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Pictures from the blues jam last night

Blues Jam - Red Lion, Malpas

There is a great atmosphere at the monthly blues jam at the Red Lion in Malpas.  The Tommy Allen band provide great backing to a great night.  The atmosphere is lovely with good playing and no monster egos.

This month we were graced by a regular visitor – one of the finest blues musicians in the country Johny Hewitt from Runcorn whose great playing and  monster tone is an aspiration to all us harp players.  There was also a great slide guitarist hailing all the way from Leicester – my apologies though, I don’t remember the name.

Second Thursday of every month.  The next session is Thu 08 April.

A couple more pictures on the bluesinthenorthwest.com Flickr page.

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Jam: Malpas Jam this Thu

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The excellent blues jam is on again this week at the Red Lion in Malpas.  Hosted by the talented Tommy Allen Band, there is often a mixture of players from well known local bands and an array of lesser known musicians.

The atmosphere is great and more importantly the quality is very good indeed.

Free entry, plenty of parking, good beer, 9pm start.

See you there……

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Jam: Central Manchester jam cancelled

The weekly Tuesday Night Jam at The Crown, Central Manchester has been cancelled.

The organisers are looking for an alternative venue.

Watch this space for details.

The Blues

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Jam: Red Lion Malpas – Thu 11 Jan

There will be a jam night at The Red Lion, High Street, Malpas this Thursday starting at 9pm.

The house band is The Tommy Allen Band with Mickey Barker on drums and Chris Lomas on bass. Also present will be members of three other popular local bands – Smokehouse Blues, Down At Antone’s and Rhythm Zoo.

Free entry with superb real ale – perfect recipe for a great night and everyone is welcome and will be guaranteed a slot.

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Jam: Manchester Tuesday Jam at The Crown restarts 19 Jan

The Tuesday Night Jam at The Crown (Corner of Fountain St/Booth Street Central Manchester M2 4AA (0161) 237 0800) will restart on Tues 19 Jan

Hosted by Noel Ward aka the Hoochie Coochie MANcunian 07818 238863, famed Market Street busker. Backline, Keyboards and Drums provided.

Musicians are invited to get up with the resident house band, or do their own thing!

This is not a showcase for beginners or Karaoke!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl-xUuPEzw8

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Jam: The Crown – Central Manchester

Horace from the Winchesters tells me of a new Tuesday Night Jam at The Crown (Corner of Fountain St/Booth Street Central Manchester M2 4AA (0161) 237 0800)

Hosted by Noel Ward aka the Hoochie Coochie MANcunian 07818 238863, famed Market Street busker. Backline, Keyboards and Drums provided.

Musicians are invited to get up with the resident house band, or do their own thing!

This is not a showcase for beginners or Karaoke!

UPDATE 13 Dec 2009 – The jam is on hold for Christmas – back bigger, bolder and better on 19 Jan 2010

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Jam tonight – Red Lion Malpas

Jam tonight – Red Lion Malpas – hosted by Tommy Allen band.

I might go myself but I have only just nicely walked in after being away for a couple of days.

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Blues in Malpas tonight and tomorrow

**STOP PRESS**

Blues Jam at The Red Lion Malpas with Tommy Allen Band and Johny Hewitt – starts at 9pm – all welcome.

Friday at same venue Tommy Allen and Johny Hewitt Chicago street style urban blues duo. No entry charge, starts at 9.30pm – excellent real ale.
Check out the new You tube of the lads at the acoustic stage at Colne with their take on Crossroads Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKXlwPpOFUs

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Jam: Red Lion – Malpas, Cheshire – 10 Sept

Trafficker

Here is a new jam night which is hopefully going to be a regular event.

The 1st jam is next thursday September 10th at The Red Lion Hotel, Malpas, Cheshire (5miles beyond Worthenbury – can also be reached off the A41)

The house band will be The Tommy Allen Band with regular rhythm section Mickey Barker on drums and Chris Lomas on bass. Also taking part on the 1st night will be Johny Hewitt on harp and Barney Barnett on guitar from Smokehouse. A full backline and PA system will be in place and the jam will start @ 8.30pm.
Full address is The Red Lion Hotel, Old Hall Street, Malpas SY14 8NE

Anyone and everyone of all musical ability welcome.

