JOHN ANGUS BLUES BAND

Presented by: ARTISAN TAP

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0	STOKE ON TRENT: Artisan Tap
P	Sunday 24th March, 2024
N	4:00pm

Event information

BIOG
The John Angus Blues Band are 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 Rodgers. John 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)