Friday LIVE: Tash Buxton & The Money Makers

Name: Friday LIVE: Tash Buxton & The Money Makers
Start: 2025-05-09T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Blue Piano

Schedule

Fri, 09 May, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Blue Piano | Birmingham, EN

Friday 9th May
•The Blue Piano LIVE: Tash Buxton & The Money Makers•
A guaranteed #blues #rnb #soul #jazz & #funk musical feast delivered by this slick outfit & led by BP favourite Tash Buxton!
Check out this line up👇🏽
Tash Buxton🥁
Dave Stevenson🎸🎤
Wayne Matthews🎸
Liam Holloran🎹
• Join us in the bar for some cheeky cocktails🍹🍸& pre-show drinks🍻🥂
from 5pm
• Garden/restaurant open: 5pm
• Music: 1st set 7.00pm ish!
• Free admission.
• Diners please call or email to reserve a table:
[email protected]
www.thebluepiano.co.uk
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• Tash Buxton & The Money Makers are a brand new Birmingham based four piece live band, playing classic & contemporary Blues, RnB, Soul, Jazz & funk.
Led by Jam House regular drummer Tash Buxton, the band showcases the very best of midlands musical talent with David Stevenson on lead guitar & vocals, Wayne Matthews on bass, Liam Halloran on piano, Hammond & Rhodes & Tash Buxton on drums.
The band channel the classic guitar driven blues of BB King, Freddie King, Albert King, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Jimi Hendrix together with contemporary blues by Joe Bonamassa, Gary Moore, Robert Cray & John Mayer.
Whilst Blues is the main dish on the Money Maker’s menu, they also serve up classic & modern Soul, Jazz & Funk in equal measures with songs by Gregory Porter, William Bell, James Brown, Omar, Bill Withers & Donny Hathaway.
Relax, kick back & enjoy an evening of delicious live music with Tash Buxton and the Money Makers.
Biogs:
• Tash Buxton:
Drums🥁
Tash is Birmingham’s leading female session drummer with some 20 years performing at The Jam House & a range of leading bands including Fat Chops Big Band, Dino Baptiste & Elle-J Walters.
She is the drummer of choice for numerous jazz, blues, RnB, soul & funk bands in the Midlands.
Tash is The Money Makers Musical Director & band leader & conceived the idea of putting together a blazing team of outstanding Brummie musicians to bring contemporary blues, RnB, Soul, Funk & Jazz to new audiences.
Tash Buxton & the Money Makers are planning a busy year playing gigs and festivals throughout the UK in 2025 & potentially Europe & further afield in 2026.
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• David Stevenson:
Vocals| Guitar🎙🎸
David is a grade 8 classical guitarist & grade 7 pianist who started treading the boards in his teenage years appearing at The Night Out in Birmingham at the tender age of just 11!
By the time he was 14 he had joined The Dream Factory a 1980’s Mod band who had a hit with
Wine and Roses & came close to securing a major record deal but were pipped to it by The Stone Roses & the rest is history!
David has had a lifelong passion for all styles of roots music including Blues, RnB, Jazz, Soul, Ska & Reggae & fronting The Money Makers represents fulfilment of a lifetime ambition.
He has played at many prestigious venues including both Ronnie Scott’s in London & Birmingham, The Cavern in Liverpool, The 100 Club, The Lexington, Half Moon in Putney, The Jam House, The Hare & Hounds & is a regular at The Actress & Bishop.
His original music band The Restless Souls are gearing up to release their first two singles this summer featuring an A list band of musicians. Watch this space…..!
David plays Gibson, Fender & Taylor guitars and uses Mesa Boogie, Blackstar & Vox amplification.
Instagram: David_stevenson_official
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• Liam Halloran:
Keys🎹
Liam Halloran is a multi-instrumentalist & graduate of the Birmingham Conservatoire Jazz department.
He officially studied the vibraphone but mostly makes a living from playing the drums & piano in a huge variety of projects, including theatre shows, wedding bands, big bands, jazz ensembles & plays gigs all over the country.
A versatile freelancer who has played in every shape & size of venue, highlights of which include the Royal Albert Hall in London & Carnegie Hall in New York.
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• Wayne Matthews:
Bass Guitarist🎸
Coventry born Wayne Matthews is a predominantly self-taught electric & acoustic fretless bassist coming from both a Classical & Gospel music background who studied at The Leeds College of Music, taking a Classical Degree primarily on the Viola with jazz elements whilst also playing Electric & Double Bass in various College ensembles & bands.
Wayne has had lessons from Steve Thomas Cook, Robin Mullarkey (Zero Seven, Jacob Collier), Gary Willis, Mike Walker & is mentored by Laurence Cottle.
His musical influences are far reaching from Bach & Hindemith to Folk, Gospel, Jazz, Soul, Funk, Reggae & World Music which has been reflected in his multi- faceted performances in the UK & Internationally including the West End - The Tina Tuner Show, Jack & The Beanstalk (Hammersmith Lyric), Once on This Island (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) TV (Fuji Rock), radio, gospel, orchestral (Limelight Orchestra), big bands (Crash Collective, Fat Chops, Jazz Colossus and Swingshift10), folk ensembles, singer-songwriter, jazz, latin, soul & reggae.
Wayne is currently part of two exciting projects with top UK Trumpeter Bryan Corbett (Instrumental Groove Unit) which features Luke Harris - drummer for The Brand New Heavies & Peggy's Skylight proprietor Paul Deets on the Fender Rhodes & also Derby based vocalist Helen Gayle & mutil-keyboardist Matt Ratcliffe's - Latin Voices.
He runs a weekly Jazz Jam Session in Leamington Spa (Jazz Jam Wednesdays), which is in its 10th year & is involved with Jazz jams at the Donkey in Leicester plus Nottingham & Northampton.
He is also involved with school ensembles, teaches at Nexus ICA & Coventry University including private students & from 2015-2022 had been involved in developing young artists with 2Funky Project Live in Leicester.
He is Inspired by bassists such as James Jamerson, Anthony Jackson, Jaco Pastourious, John Patitucci, Ray Brown, Christian McBride, Richard Bona, Sam Sims, Fred Hammond, Andrew Gouche, Gary Willis, Laurence Cottle, Robin Mullarkey, Freddie Thompson, Rocco Prestia & far too many to mention!
His CV includes the likes of Bob Mintzer, Jim Mullen, Toni Kofi, Alan Barnes, Dave O'Higgins, Simon Spillett, Benet McLean, Soweto Kinch, Damon Brown, Bruce Adams, Omar, Junior Giscombe, Michelle John (The Voice Finalist), Patrick Alan, Xhosa Cole, Art Themen, Alex Clarke, Clark Tracey, Mornington Lockett, The British Collective, The Brothers of Soul, Marcus Joseph, Esther Bennett, Lily Diors, Del Camino, LSK (Nightmares on Wax, Faithless) & many more.
Wayne has also supported Marcus Miller, Terri Lynne Carrington, Aswad, Dennis Rollins & the Selecter.
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