MICHAEL MESSER & ED GENIS  WORTHENBURY VILLAGE HALL Jan 18th Michael Messer is without doubt our finest slide guitarist – “one of the greatest guitarists ever who ranks alongside Duanne Allman and Ry Cooder” quotes US magazine Spirit. “Don’t squeeze the trigger if you can’t stand the recoil – what I hear is the real [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dio4wO-kXDY

Kent DuChaine At The Harbourside Club. Liverpool Marina Thursday, 17th January 2008 (Doors open: 8pm/show starts 8.45pm) Kent DuChaine is a troubadour of the highest quality, preserving the itinerant lifestyle of his idols. Playing bottleneck on his 1934 National Steel guitar, the Minnesota bluesman has a startling mastery of that intricate art form. In performance, [...]

The Clarence Carter tune “Back Door Santa” is a peach. Whole post here. or just the MP3 here “Listen – Clarence Carter – Back Door Santa ”

It’s normally around this time that the various media of the world: TV, radio, newspapers, magazine and regional niche websites, chose their best of the year. I will start the ball rolling with my choices. 2007 for me was not a particularly prolific year, I didn’t go to that many gigs and I didn’t purchase [...]

This little gem was posted on the Funky16Corners website. How many other Christmas songs start with a drum break. “Listen – Soulful Strings – Jingle Bells” Sweet. The other Christmas song that they posted was a version of the Charles Brown Christmas classic, Merry Christmas Baby. Featuring the Jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby (no not that [...]

Hey everyone. Thanks for stopping by again at this little home of the blues tucked away in a dark corner of the Internet. I echo the sentiments already posted. Thanks for all the support in 2007, a special thanks to the contributors and those writing comments. Have a great Christmas holiday. If you do find [...]

Here’s a picture of the gifts bought to me by my family. In my dreams! You can see the picture in all it’s glory here.. http://tinyurl.com/ypnsnp Thanks to David Garcia who posted this picture on the Harp-L mailing list

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zq7gCJZoA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOr7lpxmBnY

From Associated Press http://tinyurl.com/yw3gct

Son House © Giuseppe Pino, 1970, originally uploaded by david haggard. I stumbled on this great picture of Son House on Flickr

Can I wish Ken and everyone who supports this excellent website a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year. Keep supporting not only Blues In The North West but live blues everywhere in the region and make your New Year’s resolution… “Bring a mate to the next gig” From Pete and everyone at Goin’ [...]

The Cadillac Kings have updated their MySpace site with a couple of new tunes and some dates in the region (for very late in 2008) 6 Sep 2008 20:00 The Ironworks Oswestry, Shropshire 27 Sep 2008 20:00 Private Function Nottingham 24 Oct 2008 20:00 Warrington R&B Club Warrington, Cheshire 25 Oct 2008 20:00 Bodelwyddan Castle [...]

After two highly acclaimed appearances at the Harbourside Club, it was no surprise that The Stumble would be the first act to grace the stage of Fogherty’s for John and Lorraine Welsh’s first blues gig at that venue. Furthermore, it was no surprise that the band delivered another stunning performance. The band opened with five [...]

Following on from Lionel’s review of Harry Skinner and Dave Saunders at Worthenbury on 14 Dec, I received some pictures from Ian Williams. One of the pictures is below but you may see all seven at the bluesinthenorthwest.com photo archive.

A new name to me this high energy rock n roll and boogie woogie band, the gig list only just arrived and the gigs are in just a few days. So as well as adding the dates to the gig calendar I have highlighted them here. 31-Dec – The Carbs – Prince William Dalton 29-Dec [...]