Bio

It all started for me when I heard a Howling Wolf EP and then in 1966 I saw Rev Gary Davis

That's me sitting in the chair. I spent 48 hours with him (he slept briefly for a couple of hours on Saturday night) he smoked all of my cigarettes!

Big Bill Broonzy was my first idol (as I could play a lot of his numbers). Repertoire is varied nowadays, but I still perform Willie Mae and 5' 7" on a regular basis after almost 60 years of professional performance.

There are various recordings Blues from the Aire Delta in 1982, North Country Blues in 1997, Blues Around Midnight in 2017, Last Chance Blues in 2019 and Seam of the Blues in 2021.

I've been playing and singing the blues for almost 60 years and with more and more feeling that I have a good reason to do so as I age and life presents its various scenarios. The fingers may have slowed .... but the voice still works. At my age it's always good to be able to sing "Woke Up This Morning".

As I've got older, I've found the applause lasts a bit longer and is louder.

Have played clubs, bars, concerts, festivals - wherever there is a good atmosphere and someone in the audience appreciates the performance, but club concerts and festivals are where you will find me nowadays.  Was proud be inducted (at last) in 2017 and was declared a National Treasure in 2021 by Blues in Britain.