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Wizz Jones

0	LONDON: Walthamstow Folk Club
P	Sunday 15th March, 2020
N	7:30pm

Event information

Inspired by hearing Big Bill Broonzy and Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Wizz Jones learnt his guitar licks from the likes of Davy Graham and Long John Baldry whilst playing in the coffee bars of London's Soho in the late 1950's.

He then followed the time-honoured buskers' trail from the streets of Paris to the markets of Marrakech during the early 1960's and returned to Britain with a unique acoustic guitar style,
an eclectic repertoire and a 'right hand worthy of Broonzy'!

John Renbourn, Clapton and Keith Richards have all named him as an important early influence and in May 2012 Bruce Springsteen opened his Berlin show with Wizz's song 'When I Leave Berlin'.

In October 2019 Wizz was presented with a life-time achievement award at the BBC Radio Two Folk Awards held at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester.

Venue information

LONDON: Walthamstow Folk Club

0	Olde Rose & Crown 53 Hoe Street Walthamstow London E17 4SA
>	www.walthamstowfolk.co.uk
!	07740612607
`	Close to Walthamstow Central station see website for maps etc. Resident parking bays in adjacent streets are not operable on Sundays so all bays are available for parking.