The Blues Kings: West Weston (harmonica), Matt Radford (bass), Peter Greatorex (drums)
International guest musicians: Sweden: Paul Alfredsson (harmonica), Ari Hautala (guitar), Magnus Lanshammar (bass), Jim Ingvarsson (drums) Denmark: Peter Nande (harmonica). Ronni Boysen (guitar), Magnus Lanshammar (bass), Tim Lothar (drums) Finland: Jaska Prepula (bass), Juppo Paavola (drums) USA: Carl Sonny Leyland (piano), Billy Flynn (harmonica/mandolin), Jimmy Sutton (bass), Peter Greatorex (drums) Canada: Steve Kozak's WestCoast Blues Revue Australia: Hank Deberitz (bass), Yugon Chobanoff (drums)
Influences
(and singers who really move me) -
Gospel
The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet, Tommy Ellison & The Five Singing Stars, The Violinaires, The Detroit Hamonettes, The Spiritual Harmonizers of Miami, Jeff Newberry, Willie Neal Johnson & The Gospel Keynotes, Shirley Caesar, The Bells Of Joy, Paul Foster, The Taylor Brothers, Rev Leo W Daniels, The Harrell Singers, Brother Johnnie Harrell, Aretha Franklin, The Cumberland River Singers, Marie Bolton, The Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham AL, Rev A W Nix, Maggie Ingram, Rev Charlie Jackson, The Echoes Of Zion, Lula Collins, The Paramount Singers, The Mid-South Singers, The Swan Silvertones, Rev M Larry Franklin, Boyd Rivers, The Harptones of Cincinnati, Sister Ernestine Washington, The Five Blind Boys of MS, Rev G W Killens, The Staple Singers... Blues
Walter Davis, Floyd Jones, Baby Face Leroy Foster, Charlie Patton, Country Jim, Willie B Huff, Willie King, Little Willie Foster, Ruby & George McCoy, Maxwell St Jimmy Davis, Lucille Bogan, Big Jack Johnson, Skip James, Otis Spann, King David, Big Walter Horton, Jimmy Wilson, Geechie Wiley, Willie Nix, Big Boy Spires, Bobbie Cadillac, Robert Belfour, Larry Davis, Tommy McClennan, Baby Boy Warren, Henry Townsend, The Howlin' Wolf, Roosevelt Sykes, Charlie Booker, L C Green, Bessie Tucker, Big Joe Williams, James Reed, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes... Soul
Jimmy Lewis, Jill Scott, Donny Hathaway, Tyrone Davis, Anthony Hamilton, Shirley Brown, Otis Clay, Ann Peebles, James Brown, Laura Lee, The Patterson Twins, Ronnie Lovejoy, Clarence Carter, Syl Johnson, Z Z Hill, Tonya, The Diplomats, Joe Tex, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Johnnie Taylor, Clay Hammond, Sugar Billy Garner, George Jackson, Margie Alexander, Little Scotty, The Masqueraders, Latimore, Kip Anderson, Denise LaSalle...
◊ Born and raised in Kingston Jamaica - in London UK since the 1980s
◊ Twice winner of "Best UK Male Blues Singer" award
◊ Accompanied/recorded with Big Jack Johnson, Lazy Lester, Rev Charlie Jackson, Van Morrison, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Big Lucky Carter, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes, John Primer, Homesick James, Big Bad Smitty and many, many more
◊ One of the most widely-travelled blues artists today, Big Joe Louis has performed in:
NTSOBC presents two slices of magic pie with Michael J Sheehy & Gemma Ray at The Lexington this Thursday (16/7) and O'Death at The 100 Club next Thursday (23/7).
Tickets available from the NTSOBC box office on 0844 477 1000 and online from http://www.wegottickets.com and http://www.ticketweb.co.uk
Hi Big Joe Louis ! Thank you for adding Blackmail Bluesband to your friends. You have great tracks on your profile. Hope you will have a wonderful week. Greetings from Sweden. Blackmail Bluesband.
The BellRays headline a night of maximum rock'n'soul on Thursday next week at The Borderline with Los Chicos and King Salami & The Cumberland 3 playing live and Corn Rocket Club DJs on the wheels of steel.
Other forthcoming NTSOBC action
July Thrs 9 BellRays + Los Chicos + King Salami & The Cumberland 3 @ Borderline, London, W1 Thrs 16 Micheal Sheehy & The Hired Mourners + Gemma Ray @ The Lexington, London, N1 Thrs 23 O’Death @ The 100 Club, London, W1
September Friday 11 T-Model Ford @ The Luminaire, London, NW6 Saturday 12 T-Model Ford @ The Luminaire, London, NW6 Tues 15 Bob Log III @ The Luminaire, Kilburn, London, NW6
Tickets for all NTSOBC shows available from www.wegottickets.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk
hey! i can't even approximate a chord so it's going on my wall!! i love guitars though. this one was my partner's first ever guitar and it lost its strings a long time ago as he wrestled with his first blues chords!! you btw are one of our guitar heroes!! i'm going to try and catch you on the mark lamarr show. very best wishes! lucy
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