A Salute to British Blues — PAGE CLAPTON and BECK — JOE BONAMASSA at Greenwich Music Time

It is amazing to think that it took three bored art-school dropouts — suburban middle-class white boys from Surrey — to rekindle the flames of desire for the introverted music we now as the demon-ridden Delta blues. That was back in the mid 1960s and their reinterpretations have lived on. Inspiring a whole new and…

Red E. Lewis and the Red Caps

The first line-up of ‘Red-E-Lewis And The Redcaps’ included guitarist Bobby Oats and drummer Jimmy Rook. The band was fronted by singer Willie Stubbs. They played a few gigs at Ebbisham Hall in Epsom – and young Jimmy Page met them there. He hung out with the band – and even borrowed Bobby’s guitar. Following a…