Swanage Blues & Roots Festival
5, 6, 7 October 2007
Free admission to all venues
(except restaurants, where conditions apply)
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Saturday Evening - The Ship Inn 23a High St, Swanage BH19 2LR (01929 422505 ) |
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Ladies and Gentlemen! From Austin, Texas - Dennis Maroney on vocals, guitar and harmonica with his all-star Texas-style swing, funk and blues band! Dennis has played at all of the major clubs in Texas and opened up for several national touring shows at various outdoor festivals. He has played throughout the U.S. with various groups over his 30 years of playing live shows. Dave Mattey – lead guitar: Dave was the founder of Cambridge seminal folk-rockers Zyzygy and the Mad Professors, a folk-metal-reggae outfit still gigging after 30 years. Dave has also played with Cool Runnings, a national act out of America. Dave played bass for the Sue Lyn Band and guitar for a variety of blues, soul and big bands. Simon Cole – bass, vocals: Simon has played with several London-based bands and, during the 70s and 80s, toured as a session bass player throughout Europe with various national acts. He has played in various outfits during the years, including a stint with jazz rockers Amyl Nitrate and The Takeoffs, and the late Bryson Graham (ex Spooky Tooth/Ten Years After). Dick Fancutt – keyboards: Dick has worked as a session player and has played for various soul, blues and R&B bands over the last 25 years. He is also currently involved with The Purple Project, a highly acclaimed band of professional and ex-pro players (including founder Voyager members Chris Hook and Johnny Marter) dedicated to reproducing the classic rock of Deep Purple. Earlier this year, Dick gigged with Dougie White of Whitesnake fame. Jim Lassen – drums: Jim started playing drums at 16. With various ex-Iron Maiden musicians, Jim co-formed Gibraltar, a London-based heavy rock band. He joined Rhythm Method and played at a number of prestigious venues, including the ‘Orange’ and ‘Garage’ clubs in London. The band was also given airtime on Radio 1 as one of the best unsigned bands. Jim went on to do a stint with the Pepperhorns, a Latin/African band, followed by numerous (last minute) one-off deps including a gig with Simon Le-Bon (Duran Duran), and a gig with Greg Ridley (ex Humble Pie). A man of many talents, Jim also played a gig on a Thames boat with a 20-piece jazz big band. |
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Friday Evening - The Ship Inn 23a High St, Swanage BH19 2LR (01929 422505 ) |
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He has also played with some of the top players in the country such as Paddy Milner, Ben Waters, Collin John (USA) and Robbie McIntosh, to name but a few. On a small tour of the club scene in Austin Texas he cut teeth with some of the top local players, he then moved on to Chicago and met up with the legendary Buddy Guy. Dan's main concern now is the playing and the promotion of Motel 6. |
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Dan Anderson - Guitar/Vocals. Dan has been on the music scene since
the age of fourteen, playing in various bards such as Pack M Up, Triple Rock
and Custers Last Blues Band. He has also played many festivals and is also
highly regarded on the dep. scene.
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Chris Page - Drums/Vocals. Chris has been a professional drummer since leaving school, playing in bands and freelancing for numerous acts of diverse styles (Psychedelic-punk to shows and cabaret). He has played all over the world with some of the finest musicians and professional acts in the business. Chris has vast experience in both studio and live recordings and can list many live albums and radio sessions, along with several TV appearances. He has toured the USA, Middle East and Scandinavia several times over and has had many European engagements, including Spain, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Ireland. Chris has also played in many of the most prestigious and famous venues including 'The Whisky A Go-Go' (LA), CB-GBS, The Cat Club, Limelight (New York), The Good Morning Club (Paris), 100 Club, The Marquee, etc. Festivals include Cork Jazz and Blues Festival, Wembley Country Festival, Glastonbury, The More Blues Festival. Acts include Max D Barnes (7 US country no. 1's), Albert Lee - Tammy Jones (UK no. 1), Ricky Valance - Steve Simpson (Meal Ticket), Bernard Manning, Roy Chubby Brown, Rocket 88, Diz Watson, Robbie McIntosh (P. McCartney, Pretenders), Big Bill Morganfield (Muddy Waters' son) Eddie Kirkland (John Lee Hooker), Phil Guy (USA), Jack Johnson & The Oilers (USA), Colin John Band (USA), Ben Waters, Paul Howard and Tender Trap, Orange, The Little Angels and Kevin McDermott. Laurie Higgins - Bass. Laurie has been playing bass for 15 years, having studied jazz under such luminaries as Steve Berry (Loose Tubes) and Nikki Iles. He plays in a variety of bands in many musical styles, including Lightning Head (a samba/ reggae band that has just finished rocking