From: "Bottleneck Blues" john@bottleneckblues.com
Subject: FW: Friday 10th Nov ~ Maidstone
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 14:49:20 -0000

Another fine evening behind us.......I thought Michael Pickett gave us one of the best straight down the middle, in yer face, pure country blues sets we've had in a long time. Very intense, very passionate & excellent musicianship....we'll have him back. And of course Smokestack, whose mix of acoustic blues, jazz & Chicago classics complimented the show wonderfully.
However, we must move on as on Friday 10th Nov @ Mu Mu (Zaffa), Maidstone we have an exceptional double bill of :-----
Big Joe Louis & His Blues Kings
+
Migden & Gibson
Big Joe's Blues Kings are the chosen combo for many big USA names when they tour Europe. He's Big Joe in the UK & Big Joe in Scandinavia where he has a huge following (actually Sven is away at the moment in Mittagskakkerfjord ~ his home ~ where he saw Big Joe only last week, which explains the lack of "deliberate mistakes" in the newslatres letaly). Do check out his site www.bigjoelouis.com there's a lot of interesting info on there. As a bonus West Weston will be guesting this evening.....for those who've never heard West (whose big band plays The Roffen next month) you're in for a treat....The Blues Kings are without doubt one of the finest, authentic blues bands in Europe & West is one of the finest harp players.....what a combination!!!
But that's not all....in addition I've blagged Migden & Gibson ~ you'll mostly be familiar with this excellent duo (& David Migden's superb (jazz) band), I defy you to come up with a better voice on the circuit right now than Dave's, helped with superb guitar support from Joe Gibson. www.davidmigden.com
This will be a highlight gig so do try to make it.....some table availability as I write this but we've been getting close to full of late so book now if you can.
An up-coming weekend you may like to visit....I shall be trogging down there....is Crawley Blues Club's first Blues Festival....on Saturday 18th Nov starting @ 1:30pm @ The Hawth Theatre, Crawley. It only takes 35 to 45 mins to get there from Kent (at an average mph of 103!), it's really not far & the theatre is clearly signed off the M23.
Acts scheduled include......from the USA John-Alex Mason & Kent Duchaine, from a little nearer home Sonny Black, Bagge & Armer, The Spikedrivers & many more top UK artists. There are also a number of workshops scheduled for the day. www.crawleyblues.co.uk has lots of information about the fest. & other gigs Tony & his team have earmarked for the year.
OK that'll do for now.....see you there.
John.
01634 314602
07702 554989
www.bottleneckblues.com

Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 21:14:57 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mike Dollins Blues Guitar" bluesjazzguitar@mikedollins.biz
Subject: WWOZ Radio 90.7 FM New Orleans

We want to thank Bid "D" at WWOZ for playing our new Blues CD. He couldn't wait for a copy that is in the mail, and downloaded the songs from our MySpace Music site, and featured them on his show today. Check out the following links to a great New Orleans blues station, and blues programming.
http://www.wwoz.org/pl_show.php?pl=511&dj=24

www.myspace.com/wwozbigd

www.mikedollins.biz

http://www.myspace.com/mikedollinsband

Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:20:26 -0500
From: "Brian Slack" zeb@vl.videotron.ca
Subject: ZEB NEWS from Montreal, October 30, 2006

***MONTREAL BLUES SOCIETY CD SPOTLIGHT - NEW EVERY WEEK***
Visit: http://www.bluesmontreal.com (New hats & T-shirts available)
Photos: http://www.bluesmontreal.com/galerie2.html

***HAPPY HALOWEEN!!***
Blind Pig Records & Stony Plain Records presents
DR. DUKE TUMATOE - You've Got The Problem!
http://www.stonyplainrecords.com
http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=album&catalognum=BPCD5108

DEANNA BOGART - Real Time
http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=album&catalognum=BPCD5107

JEREMY SPENCER - Precious Little
http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=album&catalognum=BPCD5106

