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The 5th annual Tring Blues Festival (AKA 'The Near London Blues Festival' ) takes place on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th March 2007 at The Court Theatre, Tring, Herts. For this year's festival we are proud to present ex Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody and his Band plus a host of other superb bands and artists. Coincidentally, the first Tring Blues Festival had Bernie Marsden's Band headlining.
Unfortunately, due to the low Sunday attendance last year, the festival this year just takes place over the Friday evening of 16th March and Saturday 17th March.
Tickets can be obtained in the usual way by calling Rocking the Blues on 01296 634991, email tickets@rockingtheblues.com or by calling the Court Theatre box office on 01442 823130. You can also buy your tickets in person from Michael Edmunds Insurance at 2 Church Yard ,Tring during normal office hours. Shortly, you will be able to buy your tickets on line at Ticket Web. In the meantime you can reserve your tickets online at www.courttheatre.co.uk
Due to previous years' sell outs, buying tickets in advance is highly recommended
If you want to take part in the jam and open mic session, call 01296 634991 to book a place or take a chance and turn up on the day. All those booking a spot in advance will definitely get to play and we will try to fit in everyone else if possible. In the past this blues jam has been very popular.
The MCs for the festrval will be Bob & Norm from The Blues Show on www.gtfm.co.uk
Friday 16th March
The Micky Moody Band (ex Whitesnake)
+ Brazilian Bluesman Big Gilson & Blues Dynamite & Mathew Ord
Tickets £15 - Doors open 7.30pm - Live music from 8pm
Limited seating
Saturday 17th March
Connie Lush & Blues Shouter
+ The Guv’nors, Robin Bibi Band & Roland Chadwick
Tickets £13.75 - Doors open 7pm - Live music from 7.30pm
Limited seating
Saturday 17th March (12 - 4pm)
Re Loaded will host and perform at the Blues Jam / Open Mic session between 12 & 3pm
+ Harmonica workshop with Son Maxwell (3pm - 4pm)
Tickets £5 whether playing or watching.
Unreserved seating
The Bands & Artists
The Micky Moody Band (ex Whitesnake)
Micky Moody is best known for his role in the definitive Whitesnake line-up, during which time he toured worldwide, acquiring many gold discs and wide recognition.
His career begins with playing in a school band with Paul Rodgers and after leaving school he joined the highly acclaimed Juicy Lucy, which was a large step towards rock stardom, with major tours of Britain, Europe and the USA. When Juicy Lucy split, Micky co-founded Snafu, combining his rock-style guitar with down-home stateside grooves, recording three albums. As a sideman, Micky has featured alongside such classic British singers as Graham Bonnet, Frankie Miller, Chris Farlowe, Sheena Easton, Roger Chapman, Elkie Brookes and Eric Burdon. Visitors from the states such as Meat Loaf, Matt guitar Murphy, Ben E. King and Walter Trout have all employed his talents to enhance their performances.
Connie Lush & Blues Shouter
Connie Lush is officially recognised as one of the finest blues singers that the UK has ever produced winning Best UK Female Vocalist by readers of Blues In Britain for 5 separate years and European Blues Singer of the Year twice. "That woman makes my heart sing” - BB King. Connie Lush & Blues Shouter is one of the most stunning & talented Blues bands worldwide. Blues Shouter is Terry Harris on Bass, John Lewis on Guitar & Vocals & Carl Woodward on Drums.
Bluesman Big Gilson & Blues Dynamite
Big Gilson has released eleven CDs, and honed his chops the last fourteen years gigging in Brazil, Argentina, Europe and USA. He opened for Steve Winwood on his Brazilian tour, Johnny Rivers (70.000 people audience), and twice to the master B.B. King. While touring America, and gigging at such clubs as Florida’s Bamboo Room and New York’s Blue Note, the band knocked out such blues gods as Corey Harries, Duke Robillard, Lonnie Brooks, Magic Slim, Saffire, Walter “Wolfman” Washington and Buddy Guy, who extended the Boy from Brazil an open invitation to play his Legends Club anytime. “..His slide playing is disturbingly virtuosic...”.
