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GIGS July 2008
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Tues 1
Wed 2
Thurs 3
Solomon Burke + Breakestra
King of Soul Burke with support from funk 10-piece Breakestra who mix old skool funk, soul and hip hop.
Barbican, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
Kris Dollimore & The Jooks of Kent at The Black Gardenia
he Black Gardenia 93 Dean Street, Soho, W1D 3SZ
Fri 4
Eric Ranzoni Trio
Singing piano player leads his trio thorugh Chicago and New Orleans Blues standards
Boisdale of Bishopsgate, Swedeland Court, 202 Bishopsgate - EC2M 4NR
Bob Hall Solo
"The finest blues and boogie woogie piano player this side of the Atlantic" Folk Roots Magazine
Brooks Blues Bar The Telegraph, Putney Heath, London SW15 3TU
Bookings & Info
020 8788 2011
Sat 5
Jerimiah Marques & the Blues Aces
Ain't
Nothing But...Blues Bar 20 Kingly St, W1 020 7287 0514
Matt Bullard Band
The Cherry Trees, 32 Station Road, South Norwood, London SE25 5AG
Blues Abuse
A Boogie Woogie trio featuring Richard Ansell (piano), Al Richardson (harmonica) and Steve Morrison (guitar).
The White Horse - Beer Festival Parsons Green SW6 4UL 5.30pm to 8.00pm
Stiff Joints
Blues and rock
Halfway House, 24 Priests Bridge, Barnes, London SW14 8TA
Sun 6
Blues Abuse
The monthly club bringing together Steve Morrison (guitar), Matt Percival (guitar) and Al Richardson (harmonica).
Olivers Jazz Bar, Nevada Street, Greenwich SE10 9JL £4
The Acoustic Sessions presents:
Son of Blues
The Blue Posts, 18 Kingly Street, Oxford Circus, W1
Mon 7
Matt Taylor Band with special guest Mark Butcher
The Bulls Head, Barnes
Tues 8
Wed 9
Art Wood All-Stars speacial tribute gig with proceeds going
Art Wood, vocalist of The Artwoods, Alexis Korner, and The Art
Wood All-Stars, (and older brother of Ronnie Wood), passed away in
November 2006 from Prostate Cancer. On 7 July 2008, Art would have been
71 years old, so The Eel Pie Club is hosting a birthday party in his
memory, with profits and a raffle to benefit The Prostate Cancer Charity. Features a special line-up of ‘The Art Wood All-Stars’, led by Pete French (Leaf Hound, ex Atomic Rooster and Cactus) plus Mick Avory (The Kinks), Don Craine and Keith Grant (Downliners Sect), Dave Lennox (ex Blodwyn Pig), Ray Majors (ex Mott The Hoople) and Luke Rayner (Leaf Hound) plus special guests.
Eel Pie Club at The Patch, 67 London Road Twickenham. £12 (Eel Pie Club Members £10). www.eelpieclub.com/
Thurs 10
Daniel Smith & Peter Miles
Ray's Jazz Shop, Foyles Book Store, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, Soho, WC2H 0EB 020 7437 5660.
Fri 11
Eric Ranzoni Trio
Singing piano player leads his trio thorugh Chicago and New Orleans Blues standards
Boisdale of Bishopsgate, Swedeland Court, 202 Bishopsgate - EC2M 4NR
Neil Cowley & Giles Hedley
Exclusive London appearance
Brooks Blues Bar The Telegraph, Putney Heath, London SW15 3TU
Bookings & Info
020 8788 2011
Sat 12
BluesMix + The Velours
Popular monthly Blues & Grooves night. Funky, soulful Blues from BluesMix and 50's style Chicago blues with a difference from The Velours. An up for it late night crowd in the classic Chelsea club where Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon all played in the '60s
The Troubadour Club, 263-7 Old Brompton Road SW5 9JA
8pm to 2am Tickets £7 on the door, £6 in advance
Lisa Mills & Ian Jennings
Lisa Mills is a gifted singer, guitarist and songwriter whose blues drenched and soulfully delivered original music is clearly grounded in her Mississippi roots.
Shades of Blue @ The Maltings Arts Theatre, St Albans, Herts AL1 3HL Box Office 01727 844222 £12.50
Jerimiah Marques & the Blues Aces
Ain't
Nothing But...Blues Bar 20 Kingly St, W1 020 7287 0514
Papa George Band
Surbiton Flyer, 84 Vicotria Street, Surbiton, Surry
Sun 13
Chris Youlden and the Shakey Vick Band
Ex savoy Brown singer reunited with early sixties colleague Shakey playing chicago style blues.
Inn on the Green, 3 Thorpe Close, Portobello Green, W10 5XL
The Acoustic Sessions presents:
Big Joe Louis
The Blue Posts, 18 Kingly Street, Oxford Circus, W1
Papa George Ian Hunt
Grey Horse, Richmond Road Kingston 3pm
Tues 15
Watermelon Slim
Real deal American bluesman with fine band. Winning lots of awards and getting lots of attention.