T O P S T O R I E S:
- Tuesday Night Blues at Bourbon Street West returns next week
- Anthony Gomes at Café Campus
- David Rotundo at Sutton en Blues, Gatineau & Quebec City
- Riot & Rhythm Devils at Bistro à Jojo
- Festival: Sutton en Blues & Saint-Fortunat

S H O W S
T U E S D A Y N I G H T B L U E S S E R I E S
No blues show this week - Halloween Party
DAVID ROTUNDO (Toronto)
http://www.davidrotundo.com/
Tuesday, November 7, 8:30 p.m.
Bourbon Street West, 1866 Sources Blvd., Pte-Claire, QC, 514-695-6545

Upcoming:
November 14 BRIAN SMITH BLUES BAND
November 21 JOHN CAMPBELLJOHN (Maritimes)
November 28 BLUES BERRY JAM

C A F E C A M P U S E N B L U E S 15 th E D I T I O N 2 0 0 6
ANTHONY GOMES (Nashville/Toronto)
http://www.cafecampus.com/blues/detail_event.asp?eventid=846
Thursday, November 2, 8:00 pm
Café Campus, 57 Prince-Arthur, Montreal, QC, (514) 844-1010

Singer-guitarist Anthony Gomes lives by that credo of truth as an artist, constantly challenging himself to expand his explorations of heart and sound. His latest album Music Is The Medicine (in stores since August 8th) is now followed by an extensive North American tour. The new collection of songs raises the bar and reaches beyond it, taking all he’s discovered in enduring American sounds and applying that knowledge and experience to create a vibrant, contemporary masterwork of blues-based rock, soul and R&B.

http://www.anthonygomes.com/ (Advance $12.00 + serv., Door $12.00)

Coming soon:
November 15 LARRY McCRAY
November 22 DAVID GOGO
November 29 PAT THE WHITE
December 6 LUCKY PETERSON
December 13 DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND
December 20 KEVIN MARK

DAVID ROTUNDO (Toronto)
Thursday, November 2, 8:00 pm, 2006
Théâtre Place de l'Église, 200 Ouest, 18e Rue, Ville Saint-Georges, QC
Info: http://www.lesamantsdelascene.com/billeterie.asp

DAVID ROTUNDO (Toronto)
http://www.davidrotundo.com/
Friday, November 3
Le Prestige Bar Billard Spectacle, 1566, rue de la Faune, St-Émile, QC
Info: 418-847-5214

Upcoming shows :
Friday, November 17 MO BLUES
Friday, December 8 MIKE DEWAY
Friday, January 19 ANDRÉE DUPRÉ

RIOT & HIS RHYTHM DEVILS
Friday & Saturday, November 3 & 4
http://www.bistroajojo.com/programmation.php
Bistro à Jojo, 1627 St.Denis St., Montreal, QC, 514-843-5015

HARMONICA LEGENDS
Virée Blues presents harmonica legends
Carl Tremblay, Jim Zeller & Rick L Blues
Saturday, November 4, 9:00 p.m. $ 29
Cegep de l'Outaouais Auditorium, QC 819-328-2539

DAVID ROTUNDO (Toronto)
Monday, November 6, 2006
Le Troquet, 41 rue Laval, Gatineau, QC 819-328-2539

For complete local shows listings:
http://www.bluesmontreal.com/october.html

F E S T I V A L S & E V E N T S
SUTTON EN BLUES (Fall 2006 - 5th edition)
http://www.auberge-appalaches.com/en/2006/blues.php
Presented by Kazou Productions at the Auberge des Appalaches, Sutton, QC
Info: (450) 538-0037 Toll Free 1-877-533-5799
info@auberge-appalaches.com

November 4, 8:30 pm DAVID ROTUNDO (Toronto)
http://www.auberge-appalaches.com/en/2006/blues/davidrotundo.php

November 11PAUL DESLAURIERS BAND
November 18 BOB WALSH TRIO

Blues package with lodging
http://www.auberge-appalaches.com/en/2006/blues.php

FESTIVAL BLUES AUBERGE ST-FORTUNAT
http://www.aubergest-fortunat.com/

LG & THE BLUES DRIVERS
Friday & Saturday, November 3 & 4
Auberge St-Fortunat 109 Principale, St-Fortunat, QC

O N T H E T U B E
Tuesday, November 7, 7:00 a.m., Bravo!
Talkin' Blues: A profile of Chicago musician Fruteland Jackson; Kelly Joe Phelps; Super ChiKan.

