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Dave Sawyer writes to let us all know that the Blues night this week on 03 July with Atlanta Roots and Johny Hewitt and Tommy Allen has sold out. The venue only has a capacity of 100 and all these tickets have gone.
If you were thinking about going it’s too late. Tough! – Dave didn’t say that. I did. 
I only shot one short video clip. Here’s Bill Sheffield live at the Worthenbury Roots and Blues Festival 2008.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNmdmRZ2kL4
I have just returned from an excellent day at Worthenbury Blues and Roots Festival 2008. Like usual I will save the proper review for Lionel and Grahame and the proper photos to Ian, however I will say what a terrific night was had by all. Although chilly in the evening, the weather held and we even had some lovely sunny intervals.
I enjoyed all the bands and it was great to see some familar faces from festivals and gigs gone by. It was also great to meet a whole load of new faces – all of whom I look forward to meeting again.
As well as some great blues some money was raised for charity by festival organiser Pete Evans who raised over £500 for Diabetes UK by shaving off a dodgy moustache that he has been sporting for 37 years. I took a couple of before and after pictures…..
Before Plassey Ale and razor
After Plassey Ale and razor.
Everyone thinks that it’s an improvement. Even my wife commented this morning “under that ‘tache he’s not a bad looking fellow for an old guy”
All my Flickr photos that I am not too ashamed of are uploaded to Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenpeace/
A great day! Thanks to the organisers, the acts, the volunteers and, last but not least, the great crowd. Let’s do it all again in 2009!
The mobile phone coverage is patchy here in the Welsh sun. Anyway, just in case this moblog gets through here are a few balding blues fans.
The beautiful and extremely talented songstress Janiva Magness makes a follow up appearance on The Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. The concert, like usual, is available in lofi audio, hifi audio and windows media streaming and downloadable video.
You can grab this little treat by navigating to the Woodsongs archive site and looking for show 484.
http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp
I think that Janiva is a real talent and I am not the only one.
She has such a natural style and sweet vocals. This time Janiva is the first artist on the show, about 5 mins in. Enjoy.
I’m off to Wortehnbury today. I have my camera so will post a few piccies and maybe a YouTube when I return. In addition I also have my smartphone that I have set up to moblog, so I can post to bluesinthenorthwest.com live from the festival.
Modern technology is great but if I recall there is no mobile phone signal in Worthenbury.
Guitar Legends Show
The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
27 July 2008
Gary Murphy presents a night of the legends in Liverpool on 27 July 2008. The concept of the show is to show how the guitar has developed over the years, going from the early 1920s right through all the genres of guitar, including jazz, blues, country, country rock, pop up to the present day.
There will be 22 guitarists songs performed live using each of the signature songs of the legend. BBC Radio Merseyside’s Billy Butler will be narrating the lives and story of each guitarist.
www.myspace.com/garymurphyband
For a larger version of the poster, please click here.
David Honeyboy Edwards 93 years old today. Still touring.
http://www.myspace.com/davidhoneyboyedwards
Rocky Athas
at the Liverpool Marina
Thursday 17th July 2008 (doors at 8pm, show starts at 8.45pm)
Texan guitar-slinger Rocky Athas returns for his third visit to the Liverpool Marina. On this occasion, his masterful guitar playing will be complemented by his original band, Lightning, which in the late ’70s and early ’80s was one of the biggest draws in Texas nightclub history. Their music encompasses a broad range of blues music, including powerful blues rock.
Rocky grew up playing guitar with his pal Stevie Ray Vaughan. By the age of 23, he was honoured as one of the ten best guitarists in Texas by Buddy Magazine’s Texas Tornadoes. SRV received his induction two years later. They hold this honour with such noted guitarists as ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Johnny Winter and Jimmie Vaughan. In recent years, Rocky has recorded a number of highly acclaimed albums on the British-based Armadillo Music label, the latest being Lightning Strikes Twice with Lightning.
Liverpool Marina is situated at Coburg Wharf, Sefton Street, Liverpool L3 4BP.
