Blues Night - Jim Crawford with guests Ian Briggs & Paul Cowley

JimCrawford has put together a great blues night with two musicians Ian Briggs and Paul Cowley whom he respects and enjoys working with. For more information about Jim go to his page. For more information about Ian and Paul and links to their myspace sites - read on.

Paul Cowley - is the one remaining original founding member of The Sutton Blues Collective, founded in Sutton Coldfield West Midlands in April 2000 He'd been playing the guitar for a couple of years prior to the founding of the blues club and over the ensuing years has met some of the worlds great players.

A fingerstyle / slide player, Paul has evolved a sound that is uniquely his own. He perfoms regularly Solo and in the Blues Duo with Tony Stokes on harmonica. He plays in the band Paul Cowley & The T.T's and in an Acoustic Trio with Harry Boylan & Terry Rudge. Paul has also played with Ian Siegal, Paul Lamb, The Kingsnakes, Johnny Dickinson, Guy Davis, Kent du Chaine,Mojo Buford, Jim Crawford, Eddie Martin, Catfish Keith, The Spikedrivers, Chris Jagger, and Rod Clements.

" Thanks for your sweet sounds, your love of this music shines" Guy Davis.
"Good acoustic country blues. Look out for this man, go see/hear." R.J.Greaves (Blues In Britain)
"If acoustic blues are your particular penchant, then this set & artist are worthy of your consideration" Mick Rainsford ( Real Blues Magazine Canada)
Find out more about the band on their website

Ian Briggs began playing the harmonica at the age of fourteen. inspired to start playing blues harmonica when he heard Cyril Davies playing with Alexis Korner during the early sixties. He went on to play with various bands over the years and despite earning my main source of income outside the music industry, has always maintained a strong interest in the music. Ian has been a full-time professional player since 2001.

Recent work has included playing with Michael Roach which was an enjoyable partnership, and led to gigs in the UK, Ireland and Europe and featuring on two two Michael Roach albums. Another collaboration was with singer/songwriter Maurice Dickson from Lisburn in Northern Ireland, playing three albums and making a DVD prior to a tour.

Ian has been working recently with Jim Crawford making a CD and playing gigs together.

visit Ian's http://www.ianbriggs.co.uk/