Music mainly,but also broadcasting - check out my weekly Sunday night blues show on SaintFM.org.uk between 8pm and 10pm - Radio 4 crime fiction, walking, building guitars and tinkering with amps and other musical gear, photograhy, internet, eBay, Blindman's Blues Forum, The Gear Page, electronic toys.
...oh yeah and did I mention guitars pedals and tube amplifers?
Music
Blues: Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Sonny Landreth, Bonnie Raitt, Derek Trucks - that kind of stuff. Rock: all kinds of shit - mainly 70s Zep, Purple, Rainbow (yes, really!) Free, Bad Co, Rodgers.
New/Alt Country: Steve Earle, Joe Ely, Reckless Kelly - anything with edge
Movies
This is Spinal Tap;
Walk the Line;
Blues Brothers (yes, really - a great, fun, goodtime film before it became a cliche and it still is!);
1970s Carry On films;
Anything with Rodney Dangerfield or Kathleen Turner in - for entirely DIFFERENT reasons!!!
Television
Not much - The Wire (brilliant!!!), Being Human, Mad Men, 24, CSU, Funland, 'Orrible, Peepshow, Partridge
Radio's far better anyway - TURN OFF THE TV AND LISTEN TO RADIO 4!!!
Books
Thrillers - crime, crime crime!
Favourite book: James Ellroy - "American Tabloid".
Also all Ellroy's other stuff, plus anything by Sara Paretsky, Michael Connolly; Robert Crais; Val MacDermid; Ian Rankin; Harlan Coben; Laurence Block. Just read the first Stieg Larssen, which I really liked, too. Waiting for the sequel to appear in paperback....
Heroes
Howlin' Wolf; SRV; Lee Brilleaux; Sonny Landreth; Alistair Sim; Sid James
BLUES AT THE FARM,
Barleylands Club,
Barleylands Road,
Billericay,
Essex CM11 2UF
2p - NB This is an afternoon gig!
Admission £7
www.bluesathefarm.co.uk
Friday November 6
(Solo set as double-header with the brilliant Guy Tortora)
HIGH BARN,
The Bardfield Centre,
Gt Bardfield, Essex
7.30pm £12
www.high-barn.com
Thursday November 12
Appearing as "Tim Aves and Friends"
(with Joel Fisk, guitar; Rob Barry, bass; Paul Lester, drums), opening for
THE MATT SCHOFIELD BAND
Club Riga,
London Road,
Westcliff-on-Sea,
Southend, Essex
8.30pm £12
www.rigamusicbar.co.uk
November 20-23
MC/DJing and playing solo set at
Boogaloo Blues Weekend
Cricket St Thomas,
Somerset
www.boogaloopromotions.com
Tuesday November 24
Fronting the HOT HOB JAM
at the Seax Bar,
Essex Arms,
Warley Hill,
Brentwood,
Essex
www.myspace.com/hothobjam
Saturday December 6
with AUTOMATIC SLIM,
St Anne's Castle,
Great Leighs nr Chelmsford,
Essex
8.30pm £8
www.myspace.com/stannescastle ,
,
Wednesday December 23
Fronting the Christmas party at
COACH AND HORSES JAM,
Coach and Horses,
391 High Road,
Leyton,
East London E10 5NA
www.myspace.com/coachandhorsesbluesjam
I sing, play harmonica and guitar. Until the beginning of April, 2008 I fronted a great funky Texas blues band called THE ROCKIN' ARMADILLOS- check them out on their myspace page at myspace.com/therockinarmadillos and their fabulous website at www.rockinarmadillos.com
My old band, AUTOMATIC SLIM still gigs occasionally, too. 'Slim also has a myspace page (myspace.com/autoslim) and a website www.automaticslim.com
I'm currently working on a number of musical projects, but the most regular is my collaboration with Alaskan singer, guitarist and lap steel virtuoso SON HENRY under the working name, The Tim Aves-Son Henry Band or TASHB for short! We've played several festival gigs and completed an eight-date tour of southern England in the spring of 2009 - boy, was that some fun! We are next due to tour in January, 2010, but in the meantime, we have a live album available right now! You can find us at www.myspace.com/thetimavessonhenryband, or just click through on the icon in the "top friends" list below...
I also host a two-hour weekly blues show every Sunday night on SAINT FM on 94.7FM (if you're within gobbing distance of Burnham) and online at www.saintfm.org.uk if you can't get it on the radio. Have a listen sometime - and don't be afraid to get in touch if to tell me what you think, or request a favourite blues tune...
Hope 2009 has been great for you. Xmas is here, so please Check out our new Cartoone Deluxe Edition CD 21 tracks for $10.98 and featuring the legendary Jimmy Page on guitar. www.fridaymusic.com
Thanks for the add and listening my music. New blues album available on my myspace page : Entre chien et loup You can listen it and buy it with paypal.
26/10/2009 20:00atEMMA SCARR + NIK BARRELL + GARY SMITH Acoustic Session by Candlelight The Old Barn,The Cock Inn, Sarratt, WD3 6HH Cost: £5 Owlsworld presents fine acoustic performers at a cosy candlelit acoustic showcase in The Barn @ The Cock Inn, Sarratt. This traditional 17th Century English Pub, complete with Inglenook log fireplace, two low ceiling bars, and a beautiful oak beamed barn is the setting where we will be showcasing 3 acts starting from 8pm
Ian Dury Biography 2010 on Facebook - become a fan and watch the space for news, pictures and interview snippets! Go To: www.facebook.com/pages/Ian-Dury-Biography-2010/136475666766
Hiya Tim, thanks so much for the add. Was really interested in ur story re Bill Legend, one of our best friends is Micky Finn's cousin and met Marc on numerous occdassions, so there's another link!! Great being friends with u on MySpace, keep in touch hun, Luv n respect to ya, Rehana Anne xoxoxo
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