Stone the Crows, Vinegar Joe, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Free, Aerosmith, Black Crowes, Quireboys, Deep Purple, BB King, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Humble Pie, Faces, Mavis Staples, Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Back Door, Robert Palmer, Small Faces, Jeff Beck, Maggie Bell, British Blues Quintet, Connie Lush.
*** OCTOBER UPDATE - THE BBBB @ THE BBC (See BLOG Above) ***
Bare Bones Boogie Band: ”Get some Boogie in yer bones!!"
Award-winning and critically acclaimed, Helen Turner, Iain Black, Trev Turley and
Andy Jones bring you the Bare Bones Boogie Band. Good-time, stripped down, no nonsense, rock ‘n’ blues ‘n’ boogie!!
"The Bare Bones Boogie Band kick ass, we've had a demo of just two of their tracks & they really go well, on repeat, in the office. Their debut album will be stunning, we're sure!" Alan Pearce, Founder/Publisher/PR & Label Manager of Blues Matters! magazine.
"I’ve had some great reactions lately, especially about the Bare Bones Boogie Band." Bob Stewart, Presenter on Radio KL.FM 96.7, talking about his Sunday Show.
"Loved the voice." James Curran, Virgin Radio.
"Helen Turner has probably the best blues voice in the UK at this time – to my mind she could hold her own Worldwide." Terry Clear, Radio OndaCero, Spain – and writing In BluesBytes - USA
”The “Bare Bones Boogie Band” are set to be one of the revelations of 2009” EKR Radio.
"Glorious vocals . . ." Ashwyn Smyth, Digital Blues Radio, UK.
Bare Bones Boogie Band:
Favourite Female Artiste - Digital Blues Awards 2007
Favourite Guitarist - Digital Blues Awards 2008
Favourite Bass Player - Digital Blues Awards 2007
Favourite Drummer - Joint Runner-Up - Digital Blues Awards 2008
The “Bare Bones Boogie Band” will bring you some great heart-wrenchin’ classic rock ‘n’ blues, together with their own brand of unique original songs. Couple this with some deep down soul, hot and heart-wrenchin’ blues, all topped off with some superb RnB boogie shufflin’, then all that’s left is to get the drinks in, roll back the carpet, and get yer dancin’ shoes on… outta sight!!!
BRIEF BIOG:
Helen Turner and Iain Black, from Scotland, met in London in the 1990’s and formed the Blues-Rock band Red Road with whom they toured the UK and released two albums for Locomoto Records.
Trev Turley, from Birmingham, enjoyed success with many Midland’s bands before moving south and then, with Helen and Iain, joined good-time RnB band ”3am”, with whom they played over 150 gigs, including many notable festivals, releasing two albums and contributing an original song, ”Sister Sunshine”, to the Essex Delta Blues Volume 2 CD on Bad Moon Records.
Manchester born Andy Jones played and recorded in London with the Stiff Joints and the Great Outdoor Experience, the latter on Mad Dash Records, before joining Helen, Iain and Trev to form the classic 4-piece line up of the “Bare Bones Boogie Band”.
Since November 2008 and their inception, The “Bare Bones Boogie Band” have been working solidly throughout the UK and by April 2009 had played the legendary 100 Club in London, with many UK festivals confirmed for 2009, including the GuilFest.
Initial recordings were added to this site during December 2008 (“Penicillin Blues”) and then in February 2009, “Throw Me A Line” and “One Good Man” were added. More recordings will be added soon, with a full CD release scheduled for Autumn 2009. Turn it up . . . Lie back and listen . . .
INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCES:
Helen’s main influences are Janis Joplin, Mavis Staples, Maggie Bell, Paul Rogers, and Robert Plant.
Iain’s favourite guitarists are Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young, and Marc Ford & Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes.
Trev has been influenced by a huge amount of people; current source of inspiration is Tal Wilkenfeld from Jeff Beck’s band.
Andy has played drums since the age of 8 and was brought up on jazz drummers Art Blakey, Louis Belson and Philly Joe Jones, before getting into John Bonham and Pierre Moerlen of Planet Gong!
SELECTED PREVIOUS GIGS:
Rock & Blues Club, Wisbech - 4th October 2009
Queens Theatre, Hornchurch - 27th September 2009
Charters, Peterborough - 1st August 2009
Upton BluesFest, Upton-upon-Severn - 18th July 2009
GuilFest, Guildford - 12th July 2009
Togfest, Milton Keynes (Headline 2nd Stage) - 27th June 2009
The 100 Club, London (Supporting Dr Feelgood) - 24th April 2009
Belle Vue, High Wycombe - 4th April 2009
The Riga, Westclff on Sea - 7th March 2009
The Blues Loft, High Wycombe - 17th February 2009
New Crawdaddy Blues Club, Billericay - 8th January 2009
Blues @ The Red, Stevenage - 16th November 2008
Grey Horse, Kingston - 1st November 2008
TO CONTACT
For more information, E-Mail/Write to: Contactbarebones@aol.com
NEWSLETTER:
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VIDEO:
BARE BONES BOOGIE BAND - "Since I've Been Loving You"
[Courtesy of The Elme Hall Rock & Blues Club]
BARE BONES BOOGIE BAND feature in this Togfest Promo:
[Courtesy of Togfest 2009 - Credits listed at end of Promo]
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Thanks for the comment guys; we are loving your stuff too. Maybe have chance to catch up at the Skegness Rock & Blues Festival in January. We will be on the Blues Matters Stage. Debs and the band. x
I was in the neighborhood here and thought I'd just check in to pay my
respect, say hello and thank you for remaining a friend. Please do stop
in and check out the photo gallery section if you have a wee bit of
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