The Looters plus special guest Snail’s-Pace Slim 2nd Night by popular demand

The Looters plus special guest Snail’s-Pace Slim (aka Barry Martin) Vocals and Guitar [Ex The Hamsters]

Jeff Savage - Vox, harp, guitar
Dzal Martin - Vox, guitars
John Gordon - Bass, B Vox
Jim Russell - Drums
Steve Oakman - keyboards

Playing Live Music from The 60's & 70's, Blisterin' Rhythm 'n' Blues, Rock n Roll, Soul and Classic Pop

The Looters are a London based 60's and 70's covers band averaging over 100 gigs a year. Playing well known songs from the 60's & 70's ranging from Buddy Holly, The Stones, Clapton, The Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival to Bob Marley, Bill Withers, Otis Redding, James Brown, The Temptations, The Box Tops and The Pirates to name but a few.

What have the following acts got in common ?
Sir Bob Geldof, Alan Price Set, Paul Young, Chrissie Hynde, Meatloaf, The Equals, Vanity Fair, Chris Farlowe, Van Morrison, Whitney Houston to name but a few: They have all played with or still playing with members of The Looters !!!

Special Guest:
Snail’s-Pace Slim (aka Barry Martin) Vocals and Guitar [Ex The Hamsters]

Good to see Snail's-Pace Slim's return to the stage!

Barry formed the Hamsters in 1987 on the Thames River Delta in Southend-on-Sea, and the band became well-regarded as one of the UK's premier Rock'n'Blues outfits until they retired in 2012, having performed 5,000 concerts in that time - and 25 years to the day from their first rehearsal together.

Slim had been a former member of the Kursaal Flyers, and performed a stint with Dr Feelgood; he also used to write regularly for Guitarist and Guitar Techniques magazines.

The Hamsters always very much enjoyed playing in the area at Aylesbury Civic Centre and the local Pendley Manor (which some of you may recall), including the concerts with Wilko Johnson and John Otway on the Mad, Bad & Dangerous tours of 2005-6!

Slim doesn't perform any more, but is delighted to have been lured out at Christmas to knock out a few tunes with his pals The Looters!.

Some quotes about The Hamsters:

They’re fabulous: one of Britain's very best live bands - Bob Harris, Radio 2

Slim is one of my children — Albert Collins, Blues legend

Loved jamming with you chaps! Keep on playing the Experience! — Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix Experience

The best little band in the country! - Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac)

We make a great double bill! —John Mayall, Blues legend

They've proved themselves to be one of the best live blues acts in the UK - The Times

Outstanding — The Guardian

Top drawer, rough-edged R’n’B — Time Out

A rhythm section most bands would sell their mothers for, and a guitarist who gives you the whole history of rock and blues in two hours — Kerrang

The Hamsters' set was one of the most amazing and breathtaking
events of the weekend - Martin Taylor's Kirkmichael International Guitar Festival

A guitar virtuoso performance you’ll rarely see matched anywhere, and the tightest rhythm section in the business — Blueprint

Evil R ‘n’ B with maximum impact — Guitarist

If there was a Grammy for being kings of the road, The Hamsters would walk it - The Times