Location: Worthenbury is situated near Wrexham in North Wales on the B5069 between Bangor-on-Dee and Malpas. The village hall is in the centre of the village (post code: LL13 0AW) Map Promoters: Pete Evans (tel: 01948 770215 pete@hookerblues.co.uk) Paul Taylor (paul@hookerblues.co.uk) Ian Wiliams (ian@hookerblues.co.uk) Club Profile: the Worthenbury venue is under the aegis of the [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Nick Moss, originally uploaded by russkymike. I stumbled across these nice blues photos on Flickr. You can see the whole set by visiting http://www.flickr.com/photos/41268444@N00/ Enjoy!

Amid a busy schedule of gigs with Bev Bevan’s Move and regular appearances in Germany as a member of a trio, we were delighted that Phil Bates could squeeze in a solo performance at the Harbourside Club last Wednesday. In contrast to his more usual ensemble playing, Phil donned another hat to deliver a programme [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Hey everyone – I’ll not be writing anything for a few days as I am away in Madrid until midweek, then really chuffing busy with the day job until probably Friday. [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } _MG_6824.jpg, originally uploaded by christian_sahm. For the Otis Taylor fans. I discovered some new Otis pictures on Flickr. Follow the link to see the full set. Also don’t forget the Otis [...]

Last night the Cadillac Kings played my local venue – Telford’s Warehouse, here in the beautiful, historic city of Chester. I love The Cadillac Kings and I love Telford’s however, I think it’s safe to say that the two are not the ideal partners. In the hot and smokey back room of the club, the [...]

This must be a rarity – Robert Cray playing a Gibson.  From 1983.

I don’t know if you all use the calendar page of this website.  This post is a reminder that we have a calendar page and that it has been updated today.  Saturday is generally the calendar update day.  Check back regularly.

Barny from Smokehouse Blues has organised a gig on the 2006 Kent Duchaine tour. Kent will be appearing at the Salt Mine, Weston Point, Runcorn on Nov 8th.

At the same time as Barny sent me the details of the Runcorn gig, Mark Johnson sent me all the Kent Duchaine tour dates. See below. November 3 Mackay’s Hotel – Wick, Caithness 01955 602 323 November 4 The Stromness Hotel – Stromness, Orkney 01856 850 298 November 7 The Gellions Bar – Inverness 01463 [...]

I missed a couple of anniversaries yesterday. On 27 October in 1977 Peg Leg Sam passed away.  He is not a blues legend, however I posted this because there is an excellent 30 min documentary available on him at this site. On 27 October 1949 Clifford Antone entered the world.  For many years he owned [...]

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } CharityBlues 024, originally uploaded by kenpeace. Don’t forget that one of the finest blues bands in the UK are on in Chester at Telfords Warehouse tonight. See you there.

Yesterday was the birthday of one of the all time greats of the harmonica (I missed it yesterday – sorry). Let’s all reflect for a few seconds on the amazing tone and talents of Mr. Sonny Terry, born 24 Oct 1911 in Greensboro, GA. As ever, there are a couple of YouTube clips for us [...]

I didn’t manage to dig up a YouTube of Mark Ford but luckily we have someone cleverer than me contributing to the site.  So a big thanks very much to Grahame Rhodes for finding this clip of Robben and Mark Ford.

Great to hear a good harp player covering the great tune Mercy Mercy Mercy. Nico Wayne Toussaint certainly manages that on his new CD “Transatlantic Live” Check out Nico at his official website, where you will find pictures, links, sounds and videos (you know – the usual stuff). The best video is this one. You [...]

You know Bruce isn’t a bad player and may be the most famous decent harmonica player in the world.  Anyway onto the clip – it’s from the 1980s and Willis is grooving with the excellent Robben Ford. I have two closing thoughts…. 1.  It’s a great tune to play on the harmonica; pretty much any [...]