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BARE BONES BOOGIE BAND
(self-titled – BBBBCD1)
Released at the turn of this year, comes the debut from the rocking Southern-based Bare Bones Boogie Band – a four-piece comprising of Helen Turner (vocals), Iain Black (guitar), Trev Turley (bass) and Andy Jones (drums). The band deal in a hybrid of classic British rock with blues influences, with Black penning six of the ten songs here, with four choice covers.
Helen Turner’s vocals can be raunchy one moment, then sultry the next, with Iain Black’s guitar work the other main feature of the band. His opening “Baby, Baby Be Mine” is a soulful rocker, with a definite Humble Pie influence; the following “Black Cat Strikes Back” is most appealing with Turner’s smoky vocal and some nice guitar work and some jazzy touches. The self-explanatory “Full Tilt Boogie Man” does just that, a rousing rocker, before a nice cover of Janis Joplin’s “One Good Man”, another influence on the band, particularly vocalist Turner, and delivered here with a nice rolling feel.
“Sister Sunshine” is a mid-tempo rocker with a nagging riff from Iain Black, and the band do justice to the classic “I’d Rather Go Blind” . . . a simply beautiful song, with again some nice guitar work. The driving Rolling Stones song, “Live With Me” is a standout, with Helen Turner’s vocal here recalling the great Maggie Bell, one of our finest ever female vocalists.
“Simple Suggestion” has a country feel to it, reminiscent of Exile-era Rolling Stones, with sweet guitar and another nice vocal; the penultimate track “Throw Me A Line” is another Iain Black song with another catchy riff and rocks along nicely, with the album closing with the rousing Vinegar Joe tune, penned by Pete Gage, “Early Monday Morning” . . . and with no disrespect to the self-penned material, my favourite here.
I would imagine the band are best seen in a live environment, but in vocalist Helen Turner and guitarist Iain Black they have a fine ‘front line’, with the unfussy and solid rhythm section of Trev Turley and Andy Jones in the engine room driving things along . . . . a nice debut offering, and good to see a high quote of original songs.
GRAHAME RHODES
The band have some dates in the region at the Colne Festival – see below
28 Aug 2010 – 14:00 – Great British Blues Festival – Colne & Nelson Rugby Club
29 Aug 2010 – 19:30 – Great British Blues Festival – The Crown Hotel
http://www.myspace.com/barebonesboogieband
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YqsxJn8Xpo
Three northwest bands have been confirmed for the British Stage at the Colne Festival over the Aug Bank Hol period.
Forty 4 – Friday 9pm
Atlanta Roots -Friday midnight
Tommy Allen Band – Sunday 9.30pm
Friday shows to be broadcasted live by BBC Radio Lancashire.
The lineup has been released for The 21st Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne.
Fri 27 Aug to Mon 30 Aug 2010
The International Stage
Friday 27 August 2010
7.00pm The Hamsters
8.45pm Dr Feelgood
10.30pm Nine Below Zero
12.00 midnight Eddie & The Hot Rods
Saturday 28 August 2010
2.00pm Chicago Acoustic Blues Session feat. Nalle (DK), Magic & Omar (USA)
3.30pm Ben Waters Band
5.00pm TBC
7.30pm Sandi Thom
9.15pm Magic Slim and The Teardrops (USA)
11.00pm Omar & The Howlers (USA)
Sunday 29 August 2010
2.00pm Jay Tamkin Band
3.30pm Popa Chubby Band (USA)
5.00pm King King featuring Alan Nimmo
7.30pm Hans Theessink (NL)
9.15pm Peter Green
11.00pm The Pretty Things
Monday 30 August 2010
2.00pm Danny Handley’s Blues Project
3.30pm Larry Garner Band (USA) with Norman Beaker & Friends
5.00pm Oli Brown
7.30pm Trevor Burton Band from The Move
9.15pm Georgie Fame
11.00pm Flamingo Blues all Stars with special guests Herbie Goins & Chris Farlowe
Many more details on the festival website
http://www.bluesfestival.co.uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2UR31Qyiu4
Here’s a clip of the Mark Thornley Band from a recent gig at BJ’s Blues Club at the Hop Pocket in Chorley.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xueThLnlOfE
Mark and the boys will be playing the British Stage at the Colne Festival this coming weekend their spot is tomorrow night.
20 Years . . . . still got the Blues
20th Anniversary of the Great British R & B Festival
Colne in East Lancashire will once again be the centre of the Blues Universe this August Bank Holiday weekend with The Great British Rhythm & Blues Festival now celebrating its 20th year.
Presented by Pendle Leisure Trust, once again there will be 4 days of live music across 8 official venues throughout Colne between Friday 28th to Monday 31st August 2009.
This year’s International Stage will spotlight the finest musicians from across the world, some who have never performed at the Festival before and some of the original bands who graced the stages at the very first Festival back in 1990
The line-up for this very special 20th Anniversary is phenomenal and truly International:
From the USA, ALVIN YOUNGBLOOD HARTs’ MUSCLE THEORY; WILKO JOHNSON BAND; Queen of The Blues CONNIE LUSH & BLUES SHOUTER; and from our very first year – KING PLEASURE & THE BISCUIT BOYS.
