FESTIVAL FORUM
Debate, discussion and argument - gear, bands and gigs - it's your call
2004 FESTIVAL ARTISTES
The who's who of Festival 2004; pictures, links, the lot
2004 GIG REVIEWS
Photo's and Gig Reviews of ALL the stages/venues of Festival 2004
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POSTER 2004
The 2004 Poster is available free to download right now
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PROGRAMME 2004
What was on in 2004
All the bands, venues and times
ACOUSTIC STAGE
The "Acoustic Stage" (in reality an eclectic mix of music from Delta Blues to
flat out rock) at The Shore Hotel has it's own website which is now updated
with new pictures and info..
ISLE OF MAN BLUES CLUB
The Manx Blues Club; where the Festival sprang from
venue, dates, history etc..
TICKETS
Which stage requires tickets?
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ARTISTS
Bio's, pic's and loads of info.
VENUES
Info & Location
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MAP
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Includes Photo's of Laxey
TRAVEL
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Stage: MAIN STAGE GIG REPORT 2003
Photo's and Report on the
Charterhouse International Blues Pavilion
Main Stage
Stage: ACOUSTIC STAGE
The Acoustic Stage has it's own web
site. You can check out: Previous
fest.s, pictures and details.
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Daniel Smith at work in the studio - click to enlarge
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Absolutely brilliant..... A boogie piano maestro with a top class band ... a
great performance - Paul Jones - BBC Radio 2
Dazzlingly accomplished boogie woogie and blues piano - The Guardian
"This guy is something else - he sure knows the blues.... I ain't seen nothin'
like this since Otis Spann and Memphis Slim" - Mojo Buford
Daniel Smith
is one of the most exciting talents to emerge on the British blues scene in
recent years. Returning to the UK in 1994, he first shot to prominence with
Sonny Black
, gaining rave reviews from press, audiences and fellow musicians alike. 2000
saw him launch his own solo career
Virtuoso live performances, his acclaimed debut album ('Southside Boogie' -
second pressing now sold out), BBC Radio sessions and an Edinburgh festival
appearance have earned him a nomination as Best UK Blues Keyboardist 2002. In
2002 he released the album
"Dreamtime"
to much acclaim and radio play and it will be launched on the New Note record
label on 4th April 2003.
As a solo artist and with the Daniel Smith Blues Band, he mixes virtuoso
driving barrelhouse boogie woogie with an authentic down-homeblues piano style,
reflecting influences from
Albert Ammons, Memphis Slim
and
Otis Spann
through to Jools Holland.
This is flavoured with refreshing and rhythmic
Dr John/Professor Longhair
-inspired
New Orleans
material and cool, classy
Gene Harris/ Ramsey Lewis
jazz-blues grooves;
excellent original material
and his soulful bluesy voice set him apart as a performer of unsual quality.
He has a rare technical and musical ability to produce sustained and inspired
keyboards work across the whole spectrum of the blues genre. Whether performing
standards or his excellent original material, Daniel Smith is commonly
recognised as an outstanding keyboards talent and a boogie woogie pianist
without parallel.
Add to this his dry, laid-back, on-stage humour and an absolute killer band -
(some of Britain's finest, most experienced musicians) - Dino Coccia, Jeff
Walker, Alan Glen, Dave Briggs and you have a class act invoking a genuine
sense of the old-time, good-time barrelhouse and speakeasy.
Our expectations of Daniel and those of his audiences in 2003 were more than
realised and we are delighted that, for 2005, he is making a return trip to the
Isle of Man. But this time he will be bringing his band (George Pearson; bass,
guitar and vox & Damon Sawyer; percussion) and will be appearing on The Main
Stage in the Riverside Music Room.
Web Site:
www.danielsmith.co.uk
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