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SUMMARY:Hitman Blues Band
DESCRIPTION:Hitman Blues Band \n\nPhoto Credit Phil Honley \nThey’re Back!!\nNew York City’s Hitman and his Hitman Blues Band play original Modern/Alternative Blues and inspired versions of blues classics. The common thread for every tune is the blues – from soulful blues ballads to foot tappin’ music to make you want to dance. Powerful vocals\, ripping guitar\, a rock solid rhythm section\, plus a little humour in the narrative. This is a blues show like no other. The Hitman Blues Band play the blues you’ve been looking for all your life.  \nFrontman and band leader Russell ‘Hitman’ Alexander has New York City in his veins\, blues in his heart\, and the music of many worlds in his gifted hands. The man in the shades\, top hat and sharp suit on stage with that tight band in that dark club is playing real blues\, informed by 50 years of mastery of New York City’s thousand styles while imitating no one. \n“Led by New York guitarist Russell ‘Hitman’ Alexander\, Hitman has a striking\, charismatic personality and knows how to entertain and put on a show with superb danceable blues and great covers. Born to play and with real personality\, as he tells stories\, jokes with the crowd\, proudly features his excellent band and plays a spiky guitar with great panache and soul. What a find you may think and you’d be right” – Blues Matters magazine. \nWebsite\nFacebook\nUK Facebook
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/hitman-blues-band/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm\, Band 8.30pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:Factory
DESCRIPTION:Factory \n \nFactory\nAndy Qunta – Keyboards\, Guitar\, Vocals\nTony Qunta  – Guitar\, Electric Violin\, Vocals\nGeoff ‘Jaffa’ Peckham – Bass Guitar\nLaurie Cooksey – Drums \nThe Factory Story  \nMay 1970 – Factory was formed in Hastings\, UK\, by drummer\, Laurie Cooksey\, bass player\,\nJaffa Peckham\, and the Qunta brothers – Andy\, lead vocals and acoustic 12-string guitar\, and\nTony\, lead guitar/vocals. From the first rehearsal\, it was clear this band\, soon to be named “Factory”\,\nwas going to be something special. They established a rehearsal schedule that continued through\nmost of the band’s existence – Monday and Wednesday evenings at the Qunta residence. 100 watt\namp stacks and full double bass drum kit in the dining room\, while Andy and Tony’s parents tried\nto hear the TV and each other in the next room! On Sunday mornings\, there would be backing vocal\nrehearsals at Laurie’s house.  \nIn Jan ’71\, Factory went into RG Jones Studios in South London\, and recorded four songs. Two of\nthese\, the heavy rocker “Time Machine” (written by a 16-year-old Tony)\, and the folk-rock style\n“Castle on the Hill”\, were released as a limited edition single on Oak Records. In 2008\, one copy\nwas sold at auction for over 400 British pounds\, (over US$600). Time Machine continued to be\nFactory’s signature song\, and show closer.  \nBy ’72\, Andy was playing organ as well as the 12-string\, which was now electric\, instead of acoustic.\nTony was playing electric violin on some songs\, and was starting to do more of the lead vocals.\nRoger Daltrey of The Who invited them to be the band to test his new home studio. Some of these\ndemos were found in 2015\, and have been very helpful\, as the band were trying to remember and\nrehearse those songs. Roger seemed to like the band\, as they were invited back several times. He\nwas quoted in the music press that he has had Factory in his studio\, and they are “very good”.  \n1973 – Factory’s songs were by now even more adventurous\, partly due to the added range of\nsounds. Influences came from many of the great bands of the time – now called the Classic Rock\nera. Their gigs moved them further away\, and more often. They opened for bands like Manfred Mann’s\nEarth Band\, Fleetwood Mac\, 10cc\, Scorpions\, Status Quo etc. After opening for Suzi Quatro\, her\nlegendary producer\, Mickie Most collectively shook Factory’s hand\, and said he was very impressed\,\nand to contact him. Afraid of being turned into a “pop” band\, they didn’t follow up on it\, wisely or not.  \nMarch ’74 – Andy and Tony’s parents succumbed to a plane crash\, but the rest of the band helped\nthem through it\, and they were back on stage a week later. The gigs got better. Factory delivered\n110% every time. At the back was Laurie\, arms flailing\, cymbals rocking\, his facial expressions running\nthe full gamut of emotions! In front of him\, Tony\, Andy and Jaffa\, and later\, Steve\, running around\nthe stage\, throwing shapes influenced by the likes of Hendrix\, Townshend and Daltrey! During\nthis year they played on foreign turf for the first time\, at the Zoom Club in Frankfurt\, Germany.  \nSeptember ’74 – Jaffa decided to leave to pursue other things. His place was taken by another\nHastings musician friend\, Steve Kinch. Over the next 2 years\, Factory played more and more gigs\,\naveraging 3 or 4 per week. They toured Holland\, and undertook residences at the PN Club in\nMunich\, following in the footsteps of Supertramp and others.  \nNow that Factory felt ready to make a record\, the music scene was changing. Punk and disco\narrived in full force\, making things very difficult for a non-punk/non-disco band like Factory.