The Big Blue Blues Band Blog

Beer Blues Festival

I'd love to tell you about the 3 day blues event in Beer, Devon.... the one you should have all been at!

If you don't know Beer, it's a beautiful cove fishing village near Lyme Regis and it makes the perfect setting for the music we all love.

People from far and wide have visited the festival for the last 9 years, making great friends along the way and enjoying the wonderful hospitality of the area.  We've been fortunate enough to play the event twice... fingers crossed for next year.

Guys, great to see you all again.  Especially Roy, Helen, Judy, Claire, Sarah, Gavin, Richard, Dave, Paul, Jason, Mark (great party) and Albert.

Big Blue Blues Gigs

Just to keep everyone posted with events, a date we were all looking forward to on 24 September at Bob Brunning's Blues Club in London has now been postponed by the venue due to a double booking.  Some of you will know this was the event we were hoping to record for our next CD release.  The date should be replaced for something later in the year but it's a little frustrating for us all as we've mentioned it to so many people.

Thanks for your patience.  Hopefully, we can all adjust our diaries again soon.

For those in need of a Big Blue fix in the Sussex area, we have 3 gigs in a week in Barcombe, Framfield and Worthing - check our gig listings for further info.

While I'm here, and it's been a while, I'm reminded of one of our last gigs in Sussex at The Junction in Polegate on 23 July when the planets seemed to align for a truly memorable gig.  Great crowd, great sound, great atmosphere, and I thought the band really sounded good and reminded me of why I actually do all this!

I hope another one like this will come along soon.

It dawned on me that we can't have a great gig without a good crowd so we really appreciate your support at the gigs.

Make sure you all say hello at the next gig you can make it down to.

Stuart Meets Gary Moore

I have to tell you about my (brief) meeting with "The Daddy", Gary Moore, last night at Vibes From The Vines.  I just couldn't resist a quick blag at the backstage gate so I could shake the man's hand.  He didn't seem to mind sparing a couple of seconds of his time.  I wished him luck (like he needed it) for the evening's performance and told him I was a big fan.

Later that night, he gave a top performance, underlining the fact that he's surely one of the greatest blues/rock performers in the world.  I hope some of that magic rubbed off in the handshake as it's back to the drawing board for me!

We've got our own (beer) festival gig coming up in Barcombe - Barcombe Beer Festival on Friday 15th September at The Royal Oak.  Should be fun.  I might be able to spare Gary a few seconds myself if he knocks on my dressing room door (gents' toilets) to wish me luck.  And I do need it!!