EPK about us

Original blues rock to blow away your sins!

BIOG
We are a band based in Cheshire  and Lancashire in the UK playing original blues rock material at blues rock venues and festivals. With a strong seventies genre of blues influences by artists including The amazing Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter and Paul RodgersJohn Angus is the founding member and songwriter and the band has evolved to become a tight, energetic outfit over the past 4 years.

Our first album "It's about Time" an eleven track album was recorded at Prism Studios Hanley, Stoke on Trent and released March 2019. Available on CD, Vinyl LP and download. 

Our Heartbreak release an EP on CD was recorded at Prism Studios Hanley and Sun Studios Memphis
includes our single, a very different version of Heartbreak Hotel with publishing rights by Sony ATV

NEW EP  "One More Time" was released in 2023 and achieved Radio play across Planet Rock and  twenty IBBA stations worldwide along with distribution in HMV stores 

NEW ALBUM JUST OUT JANUARY 2024 
12 original new songs available on CD.... It's High Time recorded at Tremolo Studios Newcastle Under Lyme

BAND MEMBERS
The band now consists of John Angus on lead vocals and guitar, Bram Duckworth, lead guitar, Adam Hutchins on piano and keyboards, Andy Hurley on drums, Tim Hopkins on Bass and Stewart Speirs on harmonica.

GIGS
We perform at major festivals including:

HRH Blues Sheffield Academy main stage
Great British Rock and Blues Skegness 2022 and 23 Blues Matters Stage
Nantwich Jazz and Blues  
Harvest Time Blues County Monaghan  
Callendar Jazz and Blues Festival 
Rockers Reunited Liverpool Festival
Rockers ReunitedBuxton Festival
Congleton Jazz and Blues
Great British jazz and Blues Colne
Alsager Music Festival
Darlington Blues Festival
Tyneside Blues Festival


Theatre and Regional venues examples

Forum Darlington capacity 200
Poynton Legion capacity 150
Rugeley Blues Club capacity 100
Lamp Tavern Dudley capacity 100
Crystal Ballroom Glossop  capacity 200
Blues at the Bay Cleveland 60 (the most intimate blues club in the UK)



Achievements.. first off Walter Trout Likes us so that can't be bad! only need a few thousand more!!!


SUN STUDIOS MEMPHIS MARCH 2020

Recorded two songs at this iconic studio just before lockdown in the UK 
Heartbreak Hotel Cover but very different version approved for release by Sony ATV Publsihing worldwide. Also I've got your number original song both featured on an EP


ROCK RADIO GERMANY Turn it up show with Gerry Casey  radio presenter and Irish Promoter.

On the strength of Heartbreak Hotel which Gerry loved and played we were booked to play three gigs at the Harvest Time Blues festival in County Monaghan  and return this year main stages September 1-3 2023


PLANET ROCK Bernard Dogherty loved the track as well and said "every now and then a band comes along that just has to be played"


HRH BLUES 8 SHEFFIELD ACADEMY  2023 we are booked main stage 7pm slot so moving on up.


HMV SELLING OUR  MUSIC   We are listed at HMV Stockport where we performed in store to promote our current EP ""One More Time


GREAT BRITISH ROCK AND BLUES SKEGNESS We have performed at the past two festivals for BLUES MATTERS (sadly this festival no longer  running)


PACKED OUT SHOWS  We are often booked by venues clubs and pubs and always get a great reaction to our songs on first listening and they buy our product, Vinyl CDs and T-shirts. We also are happy to take the risk and book our own shows where promoters say "its difficult" meaning they think we arent established enough and I get that. So we work hard at promo and we have had some great success stories. Sold out shows and well supported events where we have captured live footage of the band.


WHAT NEXT?

I have approached a good number of promoters and festival organisers with mixed effect. Sometimes questioning are we good enough as getting further up the blues rock chain is not easywhen you dont even get a response.  HOWEVER Im no quitter and believe that we have a great story to tell with our songs drawn from lifes experiences and would love to work with manangement and promoters to develop the band further. who believe in us.

NEW DVD

We were so pleased with our video footage from The Forum Darlington that we are releasing a DVD of the full show in time for our festival gigs.


NEW ALBUM with more new songs written we are rehearsing for our new Album due out in September. Currently looking for a label to help with this but if not we will self release and get it out there.


CONTACT US


Thank you for taking the time to get here... and if you like what you see and hear and want to work with us or have suggestions which we are happy to listen to please get in touch with John Angus 0772 5594856  email axemangus@gmail.com

 



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