News: LIVE BLUES BACK IN BRUM

Sunday 23rd May will see the return of live Blues music to this city in the shape of HENRY’S

BOTANICAL BLUESHOUSE.
The series of seven performances will be presented on the splendid, newly renovated
Victorian bandstand in the spacious and idyllic Botanical Gardens.
Henry’s Botanical Blueshouse came into play last summer with a series of blues concerts,
every one a sell-out, when Henry’s Blueshouse was forced to close due to Covid back in
March 2020. While waiting for clearance to return to it’s home, The Bulls Head on
Bishopsgate Street, Henry’s is keeping the Blues flame burning on Sunday and Bank Holiday
afternoons from 2pm to 4pm in The Botanical Gardens.

New: CHICK WILLIS: THINGS I USED TO DO

CHICK WILLIS: THINGS I USED TO DO

Artist: Chick Willis
Title: Things I Used To Do
Label: Big Bear Records
Genre: Blues
Format: Digital Release (Available on all major streaming services)
Running Time: 65.15
Release Date: 21st July 2020

Big Bear Records are excited to present Things I Used To Do by Chick Willis, a previously unheard
collection of 13 red hot blues cuts he recorded during a rare trip to the U.K in 1997.
Chick Willis, the Kings (B.B., Freddie and Albert), Buddy Guy and countless other guitar-toting blues
players found themselves to be big stars on the college and club circuits across the US and Europe.

Book: Don’t Worry ‘Bout The Bear:

 Dit moet een van de beste autobiografische boeken zijn die er op dit moment zijn.' - Simon Spillett, Jazz Rag

DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT THE BEAR | £19.95

The inside story of Big Bear Records boss Jim Simpson’s 60 years and counting in the music business

 Jim Simpson van Big Bear Records is al bijna 60 jaar actief in de muziekwereld, als muzikant, bandleider, promotor, platenproducent, festivaldirecteur, manager, journalist en fotograaf. In zijn nieuwe boek Don't Worry 'Bout The Bear, geschreven met Ron Simpson, morst hij de bonen op enkele van de vele gedenkwaardige ervaringen die hij in die tijd heeft gehad.