Harmonica king PAUL LAMB & THE KING SNAKES are one of the guaranteed crowd-pleasers; blues-rock at its finest hits the stage with the DEBORAH BONHAM BAND; ZOOT MONEYS BIG ROLL BAND bring their goodtime rock n roll; and LOUISIANA RED & THE MICHAEL MESSER BAND (USA/UK) bridge the gap between the Delta and Good ol’ Blighty. THE BLUES BAND will have the sweat running down the Municipal Hall walls (again); long-time John Mayall guitar-slinger, COCO MONTOYA is without doubt one of the most hotly-anticipated sets of the festival and the very special talent of JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR has tongues wagging already. Former Keef Hartley, T.Rex and British Blues Qunitet guitarist MILLER ANDERSON presents his own very fine band.
Elton John Band member and Hellecaster JOHN JORGENSEN brings his BLUES QUINTET from the USA and from Australia, the remarkable HARPER. Golden-voiced ERIC BIBB will charm and stun in equal amounts whilst former FOCUS guitarist JAN AKKERMAN (Holland) will have surprises at every turn. THE ANIMALS return, with Special Guest SPENCER DAVIS and there’s an eagerly-anticipated performance from THE ALAN PRICE SET.
Finally, welcome to Colne, New Blues Revolutionary STEPHEN DALE PETIT, whose recent tour included the legendary MICK TAYLOR as his Special Guest. Mick – the former Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and John Mayall guitarist brings his own band to the festival for the first time and is already possibly the most talked-about show of the festival.
In addition to celebrating the last 20 years of the Blues, the Festival will also showcase new up and coming blues talent to take us into the next 20 years, which will be gracing the British Stage on the Saturday evening of the event. Full details soon
The Acoustic Stage always produces surprises and this year is unlikely to disappoint, looking at some of the names: DAVE SHARP (THE ALARM); DEL BROMHAM of STRAY – who had the audience in the palm of his hand last year; North-Easterners PAUL LAMB & JOHNNY DICKINSON; THE BLUES BANDS’ GARY FLETCHER AND DAVE KELLY – playing their own separate, acoustic sets; TOM HINGLEY of INSPIRAL CARPETS: JOHN JORGENSEN PLAYS DJANGO REINHARDT; EMILY DRUCE & STEVE JONES; DAVE ACARI and the wonderful dry humour, syrup n gravy voice and remarkable guitar style of TOM DOUGHTY.
In partnership with East Lancs. Community Rail Partnership and Northern Rail, the Festival’s Official Blues Train with live music and real ale will also be heading into Colne from Preston on Friday 28th Our official website is now live so please check online for the latest updates and line-ups.
Tickets can be purchased by phone on 01282 661234 or online at www.bluesfestival.co.uk
Paul Lamb picture (C) www.bluesimages.co.uk
Aug. 21st 2009 The Old Post Office, Shrewsbury SY1 1SZ
Aug. 28th 2009 The Great British R&B Festival, Colne, Lancashire. 10pm.
Aug. 29th 2009 The Two Henrys, Beer and Blues Festival, Shrewsbury. SY4 3EQ.
Sep. 11th 2009 The Ironworks, Oswestry. Tickets £5.
Sep. 26th 2009 The Vine, Shavington, Crewe, CW2 5DT
Oct. 2nd 2009 The Old Post Office, Shrewsbury SY1 1SZ
DAVE ARCARI FORTHCOMING GIGS
Dave as ever is one of the hardest working guys around and his autumn gig list is pretty far-reaching – all over the UK, Finland, France, Germany and Estonia. Only a couple in our region though. Both tomorrow.
Sat 23 August – Colne Blues Festival: The Queens (1.30pm)
Sat 23 August – Colne Blues Festival: Admiral Lord Rodney (5.30pm)
I have just got back from my holidays and have a mountain of email to catch up on.
This weekend is of course the Great British RnB Festival. You can see the programme here.
I will not be going so please email me with any photographs and/or reviews that you would like me to publish.
The line up for this year’s Colne Festival is complete. I have pasted the international stage below, for all the line-up please visit the website.
http://www.bluesfestival.co.uk/index.asp
FRIDAY 22nd
MC Chris Powers
7:00 pm
Supercharge
8:30 pm
Dr Feelgood
10:15 pm
Nine Below Zero
12:00 am
Eddie and the Hot Rods
SATURDAY 23rd
MC Chris Powers
2:00 pm
Linda Gail Lewis with Blues Band
3:30 pm
Ian Parker Band
5:00 pm
Clause Ingstrom and Skyhigh (Sweden)
7:30 pm
The Zombies
9:15 pm
Billy Boy Arnold
11:00 pm
The Yardbirds
SUNDAY 24th
MC Chris Powers
2:00 pm
King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys
3:30 pm
Kyla Brox
5:00 pm
Nuno Mindelis (the Beast from Brazil)
6:45 pm
Arden Youth Choir
7:30 pm
Taste
9:15 pm
Ruby Turner
11:00 pm
Walter Trout
MONDAY 25th
MC Chris Powers
2:00 pm
Danny Bryant’s RedEye Band
3:30 pm
Albert Lee and Hogans Heroes
5:00 pm
Maggie Bell & Blues Quintet & Zoot Money
7:30 pm
Steve Cropper
9:15 pm
Andy Fairweather Low
11:00 pm
Wilko Johnson Band
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