THE WELSH T BAND
Album Preview: Rocking The Roadhouse (2010)
For fans of: British R&B, Powerhouse Blues
The Welsh T Band's development has been long and slow. And in lots of ways that's their real strength - they've paid dues by the bucketful.
At the centre of The Welsh T Band is out-and-out front man Terry John and ace guitar strangler Kevin Ackroyd. When Terry met Kevin, in the late 1990s, they'd already amassed decades of gigging experience between them. And they quickly realised they had a mutual love of the blues. Within weeks, they’d established a blues jam night in their home town of Wakefield. And together with renowned bassist David Hoyle, who Kevin had played with in a band 25 years earlier, they had put together a ‘house band’ to back visiting musicians. The reputation of the house band soon began to spread and bookings from other venues started to roll in. And The Welsh T Band was soon doing upwards of 120 gigs a year.
With invitations to blues clubs up and down the country, support slots with Dr Feelgood and superb German touring band Bad Penny and annual darlings of Colne’s Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival... experience like that you just can’t beat.
It’s made a band that is supremely at home in their natural habitat. On stage, with an audience to entertain...
Band Line Up:
Lead Vocals - Terry 'Welsh T' John
Guitar - Kev Ackroyd
Bass - David Hoyle
Drums - Graham Dickson
(Keyboards on this release by Steve Dymond)
Track List (If MP3 samples don't play, try right-clicking links and opening in new tab):
01. Place In My Heart
02. April-Fool Blues
Purchase link: CDBaby
Artist's website(s): The Welsh T Band | MySpace | Facebook | Twitter
