Blues Bar Tring

Tyzack & Tortora & The Guy Tortora Band - 8.00pm
2023-11-16 19:00 - 23:00 (Europe/London) | Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm Band 8.00pm), Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, Herts, HP23 6HA, United Kingdom
Tyzack & Tortora & The Guy Tortora Band
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Tyzack & Tortora & The Guy Tortora Band

They play their own material along with classics by Blind Blake, JJ Cale, Sleepy John Estes and many more.
You’re guaranteed a soulful, rootsy performance that will light up the stage

Consummate Rogues
2023-11-02 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
Consummate Rogues

Consummate Rogues
A UK Rhythm & Blues band made up of some of London’s finest studio musicians. In addition to the deep-rooted influence of blues and country music on their style, there are also traces of classic British pop in their sound, which gives them an unconventional and unique flavour.
Formed in 2021 by the exceptional Chris Rand, Consummate Rogues is a band that feeds on the new wave of Rock ‘n’ Roll, combining blues with southern rock and swampy New Orleans grooves. Over the past year, Consummate Rogues have played at some iconic venues including Ronnie Scott’s, Green Note, The 100 Club and Ain’t Nothing But The Blues Bar. The band played a special acoustic set at this year’s UK Rock & Blues Festival in Skegness, and they also played their first tour in Romania.
Chris Rand is a regular fixture on the London jazz and blues scene and has worked with some of the UK’s biggest blues and roots rock artists including: Charlie Watts, Mick Taylor, Nine Below Zero, Bad Manners, Squeeze, James Hunter Six and the Ben Waters Band.
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Ma Bessie After Hours Show - Friday
2023-10-20 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
Ma Bessie After Hours Show
This gig is on a FRIDAY
Ma Bessie After Hours Show with Julia Titus

With a passion for the Empress of the Blues, Julia Titus started to perform as Ma Bessie in 2015, sharing the music of Bessie Smith and her contemporaries with a new generation. Mixing Julia’s rich, warm vocal sound with a dynamic group of musicians that look as well as sound the part, Ma Bessie combines classic blues and jazz tunes from the inter-war years with a selection of original songs and hand-picked covers from the last 50 years of popular music.
During the prohibition era, artists like Bessie Smith would often have their regular job performing shows but when the work is done, they often attended a late night space where they could just let go. Building on her family-friendly Prohibition Party, Ma Bessie decided to follow her idols and put together her very own ‘After Hours’ show.
Featuring lyrically bawdy songs such as Kitchen Man, Take Me For A Buggy Ride, Whip It To A Jelly and You Gotta Give Me Some, Ma Bessie ‘After Hours’ is a more daring show that is definitely only suitable for over-18s. If you’ve seen Ma Bessie before, this will be right up your street.
If this is your first taste, you will get to see a more cheeky Ma Bessie, and it will definitely leave you wanting more!
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Toby Walker with support from Jamie Scott
2023-09-28 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
Toby Walker
A renown US acoustic folk blues guitarist and raconteur, who many of you will have seen here in the UK before.

Toby Walker from the USA is the real deal playing acoustic guitar with the virtuosity that captivates audiences and along the way he includes some amusing songs and great stories, making for a great evening of musical entertainment with a capital E.
Internationally and nationally acclaimed Toby Walker has been hailed as an award winning, roots music fingerstyle guitar virtuoso and songwriter who has toured the US, the UK, Canada and Europe. Blending the styles of blues, ragtime, country, bluegrass, old-time jazz and rock, Walker has developed his own style and as such, received numerous awards, including being the 1st place recipient of the International Blues Challenge Award in Memphis and the New York Music Award for best instrumental CD. Toby Walker has also been inducted into the New York Blues Hall Of Fame.
“If he doesn’t get them with his phenomenal guitar playing or catchy songs, he gets them with his wonderful stories. True entertainers have an engaging spirit that puts a smile on your face. Arlo Guthrie has it. David Bromberg has it. And so does Toby. ” John Platt – WFUV
“Flat out… you have to hear this great musician… I’m blown away” Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and the Jefferson Airplane
“A fingerpicking guitar virtuoso” Happy Traum
“Not only can Toby play all styles of the blues, but he’s a remarkable story-teller as well. And you’ll be surprised by what else he’ll pull out of his hat to please his audiences. He may come out with an arrangement of ‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ or ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ followed by an Irish fiddle tune medley (on guitar), a couple of rousing singalongs and top it all off with his arrangement of the Allman Brothers tune ‘Little Martha,’ Whipping Post’ or even a traditional bluegrass tune.” He takes the audience on one heck of a ride and leaves them smiling all the way home!!” John Sheridan –
The London Sunday Times.
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Jamie Scott
Like many people of his generation Jamie Scott first came across the blues through bands like Led Zeppelin, and worked backwards, eventually ending up in the Mississippi delta. Forty years later he writes songs with a traditional delta and hill country vibe, with some hints of the piedmont, Appalachia and a dash of U.K. folk.

