Blues Bar Tring

Alice Armstrong
2023-02-02 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm, Band 8.30pm), Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6HA, United Kingdom
Alice Armstrong

Photos by Ken Jackson and Tony Cole
Alice Armstrong (vocals)
Stevie Watts (keys)
Matt Long (guitar)
Kev Hickmann (drums)
Josh Rigal (bass)
Gemma Dorsett (bvs)
A multi UK Blues Awards nominated singer-songwriter from the UK, Alice is known for her wide vocal range, unconventional lyrics, long red hair and enigmatic delivery, topped off with light-sensitivity glasses and an unrivalled love for chips.
Audiences can expect to feel a full range of emotions as Alice slips effortlessly from powerful to fragile, from raw and haunting, to hilarious or heart-breaking. She credits Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Donnie Hathaway, Amy Winehouse, Peggy Lee and Dinah Washington to be her main musical influences, peppering her performances with her trademark sense of humour.
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Malaya Blue
2023-01-12 19:00 - 23:00 | Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm, Band 8.30pm), Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6HA, United Kingdom
Malaya Blue

Malaya Blue backed by:
Sam Kelley drums
Tony Qunta guitar
Eddie Masters Bass
Acknowledgement of Malaya Blue’s continued recognition in the worlds Blues community can be measured by the quality of musicians who travelled from far and wide to record her new album in a small back street recording studio in her home city of Norwich. Richard Cousins (Robert Cray, John Lee Hooker, Etta James), Brett Lucas (Bettye LaVette, Thornetta Davis, Jeremy Spencer), John McCullough (Sinead O’Connor, Van Morrison) and Sam Kelly (Gary Moore, Chaka Khan, Robert Plant and more) were happy to be involved. The album builds on the song-writing partnership with multi Grammy winning writer and producer Dennis Walker (Robert Cray, BB King, Bettye LaVette) with contributions from Brett, Joey Delgado (Delgado Bros) and Hank Linderman (Joni Mitchell, Eagles and Chicago). 2020’s release Still firmly planted Malaya into the Roots Music Report charts, sticking around for over a year and gaining no less than six Grammy considerations. When such iconic figures as Dennis and the godfather of UK blues Paul Jones not only publicly sing Malaya’s praises as a vocalist but are happy to collaborate with her, it’s time to sit up and take notice.
Malaya burst onto the live circuit in 2015 following the release of her critically acclaimed debut album Bourbon Street. Introducing her
intoxicating stage presence to blues audiences at The Great Rock & Blues Festival that year, a plethora of bookings followed including
iconic venues such as The Jazz Cafe, The 100 Club, New Crawdaddy Club and The Bulls Head, Barnes and festivals Birmingham International and Colne. Along the way the British Blues Association nominated Malaya UK Blues Challenge Final.
Early 2016 found Malaya in the studio recording the follow up album with some of the cream of British blues musicians and guest appearances by legendary Paul Jones who has become a fan and staunch supporter.
The resultant album Heartsick received even higher praise than the debut and introduced the Malaya Blue phenomenon to a wider audience with continued radio play on BBC Radio 2, all the UK based blues broadcasters and at respected stations across the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South America and most of Europe. National and International print and online music media have been generous in their praise of the album with reviews, interviews and articles appearing in Classic Rock, R2R, Maverick, Blues Matters, Blues In Britain, Rock Society, Red Lick, Songwriting Magazine, Music¬News in Britain: Blues Blast and Elmore magazine in the US plus Rock Your Brain, Rootstime, Blues Greece and Concert Monkey in Europe to name only a few.
That record also introduced her vocal prowess to Dennis Walker who was blown away with what he heard and started writing songs tailored to her voice and taking Malaya under his wing to pass on his song-writing techniques and skills. The first album to come from that collaboration was Still, which also included input from Brett Lucas and Richard Cousins. It really gave Malaya recognition to the USA blues community, spending over a year high in the respected Roots Music charts and gaining Grammy considerations in six categories. The longer Dennis and Malaya worked together the more he was able to craft songs around her voice and style leading to the super selection of songs on the new album Blue Credentials.
It means a lot to Malaya to be the only UK based artist Dennis ever worked with. New album Blue Credentials displays the blossoming of this connection, completed and given his seal of approval shortly before his passing in the Spring of 2022.

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Special Guests Christmas show - The Looters & Catch 66
2022-12-15 19:00 - 23:00 | Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm Band 8.00pm), Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, Herts, HP23 6HA, United Kingdom
The Looters with support from Catch 66
The Looters

Jeff Savage – Vox, harp, guitar
Dzal Martin – Vox, guitars
John Gordon – Bass, B Vox
Jim Russell – Drums
Steve Oakman – keyboards
Special Guest – acclaimed session singer songwriter Jade Ruby Foreman

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 !!!
They have all played with members of The Looters.
more details to follow
Catch 66

Catch 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.
Whilst 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.
Ronnie Evans vox and guitar
Ben White vox and bass
Jasper Kanachowski drums

The Blue Bishops
2022-12-01 20:30 - 23:00 | Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm, Band 8.30pm), Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6HA, United Kingdom
The Blue Bishops

The Blue Bishops
It’s been awhile since the Bishops played at Tring, so were glad we can welcome them back this year.
On stage tonight will be:
Geoff Grange, vocals, guitar
Simon Burrett, guitars
Russ Rodford, bass
Steve Rodford, drums
Over 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.
Consistently 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.
Geoff 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.

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Brave Rival
2022-11-10 20:30 - 23:00 | Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm, Band 8.30pm), Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6HA, United Kingdom
Brave Rival
Band members:
Vocals – Lindsey Bonnick & Chloe Josephine
Drums – Donna Peters
Guitar – Ed (the shred) Clarke
Bass – Billy Dedman
What 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.
Drawing 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.
Hailing 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
slots 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.
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The Shufflepack
2022-11-03 20:30 - 23:00 | Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm, Band 8.30pm), Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6HA, United Kingdom
Blues to Make You Wanna Jump & Shout
EVERY NIGHT IS DIFFERENT, BUT THE GROOVE IS ALWAYS THE SAME. WITH THE SHUFFLEPACK, THE DECK IS ALWAYS STACKED WITH THE BLUES
Stuart Son Maxwell – vocals, harmonica
Joe Nethercoat – guitar
Tom Domagala – saxes, flute
Derek White – bass
Adam Perry – drums
Five guys, none of them named Mo, but still out to play swinging R&B and shuffling blues.
That’s proper R&B, kids, not RnB, that funny new stuff they do now.
What 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.
In 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.
If you like your blues cool and yet, somehow, hot, The Shufflepack are your men.
Shufflepack at Henry’s Blueshouse

Here is a sample of “Remember my name” from our Tring Blues Brew CD
