from WORT FM 89.9 Madison, WI.
The new interviewees are Magic Slim and Jerry McCain. Check out the link to play online or download.
Carey Bell playing the Muddy Waters classis I’m Ready. With Debbie Davis on guitar.
You are a man after my own heart, I owe the same debt to John Peel, it was Elmore James for me. Also Tommy Vance played a lot of vintage sessions on the Friday Rock Show which got me into Peter Green and Fleetwood Mac.
Paul Jones was a Godsend when he started. My tapes of the sessions are up in the loft must get them out and digitize them sometime soon.
Got back into music when I got broadband a couple of years ago, listening to blues radio stations, downloading concerts.
[Note from Ken : I too have a load of cassettes from the early Paul Jones shows.]
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