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?
Click here for all the info
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
How to get to the Isle of Man
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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Felix Slim (more below) guitar player, harmonica player and singer, from
Southern Spain, will be coming over with Big Darryl, a ragtime,
goodtime, finger picker well known to Blues Club aficionados.
This blues duo who appeared at the Cazorla Blues Festival (Biggest blues
festival in southern Spain) and Sotogrande Blues Festival this summer. (The
Sotogrande set was shown in its entirety on San Roque T.V.) are all set for
2004.
Felix Slim is an excellent guitar player (acoustic, electric & slide) &
harmonica
player who lives & breathes the blues and what's more is now somewhat of an
expert in the delights of Arthur Guinness' most efficacious elixir.
Big Darryl - Well what can I say. He reckons that he's lost weight since Slim
christened him that. Mmmhh...we sall see. Now, as well as playing guitar,
Darryl is playing mandolin & occasional washboard but apparently still
struggling with the old castanets. Keep applying the ointment Darryl.
Felix B. "Slim"Amieva, born in Ceuta, 29 years ago. Singer, Guitarist and
Harmonica Player he settled in Seville in 1995 and at present is in Estepona
(Malaga), but has no idea where will be found tomorrow.
Self-taught in the study of the Blues right back to it's very roots Slim Felix
has
collaborated with divers bands and artists such as Big Darryl, Alan Bike,
Frameworks Coll & Adrian Coast, Joan Pau Cumellas & Mr. Hurricane Band, The
Andabluses, Bluesville, Mingo Balaguer (former Caledonia BB and Bluesblasters)
Lolo Ortega (former Caledonia Blues Band), July Colin (Blues Boys), Richard Ray
Farrell, Manolo of Arches (former Algeciras Blues Express) Juan Arias (former
Caledonia BB), Juan Clove and others.
He is particularly interested in the Rural Blues (Country Blues, Folk Blues or
Acoustic Blues), which many would consider to be the genuine Blues and
is accompanied from time to time by harmonica players of renown such as Manolo
of Arches, Mingo Balaguer, "Harmonica" Naranjo, Juan Clove, Joan Pau Cumellas,
etc...
Felix is a fine guitarist and Slide player and he sings with the sort of voice
that just might be possessed by the ghost of one of the old-time Bluesmen. ...
he
tries to recreate the sound of the blues from 100 years ago that might have
been heard in the states of Louisiana, Texas, Georgia. ...
As well as his own songs he loves and plays the masterpieces of the old
teachers such as Charley Patton, Son House, Tommy Johnson, Fred McDowell, Blind
B Fuller, Cab Calloway, John Lee Hooker, Duke Ellington and, of course, Robert
Johnson,
Felix Slim's website
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