Meal Ticket were a country rock band that played the London pub circuit in the late 1970s. The Canadian performer Rick Jones wrote many of their songs. Steve Simpson and Willy Finlayson played guitars (plus additional instruments ) in the original squad and are still going strong — now performing together in the band-project known…
KAT & CO introduce their audience to an expressive musical style… reminiscent of the Blues tradition — for example, they employ cigar box guitar, washboard, shakers etc — but they also focus on the gradual transition of the blues by developing something that is far more sophisticated and is, very obviously, ‘night-club ready.’ Their songs…
THE ALI MAC BAND features vocalist Ali MacKenzie, who was the original singer with the legendary R&B group The Birds. The Birds were a popular Brit band during the mid-1960s and were famous for having guitarist Ronnie Wood in their line-up. Another famous member of The Birds was Ronnie’s old comrade, the bassist Kim Gardner…
Sunset Boulevard is a six-part dance-band consisting of bass, drums, keyboards, guitar/vocals and twin-saxophones. The band members have played with artists as diverse as ‘Van Morrison’ to ‘Chas and Dave.’ We saw the London-based group play live this week at the admirable Staines Riverside Club. It was a wet Bonfire Night and the venue was…
“Johnny Too Bad” is like a companion piece to “Johnny B. Goode”. The other side of human nature, if you will. And this song ‘travels’ with each new musician, who all add something of their own to the number. So it grows like a river. It was taught to Stevie by Taj Mahal. He tells…
Meal Ticket were a country rock band that played the London pub circuit in 1970’s. The Canadian performer Rick Jones wrote many of their songs. Steve Simpson and Willy Finlayson played guitars (plus additional instruments ) in the original band. Now the two famous guitarists play local venues as a trio named (understandably) “Half a…
The talented front-man of the Brainchild band and the ‘Eccentric Party’ candidate Chris Dowling has a huge repertoire of great songs. In fact, he is well known in the community as a “one-man jukebox”. Chris never fails to amuse and entertain us at the Riverside Club and he is a great friend of this precious…
BROKEN BONES has emerged from the skeletal remains of London Rock Legends BAD II THE BONE. The remaining trio play 1970s & 80s Classic Rock and are based in Hither Green. The line-up includes Ed (guitar and lead vocals) Smiffy (bass & vocals) and Les (on drums). We saw their exciting live show this week…
Sometimes we yearn for some classic rock. And, there really is no finer band than local lads Cry Wolf to bring us what we need so badly. We saw the band at the superb Staines Riverside Club last Friday. It has been a while since the band played the venue, so audience members were animated…
Occasionally, the fabulous Beyonders band get together to play their blues infused country-rock of the late 50’s to early 1960’s. We were lucky enough to attend one of their very fine shows at the fabulous Staines Riverside Club this Friday. The band is fronted by Pete Hutton. Pete is best known as the lead singer…
Rocking Surrey 