W E B S I T E S
TORONTO BLUES SOCIETY: http://www.torontobluessociety.com/
CROSSROADS BLUES : http://www.crossroadsblues.com/
BLUES 4 U: http://www.allblues4u.com/
BLUES NORTH: http://www.bluesnorth.com
OTTAWA BLUES & JAZZ GUIDES THIS WEEK
http://www.ncf.ca/ottawa-blues-jazz/weeksblz.html
OTTAWA BLUES THIS WEEK:
http://hometown.aol.ca/lizbluesottawa/thisweek.html

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From: "Forums Rock"
Subject: Gino Empry recently passed away.
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:21:39 -0500

Gino Empry 1923 – 2006

-- by Joe Curtis --

Gino Empry was Canada’s best-known and certainly most flamboyant publicist and talent booker -- and just about everything else in entertainment! Empry passed away on Saturday, October 14, 2006 in Toronto at the age of 83.

In years gone by Empry booked and publicized all the ‘greats’ in show business. These included B.B. King and Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins, as well as Peggy Lee, Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Salome Bey and Anne Murray -- all of whom he booked into the Imperial Room in Toronto’s prestigious Royal York Hotel.

Gino ‘discovered’ and made Anne Murray a star back in the early ’70s. He was Tony Bennett’s publicist for 12 years, and was close friends of ‘The Rat Pack’ … Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., as well as Bob Hope, Jack Benny and others. Empry booked Hope into the O’Keefe Center (now Hummingbird Center) in Toronto in the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Gino also had a close association with Toronto’s ‘Honest’ Ed Mirvish who he worked with since the early ‘60s – publicizing Mirvish’s Royal Alexandra Theatre, and later the legendary Old Vic in England. He also organized the talent and events at the now 90-year-old-plus Ed Mirvish’s annual birthday party held outdoors in ‘Mirvish Village’ next to the Honest Ed’s store on Markham St. in Toronto’s Bathust St. & Bloor St. W. area.

Ed Mirvish is Canada’s best-known and most successful entertainment entrepreneur for over four decades. He and many great stars Empry’s worked with, including Jack Lemmon, Anne Murray (and even Gino’s close friend ‘The Happy Hooker’, Xaviera Hollander) are featured in reminiscences and rare photos in Gino’s star-packed autobiography, ‘I Belong To The Stars’ available from Gino’s website: http://www.ginoempry.com/

Empry was involved in booking Downchild’s Jane Vasey into a production called ‘Concert in E Flat Major For Piano, Drums and Violence’, that took place in the early ‘70s in a long-forgotten Yorkville establishment, Harold’s Stage Door, at the Regency Towers Hotel. I know this because I’ve seen the poster for this show. It was part of Empry’s huge poster collection of almost a thousand that my girlfriend and I catalogued for Gino three years ago. When I asked Gino if I could get a copy made of this poster for Downchild Blues Band co-founder Donnie Walsh, he told me, “You can give him the original!” Unfortunately it got returned to Gino along with the other posters, before that was done. I kept
meaning to go to Gino’s and rummage through his boxes of posters and find that one for Donnie .. and always thought “there’d be time to do it”. Who’d have guessed Gino would have passed away so suddenly. He looked much younger than his purported 83 years, and was actively going out to shows almost every evening. He was always on top of things in the entertainment world.

Looking through Gino’s poster collection file, I see he was involved in publicizing Downchild’s 1993 album, ‘Goodtimes Guaranteed’, (featuring Donnie Walsh and Jane Vasey).