Brave Rival
2023-09-07 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
Brave Rival

Brave Rival have played for us before and were a resounding success. On this basis it was only right to get them back in 2023
They released their debut critically acclaimed album “Life’s Machine” to rave reviews. Classic Rock described them as a cross between Heart and Tedeschi Trucks. Their songs have been featured on Joe Bonamassa’s Radio show where he informed listeners that they were “his favourite discovery of the the year”
They were Nominated for a UK blues award in the Best Emerging Artist category and took part in the 2022 UK Blues Challenge.
At the Butlins Skegness Rock and Blues Festival in January 2022 they won the Introducing Stage vote and therefore played the mainstage at the 2023 festival.
They have toured the UK as the headline act (selling out many venues) and also support for Dom Martin, Laurence Jones and Corky Laing of Mountain fame.
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Hitman Blues Band
2023-08-31 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
Hitman Blues Band

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They’re Back!!
New 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.
Frontman 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.
“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.
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Factory
2023-08-03 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
Factory

Factory
Andy Qunta – Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals
Tony Qunta – Guitar, Electric Violin, Vocals
Geoff ‘Jaffa’ Peckham – Bass Guitar
Laurie Cooksey – Drums
The Factory Story
May 1970 – Factory was formed in Hastings, UK, by drummer, Laurie Cooksey, bass player,
Jaffa Peckham, and the Qunta brothers – Andy, lead vocals and acoustic 12-string guitar, and
Tony, lead guitar/vocals. From the first rehearsal, it was clear this band, soon to be named “Factory”,
was going to be something special. They established a rehearsal schedule that continued through
most of the band’s existence – Monday and Wednesday evenings at the Qunta residence. 100 watt
amp stacks and full double bass drum kit in the dining room, while Andy and Tony’s parents tried
to hear the TV and each other in the next room! On Sunday mornings, there would be backing vocal
rehearsals at Laurie’s house.
In Jan ’71, Factory went into RG Jones Studios in South London, and recorded four songs. Two of
these, the heavy rocker “Time Machine” (written by a 16-year-old Tony), and the folk-rock style
“Castle on the Hill”, were released as a limited edition single on Oak Records. In 2008, one copy
was sold at auction for over 400 British pounds, (over US$600). Time Machine continued to be
Factory’s signature song, and show closer.
By ’72, Andy was playing organ as well as the 12-string, which was now electric, instead of acoustic.
Tony was playing electric violin on some songs, and was starting to do more of the lead vocals.
Roger Daltrey of The Who invited them to be the band to test his new home studio. Some of these
demos were found in 2015, and have been very helpful, as the band were trying to remember and
rehearse those songs. Roger seemed to like the band, as they were invited back several times. He
was quoted in the music press that he has had Factory in his studio, and they are “very good”.
1973 – Factory’s songs were by now even more adventurous, partly due to the added range of
sounds. Influences came from many of the great bands of the time – now called the Classic Rock
era. Their gigs moved them further away, and more often. They opened for bands like Manfred Mann’s
Earth Band, Fleetwood Mac, 10cc, Scorpions, Status Quo etc. After opening for Suzi Quatro, her
legendary producer, Mickie Most collectively shook Factory’s hand, and said he was very impressed,
and to contact him. Afraid of being turned into a “pop” band, they didn’t follow up on it, wisely or not.
March ’74 – Andy and Tony’s parents succumbed to a plane crash, but the rest of the band helped
them through it, and they were back on stage a week later. The gigs got better. Factory delivered
110% every time. At the back was Laurie, arms flailing, cymbals rocking, his facial expressions running
the full gamut of emotions! In front of him, Tony, Andy and Jaffa, and later, Steve, running around
