Tuesday 12th April – The Grey Goose Blues Band
Acknowledging the influences of T-Bone Walker, Albert King, Muddy Waters and Duke Robillard, The Grey Goose Blues Band were nominated in the Best Song Category of The Kevin Thorpe Memorial Award in the 2013 British Blues Awards, the band are no strangers to media acclaim. “One of the best newcomers to the blues scene in 2011” wrote Blues Matters while Blues In Britain carried “superb musicianship, lyrically imaginative, excellent phrasing, accomplished and dramatic.”
April
19th – JAMES OLIVER BAND
26th – LOL GOODMAN BAND
May
3rd – THE SHAKEDOWN BROTHERS
10th – CHICKENBONE JOHN & RICKY COOL
| Roy Forbes’ Texas Rumble |
| Following the band’s Henry’s debut, Roy Forbes and his Texas Rumble is setting off on a World Tour of the West Midlands. Starting with…Friday 8th April THE CORE THEATRE, SOLIHULL |
Tickets £5
Doors 7pm. Blues Talkin’ 7.15.
Featured band 8pm.
The Core Theatre, Homer Rd, Touchwood, Solihull B91 3RG
For more information, contact Jim Simpson on 0121 454 7020 or jim@bigbearmusic.com
For The Core Theatre Box Office, call 0121 704 6962 or email thecoretheatre@solihull.gov.uk
| Sunday 10th April – BIRMINGHAM BOTANICAL GARDENS |
| The weekly season of blues bands on Sunday afternoons in Birmingham’s idyllic Botanical Gardens continues after last Sunday’s relaunch with The Martin Burch Band.The sessions run from 2pm to 4pm, with the Gardens open from 10am to 5pm. Admission price is the normal Botanical Gardens (£6.75 per adult, free entry for children under 5) with no additional cost for the music. |