Gino helped put the word out about the Climax Blues Band’s performance at The Erl’s Court at Hydro Place in Toronto in the ‘70s. He also publicized Scott Cushnie, Doug Riley and Joan Besen’s ‘Two Pianos, No Waiting’ album, and a show featuring The Good Brothers in the ‘80s. When The Stampeders went on a national tour in 1974 to promote their album ‘No Way’, it was Gino who first brought this info to the public’s attention.

Empry also publicized Shooter (formerly The Greaseball Boogie Band) in a 1975 gig. (Jim Jones bassist for 1960s ‘Toronto Sound’ band Luke & The Apostles was also in Shooter). The Greaseball Boogie Band was the first band this writer ever saw ‘live’ in a club – back in early 1972 at Toronto’s Jarvis House. (Actually Dr. Music at The Colonial, was probably the ‘first’, although being underage and seeing only 10 minutes of that show, doesn’t really count).

Another ‘blues’ show of interest that Gino lent a hand in promoting, was ‘Mabel’ .. featuring the great Jackie Richardson portraying ‘Big’ Mabel Mercer at Toronto’s Top o’ The Senator jazz club. Other Empry jazz shows included the Du Maurier Jazz Festival featuring Count Basie, Dizzie Gillepsie, Moe Koffmann and Peter Appleyard. Empry was also involved in a production featuring Barbara Eden and Robert Goulet at the O’Keefe Center in ‘86 as well as Jazz FM 91’s Jaymz Bee in ‘Welcome To The Smirnoff Lounge’.

Empry publicized a 1980s Gordon Lightfoot ‘Ontario’ tour, and was instrumental (along with Lightfoot’s manager Barry Harvey) in having Lightfoot play live at an upscale nightclub concert called The Dominion Club, in early 2005; as well as another show there shortly afterwards featuring rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins.

Gino was involved in some unusual, offbeat shows too, like a cartoon fest at Healey’s featuring a showing of Reg Hart’s film collection of Popeye and other cartoons. He also managed several artists who were not famous and just starting out like singer Danie Cortez who he showcased at one of Healey’s Wednesday night events back in April 2002. That was the night I ‘officially’ met Empry.

Back in January 2002, Gino was in a photo with B.B. King and me. I didn’t know who he was back then. A few people I showed the photo to, said he was “B.B.’s sax player.” So, when I saw Gino three months later at Healey’s, I said to him, “You’re in a photo with me and B.B. King at Massey Hall. Are you B.B.’s sax player?” Gino quickly replied, “No … I’m Gino Empry the publicist. Here’s my card!”

I then asked Empry, “Why are you here tonight?” He said, “Danie Cortez, my client .. She’s singing tonight!” So, I said, “Great! I’ll write a review for you,” which I did. When I sent it to Gino, I also sent him my B.B. King review from January 2002, from the night he was pictured in a photo backstage, seated on a couch, looking up at B.B. and me. Gino later emailed back, “I like the B.B. King review. I mailed it to B.B.’s house.” Another time after emailing him a Ronnie Hawkins review, Gino told me, “I mailed it to Ronnie.” That was how I got to know Gino.

This ‘mistaken identity’ situation in regards to thinking Gino was B.B.’s sax player, reminds me of a segment of the 2004 CTV Ronnie Hawkins documentary ‘Still Alive & Kickin’’ where Paul Anka sings a song to Hawkins, something like: “When you first met me, you asked ‘Are you the bellboy?’”

Paul Anka was a decades-long client of Empry’s since the early ‘60s, as well as one of his closest long-time friends. Anka like Lightfoot and Hawkins, was scheduled to appear at the Dominion Club (as was Petula Clark), but the club/venture ran out of money before that happened. I received an invitation to meet Petula at Gino’s new condo in late 2005, a few days before her Hummingbird Centre concert. I enjoyed a great 10-minute conversation with her, before she and Gino left the party going strong, to see their old friend Don Francks singing in his jazz combo at a jazz club called The Dominion On Queen, in Toronto’s Cabbagetown area. (As Gino later pointed out to me, “It wasn’t the ‘other’ Dominion Club” at King and Yonge St.”) Francks mentioned to me at the Hummingbird a few days later, “Petula wanted to sing (at The Dominion), but I wanted her to save her voice for her show.”

Gino was the only person I knew who “drove into Sarstock” as he put it, July 30, 2003, (when there was no parking for miles around, and fans had to walk to the concert for hours to attend, if they didn’t pack the subway to get there). This was a concert attended by 490,000 music fans, and sent the message out that Sars was over, and Toronto was now a safe and healthy place to work in, visit and live in again. It featured the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, Jeff Healey, Dan Aykroyd and many other artists. (It’s on DVD as, ‘Toronto Rocks’).

I asked Gino a few days later, “Did you go to Sarstock?” He said, “Yes .. I drove in … did some business and watched the Rolling Stones for a while .. Then went home!”

When Ronnie Hawkins received his ‘Star’ on the ‘Walk of Fame’ in Toronto in late 2002, a teary eyed Gino was seated in the audience outdoors, next to longtime friend and Hawkins backup singer B.J. Cook (former wife of ex-Hawk and music producer David Foster). This was during the time when everyone thought Hawkins only had a few months to live. Who would imagine at the time, that Hawkins would outlive Gino? The Hawk only had a prognosis of two months to live at the time.

I never had to have an invitation to drop by Gino’s condo, which served as both his private residence and office. It was as upscale and trendy as it can get .. but very comfortable and roomy, with a friendly, homey atmosphere that was easy to enjoy. He sometimes had a Playboy Playmate like Tailer James as his secretary when I was there; which overlapped Gino’s work for Playboy. I asked him once if I could do some work with him on that project, and he replied, “After you finish the posters, we’ll see.”

One day when I was at Gino’s place bringing him two sets of photos of Petula Clark at the Hummingbird Centre, (for Petula and Gino), he was on the phone trying to get in touch with a writer at the Globe & Mail. He wanted to find out why the journalist who wrote the Petula Clark review, panned her concert of the previous evening. (It was a terrific show the audience loved, so I also wondered why she got the negative review. The Hummingbird later said it was their best show of the year).

I know Gino liked my review, or he would have said so. He immediately faxed it to Petula to read. She later thanked me for the review, and told some nice things to Gino about my writing, that he included in a recent job/character reference he wrote for me as well as my girlfriend, since we both did some work for him. The only thing Empry did mention about my second review of Petula the following year was “Take out the word ‘Pet’. She hates that!” (That’s all he found wrong with it, and I immediately obliged that simple request).

That little bit of inside info floored me, because the whole world knew Petula for decades as ‘Pet Clark’. However, after hearing what Gino had to say, I went through my whole review and removed all references to ‘Pet’ and replaced them with ‘Petula’.

When I asked Gino for a job reference in late April/early May-06, all he had to say was, “What do you want me to say?” So, I reminded him of things he already mentioned to me at times, and voila .. the job reference was ready for me to pick up later the same day, on Gino’s personalized letterhead paper and hand-signed by Gino. That shows what a nice guy, and extremely helpful person Gino was .. always ready to help out in any way he could ..even when he was up to his ears in his own work with the ‘stars’.

I remember dropping off a copy of a recent Discoveries magazine featuring Gordon Lightfoot on the cover (with four pages of Lightfoot interview and photos inside), to Gino that night, when picking up my job reference, because he said he’d like to read it. One hand does wash the other, so to speak, and it’s good Karma too!

Another time when I dropped by Gino’s, he was on his way to the airport to pick up Madonna for her ACC concert. Gino certainly seemed to live one of those 1950s Hollywood-type entertainment lifestyles, epitomized in movies and Life Magazine articles of that nostalgic era. Yet one recent Xmas when I phoned to wish him a Merry Xmas, I was disheartened to hear from him that he was spending Xmas alone. I was thinking at the time, “Here’s a man who has friends -- some stars, some not -- all over the world, and he’s spending Xmas alone?” That was saddening to me,
because Gino was truly a nice guy! As eccentric as Gino was at times, he once sent a Xmas card to us a few months ‘after’ Xmas, hand-addressed with our names and hand-signed “Gino”. It was a cherished possession then, and with Gino’s unfortunate passing, even more so now!