top London venues like Cargo and The Vibe Bar). A versatile musician, Laurie is equally at home alongside top jazzmen like Tony Roberts as well as blues men like Big Bill Morganfield, Paddy Milner and Colin John. Laurie has performed at many top UK festivals including Glastonbury and The Big Chill, as well as occasional tours of Europe including France, Portugal and Italy. His first love will always be jazz and blues, and Motel 6 is one of the most electrifying bands he has been involved in for sheer musical excitement. Tom Hughes - Hammond B3. Tom Hughes has been playing for 23 years and his main instrument is the Hammond organ. He also plays accordion, guitar and sings. Tom is a member of originals band, The Lucky Bishops who started in 1994 and who have had 2 self produced albums released and are completing a 3rd. They play their own unique brand of short psych pop songs with vocal harmonies. The band have played many gigs and festivals notably several Terrastock festivals in London and Boston as well as the SXSW festival in Austin, TX, gigs in New York -CBGBs and The Knitting Factory, plus a short tour of Germany and a recent appearance at the Felipop festival in Spain. Tom is also a member of Dorset group, Gothic Chicken - "Hot psychedelia played by cold professionals." They play lots of obscure and not so obscure songs by the likes of The Association, Blossom Toes, Soft Machine, The Zombies etc. Tom does lots of gigs with local group, The Sidekicks, a popular covers band who can be found jamming songs they've not necessarily played before in many local pubs. In 2003, Tom toured Spain with Phil Guy (blues legend Buddy's brother) and fellow band mate, Chris Page and guitarist, Colin John. In 2004 Tom joined progressive rock group, Nektar, touring all over America. He recently played with them in Germany and appeared on German TV show, Rockpalast. (!!!!) In his spare time, Tom records other local bands as well as his own Grant Day – Guitar. Grant has been playing guitar for almost 28 years and studied and acquired a diploma in jazz. Grant has been a guitar tutor for many years, teaching all styles to adults and children around his home county of Dorset, The Strat wielder has trodden the boards all around the UK with bands such as Contraband and Flared Up, and sessioned for many songwriters and artists who require his services. Grant depped for the awesome Glen Smith with Motel 6 and is now a very happy, fully fledged member of the band following Glen's departure. "Filling Glen's shoes has been an enormous task but I hope I can contribute a different edge to the band's sound," he said. After being offered a tour of the States with his band Bottle Up And Go in 1987 (declined due to family commitments), Grant decided to hone his style with a huge array of local bands and artists in Weymouth, Dorset, and shared the stage with many successful musicians including Robbie Macintosh, Chris Lonergan and Ade Millward. Grant's first love is the blues and admits to being "ecstatic" after being invited to join Motel 6. |
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Sunday 5pm - Shell Bay Seafood Restaurant & Bar Ferry Road, Studland BH19 3BA (01929 450363) (£6 advance or £8 on door includes a fish, meat or vegetarian one dish meal) |
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Blues Etc is a harmonica- driven four piece with Hugh Budden, who was with the British Blues Award winning band The Producers. Hugh is a firm Swanage festival favourite from his days with Arecibo and earlier this year with Pete Harris & Teej Osborn. Enjoy too the solid rhythms of Elrad Matthews, 'The King of Swing' on drums, 'Dangerous' Darren Stevens on bass, and Chris Collins on guitar and vocals. Blues Etc have been playing “The Real Deal“ since spending 10 years backing Southampton Legend Bob Pearce. They toured with Bob In Europe and the UK. and backed visiting American Bluesmen. Since Bob’s retirement they have been out on their own playing the circuit and have been known to venture as far as Switzerland and the Falkland Islands! |
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Friday Evening - Moonlight Bistro, 67 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LY (01929 475615) (Reservations suggested, and you will be expected to take a meal) Sunday Evening - Grand Hotel, Burlington Road, Swanage BH19 1LU (01929 423353) |
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In concert he performs a variety of intimate, soulful acoustic and slide guitar instrumentals with influences from Blues and World Music, Soul and Jazz. Sonny's CD “heart and soul” met with critical acclaim from US major publications Living Blues and Blues Review, and was made album of the year by the UK's Blues In Britain magazine. His albums, including the new acoustic release “The Corner Seat” on Free Spirit Records, receive radio play on Jazz FM, BBC Radio 2 and many commercial stations throughout the UK. Live sessions on The Paul Jones and Johnnie Walker Shows help to reach a wider audience. The readers of Blues in Britain magazine voted Sonny Black their guitarist of the year in 2002. Recent performances have included The Brecon Jazz Festival (Wales), Bardies Blues Festival (France), Farnham Blues Festival, Crawley Acoustic Festival as well as regular appearances at clubs and arts centres. “If the blues is indeed a feeling, then Sonny Black's guitar conveys that feeling better than most.” Blues Review-USA "Heart and Soul - the Blueprint album of the year" - Fran Leslie Editor Blueprint Magazine "An outstanding artist." Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2 “A Sonny Black performance takes you from the Delta to the borders of jazz and back again” Blues On Stage “A quiet treasure…relaxed, uplifting almost spiritual” Blues Review USA
