Gaz Mayall DJ's and hosts London's longest running one-nighter Gaz's
Rockin Blues. He occasionally plays live with his ska band The
Trojans. He first began Gaz's Rockin' Blues in July 1980 after a few
guest appearances at the Two-Tone club, Oxford Street in 1979.
The eldest son of Blues legend John Mayall, Gaz was raised on a musical
diet of R&B and was dragged around every beat, pop & rock festival
and venues throughout the sixties as a child. First becoming a lifelong
fan of reggae as a kid on the football terraces in the skin head era circa
1968-72.
Gaz began collecting records aged 17, bluk buying cheap reggae and ska
collections down street markets such as Portbello road and Brick Lane
at a time when it seemed no one wanted them.
Also a great fan of boogie woogie, Rock&Roll, traditional Irish music,
funk and world music, Gaz, heavily influenced by a family friend Radio
One DJ and blues musician Alexis Korner, pursued his love of music in
earnest and now has a world famous collection of predominantly black dance
music ranging from the first tribal drum beats to the latest drum &
bass.
For the last nineteen years Gaz has been running his own record label
Gaz's Rockin' Records producing ska acts and artistes around the world.
Gaz's Rockin' Blues is London's longest running one-nighter club. It
was founded on 2 July 1980 had been held at Gossip's on Dean street for
14 and half years until it moved to its current venue St Moritz on Wardour
Street in 1995.
The club generally promotes live bands each week.
Address:
St Moritz - Downstairs
159 Wardour street, Soho, London W1F 8WL
Every Thursday 10pm-3:30am
Admission £7 (£5 before 11pm)
Jimmy The Squirrel’s scorching “This One’s For You” tune picked up airplay on this week’s broadcast of Mike Davies’ excellent Radio 1 Punk Show (see playlist below).
You can check out this week’s show by clicking on the “Listen Again” button at http://www. bbc. co. uk/radio1/mikedavies
We would of course love to hear Jimmy The Squirrel played on Radio 1 next week too so please email Mike at punk.show@bbc.co.uk & ask for more Jimmy The Squirrel! Thanks for your help!
I hope to see you on sunday evening in Brick Lane, it's going to be vibrant (at the Vibe Live ;-) Ahaha ha.
Live Band: Big Mamma's Door (Super sexy 50's R&B) will get you off your feet, but also Superstar Djd - Dj El Nino(Black Cotton Club & Lady Luck) & - Dj Lady Kamikaze (Black Cotton Club & Lucky 7 club) playing their collection of rare 78s on gramophones, and later on dance, jump, jive swing until closure of the premises.
I hope to see you on sunday evening in Brick Lane, it's going to be vibrant (at the Vibe Live ;-) Ahaha ha.
Live Band: Big Mamma's Door (Super sexy 50's R&B) will get you off your feet, but also Superstar Dj CountSizzle (Antique sleaze & vintage voodoo) playing his collection of rare 78s on his gramophones, and later on dance, jump, jive swing until closure of the premises.
Best wishes from Devils Creek - Glad to have you as a friend here on myspace. The great thing about myspace is that you can link up with kindred spirits!.
"Here's something a bit different. These guys are heavily influenced by Rory Gallagher, Status Quo and early 70's British bluesy hard rock. They've got a great groove in the rhythm section, a fine guitarist in Guy Rosewall, and their album 'Bullfrog Blues' is recommended! The album includes a rockin' take on Rory's "Seven Days". Definitely not another SRV clone"
"The band is driven beautifully by Terry Brown on drums and Tim Chapple on bass, the latter laying down a stomping beat on every number.......... on the showing of this album I would strongly recommend them" (Ian McKenzie - Blues In The South).
ROCKING THE BLUES WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER GROOVE – THIS ENGLISH TRIO TAKE THE RORY GALLAGHER / HENDRIX BLUEPRINT AND BRING IT KICKING AND SCREAMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU.
Straight Razor Angels are pleased to announce the release of their debut cd. Available at gigs or it can be purchased on line through the website or the myspace blog section via Paypal.You do not need to have a Paypal account to purchase, as all major debit and credit cards are accepted.
