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And talking of the Blues - last week's Route 66 Track Of The Day show, featuring an interview with Stevie Nimmo, reached #18 in the Mixcloud Blues chart! To find out what all the fuss is about - why not tune in live to Rory Auskerry's latest show tonight here at 6pm.

On Friday 25th March, Provogue will release 'Heal My Soul', the first new, original Jeff Healey Blues Rock album in over 15 years. This incredible lost album features some of the most powerful and passionate performances Healey ever committed to record. 'Heal My Soul' has been compiled with the participation and full approval of the Jeff Healey Estate to coincide with what would have been Healey’s 50th birthday on March 25th, 2016. Jeff Healey is remembered as one of the most outstanding guitarists and performers of the past 30 years. Jeff died on March 2nd 2008 at the age of 41 after a three-year battle with sarcoma cancer.

Of course The Stevie Nimmo Trio (our Vid Of The Day) are headlining our 2016 WRC BluesRockFest bill taking place at Leo's Red Lion, Gravesend, on Saturday 24th September, alongside 2015 WRC Award winners The Mentulls, Red Butler, Jack J Hutchinson and Catfish! Stevie will also embark on a co-headline tour with Ben Poole throughout the months of February, March, April and May which kicks off tomorrow at the Bootlegger’s Bar in Kendal. Remember that BluesRockFest Earlybird Tickets are now on sale for a limited time here for £15 (instead of £20). WRC Members only pay £15 - so why not head off here to sign up for free. Don't forget to check back this Saturday for further announcements on the other exciting bands we have lined up!

Award-winning, legendary rock guitarist Michael Schenker (our Track Of The Day) will release a new double A-side single “Rock City” b/w “Good Times” next Monday 11th January, to celebrate his nationwide UK tour that starts at Bilston Robin 2 on Wednesday 20th January! The single is taken from Michael Schenker’'s Temple of Rock album 'Spirit On A Mission'. The tour will see Schenker perform tracks from the album including the singles 'Communion', 'Vigilante Man' and 'Live and Let Live', plus UFO, MSG, and Scorpions classics. Schenker’s band features ex-Scorpions Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), Wayne Findlay (guitar and keyboards) and ex-Rainbow vocalist Doogie White.

The Stables have now released a few standing tickets for tonight's Larry Miller fundraising gig despite it selling out! So if you haven't got tickets and want to go, you'd better be quick and go here or call the Box Office on 01908 280800. Don't forget that as well as Larry's brilliant band - guest guitarists are Bernie Marsden, Stray's Del Bromham, Oli Brown and Sinnerboy's Barry Barnes! Anyway, today's Video Of The Day takes us back to BluesFest 2013 where Larry memorably headlined. Happy Days!

It's the next best day to Christmas Day - yes today's the day that WRC Award nominee Shooter's Xmas single 'Xmas Time’s a Time to Rock' (our Vid Of The Day) with the immortal line "Well We May Be Old & Wrinkly" (we're not worthy) is released! Don't forget it's available from i-Tunes and Amazon plus you can also still vote for Shooter or any of the other bands in the eleven categories provided here by hitting the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to make your choice and only one vote per category per e-mail address is allowed - so there. So what are you waiting for? Spread the good news and make sure your favourite band gets the votes it deserves!

So it's Father's Day in the UK and we know what one particular Dad got as his present! Yes little did we know that nearly three years after bumping into Alfie Boe (or more precisely Wrinkly The Mum bumped into him - see pic) at Springsteen's Hard Rock Calling gig at Hyde Park - we would now be seeing him perform Classic Quadrophenia with Pete Townshend (see Vid Of The Day) at The Royal Albert Hall in a fortnight's time! And despite being given a WRC card all that time ago – Alfie never did send in his membership application form! We'd better have a word with him!

Yes just six days and counting now to BluesRockfest at The Red Lion, Gravesend, next Saturday 4th July. First up at 3.30pm and sponsored by the Sunshine Valley Holiday Villa Florida are The Rainbreakers (our Vid Of The Day). The guys from Shrewsbury craft a stripped down approach smearing the lines between rock, pop, blues and soul! Read all about there last visit to The Red Lion here and go here for ticket information on all the bands that are playing at this year's BluesRockfest and remember if you are a WRC member just go here where you can get a £3 discount on your ticket!

