The Brew have played every major Rock/Blues and Rhythm and Blues festival in the UK and continue to clock up success after success everywhere they perform.
Voted ‘Best Band 2006/07’ by ‘It’s Only Rock n’ Roll magazine and to be found regularly making the top ten for Top Artists on myspace, Currently ranked at no4 in the Classic Rock, Top Artists on Myspace in the UK 12/08/07 no 64 in the Top Artists Category for Rock Bands,
BBC Radio1 has said of them, “Already tipped for the big time this is a great chance to see a couple of musicians that have a very promising future”
BBC Radio 2, "The power of this Trio has to be seen to be believed”.
The Brew play their own self-penned material with a flavour of Hendrix, Zeppelin and Kula Shaker along with their own interpretations of some classics by the afore mentioned masters.
The Brew are a trio, consisting of guitarist Jason Barwick (18), who shows all the makings of being a fusion of the talents of Hendrix, Page and Stevie Ray Vaughan and is tipped to be one of the UK top ten guitarists. His talent has to be seen to be believed, he plays with the maturity, fluidity and clarity of those three times his age. With Jason all you need to know is that when Hendrix first appeared his entire fellow guitarists had up their playing to compete, Jason does the same with another generation.
Kurtis Smith (19), the band’s drummer, nicked-named already the ‘The Bruce Lee Of The Drum Kit’ and is a worthy successor to the thrones of Bonham and Moon and again tipped to be one of the UK’s top drummers. Not only the band’s power-house but his solo performance on Led Zeppelin’s ‘Moby Dick’, is a master class demonstration of drumming technique and is truly mesmerising!
Last but not least is Tim Smith, vocalist and bass guitarist with the band. Tim not only provides top class vocals but through his bass playing and mentoring, bonds this sensational band into a very tight unit.
In early July 2007, The Brew played and headlined at the prestigious Maasboulevard Festival in Holland and have been immediately invited back to perform in 2008. They were described there at the end of the gig by their Dutch hosts as ‘The father, the son and holy spirit!’ for their sensational performance.
In 2006, The Brew were such a success at The Rock ‘n’ Blues Custom Show at Pentrich, Derbyshire, they were asked not only to do a second gig by the organisers on the following day on the Centre Stage, something not heard of in this events 25 year history, they were immediately booked to return in 2007.
Pentrich, Rock ’n’ Blues regularly attracts some 45,000 people every year and Saturday, July 28th 2007, The Brew headlined on the Cross Piston Stage and were an outstanding success, taking a double encore from the audience. In the following week, they had nearly a thousand requests to join their Myspace and made No.4 in the Top Classic Rock Artists list and number 64 in The Top Rock Artists list out of a listed 1.2 million Bands!! A position they continue to maintain.
The Brew now are consistently building and adding to their following each gig and in August 2007, they will perform on The British Stage at the UK’s biggest R’n’B festival in Colne and then start a UK tour in the autumn and European tour in November.
The Brew are not to be missed, they are the bright future for the British music scene! The Brew are signed to International and Awarding winning magazine ‘Blues Matters’ record label.
"it is impossible to give it justice through mere words alone, … they produced a sensational performance. William Shakespeare would struggle to descried the effect the freshness and power this band achieve and deliver to their audience, I can say no more, awesome" - Keep Music Live Magazine Leeds 10/07 (Review of British Rytnm and Blues Festival at Colne 08/07)
"…It was Monumental, That band is amazing... Jimi Hendrix, John Bonham and Roger Waters in the same room, they kick ass...
At last young true excellent musicians playing Classic Rock of today... Yes, it's possible!" – Marie-Amelie Mastin DJ and Presenter, Classic 21 (Belgium), Review of The Gig in Gembloux, Belgium, 30/05/08
"They have an electrifying Jimmy Page - style performance with Hendrix-inspired stunts an awe-inspiring mixture! Already tipped for the big time this is a great chance to see a couple of musicians that have a very promising future!" - BBC Radio 1
"The power of this Trio has to be seen to be believed" - BBC Radio 2
"The Applause was so great they were asked to return the next day and play again. My personal opinion is that they out shone any other band at Rock N Blues and that includes main stage…" Rock n Blues Show, Derby July 2006 … Its only Rock N Roll Magazine
"I'll stick my neck out and say within 3 or 4 years time they will be the best 3 piece to come out of the UK in the last 20 or so years..." Rock n Roll Magazine
Animal Custom Drums - "Kurt, of the band The Brew is one of the finest young drummers in the UK today!" - Carl Gavins, Animal Custom Drums
Shine Guitars - "We think we have made a really great discovery with Jason and The Brew, Jason will very likely be one of the top ten guitarists in the country in the next few years!" - Oliver Webb, Shine Guitars
The Brew - The Joker - Promo Clip
The Brew - Little Wing (Live, from upcoming DVD 2008) - Belgium
The Brew - Hearts Desires - Live at Classic21 - Belgium - 2008
The Brew are really doing it! More power to you, I say.Your songs are well crafted and so on, but best of all you play LIKE ABAND - and a great one too. I appreciate your friendship here, so I have the opportunity to pay some respect. I simply enjoy hearing people do it this well.I see you have a number of gigs coming up. Good luck with those, and do let me know as and when you get to Germany, where I am living and playing. I will be there to see you for sure! best Brian
hi guys, how is it going? Remember us? we played together in Beauvais two years ago. I can see your band is doin' really good and we have the same booking agent for Holland. Hope we'll play again sometime soon.
you guys are gonna be in köln like a million times in september arent u! and in arnstadt...probably see u then :) we all miss u sooo much over here!greets from everyone to all of you, au revoir mes dieux und bis bald meine lieben (means the same btw :P) xx
Looking forward to your next gig here guys, its been a while. Just a request for your number 1 fan, its my best friends birthday celebrations on your gig, so i would greatly appreciate a birthday shout out. Dont worry, i'll remind you nearer the time!
Hope all the tours this year have been great as always and seeya soon.
wow, that was a totally amazing gig in Bilbao, loved every minute of it. If you're just on this page reading comments, look at the calendar and get to gig near you - it will so be worth it!
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