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Welcome to the Official
Website of
The Story So
Far ....
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The
British Blues All Stars were put together in
response to a request from the Notodden Blues Festival, Norway. The focus
of the 2004 festival
was to be ‘The British Blues Explosion’.
The band, some six months in its
formation, represents what is unique and best about British blues in the
60s. Unique the band certainly is. Its composition is flexible, but all
who play with The
British Blues All Stars have a musical pedigree
and a place in the history of British Blues. Never before has such a band
come together to tour and to represent a musical era.
The band’s uniqueness was recognized before they played
their first planned concert. Word had spread around the blues festival
circuit in Europe. Notodden was to be the band’s debut. However an invite
came in to play an earlier festival.
The band members, for what was to be the up coming
Spring Festival, differed slightly from the band
originally put together for Notodden. Every member of The British Blues All Stars
has their own career and commitments. This flexibility in the band’s
composition makes it exciting and dynamic.
Saturday, 1st May 2004
saw the band headline the ‘Internationale
Bluesdage Festival', Odense, Denmark.
The ‘All Stars’
played to a sell out audience, receiving an incredible reception on their
debut performance. Their line up at the festival
was:
Colin Allen : drums
Long John
Baldry : vocals
Bob Hall : piano & vocals
Dick Heckstall-Smith : sax
Colin Hodgkinson : bass
Dave Kelly :
slide guitar & vocals
Kim
Simmonds : guitar & vocals
In
August, the band played their first major
concert, the prestigious ‘Notodden Blues Festival’, Notodden,
Norway. At the
Notodden Blues Festival, the line up was:
Colin
Allen
Long John
Baldry
Steve Beighton
Gary Fletcher
Bob Hall
Peter Green
Tom
McGuinness
Kim
Simmonds
That is the story so far. As you can see, already
The British Blues All Stars are presenting a
mighty and formidable line up of British blues ‘greats’. The mission of
the band is simple: to spread the blues in the
unique style that is The British Blues All Stars.
Planning
is under
way for our 2005
schedule. There has already been great interest from the USA, Europe, Australia and
Japan. Keep checking the ‘News’
page.
If you are
interested in booking the band for either
2004
or 2005,
please get in touch as soon as possible. See the
Contacts page for booking
information.
Kevin Brooks, The British
Blues All Stars
July 2004
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