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Gordon Wride - guitar/dobro and vocals
The original member of The Revelators and an Amman Valley product (Cwmgors)
now lives in Swansea after drifting around Wales for a majority of his
life, Gordon's knowle dge of blues has brought him to the attention of
many international media companies which include a stint with BBC Radio
Wales as a presenter for The True Blues Show and working on research.
Gordon also runs the international music management business Slim's
Blues, which has worked and collaborated with some of the best blues
artists who are touring at the moment.
Gordon Wride and The Revelators are constantly touring the UK’s and
Europe’s blues festivals and blues clubs, in 2004/05 Gordon covered the
whole UK with Li’l Dave Thompson (USA) and special guest with Li’l Dave at 100
Club London in 2005, in 2007 once again he criss /crossed the UK and
Portugal with his band and as a solo artist – 2008 they are already
booked into 6 festivals including The 3rd International Douro Blues
Festival and The Azores Blues Festival
Gordon Wride has been playing guitar for over 20 years and 10 years ago
decided to throw himself completely into playing slide, the last two
decades has been a mission of discovery and immersing himself into pre
war blues with the study of techniques of artists such as Robert
Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton, Muddy Water, Elmore James and Howlin
Wolf.
Gordon has been quoted in reviews with a vocal delivery which is
authentic and a no frills stripped back slide technique of old, and a
breath of fresh air (100 Club London Review Sep 2005)
The 2nd International Douro Festival, Porto quote be Tom Watson ( Modern
Guitar Magazine USA)
‘It should have been no surprise then to see Wride take the stage armed
only with his resonator guitar and slide, but it was certainly the first
time I'd seen a resonator in Porto or seen someone give a live
performance of classic Delta blues numbers from the likes of Muddy
Waters. This being a blues festival, the addition of Wride helped round
out the bill by giving the audience a taste of the genre's roots’
DISCOGRAPHY:
The Revelators, EP 2006 (SBR)
Betrayal Blues, April 2008 (SBR)
Simon Gregory: harp, bass, guitar, washboard & drums
Former band members below
Lisa Pedrick - Vocals 2005 - 2006
Out standing
young Welsh language vocalist who won Wow Factor S4C Wales 2004, 2nd in
that competition was Duffy (No1 with Mercy and Mojo best song
2008 winner) Lisa was with The Revelators for about 6 months, she give
us a modern approach to the blues and also a little bit of glamour -
hope we can get together again!
Rob Thomas - blues harp/percussion
2005 - 2007 Rob
Thomas is from the Neath but now lives in Llansamlet Swansea, Rob is a
terrific blues harp player, who's influences range from Jimmy Reed,
Junior Wells and Little Walter, Rob's harp playing is straight from the
Chicago bar rooms of 50's.
Rob was the resident blues harp player at Slim's Blues Jam at The
Office Swansea, The Colliers Skewen and Ludwigs Clydach.
There is no
doubt that Rob Thomas will work with The Revelators again, we jam quite
often and Rob is becoming one of the leading harp players in Wales
Terry Clarke
- 12 string guitar/vocals 2006
Anglo/Irish Terry
Clarke is from Reading, Berkshire, west of London in the Thames valley
but he sings like his heart belongs in Sligo, Ireland and his bones are
happiest in Austin, Texas, he tells stories about loners, freewheelers
and passionate home- comings ...
Songwriter, bandleader, singer/raconteur, producer/arranger, 12 string
guitarist and mandolin player, lately his own photographs and paintings
have appeared on his album artwork ...
Writing and singing melodic songs that echo and reverberate with;
country, rockabilly,Irish laments, poetry and street language, Terry
Clarke has established himself as one of the most important acoustic
Rock/Beat/Folk writers and performers of his generation ... His recent
work is displaying subtle jazz/blues influences...
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