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A little birdie tells us a certain WRC Who/Quadrophenia fanatic was handed keys to hotel room 515 during our Punk weekend in Brighton recently. You couldn't make it up! Anyway, as usual there's no let up in the WRC itinerary as tonight we take in Classic Quadrophenia with Pete Townshend and Alfie Boe at The Royal Albert Hall!

Talking of Punk - Slide guitarist and songwriter Dave Arcari’s (Vid Of The Day) alternative Blues sounds owe as much to trash Country, Punk and Rockabilly as they do pre-war Delta Blues and have been showcased via eight internationally-acclaimed solo CD releases. Tonight Dave joins Richard Dunning for Blues On The Radio tonight here at 5pm in the Croydon Radio studio for a very special show, ahead of his appearance at The Tuesday Night Music Club in St. Margaret's Road, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 3RB at 8.30pm. Dave will be selecting some of the songs that have influenced him, chatting about his career to date and may even break out the guitar to treat you to some live songs. And of course Richard will also squeeze in during the two hours some of the latest and greatest releases from around the world as well as playing the Independent Blues Broadcasters Associations picks of the month for June.

The launch of the Blackfen TRADER just under 22 years ago gave the opportunity to feed the passion of two lifelong friends to cut their teeth in music journalism, reviewing local gigs, particularly at The Woodman in Blackfen, in their monthly ‘Caught Live’ column. And ever since that non-internet era their mutual appreciation of live music has not ebbed and has metamorphosed into a growing musical appreciation network: The Wrinkly Rockers Club (WRC). And as they say the rest is history with the success of both this website and more recently WRC Promotions. So of course we're delighted to welcome back The TRADER as the band sponsor of The Troy Redfern Band this year!

We're always on the look out for bringing you great new radio shows - so we're sure that you agree that we are on a winner with today's Track Of The Day! Yes today's podcast is The Blues Club - who originally aired this show from their studios in Switch Dunmow from 8pm last Wednesday. As well as featuring new releases and UK Independent Blues Broadcasters Association Presenters Picks for June 2015 - there are some familiar WRC names such as Little Devils, Kareña K (pictured) and The Laura Holland Band!

Pictured is Mr. RockRpix's classic photo of Joe Bonamassa at The Hammersmith Apollo in March which now adorns the back of our new '2015 WRC On Tour' t-shirts. More on how you can purchase a WRC t-shirt soon but JB's (Joe Bonamassa that is - not John Bull) latest project is a tour celebrating the Three Kings of the Blues: B.B. King, Albert King and Freddie King. Our 'Pickup' Track Of The Day tells the story of why Joe wanted to put this tour together, previews some of the rare tracks that he’s pulled out of the Kings’ catalogues and explains why singing those songs may be an even bigger challenge than the guitar parts!

Lincolnshire based Blues musician Dave Hunt is on the Route 66 show this week and Rory Auskerry chats to Dave about his latest album 'Whiskey And Demons' which was released yesterday. Our Track Of The Day also celebrates ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard's 66th birthday this Thursday with one of his best drum performances. There are also tracks from Baker-Bruce-Moore, Jeff Beck, Joanne Shaw Taylor (pictured), Mike Henderson, Jonny Lang, The Darkness, Sonny Landreth and Boz Scaggs plus a newly released version of 'Brown Sugar' featuring Eric Clapton playing with The Rolling Stones!

A final reminder that at tonight's VATA gig you can purchase BluesRockfest tickets at a discounted £10! So just to spell it out again - in effect you can see 8 quality bands for just £20! And yes - just to prove how great all the bands are again - our April gigs Wrinklycast is our Track of The Day. Still well worth a listen!

Time to Rock Out on a Friday! Wyatt at Planet Rock played a Tesla track yesterday and it reminded me of the time we first saw the Northern California band opening the Arrow Rock Festival in Biddinghuizen in June 2007 and again in Holland a year later in Zoetermeer. Anyway, after almost 30 years, Tesla are now touring America again with long time friends Def Leppard! Back in 1987, the two bands did a historic 'in the round' show that was the first time a rock concert was done in the centre of an arena. Def Leppard’s 'Hysteria' album was breaking platinum status and Tesla's first album 'Mechanical Resonance' was turning heads on MTV with the powerful song 'Modern Day Cowboy' - today's 'Video Of The Day'! AJ.

That's how Wrinkly summed up a special London show at The Borderline on Tuesday night where U2 2 were in concert with all money raised going to Mencap. Even the biggest WRC critic of them all - Wrinkly The Elder - said it was the best gig he had been to for a long long time! Praise indeed! Watch out for a review, and a few vids over the coming days but in the meantime check out our U2 2 Photo Gallery here!

With our Xmas Bash tomorrow night plus the announcement of our 2015 WRC Award nominees later this week - watch out for our bulletin e-mail that's going out today with all the links you need re: the current goings on at Wrinkly Towers! Whether it's Wrinklystock IV, Merchandise, Gig Reviews, FREE Membership, New Bands, CD Reviews or our latest Gig Calendar - it's all there. And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!

Richard Dunning's Blues On The Radio guest, live in the Croydon Radio studio here at 5pm tonight is Rosco Levee. Rosco will be having a chat and playing some of his favourite music ahead of his solo show at The Tuesday Night Music Club, at the Hooley Village Club, St. Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB. Rich will also be playing his usual mix of the best of the new, the IBBA albums of the month and a few familiar favourites.

On the first night of his UK tour, the guitar legend Joe Satriani joined Rory Auskerry on Sunday night's Route 66 for a special interview. On today's Track Of The Day they discuss some of the stories behind his songs, why Joe has never really taken to writing lyrics, how artificial constraints can help during the creative process and how not all rock singers are created equal. Along with music from throughout Satriani’s career, there are also new tracks from Mike Zito & The Wheel, Billy Gibbons & The BFG’s, King King, Geoff Carne, Keith Richards and Jenny Kerr.