James O’Hara band at Huddersfield Blues Club, Smile Bar
Schedule
Thu Feb 13 2025 at 08:30 pm to 11:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Smile Bar & Venue | Huddersfield, EN
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The time is right to welcome back our second ever booking at HBC. Esteemed veteran local blues legend the one and only James O'Hara + bandwith Marc Layton-Bennett (drums), Paul Corry (guitar), Jon Burr (harmonica), Martin Chung (bass).
James O’Hara is a UK born and based Blues musician with a wealth of experience in fronting bands since 1985 including The Detonators and The Giant killers.
James has played with Phil Guy, Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch, Jimmy Thomas, Jimmy Burns, Eddie Taylor jr, Willie “the touch” Hayes, Chico Banks, Charles Mack, EG McDaniels, Holle Thee Maxwell, Lazy Lester.
“An appealing bluesman with a confident, low-key vocal approach and an enjoyably hard-to-predict solo style… truly enjoyable music” – Bruce Iglauer, Alligator records.
“A truly gifted blues singer and a brilliant guitar player, and one of the nicest guys you are ever likely to meet.” Jimmy Thomas.
"Chicago Blues with a modern twist." Paul Jones (Radio 2)
"You guys are the badass of England, no one is playing Blues like this over there James, I love it" Larry "Mud" Morganfield (Muddy Waters jr)
"British Blues at it's finest" Fran Leslie (Blues in Britain Magazine)
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Smile Bar & Venue, Huddersfield, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays: