FESTIVAL FORUM
Debate, discussion and argument - gear, bands and gigs - it's your call
PROGRAMME
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All the bands, venues and times
ARTISTES
Many of the Fest bands and musicians
who have appeared over the years
Bio's, pic's and loads of info.
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PREVIOUS FESTIVALS
Vast archive of Photo's and Gig Reviews of Previous Festivals
SPONSORS
Without our sonsors
there would be no
Fest - Who are these
generous people?
ISLE OF MAN BLUES CLUB
The Manx Blues Club; where the Festival sprang from
venue, dates, history etc..
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The Festival is mostly FREE
but which stages require tickets?
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Bushy's Big Wheel Blues Festival is
a fund raising event for the British Red
Cross. Please give generously.
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John Hammond
has spent almost a lifetime keeping many of the classic blues
songs alive. When fans see Hammond perform them, as Dr. John has observed many
times with his music and the music of others, the fans often want to go back
further, and find out who did the original versions of the songs Hammond now
plays - he is keeping the music alive.
It has always been important to him that he bring the art form to a wider
audience by
performing classic, in some cases all but forgotten, songs. Now, more than 30
years
later, Hammond continues to do this, touring all over the U.S., Canada and
Europe from his base in northern New Jersey. Anything can happen at a John
Hammond concert, and he selects tunes from his vast repertoire like buckets of
water from a well.
John Hammond is one of the finest roots/blues performers performing in the
world today and his appearance at this year's 2006 Big Wheel Blues Festival is
an auspicious moment for the Blues fraternity and fans here on the Isle of Man.
Web Site:
More on John Hammond
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