"There is no one to touch him in this
country for wringing true emotion out of his instrument. His technical
mastery of acoustic and electric instruments is complete...he possesses that
quality tha “One of the most inspired, thinking guitarists in the UK”. Red Lick Records "Sonny got everybody settled with an instrumental, a slide guitar conversation that caused rapturous applause at the end” Blues in Britain/Farnham Festival Review “Ragtime, jazz standards, all sorts flowed effortlessly and the enraptured crowd of 300 or so were so quiet you could have heard a plectrum drop.” Swanage Festival Review ”Top drawer" Time Out “You could not have hoped for a better night of guitar roots and blues tunes” Venue Magazine “…and if Sonny Black is playing near you solo, duo or with a band, do yourself a favour, go and see something very special” Phoenix FM |
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can only be called blues soul." Blues In Britain
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Friday Evening - Purbeck Pub, 19 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LP (01929 425160) Saturday Evening - Purbeck Pub, 19 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LP (01929 425160) |
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Wow! A one-man blues explosion with a big, powerful sound of hard-hitting and danceable up-tempo blues. John plays slide or bottleneck style on a 1930s National Steel Guitar with fantastic harmonica and thumping stomp box to provide a driving rhythm. If you like John's influences - Howlin' Wolf, Bukka White, John Lee Hooker and Ry Cooder - you'll really enjoy John! He has recently played in Florida, Greece, Ireland, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Czech Republic, Poland, France and Slovakia, and is booked for a tour of Tasmania, New Zealand and Australia. "Stomping and unstoppable ... like a runaway train ... an act well worth watching " Blues in Britain "You can practically fry eggs on the man as he radiates energy into the room. His gravel-gargling voice is a perfect compliment to his 1930's National steel guitar, harmonica and footboard. The sound he produces has astonishing depth" Bill Grainger, Beaford Arts "Crampton plays heavy blues in a kind of Tom Waits/ John Hammond vibe ... a wonderful singer and guitarist ... really cooking!" Michael Messer "One of the UK's top acoustic slide and steel guitarists" Hookers Blues Club "Stunning blues voice ... he blew me away!" Blues in Britain "Crampton creates a big and powerful sound which gets your feet tapping, your body dancing and your heart singing ... everyone was blown away" Ashwyn Smyth, Digital Blues "John's incredible, he takes to the stage with nothing more than a National Steel guitar, a harp and miked up stomp box and then lets rip." The Spitz, London |
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Friday Evening - White Swan The Square/High Street, Swanage BH19 2LJ (01929 423804) Saturday Evening - Red Lion 63 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LY 01929 423533 |
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From 1995 to 2003, Slim fronted The Swamp Things to flesh out his vision and reworking of blues standards and obscurities. During a busy few years and many personnel changes, The Swamps released impressive albums including ‘Catfish Row’ and ‘In The Doghouse’. The Swamp Things played with a host of blues luminaries including The Blues Band, American harmonica wizard Johnny Mars (whom they backed on a TV show) and Andre Williams, writer of ‘Dark End Of The Street’. They also played the European circuit from the Czech Republic to Germany, France, Holland and Belgium as well as doing many blues weekenders on these shores. Slim is a well-travelled man and his music has also traversed the radio waves in US as well as on Paul Jones' Radio 2 show. The bulk of his material harks to that Delta/New Orleans style to which he pertains. In 2004 he released two albums ‘Standing On The Banks Of The Mighty Blues’ and ‘Dust Bowl Soup’. The new album `The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea’, with his new band The Backbones, was released in December 2005 and showcases his love of Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Captain Beefheart. Recent converts to his latest material are Paul Rodgers (ex Free), Rick Parfitt (Status Quo) and comedian Jack Dee, who have all bought his CDs.
