Richard - Singing, Harmonica, Occasional slide guitar.
Jon Paul - Guitars both slidey, pickey and strummy.
Duncan - Guitar - sometimes slidey, usually swingy, sometimes paid to watch from the bar.
Mark - Double Bass, things that can be scratched, very infrequent drums.
Ross - Right, Look - Drums and that's that.
Iain - occasional upright piano mangler.
Influences
Bloody hell, here we go - tunes in our ever growing set have been recorded by the following:
Little Walter, Big Walter Horton, Slim Harpo, Sonny Boy Williamson(s), Lightnin' Slim, JB Lenoir, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Magic Sam, Chuck Berry, Billy Boy Arnold, The Mississippi Sheiks, Robert Nighthawk, Louis Jordan, Cab Calloway, T Bone Walker, Charlie Christian, Robert Petway, Mississippi John Hurt, Fred McDowell, Arthur Crudup, Carl Perkins, Prince Buster and quite a few others.
The Bottleneckers are basically what members of The Five Aces do on our nights off.
What was originally conceived as a duo between Richard & his friend Jon Paul (The Mighty Saturns) playing delta blues swelled to a 5 and sometimes 6 piece band that play 50's Blues and everything from rock n' roll to swing jazz via the occasional delving into of Ska and even Folk guitar and whatever the bejesus we fancy.
We play all round Glasgow unless we are away touring far flung exotic places with the five aces. Keep your eyes peeled for other regular gigs around about Glasgow and the UK.
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Hey...Thank guys for your contribution to my profile on all GOOD Scottish music...(albeit with the odd good looking talented non Scottish woman)...well....you have too...BRILL stuff men...keep rockin. Slainte
Oh yes, it would be great! I will be in London in March, if you come to Le Beat Bespoke i can give you a copy of our 7" and do the change! Let me know!
Hey thanks to add us as friends. You've got the blues, you got the swing and i am mad for your rythmic section! Well, we have some things in common, you have the steaks we have cows...Have you noticed we have a "Parchman farm" version too? We play quite different and that the big thing that makes Blue
