Warrington Blues Club

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Fasten your seatbelts for this evening of 200mph harmonica driven blues. The Hexmen were a product of the post-punk creative maelstrom of Liverpool in the early 1980s. George Hexman(aka George Wickstead): singer, session blues-harp player and frontman, founded the band, joining forces with major movers and shakers of the scouse music scene. The Hexmen line-up was a shifting collaboration of local luminaries including members of The Stairs, Edgar Jones Charley Whitney/Los Racketeeros( Family), Electrofixion( Echo&TheBunnymen) Afraid of Mice, Psychedelic Furs the Las, the Boo Radleys, Elvis Costello,Stairs, Cast,Dr Phibes amongst others
.Although always known as a blues band, the Hexmen’s material is not that easy to categorise. The band’s backbone is blues based certainly, but one of the defining qualities of the Hexmen has alway been energy. The quality of blues played tends to have an agressive edge which owes a lot to punk – not surprisingly as many of the players involved in the band cut their teeth on punk in the late seventies and early eighties. However, the genre of the music is in many ways a reprise of the amphetamine-fuelled rhythm and blues that came out of London’s pub circuit in the seventies.

Following their previous well received visit to Warrington Blues Club, we’re delighted to welcome back The Gus Glynn Band. They were formed in Cheshire in the autumn of 2016. They are an eclectic Alt Rock three-piece brewing heady concoctions of Rock, Blues, Post-Punk, New Wave and Classic Soul. Born and raised in Galway, where he was classically trained as a finger-style guitarist, Gus moved to England at the turn of the millennium and gained a first-class honours degree in Creative Writing with English Literature.
​He honed his craft on the folk circuit and tours the solo show ‘Routes to Classics,’ which traces the development of the music we love today from its roots in traditional folk and Blues, with the National Rural Touring Forum.
In 2016 he formed The Gus Glynn Band. ‘Paint it Blue’ is their third studio album.

Tickets £12 in advance or £14 cash/contactless on the door (subject to availability)

The Olde Barn is a convenient and friendly venue with plenty of free car parking. It has a well stocked bar with a wide selection of real ales. The Blues Club is increasing its popularity and a friendly and enjoyable evening awaits.