\nIronically\, Factory were among the first to be aware of the coming of Punk. While setting up for\na gig in London\, they were informed by a gentleman named Johnny Rotten\, that his band\,\nthe Sex Pistols\, were playing first\, and were using Factory’s gear. The writing was on the wall!\nDespite making demos of increasingly “commercial” songs to please management\, the record\ncompanies had become a tough nut for Factory to crack. \nBy late ’76\, Factory had played its last gig. Or so it was thought at the time\, although there was\na rumour that\, rather than having given up\, they were planning to try their luck in another era.\nIt was well-known they had their own Time Machine\, they’d been singing about it for years\, so\nwere they planning a return? As the decades passed\, this seemed less and less likely\, but suddenly\,\n39 years later\, they were back! They were finally recording an album\, and they played a reunion\ngig in Hastings\, attended by fans old and new. The reviews were glowing\, and many commented on\nthe fact that their musicianship and energy levels seemed undiminished. How was this possible?\nThe explanation is clear – Factory did indeed disappear in the 1970’s\, and in 2015 they came\nback…in the time machine! \n \nFacebook website
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/factory/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm\, Band 8.30pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:Saints & Sinners
DESCRIPTION:Saints & Sinners \n \nBen Tyzack: guitar\, vocals & harmonica\nConstance Redgrave: bass guitar\, vocals & percussion\nMaurice McElroy : drums\, vocals & percussion\nFran McGillivray: vocals\, bass guitar\nMike Burke: vocals\, guitars \nMusic from the Cross to the crossroads. \nThe band is a merger of longstanding and much-loved outfits Fran McGillivray/Mike Burke and Spikedrivers’ trio Ben Tyzack\, Constance Redgrave and Maurice McElroy. And the array of instruments they play between them – guitars\, banjo\, bass\, harmonica\, flute\, drums\, washboard and other assorted percussion – makes for a sensational sound. \nWebsite
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/saints-sinners/
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:Pearl Handled Revolver
DESCRIPTION:Pearl Handled Revolver \n \n“People often deride the blues as static but this psychedelic stew of rock and kaleidoscopic blues shows the medium can be progressive if bands sprinkle invention on it as well as this British outfit do” – Powerplay Magazine. \nThey are billed as a heavy blues outfit but they are so much more than that. The band are always going to be distinctive due to the throaty Joe Cocker like vocals of Lee Vernon who not only uses that attribute superbly but also commands the stage in a way that makes it difficult to avert your gaze from him as you always feel you are going miss something. ” “You are transported back to the late 60s Cream\, The Doors and The Spencer Davis Group…. those influences added to the Joe Cocker vocals and you have a band that are more than just watchable as borne out by the very appreciative crowd who roared out for more even after an hour set. \nWebsite
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/pearl-handled-revolver/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm\, Band 8.30pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:Three Bar Fire
DESCRIPTION:Three Bar Fire \nSome great music after your Sunday lunch – but Food will also be available \n \nThree Bar Fire is an Americana band that play a mixture of re-worked R & B Pop and blues music.\nRock it & Roll it – Blues it & Soul it \n \nFacebook\nSpotify
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/three-bar-fire/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 1.00pm Band 2.00pm)\, Tring Rugby Union Football Club\, Cow Lane\, Tring HP23 5NS\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 5NS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:Special Guests Christmas show - The Looters & Catch 66
DESCRIPTION:The Looters with support from Catch 66  \nThe Looters\n \nJeff Savage – Vox\, harp\, guitar\nDzal Martin – Vox\, guitars\nJohn Gordon – Bass\, B Vox\nJim Russell – Drums\nSteve Oakman – keyboards\nSpecial Guest – acclaimed session singer songwriter Jade Ruby Foreman\n \nPlaying Live Music >From The 60’s & 70’s\, Blisterin’ Rhythm ‘n’ Blues\, Rock n Roll\, Soul and Classic Pop \nThe 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. \nWhat have the following acts got in common ?\nSir 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 !!! \nThey have all played with members of The Looters. \nmore details to follow \nCatch 66  \n  \nCatch 66 are an Aylesbury-based blues band whose sound is a mix of covers which keep to the wonderful traditions of the music\, but also plenty of original material.\nWhilst paying homage to all the old masters\, we can’t forget our enthusiasm for modern sounds\, emotions and ideas. Strong influences include B.B King\, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac\, Free and Muddy Waters – but the list could go on all day. \nRonnie Evans vox and guitar\nBen White vox and bass\nJasper Kanachowski drums \n 
