Dexter Shaw and the Wolftones plus Special Guests! - free admission, donations requested.
Schedule
Sat Sep 28 2024 at 03:00 pm to 06:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
The Garibaldi Hotel, NN1 3DX Northampton, United Kingdom | Northampton, EN
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The Garibaldi LIVE are thrilled to be welcoming back Dexter Shaw and the Wolftones, with special guests Big Creek Slim and Dawnette Fessey.Dexter is a veteran of the UK Blues scene, playing Old School Blues rooted in the 40/50s, whether it be gritty Chicago blues or uptown west coast style, his band nails it!
Dexter's vocals and guitar are engaging and authentic, he front's a dynamite outfit featuring Thomas Lucas on harp and keys, Francesca Shaw, his daughter, on double bass and Loris Peverani on drums .
Dexter Shaw was born In the 1950's in London, he developed his love of blues and roots music, listening to his mother's Rhythm & Blues records and got his first guitar at 11, when he started busking on the street - playing in the "San Francisco Bay Jug Band” - outside pubs and working men's clubs with some school friends. At 18 he got a job as a sound engineer for Doctor Feelgood. After 10 years of touring, he picked up his guitar again and hooked up with his childhood friend Steve "West" Weston, who was playing the local gigs circuit. In the 1980's and 1990's he was some kind of a fixture in the buzzing London scene, playing double bass or guitar with some of the finest blues guys:, Big Joe Louis and His Blues Kings, King David Purdy, Jeremiah Marquez, Gordon Smith and Little George Sueref. He formed "Dexter Shaw & the Wolf Tones" in the late 1990's
A life long passion for the blues has made Big Creek Slim, aka. Marc Rune, one of the most authentic and promising Danish blues acts of this generation. While this may sound a bit much, a look at Big Creeks résumé reveals a number of gigs with and for prominent bluesmen like Mick Taylor and Omar and the Howlers, American and Brazilian recordings, the legendary Henry Gray of Howlin’ Wolf, and award nominations and winnings. In 2008 Big Creek won the Moeblomania Blues Award with 70% of the votes. While being deeply inspired by the early delta and Mississippi blues artists like Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Elmore James and Robert Nighthawk, Big Creek Slim has his very own distinct take on the blues: It has to be dirty, authentic, heartfelt and absolutely no compromises can be made in the process. His unique sound is a product of a devoted man’s journey through the dirty south of Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana combined with a life long love affair with the blues.
Dawnette Fessey, aka A No Good Woman, sings her blues sassy, swinging & soulful, from the Delta to Chicago, Bessie to BB King.... Big Momma to Little Walter. Dawnette's been singing ever since she can remember..... with a number of bands and musicians over the years. This gal knows what she’s about - sassy, strong, sexy, spicy & sweet, without apology. So when you come to hear her sing, you better be ready!
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Where is it happening?
The Garibaldi Hotel, NN1 3DX Northampton, United Kingdom, Garibaldi, 19 Bailiff Street, Northampton, NN1 3DX, United Kingdom,Northampton, NorthamptonshireEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