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"Fiery and Fluent" and The Man In Charge of the Open Mic Sessions Friday Afternoon OPEN MIC - Red Lion, 63 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LY (01929 423533) Friday Evening - guest at various venues Saturday Afternoon OPEN MIC - Red Lion, 63 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LY (01929 423533) Saturday Evening - guest at various venues Sunday Afternoon OPEN MIC - Red Lion, 63 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LY (01929 423533) |
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Jim Tigwell is a folk/blues musician who started his career during the folk music boom of the early 1970's. He is well known for that raggy fingerstyle, using what the Rev' Gary Davis described as the "sportin' thumb"', and developed by people like Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt and Gary Davis himself, amongst others. Jim's performances are rich in history - story songs gathered from the wealth of pre-second world war country blues and beyond, with the occasional original thrown in. Add to this warmth and humour, and it promises great entertainment! A respected festival organiser in his own right, Jim is hosting our Open Mic sessions every afternoon over the weekend, and will be making guest appearances in the evenings.
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Sunday Afternoon 1.00pm - Kings Bar, 2-4 Kings Road East, Swanage BH19 1ES |
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"Imagine Ryan Adams soaked in cider playing Lightning Hopkins" - Flying Shoes Magazine Although just 26 years of age, Jinder's experience, wealth of songs and expansive back-catalogue belie his relatively tender years. Describing himself as "a travelling singer/songwriter" whose music straddles the boundaries of folk, roots and country, Jinder has, in the last ten years, played over 1000 live shows, including tours with Jackie Leven, Ian Siegal, Athlete, Derrin Nauendorf, Jeff Lang, Hazel O'Connor, Ezio, Michael Weston King and many more. He has 20 (count 'em!) releases to his name with various projects and on five different record labels to date. Having recently inked a new deal with "21st century roots label" Din Of Ecstasy, expectations are high for Jinder's forthcoming album 'Black Light Phase', his fourth solo album to date, due in May 2008. |
STEVE DARRINGTONFriday Afternoon OPEN MIC - Red Lion, 63 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LY (01929 423533) Friday Evening - guest at various venues Saturday Afternoon OPEN MIC - Red Lion, 63 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LY (01929 423533) Saturday Evening - guest at various venues Sunday Afternoon OPEN MIC - Red Lion, 63 High Street, Swanage BH19 2LY (01929 423533) |
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Festival Organiser Steve Darrington was the house pianist and harmonica player at the legendary Nags Head, High Wycombe in the 60s and 70s when it played host to many visiting American Bluesmen and rock bands. Despite being disabled through Polio at age six, he played piano for over 40 years with artists as diverse as Lonnie Donegan, Marty Wilde, Don Everly, Albert Lee, Brewers Droop with Mark Knopfler, Roxon Roadshow, The Boogie Band, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup, The Mighty Flea and Billy Boy Arnold, and on over 50 albums. Steve came to Swanage in 2000 for two days and decided to stay, an accident forcing him to give up his touring lifestyle. He performs solo on piano and simultaneous harmonica with a repertoire which reflects his extensive musical background, and is occasionally persuaded to sit in with different bands. For a full background and some revealing interviews, see www.stevedarrington.com
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HIGHTOWN CROWSFriday Evening - Anchor Inn, 30 High Street, Swanage BH19 2NU (01929 423020) Saturday Evening - Black Swan, 159 High Street, Swanage BH19 2NE (01929 422761) |
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These guys may emanate from the blue-rinse bone yard of the south coast, but they generate wild, high-octane, quality entertainment – Blues To Make You Sweat – and deserve their titles “The Shamen of Shake” and “The Witchdoctors of Boogaloo”. Unmissable! |
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Rolling in from the Purbeck Hills
are the rockabilly barons of Dorset, The Hightown Crows. Don’t
be fooled by their country gentlemen names: Hinton Admiral guitar,
Rufus Stone on stand-up bass, and Emery Down, whose curious but
highly effective panoply of percussive instruments fits into one suitcase.
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