the stage, throwing shapes influenced by the likes of Hendrix, Townshend and Daltrey! During
this year they played on foreign turf for the first time, at the Zoom Club in Frankfurt, Germany.
September ’74 – Jaffa decided to leave to pursue other things. His place was taken by another
Hastings musician friend, Steve Kinch. Over the next 2 years, Factory played more and more gigs,
averaging 3 or 4 per week. They toured Holland, and undertook residences at the PN Club in
Munich, following in the footsteps of Supertramp and others.
Now that Factory felt ready to make a record, the music scene was changing. Punk and disco
arrived in full force, making things very difficult for a non-punk/non-disco band like Factory.
Ironically, Factory were among the first to be aware of the coming of Punk. While setting up for
a gig in London, they were informed by a gentleman named Johnny Rotten, that his band,
the Sex Pistols, were playing first, and were using Factory’s gear. The writing was on the wall!
Despite making demos of increasingly “commercial” songs to please management, the record
companies had become a tough nut for Factory to crack.
By late ’76, Factory had played its last gig. Or so it was thought at the time, although there was
a rumour that, rather than having given up, they were planning to try their luck in another era.
It was well-known they had their own Time Machine, they’d been singing about it for years, so
were they planning a return? As the decades passed, this seemed less and less likely, but suddenly,
39 years later, they were back! They were finally recording an album, and they played a reunion
gig in Hastings, attended by fans old and new. The reviews were glowing, and many commented on
the fact that their musicianship and energy levels seemed undiminished. How was this possible?
The explanation is clear – Factory did indeed disappear in the 1970’s, and in 2015 they came
back…in the time machine!

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Saints & Sinners
2023-06-23 20:00 - 23:00 | Hertfordshire
Saints & Sinners

Ben Tyzack: guitar, vocals & harmonica
Constance Redgrave: bass guitar, vocals & percussion
Maurice McElroy : drums, vocals & percussion
Fran McGillivray: vocals, bass guitar
Mike Burke: vocals, guitars
Music from the Cross to the crossroads.
The 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.
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Pearl Handled Revolver
2023-06-08 07:00 - 23:00 | Blues Bar Tring – (Doors & Bar 7.00pm, Band 8.30pm), Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 6HA, United Kingdom
Pearl Handled Revolver

“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.
They 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.
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Three Bar Fire
2023-05-28 13:00 - 16:00 | 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
Three Bar Fire
Some great music after your Sunday lunch – but Food will also be available

Three Bar Fire is an Americana band that play a mixture of re-worked R & B Pop and blues music.
Rock it & Roll it – Blues it & Soul it

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The Looters
2023-05-11 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
The Looters
Had you dancing at the Christmas gig together with some authentic Blues & R&B.
The Looters

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 !!!
They have all played with members of The Looters.

Martin Harley @ Tring Church
2023-04-14 20:00 - 23:00 | Hertfordshire
Martin Harley

Martin Harley created a deep impression on the acoustic blues roots and Americana scene but these days he takes county blues riffs to the electric bottleneck slide guitar, served up with sweet vocal harmonies over the driving rhythms.
If success can be measured by growing global demand to attend Martin’s dynamic live performances then perhaps his touring schedule is proof of that.
Martin has been making music and touring the world for over two decades. His sound has never been more down to earth. Exploring roots, blues and slide guitar in a style The Guardian referred to as ‘Spellbinding’.
He has released eight albums to date, four recorded on home soil and four across the Atlantic in Texas and Nashville.
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The Franck Ash Band
2023-04-06 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
The Franck Ash Band

