Following his hugely successful gig in 2007 at Ryde Theatre, Errol Linton returns to the Isle of Wight in March and will be making his way down to the Ventnor Winter Gardens on Saturday 21 March.
If you haven’t bought your tickets yet, make sure you do before they last ones are snapped up (box office details below).
Linton is one of the UK’s leading bluesmen and three times winner of Blues Harp Player of the year.
Along with his band The Blues Vibe, expect to hear eclectic British blues, but with a nod to Errol’s Caribbean heritage.
Errol carries the legacy of Little Walter, Junior Wells and Sonny Boy Williamson into the twenty first century, moving the genre forward by combining 50’s Chicago blues with gentle Jamaica rhythms.
Accompanied by double bass, guitar, piano and drums, his blues is raw and bloody, an urban sound with rural roots. The Blues Vibe is one of the most real, unpretentious down home blues bands around. Moving effortlessly from Chicago Shuffle to Kingston Skank without missing a beat, they have gained an unrivalled live reputation in the regular London Blues circuit.
‘You haven’t lived till you’ve heard the dub version of Howlin’ Wolf'”¦.MOJO MAGAZINE.
Also on the bill are The Amen Boogie Blues Band.
A local band who, while gigging the IOW pub circuit during the last 10 years, have built a reputation as one of the Island’s top blues acts performing blues standards by the likes of Muddy Waters, Son House, Elmore James, John Mayall and The Blues Band.
Clive Thomas will open the evening playing some fine acoustic country blues.
Tickets, £12advance / £14 on the door, are available from Ventnor Winter Gardens box office: 01983 857581 and Waterstone’s bookshop, Newport 01983 527927
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Image: Alex Myers