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/special-guests-christmas-show-the-looters-catch-66/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm Band 8.00pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Herts\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:The Blue Bishops
DESCRIPTION:The Blue Bishops\n \nThe Blue Bishops \nIt’s been awhile since the Bishops played at Tring\, so were glad we can welcome them back this year.\nOn stage tonight will be:\nGeoff Grange\, vocals\, guitar\nSimon Burrett\, guitars\nRuss Rodford\, bass\nSteve Rodford\, drums \nOver the years The Blue Bishops have built a reputation both for their studio albums and live performances. Acknowledged as one of the best live bands on the circuit\, on first seeing them at the Bishopstock Festival in Devon back in 1999\, Robert Cray remarked ‘I will have to watch my back’.  Radio 2’s Paul Jones has called their studio work ‘Superb’ and the music press has consistently praised the calibre of their recordings and live shows. \nConsistently excellent reviews have followed them on tours and club appearances across the UK and Europe. With line-ups and guests that have included Martin Turner of Wishbone Ash\, Jim Rodford  from Argent and the Kinks\, Steve Rodford from The Zombies\, Chris Hook from  Voyager\, Martin Barre from Jethro Tull\, Jon Noyce from Gary Moore’s band\, Rabbit from Free and Rod Argent of the Zombies\, the band has\, and continues to have the very best\, world class talent to draw on for live work and recording. Their last album\, ‘In the Red’ was co-produced by none other than legendary producers John Leckie and Stu Epps. \nGeoff Grange and Simon Burrett\, whose partnership has lasted over 20 years remain the core of the band. With world class players always heavily committed\, Geoff and Simon have created a pool of top-flight musicians to draw on\, so that\, at any time\, they can put on an uncompromising performance\, including occasional re-appearances of Martin Turner\, Jim Bryan\, and Russell and Steve Rodford. \n \nWebsite
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/the-blue-bishops/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm\, Band 8.30pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Brave Rival
DESCRIPTION:Brave Rival\nBand members:\nVocals – Lindsey Bonnick & Chloe Josephine\nDrums – Donna Peters\nGuitar – Ed (the shred) Clarke\nBass – Billy Dedman \nWhat happens when you take a drummer tighter than Mick Jagger’s trousers\, a bassist with more low-end than the Grand Canyon\, a guitarist who shreds faster than Simon Cowell’s accountant and two singers whose voices seem to make the world that much sweeter? You get Brave Rival\, the South East’s brand new rip-roaring blues-rock and soul machine. \nDrawing influence from the likes of John Mayor\, Aretha Franklin\, Heart\, Fleetwood Mac\, Led Zeppelin and Tedeschi Trucks\, Brave Rival offer a style and sound that you’ve always known\, and yet never heard before.\nHailing from Hampshire and Surrey\, this modern blues-rock ‘n’ soul outfit hit the stages in 2019 and have certainly made one hell of an entrance. Their sound has been likened to Janis Joplin\, Tina Turner\, Tedeschi Trucks and Bonnie Raitt and after a string of support\nslots opening for Stevie Nimmo and the Billy Walton Band\, they packed out the Echo Hotel Music Club in January 2020 for their first headline show to rave reviews and produced a live album. \nWebsite
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/brave-rival-2/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm\, Band 8.30pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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SUMMARY:The Shufflepack
DESCRIPTION:Blues to Make You Wanna Jump & Shout \nEVERY NIGHT IS DIFFERENT\, BUT THE GROOVE IS ALWAYS THE SAME. WITH THE SHUFFLEPACK\, THE DECK IS ALWAYS STACKED WITH THE BLUES \nStuart Son Maxwell – vocals\, harmonica\nJoe Nethercoat – guitar\nTom Domagala – saxes\, flute\nDerek White – bass\nAdam Perry – drums \nFive guys\, none of them named Mo\, but still out to play swinging R&B and shuffling blues. \nThat’s proper R&B\, kids\, not RnB\, that funny new stuff they do now. \nWhat you get is a taste of 1950s Chicago\, with a bit of 1940s here and there. Which means Howlin’ Wolf\, Sonny Boy Williamson\, Wynonie Harris\, Jimmy Reed\, Muddy Waters and the well-known apiarist Roosevelt ‘The Honeydripper’ Sykes. Not forgetting the three Kings: Freddie\, Albert and B.B. \nIn between\, there’s a fair dose of 21st Century Chilterns\, with original blues by Son Maxwell\, and his reinterpretations of old blues classics like Evil and Shame Shame Shame. Fortunately\, they still sound an awful lot like 1950s Chicago; none of that noisy blues rock\, thank you very much. \nIf you like your blues cool and yet\, somehow\, hot\, The Shufflepack are your men. \nShufflepack at Henry’s Blueshouse\n \nHere is a sample of “Remember my name” from our Tring Blues Brew CD
URL:https://bluesbartring.co.uk/event/the-shufflepack-7/
LOCATION:Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm\, Band 8.30pm)\, Tring Park Cricket Club\, London Road\, Tring\, Hertfordshire\, HP23 6HA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Gig
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