The WRC were not only delighted to receive a membership form recently from Nigel Roberts but were even more delighted to receive his following Facebook posting: "Hi guys if any of you lovely peeps are heading over to Ramblin' Man Fair next weekend then the UK's ONLY Scorpions tribute - the Scopyons - are playing at The Rafters, Maidstone, on Friday 24th July to get everyone all warmed up for the festival. Playing loads of stuff you won't hear done by the real deal as well. Hope to meet a few of you guys there!" Well there you have it - and if you also want to become a WRC member like Nigel then simply fill out a form here and we'll subsequently send you a WRC members card!

A small but appreciative Red Lion, Gravesend, audience were treated to not one but two great performances on Friday night in the form of The Rainbreakers and The Mentulls. The Rainbreakers, a Shropshire based 4 piece, influenced by classic artists such as Free and Jimi Hendrix whilst embracing newer acts like The Black Keys and Gary Clark Jr, recently released an EP 'Blood Not Brass' to rave reviews. WRC favourites The Mentulls were midway through their Spring UK tour and this week announced details of their highly anticipated 3rd album 'Reflections', produced by King King sticks man Wayne Proctor. The usual Friday night traffic on the M25 looked like it was going to cause the night to dissolve into chaos, however by pushing back the start times by 30 minutes, everything was able to proceed smoothly. I arrived just as The Mentulls were about to soundcheck so was treated to a 'sneak peek' as to what was to come and knew that we were in for a good night. With The Rainbreakers set up and soundchecked, it was time to kick off, albeit a little later than expected. This was my first time seeing The Rainbreakers and I must say they were a great band, playing with style and enthusiasm, their original material fitting nicely alongside covers of Free's 'Fire & Water', Gary Clark Jr's 'When My Train Pulls In' and the oft covered 'Bright Lights, Big City'. These guys are definitely on their way up and we look forward to welcoming them back on July 4th to open BluesRockFest. After a short break The Mentulls take to the stage. Although the band had only played the venue six months previously, I was surprised at the change in the band. Guitarist Andrew Pipe's confidence on stage had clearly grown, throwing shapes all over the stage whilst pulling off breakneck speed runs and solos, Jamie Pipe played bass parts and juicy fills on his Hammond organ, while Nick Coleman has matured beyond just keeping the beat and at one point in the set gives Jamie and Andrew a well deserved break in the form of a drum solo. The time that the band have spent touring and recording the new album had enabled them to flourish into a slicker, tighter unit. Throughout the night we were treated to tracks from the forthcoming album 'Reflections' which is released in July and the previous album 'Time Flies' plus covers which included Starship Troopers (Yes), Just Got Paid (ZZ Top/Joe Bonamassa), Red House (Hendrix) and my personal favourite cover of theirs which is a medley of Philip Sayce Instrumentals. The day was one of great sadness in music in that we lost B.B. King to The Great Gig In The Sky and Andrew dedicated the beautiful 'Reflections' (Vid Of The Day taken from previous nights Maltings gig) to him. On this track in particular, Andrew demonstrates that despite his young age (18!) he is capable not only of the searing, fast solos but also of showing restraint with unbelievable tone, you can tell that he really feels what he's playing rather than just playing notes. The emotion oozes out of every note and this track received the biggest cheer of the night. It seemed like the evening had barely started, but like all good things, it had to come to an end, but luckily those who were there were able to buy pre-release copies of the album and if last nights gig is anything to go by, the album is going to be immense. On a personal note I would like to thank Vic Wintergreen for his sound skills, Terry Lee for having a gem of a venue, John Bull for the photos and both bands for giving it their all. If you get a chance - don't fail to see either of these great bands. Keep Music Live! Steve Borkowski

"I promised you some ZZ Top and I'm not one to make promises I can't deliver!" Yes with just one month to ZZ Top at Wembley thanks for the dedication on Sunday night's show Rory! Our Route 66 Track Of The Day also includes the latest release from Jeff Beck 'Live+' featuring four tracks from the ex-Yardbirds guitarist. There's also classic's from Derek & The Dominos, Oasis, The Beatles and Wishbone Ash plus birthday celebrations for Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks and Noel Gallagher.

Today's 'Track of The Day' is a cracker of a show as Little Devils interrupted their tour to help Croydon Radio's Richard Dunning preview their new album - 'The Storm Inside'. As a taster of what's to come at this year's BluesRockfest, listen to band in the studio introducing their new tracks and giving the background on both the album and tour. Not only that but there's also the usual choice cuts from the latest releases in the Blues world!