Here are the upcoming gigs for The Hexmen Blues Band.  Please note the new venue Jax Bistro in Bulkeley, Cheshire. Saturday August 28th  9:30pm – 11:00 The Swinging Arm, Birkenhead   Free entry Sunday Sept 5th, 3pm – 5pm The Blundell Arms, Birkdale, Southport      Free Entry Thurs  Sept 9th  9:30pm – 11pm Jaxs Blues Club, Wrexham [...]

My old mate from way back Neil Partington is doing a couple of gigs with top Liverpool drummer Lance Donnelly, the son of Supercharge’s Albie Donnelly. You can see the collective band that they have assembled on Thu 04 Mar at The Swinging Arm, Birkenhead.  Expect a night of rock, blues, funk and soul. Free [...]

You can have a Bluesy New Year celebration with Liverpool slide guitar/bass guitar blues duo Blue C and harmonica player Dylan on New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31st. It’s at the Royal Hotel, Birkenhead/Oxton. More details nearer the time – meanwhile, put the date in your 2009 diary! Blue C are Raphael Callaghan, vocal, slide [...]

Gary Murphy Solo 11 Nov 2009 An acoustic performance at Williamson Art Gallery Gary Murphy returns to the International Guitar Festival after his sell out performance of his hit show Guitar Legends last year. Returning as an ambassador of The International Guitar Festival, Gary returns to the Williamson Art Gallery for a very special solo [...]

A mammoth tour as ever for Catfish Keith.  Here are the ones in Northwest England and North Wales. October 28th – Bluefunk, Poynton October 31st – Community Hall, Poulton-le-Fylde, nr. Blackpool 2nd November – Victoria Hotel, Menai Bridge, Anglesea 3rd November – Guitar workshop, Menai Bridge, Anglesea 4th November – Theatr Harlech, Harlech 5th November [...]

The 21st International Guitar Festival of Great Britain is being held at various venues in Wirral for three weeks in November. As usual there are blues and rhythm and blues performers, including Woody Man, Catfish Keith, Tom Doughty, Peter Price and Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings with Georgie Fame and Albert Lee. The opening concert is [...]

The Hexmen will be playing The Varsity, Hanover St, Liverpool this Thursday at 9:30pm 8th October. The album is on sale currently on itunes for £7.99. A limited edition of albums will be on sale at our gigs for £5 only ! Available by post, payment by cheque, paypal etc  contact : george.wickstead@btinternet.com Other gigs [...]

Woody Mann – UK Tour 2009 We have a handful of dates in the region for the renowned guitarist and performer Woody Mann. 16-Oct – Theatre Clywd, Mold 06-Nov – Worthenbury 11-Nov – Bluefunk, Poynton 13-Nov – Grand Theatre Studio, Blackpool 21-Nov – Guitar Festival, Birkenhead 22-Nov – Guitar Festival, Birkenhead Not only was Woody [...]

Larry Carlton Trio – Tuesday, 31st March, Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead Tickets £25 – Box office 0151 666 0000 or book online at www.pacificroad.co.uk http://www.larrycarlton.com

Another Shertila upload. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VoyhN0OmdyM

Shertila was at the recent Hamsters gig in Birkenhead and he has posted some pictures to his Flickr site.

New uploads from Shertila. Wilko Johnson, originally uploaded by shertila.

ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW & THE LOW RIDERS Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead: 15.11.08 This was another splendid gig as part of the 20th International Guitar Festival of Great Britain, attracting a packed house to Pacific Road to see one of British rock music’s most enduring and in-demand musicians, the Cardiff-born Andy Fairweather Low, and his [...]

Here’s Charlie Musselwhite from earlier this week at Pacific Road, Birkenhead. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sYwf7lCcdac One of three from the excellent collections of Groundhog56.

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE & DAVE PEABODY Pacific Road Arts Centre, Birkenhead: 11.11.08 It may have seemed strange as part of the 20th International Guitar Festival of Great Britain to feature a gig by one of the greatest blues harmonica players of all time, but maybe here a brief history lesson is needed. Charlie Musselwhite was born [...]

I recently posted about the forthcoming Tom Doughty gig at Fort Perch, New Brighton.  The full Tom Doughty gig list follows. 7 Nov : supporting Michael Roach, Southport Arts Centre 9 Nov : 1pm – 4pm Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton 15 Nov : Wirral Guitar Festival, with Woody Mann, Birkenhead Town Hall 8pm All [...]