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Blues Band

The Blues band comprises five of the top talents in Blues music in Britain. Paul Jones, vocals and harmonica originally from the Manfred Mann Band, Dave Kelly, on guitar and vocals from The John Dummer Blues Band, Tom Mcguinness on guitar, mandolin and vocals from the Manfred Mann Band, Gary Fletcher, on Bass, guitar and vocal from the Dave Kelly Band and finally Rob Townsend on drums from Family. The band is renowned for their tight blues interpretations. Drawing from many strains of blues augmented with some of their own compositions.

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John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers are a pioneering English blues band, led by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Mayall, OBE. Mayall used the band name between 1963 and '67 then dropped it for some fifteen years, but in 1982 a 'Return of the Bluesbreakers' was announced and it has been kept since then. The name has become generic without a clear distinction which recordings are to be credited just to the leader or to leader and his band. The Bluesbreakers have included luminaries such as:

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Harry Manx

Harry Manx is a musician who blends blues, folk, and hindustani classical music. Born on the Isle of Man and raised in Ontario, he is currently living on Saltspring Island, BC, Canada. He plays slide guitar, harmonica, six-string banjo, cigar-box guitar and the Mohan Veena (a 20-stringed guitar/sitar hybrid). He studied for five years in India with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. Discography: * Dog My Cat (2001)
* Wise and Otherwise (2002)
* Jubilee (with Kevin Breit) (2003)
* Road Ragas Live (2003)

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Tony McPhee

Tony McPhee a prominent rock Guitarist fronted the Groundhogs a Rock/Blues Trio and began playing in the early sixties. Tony has also worked as a solo artist or with American Blues Musicians such as John Lee Hooker, Billy Boy Arnold, Champion Jack Dupree and Eddy Boyd.
Tony a presigious guitarist turned down an offer from John Mayall to take the guitar spot when Eric Clapton Left, Tony prefered to be his own master.

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Chicken Shack

Chicken Shack are a British blues band, founded in the 1965 by Stan Webb (guitar and vocals), Andy Silvester (bass guitar), and Alan Morley (drums), who were later joined by Christine Perfect (vocals and keyboards) in 1968. Front man and guitarist Stan Webb was born in London in 1946. The group began their blues playing on the Blue Horizon label in a similar style to the early Fleetwood Mac. Singer Christine Perfect left after marrying John McVie (bassist) with Fleetwood Mac. Christine later joined Fleetwood Mac in their second reincarnation.

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The Brew UK

Since 2006 there have been excited, often fantastic, rumours among would-be connoisseurs of the underground British rock scene of a trio that has spent three years simmering just beneath the scope of the mainstream, perfecting themselves and preparing the industry for their explosive arrival. Tales tell of a band that boasts a guitarist to rival Hendrix and a drummer so powerful that the very foundations of venues shake under a Bonham-esque assault wherever they perform.

Ben Waters

A boogie woogie piano player who has recently appeared as support for Jerry lee Lewis in Vienna. A fast paced style with ben on keyboards,supported by tenor and baritone sax,bass and drums.
check him out at benwaters.com

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Wamma Jamma

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Faces

There are more than one act with this name: 1) Faces were an early 1970s rock band formed in 1969 from the remaining members of Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie; new members Ron Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (vocals) (both from The Jeff Beck Group) joined Ronnie Lane (bass), Ian McLagan (keyboards) and Kenny Jones, (drums). The name "the Faces" refers to well known people about town, and the band's previous incarnation as the Small Faces also referred to the diminutive stature of the band members.

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Paul Jones

There is at least 2 artists with that name. 1. Paul Jones (born February 24, 1942 in Portsmouth, England as Paul P Pond) is an English singer, actor, harmonica player, and radio and television presenter. 2. Paul Jones is a delta blues guitarist

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