“...When I see such a young man so far from America, playing the blues so well, I feel happy and proud that my mission in this life is done” B.B. King
“There are lots of bands out there, in America and around the world, who play the blues. They play the blues but you can tell they don’t feel the blues. Big Gilson is most definitely not one of those. This boy may hail from Rio, but he plays like he was born and raised in South Oak Cliff.” John Nova Lomax - Music Independent Magazine, Houston-Texas There is no higher testament than from a native Texan and lifelong blues freak.
“…Big Gilson is an excellent guitarist as well as a splendid slide guitarist and a fine song writer in addition. He plays a scorching electric slide. Watch for great things to come in the future from this very fine artist…” Tom Branson (Bluesrockers )
"...The United States birthplace and home of the Blues has been invaded again by another bona fide "Blues Man" from a foreign shore: "Blues Man," not just a player of blues but a musician who demonstrates through his interpretation and musicianship that blues courses through his veins with every beat of his heart.. " The Delta Snake, by Michael Roberts )
“…You can’t confine an artistic idiom, or creative spirit. Blues, the quintessential music form of the USA, reached across continents and seized Brazilian singer/guitarist Big Gilson. The music’s good and so is the message. This is cross-culturalism of an inspiring form. A workingman’s musical form from the USA found its way to South America where it was embraced by a dedicated, open-minded musician, who honed his skills in the face of naysayers, and presently enjoys respect from blues communities in two nations. In other words, barriers ceased to be, as art, artist, and folk met on an agreeable common ground. If we could accomplish such melding in other matters in this geopolitical era, we would be on far firmer ground as a species…” Tim Schuller - Dallas, Texas
Tim Schuller edited Music Hound Blues: The Essential Album Companion (Schirmer), and has written for Blues Access, Living Blues, Downbeat, the Dallas Observer, and other publications.
The Guv’nors
The Guv’nors are: Robert Hokum (guitar / vocals), Graham Wright (bass / vocals), Nigel Appleton (drums / vocals), Tim Strange (percussion), Mick Hutchings (guitar), Tim Penn (keyboards), Sam Adams (sax / vocals). The Guv’nors, a sonic collision of Blues, Funk and Acid Jazz were formed in 1988 by guitarist/vocalist Robert Hokum and began as a Chicago Blues band who were influenced by psychedelic funk, acid jazz and Latin percussion. In doing so, they have gained a solid reputation as one of the best and most original bands on the blues circuit of London and the Home Counties.
Robin Bibi Band
Blues, funk, soul, rock, reggae and jazz are all rolled together in The Robin Bibi Band's own concoction which can be heard on the band's first album 'Blue Thrash Therapy' a mixture of the bands most requested songs from the live set, and their own original songs.
It's exuberant passionate, dynamic, exciting and fun! It's music played straight from the heart, it will move your head, your heart and of course your feet!
Roland Chadwick
Australian composer, guitarist and internationally acclaimed recording artist. A trained classical guitarist, he plays "anything with frets" and brings a refreshing sound to blues guitar music.
"to the music of contemporary greats such as Brouwer, Domeniconi, and Dyens;I will now add Roland Chadwick. Bluntly, his music is nothing short of genius." Minor 7th Review
Half Man - Half Guitar. Some say he’s the Guitar Slinger. Some say he’s the Wizard of Oz. Others say they saw him in the Cotswolds selling his soul to a blind man with a Red Hat holding a magic plectrum made of solid sound. The mystery deepens and the truth may never be told but those in the know, know that Roland Chadwick is music to his bones.
Matthew Ord
Matthew Ord is a relative newcomer to the UK roots music scene His set list includes arrangements of classic blues by Skip James and Blind Blake alongside Irish tunes and original compositions.
Re Loaded
The Re-Loaded Blues Band
was formed over a bottle of scotch 5 years ago with two ideas in mind:
If it ain't fun or the chemistry ain't there, then it ain't worth a
damn! Re Loaded will play at the jam session and host the jam.
Son Maxwell
Front man with Storm
Warning and author of three harmonica tutorial books on sale worldwide.
Son Maxwell is influenced by Sonny Boy Williamson but has his own
personality in his harp playing and encourages all learning the blues
harp to have individuality. His workshop on 17th March will deal will
the history of the harp and a question and answer session with regard to
harp playing at all levels.
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