Dingwalls, Camden Lock NW1 8AB
£15 adv
Wed 16
Coalhouse Walker Blues Band
Ain't
Nothing But...Blues Bar 20 Kingly St, W1 020 7287 0514
Thurs 17
Fri 18
Eric Ranzoni Trio
Singing piano player leads his trio thorugh Chicago and New Orleans Blues standards
Boisdale of Bishopsgate, Swedeland Court, 202 Bishopsgate - EC2M 4NR
Gentleman Tim & the Contenders
Ain't
Nothing But...Blues Bar 20 Kingly St, W1 020 7287 0514
Wang Dang Doodles + The Velours + Rob Booth Blues Band
Sould blues Doodles, rockin' R& N Velours
The Spice of Life, 6 Moor St Cambridge Circus W1D 5NA
Sat 19
Big Joe Louis & His Blues Kings
Ain't
Nothing But...Blues Bar 20 Kingly St, W1 020 7287 0514
Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir
Well, they're not a choir and they don't play gospel, but they are apparently Seasick Steve's favourite band. Also, apparently, everyone one at the gig will get a free CD - 'Balling The Jack' - compilation chokka with alt.blues goodies, featuring the likes of Nick Cave, Captain Beefheart, Diamanda Galas, Tom Waits and RL Burnside. This is to celebrate the launch of Balling The Jack Records, whose first release is The Agnostics’ fantastic new album, Ten Thousand, due out on Aug 11th.
12 Bar Club Denmark Street, WC2H 8NL
Sun 20
Keb Mo
Two night at the Jazz Cafe for bluesman/singer/songwriter with mainstream success in the States. With band.
Jazz Cafe 5 Parkway, Camden NW1 7PG £25
Club Something presents...
Matt Milton + Spoono
Matt Milton is a fingerpickin singer songwriter playing blues/folk in a messy Robert Johnson meets Bert Jansch kind of way. Spoono plays intense solo guitar instrumentals, inspired by John Fahey and Davey Graham.
The Grosvenor 17 Sidney Road, Brixton, SW9 0TP £4
The Acoustic Sessions presents:
King David & Matt Radford
The Blue Posts, 18 Kingly Street, Oxford Circus, W1
Mon 21
Keb Mo
Two night at the Jazz Cafe for bluesman/singer/songwriter with mainstream success in the States. With band.
Jazz Cafe 5 Parkway, Camden NW1 7PG £25
Tues 22
Wed 23
The Pretty Things + The Malchicks
Acoustic set from PTplus teenage Rhythm ‘n’ Blues duo Malchicks
The Eel Pie Club, The Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham£12 (Members £10)
Thurs 24
Fri 25
Eric Ranzoni Trio
Singing piano player leads his trio thorugh Chicago and New Orleans Blues standards
Boisdale of Bishopsgate, Swedeland Court, 202 Bishopsgate - EC2M 4NR
Simon Prager & Kevin Stenson
Guitar/Harmonica duo
Brooks Blues Bar The Telegraph, Putney Heath, London SW15 3TU
Bookings & Info
020 8788 2011
Blues Abuse
A Boogie Woogie trio featuring Richard Ansell (piano), Al Richardson (harmonica) and Steve Morrison (guitar).
The British Queen, 427 Crofton Rd Locksbottom Kent BR6 8NL
Samuel James + Ramon Goose Band
Young American acoustic bluesman with brilliant debut album. One to watch.
New Bull & Butcher Whetstone N20 www.feenstra.co.uk £8 adv/£10 door
The Rob Booth Band + Saint Jude + The Beautiful Losers
Three band line up mix of country, blues and rock.
Ye White Hart, The Terrace, The Riverside, Barnes SW13 0NR £5
Sat 26
Gentleman Tim & the Contenders
Ain't
Nothing But...Blues Bar 20 Kingly St, W1 020 7287 0514
Papa George Solo
Halfway House, Priests Bridge, Sheen SW14
The Dirty Aces + D-66
The Black Gardenia 93 Dean St. Soho
Ian Parker + Samuel James
The BoomBoom Club Sutton United Football Club The Borough Sports Ground
Gander Green Lane Sutton, Surrey SM1 2EY www.feenstra.co.uk
Sun 27
C Moody & the Usual Suspects
Ain't
Nothing But...Blues Bar 20 Kingly St, W1 020 7287 0514
Wheatsheaf Blues Night
"A quarterly evening of pre-war country blues and gospel, urban Chicago blues, sixties blues-based rock, Jamaican R&B and live performances by plucky London devotees"
The Wheatsheaf, Stoney Street, Borough Market
Ian McLagan and the Bump Band
Ex Faces and Small Faces keyboard player, with fine Austin, Texas band.
Jazz Cafe 5 Parkway, Camden NW1 7PG £20
The City Shakers
The Oval Tavern, 131 Oval Road, Croydon, CR0 6BR 6pm
Mon 28
Tom Rodwell
Spirituals and blues improvisations
Vibe Bar 91-95 Brick Lane, Shoreditch E1 6QL
Tues 29
The Acoustic Sessions presents: Big Joe Louis
Blue Posts, 18 Kingly Street, Soho W1B 5PX
Tom Mansi & The Icebreakers + Sam Sallon + Emily Barker & Red Clay Halo
See our review of Mansi's recent album here
The Borderline Orange Yard off Manette St 0871 231 0842
Wed 30
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
UK blues original
in two night stint at Jazz Cafe
Jazz Cafe 5 Parkway Camden Town NW1 7PG
Thurs 31
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
UK blues original in two night stint at Jazz Cafe
Jazz Cafe 5 Parkway Camden Town NW1 7PG
Gentleman Tim & the Contenders
Ain't
Nothing But...Blues Bar 20 Kingly St, W1 020 7287 0514
Papa George / Pete Stroud
The Globe, 104 Windmill Road, Brentford Middx
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