Gino was a good friend of my girlfriend and I, right up to his unfortunate passing a couple of weeks ago. Whenever Empry was involved in a show or present at one we attended, I always endeavored to mention him in my reviews -- whether it was Petula Clark at the Hummingbird Centre, B.B. King at Molson Amphitheatre, or most recently Ronnie Hawkins at Massey Hall in Dec. 2005. Gino loved that kind of publicity, which at first surprised me, because of all the big-name stars he was involved with.

Bassist Chris Chown (in rockabilly guitarist Johnny Lovesin’s band) often mentioned to me, “You know, Gino went to school with my mom … He’s from the west end.” That bit of trivia was always nice to hear, since it illustrates how far Empry went in his career .. right from the bottom, to the very top as far as one can get (and also shows that others can do so too!) He grew up working in his parents’ grocery store in Toronto’s west end, so hard work was always part of his life, right to the end -- serving the stars he loved so much and making them happy to work with and be with him.

Gino always added a touch of real class to whatever venue or event he attended. Whenever he was present at a show, it always seemed bigger and better because he was there. He had that special kind of charisma, one is born with .. not something that’s acquired or cultivated! It was always easy to be around Gino, because he was always natural and himself, and not a phony in any way.

Gino was certainly ‘Mr. Limelight’ as a publicist and talent booker goes, and always seemed to look forward to any mention I gave him – or any mention he got anywhere in the press. He was truly a grateful human being and humanitarian. His fundraising events included the Hospital for Sick Kids and Variety Club Telethon among several other charities large and small that needed help, which he graciously offered at the drop of a hat.

Gino lent me some photos from his private collection a while back, so I could scan and use them in my reviews and UK photo gallery. Some of my favorites were Gino posing with Petula Clark and Peggy Lee, as well as a photo of Gino with former Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman.

I once asked Gino, “What was your relationship to Peggy Lee .. besides booking her into the Imperial Room?” Gino’s quick reply was, “I was her ‘Canadian Guru’!” So, when I reviewed Maria Muldaur’s CD ‘A Woman Alone With The Blues’, (featuring ‘all Peggy Lee songs’) for jazzreview.com, I made sure I said just that about ‘Guru’ Gino and Peggy Lee.
http://www.jazzreview.com/cd/review-17948.html

Gino Empry had many friends in the entertainment business, because he always treated everyone he knew fairly, honestly, and with extreme kindness and respect .. whether they were superstars like Tony Bennett, Petula Clark, The Rolling Stones and Madonna; rockabilly legends like Ronnie Hawkins; blues artists like Donnie Walsh and Jane Vasey … even writers like myself and others .. as well as the average person on the street.

As talent booker for the Imperial Room, Gino allowed unknown artists in other productions to come by for the late night show featuring big name acts, without having to pay a cover charge. This act of kindness by Gino, allowed these artists starting out, to be entertained as well as hone their craft by exposure to legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Tina Turner, Raquel Welch, Ronnie Hawkins and B.B. King.

Gino treated everyone the same … like everyone was an important person … like everyone was a star, and like they were family.

Gino Empry was definitely not snob, and was a good and honest person. He was down to earth, and a real gentleman; and generous with his friends of whom he had many.

I feel a passage paraphrased from Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ describes Gino Empry perfectly: He “Walked with Kings .. But retained the common touch.”

I think Mary McGillis, daughter-in-law and business manager to Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins, summed it up the best when she told me, “We love Gino!” I second that!

Gino Empry website: http://www.ginoempry.com/

From: "Movinmusic-Mike" mike@movinmusic.co.uk
Subject: Movinmusic Newsletter Number 31 November 2006
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:24:58 -0000
** Movinmusic Newsletter Number 31 November 2006 **

Hello everyone, and welcome to the thirty-first Movinmusic Blues Agency Newsletter. You're receiving this e-mail because you have either entered your e-mail address into Movinmusic's mailing list or have requested information about our acts in the past.

