News: HENRY’S BOTANICAL BLUESHOUSE IS BACK

HENRY’S BOTANICAL BLUESHOUSE IS BACK Release: 05/09/2021

From Sunday 5th September The Blues Are Back at The Botanical Gardens in Birmingham. Every Sunday, on the splendidly renovated bandstand Henry’s Botanical Blueshouse presents the best of blues from 2pm to 4pm. The featured bands will be:SEPTEMBER 5TH - CHICKENBONE BLUES

Chickenbone John, ‘The Godfather of the Cigar Box Guitar’, has become a huge favourite with highly successful workshop/concerts demonstrating how to make and play 3-string cigar box guitars. John has been perfecting the art of creating guitars from cigar boxes, inspired by the thought that such great bluesmen as BB King and Lightnin’ Hopkins began with home-made instruments. In performance he is joined by his band, Chickenbone Blues in reviving the authentic sounds of early blues.