Tickets for the concert (£10 each in advance and £11 on the door) are obtainable from John Welsh on 0151 428 2855 or by email: johnswlesh@hotmail.com.
Grahame found this treasure. Great song, great groove, fab guitar tone. The Paladins – “Kiddio”.
This song always reminds me of Mike Sanchez but hat’s not important – just enjoy The Paladins.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj4LDP-aBtk
The Monton Music Festival
Manchester’s newest music festival is running over the weekend 4/5/6 Jul.
The festival features more than a handful of classy blues acts and a heap of other interesting events. The main music events are at the Monton House Hotel.
Fri 4 Jul Ian PARKER, OV8, Compass Roses.
Sat 5 Jul Blues n’ Trouble, The Harpbreakers
Sun 6 Jul The Animals and Friends, The Roach Twins Band
Monton is near Eccles. There are many fringe gigs and other activities. For more information please take a look at the website.
BluesDVD.nl have released a Lester Butler DVD….
LESTER BUTLER FEATURING ‘13′ – LIVE AT MOULIN BLUES 1998
That’s the title of the first-ever release of Lester Butler concert footage on DVD. This is not just some concert, but the last gig Lester ever did.
On May 2, 1998, Lester Butler and his band ‘13′ were the headliners of the 13th (!) edition of the Moulin Blues Festival in The Netherlands. It was an intense show, resulting in a jam session with fellow musicians like James Harman, Paul Size and Joe Louis Walker. When he walked off stage after more than 2 hours, no one could have suspected that it had been his last show ever. One week later, on May 9, Lester died tragically.
He left a deep impression with many people, and he was -and still is- an example and source of inspiration for many musicians.
For all these people and as a tribute to Lester, exactly 10 years later we present this concert registration on DVD, supplemented with some private footage and 3 tracks from his gig with former band The Red Devils at Moulin Blues 1993!
Although these recordings were never made with the intention of publication, we believe that, by releasing this DVD, we respectfully pay homage to Lester and his music. We hope that many people will enjoy it.
Tracklist:
* Night
* Down In New Orleans
* Automatic
* Devil Woman
* “Broken-Bass Boogie”
* I Wish You Would
* Leftovers/All About My Girl
* So Low Down
* Anytime Baby
* Pray For Me
* Taildragger
* Checkin’ Up On My Baby
* One Mo’ Peep
* Mr. Highway Man
Extras:
* The Red Devils, Live at Moulin Blues 1993
* She’s Dangerous
* Blackwater Roll
* Goin’ To The Church
* Photo Gallery
Here’s a recent post made to the Blues-L mailing list by Chuck Nevitt. I thought that his interesting take of blues releted clips made very good watching….
Across The Street From The Blues Syl Johnson -- Is one of the great under-rated singers. Here he is, displaying chops right out of the Al Green school of soul. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrQZjAqkC3s Little Junior Parker -- Long a favorite of blues fans, late in his career Parker showed he wasn't about to stay stuck in the 50s. Financially, that probably wasn't the smartest move he made, because he was essentially cut out of the blues scene because his style had changed. This song is from an obscure album that also had 3 Beatler cover tunes on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6CxhyXCiCY Rusty Zinn - Rusty not only knows his way around the blues, but here he shows that he's a helluva reggae musician, making Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You" sound like it's straight on the island. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPp2r7mGZPU Sean Costello -- Speaking of Al Green, here is a clip of with Sean and his band performing Al's great tune, "I'm A Ram." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3tLMQX4Izw John Lee Hooker -- Hooker hooks up with Carlos Santana. Carlos started out playing the blues in the 60s, and I don't know that Hooker ever played much Santana music, but despite what some might doubts about, the two of them sound good together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43yvS6bPZDs
Matt Taylor has two shows in the bluesinthenorthwest.com region as an acoustic duo with Jonny Dyke. Both dates are in The Living Room bars of the cities.
Tues 8th July – The Living Room, Manchester
Weds 9th July – The Living Room, Liverpool
For a full size poster click here.
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