This newsletter contains information about:

Memo Gonzalez and the Bluescasters Last 06 UK Dates
Matt Schofield - Cardiff 2nd December
Spikedrivers in St Albans
Ian Siegal Band - Flowerpot Derby, Other UK Dates & CD/DVD Release
Sherman Robertson and BluesMove in Spain and Portugal
Derrin Nauendorf October Dates

** Memo Gonzalez and the Bluescasters Last 06 UK Dates **

November sees the last 06 dates in the Memo Gonzalez and the Bluescaster's tour promoting their new album "Live in the UK". This CD is available from the Movinmusic website and at the following gigs:

November UK Dates

Wednesday, 01/11/2006, The Komedia, Brighton, Sussex 01273 647100.
http://www.komedia.co.uk/

Thursday, 02/11/2006, Bullfrog Blues Club, South Parade Pier, Southsea Hants.
http://www.barkingspider.abelgratis.com/

Friday, 03/11/2006, Abertillery Theatre, Abertillery, South Wales 01495 350360.
http://www.blaenaugwentvenues.com/

Saturday, 04/11/2006, Citadel Arts Centre, St. Helens, Merseyside 01744 735436.
http://www.citadel.org.uk/

Friday, 10/11/2006, Spectrum Blues Club (TBC), Keighley, West Yorkshire 7974241801.
http://www.bluesinkeighley.com/

Click on the Realaudio below for the track "You Got What You Wanted "
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/memo_gonzalez_bluescasters/sounds/you_got_what_you_wanted_28.ram

Click here for more information on Memo Gonzlaez and the Bluescasters:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/memo_gonzales_bluescasters.htm

** Matt Schofield - Cardiff 2nd December**As it's happening at the very beginning of December we thought that we'd give some advance notice on this next event. Matt Schofield will be headlining the Blues Dragon Club's 10th Birthday event on the 2nd December at the "Social" on Miskin Street, Cathays, Cardiff from 3pm to midnight.

"Schofield's playing is dynamite." Guitarist Magazine.
"Impressive Schofield displays, chops & taste." **** Mojo magazine.
"One of the brightest hopes we have today. I think it's time he became a big star." Paul Jones, BBC Radio 2.

The line-up includes: Pete Mathison, The Forster King Band, Honey Boy Hickling and the DTs, Numbers Racket.

£13 advance ticket or £15 on the night

More information available from:
http://www.bluesdragon.org.uk/

For more info on Matt Schofield:
http://www.mattschofield.com/

** Spikedrivers in St Albans **Saturday 25th November 2006 8:30 pm
The Maltings Arts Centre
St Albans
Box Office: 01727 844222
http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/mat

Taking inspiration from their American roots and the country’s rich musical heritage, the Spikedrivers’ song writing, vocal harmonies and unique instrumentation make their sound fresh and exciting. The atmosphere created by the band takes you on a journey, from southern juke joints and lazy front porches to the huge open spaces of dust bowls and railroad tracks disappearing into the distance… Besides performing their main set the Spikedrivers have agreed to combine elements of one of their brilliant workshops into the evening. This will cover a brief history of the blues, where it came from and how it has influenced so much of today’s popular music, the origins of the instruments, and most importantly involving the whole audience in discovering the music and having a great time doing so !

'The atmosphere the band is able to create around its music is nothing less than remarkable' Blues Revue - USA 'The Spikedrivers have the unique ability to conjure a presence, a sense of place, from a sound. 'Blues in Britain - UK

http://www.spikedrivers.co.uk

Tickets £12.50 (Cons. £10)

Future dates:

20th January - Nine Below Zero (Unplugged)

17th March - The Ian Siegal Band - http://www.iansiegal.com

** Ian Siegal Band - Flowerpot Derby, Other UK Dates & CD/DVD Release **

November 6th sees the release of Ian Siegal's CD/DVD combo - "A Bigger Plate of Meat & Potatoes". It brings together his much acclaimed album Meat & Potatoes (first released April 2005) with a DVD of his powerful performance at the North Sea Jazz Festival, where he performed on the main stage with Jamie Cullum and Joss Stone.

