Tues 7th Feb - The Shufflepack
The poster boys for the club. Always a great night.
Out to play swinging R&B and shuffling blues. That’s proper R&B kids, not RnB, that funny stuff they do now.

What you get is a taste of 1950’s Chicago, with a bit of 1940s here and there. Which means Howlin’ Wolf, Sonny Boy Williamson, Wynonie Harris, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters and that well know apiarist Roosevelt “Honeydripper’ Sykes. Not forgetting the three Kings, Freddie, Albert & B.B.

In between there is a fair dose of 21^st Century Chilterns, with original blues by Son Maxwell, and his reinterpretations of old blues classics like Evil and Shame, Shame, Shame. Fortunately they still sound an awful lot like 1950s Chicago; none of that noisy blues rock, thank you very much.

Tues 21st Feb - Jimmy Regal & The Royals.

Review of live show at the 100 Club: They opened the show in spectacular style... Joff's harp playing is truly virtuoso. Whether on diatonic or chromatic, Joff is one of the finest blues, blue/rock harp players on the circuit. CJ's solos are understated yet sublimely elegant. Sammy's percussion is powerful and steady, and provides a hard-driving backdrop to each song. This is an excellent band, only just beginning to make its mark, but the trajectory is pointing upwards. There is much more to come. (Blues in Britain magazine)

Catch 66 will be opening the proceedings with an acoustic set.