Saturday 22nd June

With BBC Radio 2 airplay on the Bob Harris and Paul Jones show, Dani was invited on board Ruf's Girls with Guitars project, which secured a Number One hit in Italy's Blues chart. The tour ended on the legendary Blues Cruise alongside such as artists as Bobby 'Blue' Bland, Bobby Womack and Taj Mahal. Having performed 180 concerts across the UK, Europe, Canada and USA, Dani's 3rd album was release with influences from Paul Weller, Isaac Hayes & Sam Cooke.

Lee Bates and Billy Newton are one of the UK’s finest Blues duos and are widely recognised as being two of the finest performers to emerge from the Northeast of England, an area long synonymous with authentic Blues players. Billy Newton is one of the hottest harmonica players around. Lee Bates is a fine guitarist and singer. Playing the blues since his teens, Lee appeared with artists such as Bob Brozman, Woody Mann and Isaac Guillory among others before joining Billy. Together they deliver a hugely entertaining set of tunes taken from the Delta, Chicago, Jug Band Blues, Old Timey and beyond all delivered with a dose of irreverent humour.

Doors 7pm. Lee Bates/Billy Newton on by 8pm. Real Ale £2/pint. Tickets £12.

Tickets available from Sedgefield Post Office. Call Garry on 07931448469.

Saturday 19th October

Simon McBride started playing the guitar when he was ten. By age 15 and entirely self-taught, he was good enough to enter Guitarist Magazine’s Young Guitarist of The Year, a performance competition staged at Wembley Conference Centre, which he won against strong competition. Even before that achievement, Simon was endorsed by the notable American guitar builder Paul Reed Smith, a relationship that continues to this day.  Other PRS artists include Al Di Meola, Santana and Buddy Guy. In 2012 he released Nine Lives, an album of mostly live recordings proving that on stage he can make a sound every bit as good as his studio albums. He delivers powerful renditions of songs from his two studio albums together with a previously unreleased song (Fire Me Up). The album also carries four bonus tracks in which he reprises songs in a stripped down acoustic format, demonstrating just how natural a guitarist and singer he is.

A Fresh Approach To The Blues!
Described by Stuart Epps (Led Zep, Elton John) as a brilliant musician with a fresh approach to the Blues. The Hollywood Music in Media Award winning Guitarist has since gained a prestigious British Blues Award, fresh nominations in Hollywood and a No1 album on the American Blues Scene Chart.
Trevor Sewell And The New Wave Of British Blues Continue To Gain Ground In The U.S. In the last 15 months Trevor has received a total of 8 nominations in Hollywood and a nomination in the British Blues Awards in his native UK. It seems only a matter of time before The Trevor Sewell Band play Los Angeles and this is early as February. Sewell is rapidly gaining support in the area and his debut in Los Angeles may well be timed to coincide with Grammys week and the Artists In Music Awards where he is listed in the final list of 5 nominees in the Best Blues Artist Category.

Ian Bush – Bush Telegraph

Doors 7pm. Trevor Sewell on by 8pm. Real Ale £2/pint. Tickets £12.

Tickets available from Sedgefield Post Office. Call Garry on 07931448469.

Supporting Local Music

We believe in bringing quality talent to the region and nurturing new bands of the future. As such we want to get people off the sofa and into our clubs to support Rock and Blues gigs.

Sound & Lighting

We are proud to work with PER Productions & CDB Production Solutions who have added another dimension to our sound & lighting. Both are based in Darlington and do travel. They offer Sound, Lighting, Show Filming packages, producing high quality multi camera DVD's of your show.

Feedback

A nice night in a lovely place with lovely people– Chantel McGregor

Thanks to all of you - we had a great time at your brilliant venue!– Danny Bryant

Great to see a team working so hard to put on a night of entertainment.– Oli Brown

"It was terrific to perform for such lovely people. Looking forward to the next one. It was a pleasure to play for such an attentive and appreciative audience"– Tom Attah