"Awash with wit, lust and distraction…..one of the most inventive Blues recordings ever made by a British artist." MOJO ****

"This album is a rare combination of cleverness and craft." **** (Excellent) PENGUIN BOOK OF BLUES RECORDINGS

This CD/DVD combo can be ordered directly from Nugene Records at: http://www.nugenerecords.com/

Movinmusic's booking 07 Band dates for Ian Siegal. We'll keep our website updated as the information comes in and please feel to contact us about booking Ian and his fantastic band.

November Gig Dates

Friday 3/11 The Flowerpot, Derby
http://www.rawpromo.co.uk/

Friday 17/11 The Musician, Leicester
http://www.themusicianpub.co.uk/

Saturday 18/11 The Cluny, Newcastle
http://www.theheadofsteam.co.uk/

Sunday 19/11 The Cluny, Newcastle (lunchtime)
http://www.theheadofsteam.co.uk

Wednesday 22/11 Bishops Blues Club, Bishop's Stortford
http://www.bluesalive.co.uk/

Click on the Realaudio below for the track "Butter Side Up"
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/ian_siegal/sounds/butter_side_up_28.ram

For more information check http://www.www.iansiegal.com or http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/ian_siegal.htm

** Sherman Robertson and BluesMove in Spain and Portugal **

For those who might just so happen to be in Spain or Portugal this November and December Sherman Robertson and BluesMove will be flying in and out for four dates at the following venues:

Friday, 24/11, Teatro Principal, Orense, Spain.
Saturday, 25/11, Black Note Club, Valencia, Spain.
Friday, 08/12, Teatro Rosalia de Castro, La Coruna, Spain .
Saturday, 09/12, Teatro Sa de Miranda, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

For a Realaudio from the CD "Guitar Man - Live" click below:
http://www.movinmusic-records.co.uk/sounds/out_of_sight_28.ram

For more info on Sherman Robertson and BluesMove click below:
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/sherman_robertson.htm

** Derrin Nauendorf October Dates **

Derrin Nauendorf will be out on the road solo and as a duo and with his band throughout October and November 06.
You can catch him at the following venues promoting his excellent new album "The Rattling Wheel".

Gig Dates

Wednesday 01/11 Thomas Tripp, Christchurch
http://www.thomas-tripp.co.uk

Thursday 02/11 Blues Bar, Harrogate
http://www.bluesbar.org.uk/

Friday 03/11 Ego's, Ludlow
http://www.egocafebar.co.uk/

Sunday 05/11 Mr Kyps, Poole
http://www.mrkyps.net/

Wednesday 08/11 Boardwalk, Sheffield
http://www.theboardwalklive.co.uk/

Thursday 09/11 Half Moon, Putney
http://www.halfmoon.co.uk/

Sunday 12/11 Thomas Tripp, Lymington

Thursday 16/11 White Hart, Aldeburgh

Friday 17/11 Three Horseshoes, Dorset

Sunday 19/11 Hope Tavern, Holton Le Moor

Monday 27/11 Famous Monday Blues, Oxford
http://www.oxfordblues.info/

Thursday 30/11 Platform Tavern, Southampton
http://www.platformtavern.com/

Click on the Realaudio below for a track from the album "The Rattling Wheel"
http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/derrin_nauendorf/sounds/i_wont_turn_my_back_28.ram

For more information check http://www.derrinnauendorf.com/ or http://www.movinmusic.co.uk/derrin_nauendorf.htm

** Next Month's Newsletter **

Next month’s newsletter will contain more info on our forthcoming December dates and much more. We hope you
enjoyed our newsletter and that you found it useful.

Enjoy!