LONDON: The Great Northern Railway Tavern

Friday 10th May, 2024

8:00pm

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Dariush: Captivated from a young age by the guitar playing of Bert Jansch, Davy Graham and John Renbourn, Dariush has performed, studied and taught with some of the most influential figures in fingerstyle guitar. These include Renbourn himself, Stefan Grossman, Clive Carroll and Wizz Jones. Dariush toured the UK and Ireland extensively last year as Clive Carroll’s special guest and duo partner on Clive’s ‘Music Of John Renbourn’ tour. He is currently writing material for a new solo album.

“Beautiful, clean guitar tones with intricate arrangements and a magical voice are the powerful ingredients for Dariush’s music. I’m jealous!!!” - Stefan Grossman

“How refreshing to hear a young player who truly embraces the early British roots of acoustic guitar playing. His influences are pretty clear but he somehow captures the spirit of the great players like Bert Jansch and John Renbourn and makes it his own.” - Gordon Giltrap

Wizz: 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 1950s. He then followed the time-honoured buskers' trail from the streets of Paris to the markets of Marrakech during the early 1960s 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'. Furthermore 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. With a career now spanning more than 60 years Wizz is officially retired. Based in London he can still be tempted out for the odd localish gig, usually solo but sometimes with his Son Simeon on Sax, Flute and Harmonica.