Franck Ash – guitar, vocals
Derek White – bass
Chris Sharley – drums
Blues guitarist Franck Ash, was guitarist and band leader for Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, recording two albums with him and playing in his band across the USA and Europe. Franck wows audiences with his vocal style, impressive guitar lines and excellent rhythmic feel; playing traditional and funky/soul blues originals and interesting versions of classic blues songs.
Immersed in Black American music from a very young age, Franck Ash developed a passion for singing and playing guitar at the age of 12. His love of music and hunger for the Blues continued throughout his childhood and led him to become a professional musician in 1985. Franck’s debut album in 1999 ‘This Must Be Love’ was released to critical acclaim across the international Blues scene, resulting in an award from the French Academy Of Jazz and an award as best European artist in 2000 by Euroblues.
Alongside the work with his own band, Franck was also invited to become band leader and guitar player for the great SCREAMIN’ JAY HAWKINS. They toured Europe and the USA, including playing the 13th Chicago Blues Festival and recorded two albums together – ‘At Last’ in Sam Phillips Memphis studio with Muscle Shoals rhythm section (1997), and ‘Live At The Olympia’ in Paris (1998). This collaboration lasted up until Screamin’ Jay’s passing in February 2000.
Franck’s debut album in 1999 ‘This Must Be Love’ was released to critical acclaim across the international Blues scene, resulting in an award from the French Academy Of Jazz and an award as best European artist in 2000 by Euroblues.
As inimitably his own style, Franck continued to develop a unique and versatile repertoire with a fusion of Soul, R’nB and Funk on a solid Blues ground and released ‘Beyond The Clouds’ in 2003.
2011 – ‘Caught in The Act – Live In London’ definitely shows that Franck loves being on stage and his live performances are full of energy and virtuosity. In this live recording he also truly enjoys bringing along new arrangements to great blues standards.
Franck Ash has supported blues greats such as Luther Allison, Dr. John, Robert Cray, Robben Ford , Magic Slim and Taj Mahal and met Mr BB King several times. Sounds like a good recommendation to come and meet Franck Ash at Blues Bar Tring for a night of superb blues music !
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Secondary Modern Jazz (Hospice of St Francis )
2023-02-17 20:00 - 23:00 | Hertfordshire
Secondary Modern Jazz (Hospice of St Francis)
This is for people who like their jazz laid back and soulful. Expect an evening of jazz standards, perhaps with a few surprises thrown in.
Secondary Modern Jazz are a quartet, and collective, based around the wonderful voice of Rachael Brown

Rachael has sung in various bands and genres over the years. Working with SMJ brings her back to her roots where she started – singing jazz in high class London hotels. Rachael has that rare ability of being able to connect. Her beautiful vocals can’t fail to lift the spirits of her listeners.
Neil Soutar has been playing guitar for over 35 years. Starting off as a fan of guitar based, early ’70s rock music, he soon found his way to jazz, and became hooked on listening to players like Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny and Grant Green. Neil lives his music and there’s a real depth and authenticity to his skilful playing.
Colin Edwin is one of Australia’s finest exports. Probably best known for his fretless bass work with prog rock band Porcupine Tree, he has played and recorded with many different artists in lots of different musical styles. At heart Colin is a jazz fan and there is a lovely feel and solidity to his upright bass playing.
Ray Ashley-Brown served as a musician in the RAF and in the Coldstream Guards. For years he has played in big bands and small groups. Music is one of the ways he relaxes and sustains his spirit – a welcome contrast to his job as the Head of Spiritual Care at the Hospice of St Francis. Ray’s playing is not about technical fireworks, but melody, groove and, above all, the wonderful sound the trombone can produce when treated with respect.
The quartet is often expanded to a quintet with the addition of drummer Bill Pamplin. Bill studied music at the London College of Music specialising in percussion and double bass and continues to play and teach at a professional level. He always adds to any ensemble he plays with, interacting creatively and sensitively with other musicians.
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Alice Armstrong
2023-02-02 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
Alice Armstrong

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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.
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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
