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The
2008 Abertillery Blues
Festival is back for
it‘s fourth year with a world class line up and will be held over three
days from Thursday 17th July to
Saturday 19th July
2008.
The main events on the Friday and Saturday will be held under a marquee
in the beautiful setting of
Abertillery Park,
this year’s festival sees the same successful mix of Welsh, British and
American Blues.
The festival has become one of the
biggest Blues events in Wales and this year its going to be even bigger,
one of the most popular and exciting live rhythm and blues acts in the
UK, Dr Feelgood will headline the Friday evening. Also performing on
Friday, the 21st Century blues man with his harrowing guitar work – Ian
Parker. Voted best UK female voice for 5 separate years by Blues in
Britain – Connie Lush and last but not least the distinctive and
exciting music by Storm Warning.
On the Saturday evening we have
Robert Cray
coming to Abertillery Park, this American Blues artist rocks, wails and
plunges way down to the bottom of the blues well and is unlike anything
you have heard before. Cray has won 5 Grammy’s for his soulful vocal and
instrumental
artistry, he has also played at the Royal Albert Hall opening a gig for
Eric Clapton himself. They have played more than a thousand gigs across
the world. His second album Bad Influence shot to number one in the UK
indie charts while Eric Clapton paid tribute to his colleague by
covering the title song. He has recorded with the Rolling Stones, B B
King, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bonnie Raitt along
with other giants – this is a performance
you would not want to miss!!
Supporting Robert Cray on the Saturday night, a fantastic line up of
International Blues artists. Opening the stage the Tyler Brown Band who
has been playing their individual brand of blues music around the
country for the past three years. Stunningly singular talent of American
blues artist, Samuel James. The Hard
Travellers, this band has a
fantastic line up which includes Dave Sharpe (The Alarm), Henry
McCullough (Wings & Joe Cocker), Colin Allen (Dylan & Stone the Crows),
Zoot Money (Animals & Big Roll Band), Gary Fletcher (The Blues Band).
Last but not least Jon Cleary will also be performing.
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