Links & Venues

 

A few links to friends, relevant web sites and venue details

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CD4JON is a charity compilation CD of bands that play in the High Wycombe and west London area (including us) made by Graham in memory of his good friend Jon Emmett. Graham takes up the story..

"Last year my good friend Jon Emmett died of heart failure. Jon, myself and other friends enjoyed live music and got to know a lot of bands around our neck of the woods, that being High Wycombe and West London.
In time for the first anniversary of Jon's death I came up with the idea of a compilation cd of some of the bands we had seen, with the profits going to the British Heart Foundation.
The response has been fantastic and it has now become a double cd and could easily have been a triple!
This is the finished article, all bands I've asked have been exceedingly generous with their work and this double cd now has 28 superb tracks, some not previously released.
AVAILABLE NOW AT JUST £10. Click Here to see how to buy your copy. Many thanks, Graham.
And remember this is a limited edition so don't miss out! "

 

So far Graham has raised over £2,400 for the British Heart Foundation - well done!

The BullFrog Band are one of those bands that remind you that playing in a rock 'n' roll band is actually about having fun and entertaining the audience. Chris and Julian saw them at the opening night at the George V in Wycombe and were very impressed, when most 'muso' bands are dissapearing up there own ar*es ( not us obviously, well not usually anyway) these guys kept it straight and full on. Eclectic choice of material and the drummer does a nice line in silly hats and message boards while never missing a beat.

Best night we've had in ages!

BUZZ is Mac, Sparkie, Knobby, Wink and Mikes long running high quality funk/rock band. Members of which are also involved in other similar quality outfits including the bluegrass band Papa Truck.

Travelling Shoes (little) Chris was in several bands with Wink back in the stoned age.

New (to me anyway) gig guide for Windsor, Maidenhead, Hig Wycombe etc. called (funnily enough) The Maidenhead - Windsor - Wycombe gig guide.

 

The Shakers are Paul Sharmans latest rockin' good time band. Pauls history includes 70s country band Shucks, the Boogie Band but most Travelling Shoes fans will remember Paul for the fabulous Blues Shakers, who for a long time alternated Friday nights with Travelling Shoes down the famous Nags Head, High Wycombe. Sadly Spike and Bob Walker are no longer with us but Paul will still be rocking the house with his new band.

Rob Sas' hard rock band with a natty line in Deep Purple covers, amongst others

- all you need to know about who is on where and when plus mailing list

Rocking the Blues.com, the website for everything blues in the UK. The site aims to promote blues of all types, with info on national and local bands, where you can go to see live blues and links to anything else blues. This is also the site for Rocking the Blues events.

www.music-cats-beer.co.uk - kind of self explanatory really

Valvetek Electronics - Bob (the Valve) Harper, Valve amps to the stars. Servicing, repairs, upgrades, customising etc to all vavle powered guitar amps etc. Middlesex based. 07763 611177 email valvetec@btopenworld.com

An Oxford gig listing www.oxfordblues.info and also blues internet radio station www.bluesfromoxford.com run by Paul Stiles, gig guide covers Oxford, Reading area but also over to High Wycombe.

www.contrabluesband.com - The current Isle of White based band of former Travelling Shoes Mk2 harmonica player Nigel Foster.

Currently one of Chris' favorite sites for all you SG anoraks out there.

 

Venue Details

Information offered in good faith but not guaranteed correct (especially phone numbers!) Also not in alphabetical order!

The Nags Head, London Road, High Wycombe, Bucks. HP11 1BN

Should need no introduction to serious music fans. Home of the Blues Loft and putting on live bands since the 60s. Everyone who was anyone played here, Hendrix, Howlin' Wolf, Thin Lizzy, The Sex Pistols etc etc. Recently re opened as a music venue by Tom and provides a variety of music most nights from accoustic jams to heavy metal. Friday night is Blues Night.

 

The Halfway House, 24 Priests Bridge,Barnes, London SW14 8TA- Another real ale and live music pub ( I can see a pattern forming here....) - for Google map click here. 
"The Halfway House is a free live music venue situated in East Sheen, specialising in Blues, Jazz, Funk & Rhythm & Blues...We can offer you a relaxed 'village pub' atmosphere with lunch, dinner and bar snacks and a personal selection of fine wine and ales, with cask ales a speciality." Click logo above for main pub website or here for their myspace page.

The Belle Vue, 45 Gordon Road, High Wycombe, Bucks (01494) 524728

The Pheasant, 99 London Road, High Wycombe, Bucks (01494) 527138 Run by Ray & Jackie from the old Nags Head and just a stones throw up the road from it.

The Winkfield, 11 Lovell Road, Winkfield, Nr Ascot, Berks SL4 2ES (01344) 883498 for map click here

The Wagon & Horses , 61 High Street, Twyford, Reading, Berkshire, RG10 9AJ - For a Google map click here

The Dolphin, 299 London Road, Camberley, Surrey. GU15 3HE - For a Google map click here This pub is currently closed

The Crown, 187 Queensway, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 8SJ (01235 210743) - For a Google map click here

The Wheatsheaf, 57 North Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 1EQ (01525 374611) - The Wheatsheaf is a small but very music friendly boozer with a wide variety of bands every saturday and most fridays. Check out their website The Wheatie. For aGoogle map click here.

The Barley Mow, 67 Watersplash Road, Shepperton, Surrey TW17 0EE (01932 225580) - for Google map click here.

Scratchers (The Three Lions) 55 Meadrow, Farncombe, Nr Godalming, Surrey GU7 3HR (01483 417880) - Live Rock & Blues 52 weeks of the year - 'nuff said. Visit their website for more details.

The Coach & Horses, 183 London Road, Isleworth, TW7 5BQ - On the A315 Brentford to Staines road, a Youngs pub, with car park.For Google map click here.

The Globe, 104 Windmill Road, Brentford, Middlesex, TW8 9NA - Prestigous North London venue on the junction of Windmill Road and the Great West Road. For Google map click here.