Trafficker

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Jam: The Plough, Heaton Moor, Stockport

The Plough Heaton Moor Road Heaton Moor Stockport

This Music Session has been running for over 18 months and has become very popular, and considering we started as a small practise session it has gone from strength to strength,We run as an acoustic session and the atmosphere is fantastic, with a wide range of music from Country, a touch of Folk with Kierons and Glynne’s influence, and the sounds of Blues is just fantastic, Rock, Cajun, Bluegrass just get the place rocking, It’s run as a sing around and every one plays along, it’s just a great jam session,I would like to welcome everyone to this Jam, Session and look forward to seeing you,, please put a date in you diary for the 1st Sunday and 3rd Sunday every month and come on down, from 1 till 4pm

Contact Patrick 07711 833 144 smokey.terrain@live.co.uk

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New jam night in Halifax

I know that Halifax is not strictly in our area, but the blues is an Americam music and those guys will drive 30 miles for lunch. The KingBz email to say….

Hey everybody theres a new Jam Session starting on thursday 17 May at the Golden Lion at Highroadwell in Halifax. Its going to be hosted by us (the King Bz) and the landlord himself who is a fantastic guitarist and singer. All PA is supplied as well as full back-line, the whole thing will be miked up so it can be recorded at the same time (cool or what?)

So come on you lot get over there this guy is one of us and not somebody just jumping on the “jam session” banner, so come on lets give it OUR FULL support. John (Landlord) is also booking blues bands for his regular Blues Club.

See you all there. Paddy

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Jam : Southend Live, Tranmere

Thanks to Blues Bob for tipping me off to this jam night on the Wirral. Bob says….

Weekly jam night now well into it’s second year every Thursday from about 9:00pm at The Southend Live, Tranmere, Wirral. The evenings are hosted by the house band Catch 32 who open proceedings with a few numbers. The night heavily features blues as you would expect from jam night, but anything goes. Guests are invited up for the rest of the evening and may comprise full bands or solo artist or a good mix n match of local players. The night features good array of local talent from Sax players, Guitarists, Drummers, harmonica and even Uke’s. Full backline available for bands. Everyone is made very welcome whether they are singing, playing or simply watching. For location map and more information pease visit the website at www.myspace.com/bluesbob.

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Free blues backing tracks

If there are aspiring beginner musicians out there who are learning to play blues then it may be worthwhile popping on over to harmonicaboogie.com.

While the site and on-line jams are designed primarily for the harmonica players of the world, I think that there is a lot of value for other instruments. Maybe the most valuable resources are the free to use blues backing tracks, freely downloadable for you to jam along with. The tracks even give the harp players the key of the song and suggested harps to use.

Give it a go. If you upload a tune then send me the link and I’ll post it for the whole north west to hear.

Here is the direct link to the backing tunes. Enjoy!

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Jam : The Plough, Oldham

Dave Sawyer writes in to tell us of a Blues Jam night.

There is a regular blues jam each Thursday from about 9:00pm at The Plough in Oldham. The evenings are hosted by The Backwater Blues Band who generally open proceedings with a 20-30 minute session. The band then mix and match with a variety of guests for a couple of hours before completing the evening with a second 20-30 minute slot. Everyone is made very welcome whether they are singing, playing or simply watching. For more information on The BBB please visit the website at www.backwaterbluesband.co.uk

Thanks Dave

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** CANCELLED ** Jam:Royal Oak, Liscard

** THIS JAM HAS BEEN CANCELLED **

I HEAR THAT THE VENUE HAS CLOSED DOWN

My old mate Neil, from my band days, tells me that he is running a jam night at the Royal Oak, Liscard every Monday.

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Jam : Riffs, Blackpool

Riffs Live Music Venue in Blackpool are looking to begin a Sunday night blues jam shortly.

Watch their website for more information.

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