Watch out for two new Wrinklycast's over the coming month's - one showcasing the bands performing at this year's BluesRockfest - the other focussing on some of the bands that have recently been part of our 'Introducing ... feature'! Our thanks to all of the bands that have sent us your CD's.... but we need more please! Simply e-mail us below and we will send you details of where to send them!

At the age of 15, Andy Fraser joined John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers as a bassist on the recommendation of Alexis Korner. By 1968 he was a founder member of Free, with his phenomenal musical skills showing themselves not only in his abilities as both a bassist and pianist, but also as a consummate songwriter. The teenager’s prodigious partnership with Paul Rodgers was responsible for some of the greatest songs of all time. He was still in his teens when he co-wrote ‘All Right Now’ - our 'Video Of The Day'. When Free split up, Fraser formed Sharks with guitarist Chris Spedding. Soon afterwards, he relocated to California and used his writing talents to create hits for Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, Chaka Khan and Rod Stewart. Fraser was diagnosed with HIV and Kaposi’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, and virtually disappeared until 2005 when he re-emerged releasing new solo albums and became a lot more high profile. In mid-2013, Fraser played a supporting role as bassist in the band of protege Tobi Earnshaw for a short series of UK dates. Fraser died on Monday at his home in California.

A liitle birdie tells us that a few WRC members are off to the 100 Club tonight - the headliners being Del Bromham's Blues Devils. However, even though the Blue Devils are good - the main reason for their outing is to see the support - namely the Innes Sibun Band - hence our 'Introducing ... ' feature and our 'Video Of The Day'. Renown for doing the Blues, the whole blues and nothing but the blues - Innes is an amazing rock guitarist who is worth the admission money alone. Why not get down there and check his band out?

It's been a while coming - but we're sure it is worth waiting for! Yes not only will the Wrinklystock III DVD will be back in stock but there is also the added bonus of of an mp3 disc of all the excellent sets from The Bohemians, The Replicants and Stone Blind! In the meantime, enjoy our 'Video Of The Day' to get a flavour of what to expect. Simply go to our merchandise page here to order your copy!

We promised you more gig ticket discounts and we are pleased to announce that our old mate Terry Lee at The Leos Red Lion in Gravesend, Kent, is offering WRC members 15% off admission on production of their membership card on any of their gigs. Watch out for more membership offers over the coming weeks. Just fill out a form here and we'll subsequently send you a WRC members card which you can use to benefit from all the current members offers.

Blacktop Deluxe and Loose Moorings rode into Chalk Farm on Valentine's night with only one thing in mind and it wasn't romance!! This was their chance to show the Capital what they are all about and boy did they do that. Loose Moorings were using this gig to launch their new album Loose Moorings II and they were in no mood to ease in gently. Ironically they opened with my favourite track off their first album - the classic 'Think I'd Be Blue' and that set the tone for their set which included all but two tracks off the new album. I could wax lyrical about so many of the songs in their set because they were all quality but I have a soft spot for the first track they sent me - namely 'Ride' which made the decision to book them very easy. Other highlights for me were 'Magpie' and a trip to the dark side with 'A Crazy Sane'. Guys we took a punt on you - you said you wouldn't let us down and you didn't - love the album and looking forward to you supporting Virgil and the Accelerators on Saturday 1st May. Next up were Blacktop Deluxe who had made the 'short' trip from Cornwall after a gig last night!! Jet Lag didn't show however as they launched into their set which is full of road driven Blues Rock. Don't imagine though that the band are one dimensional - far from it. Mixing their own material from the superb 'Turn Up Be Nice Play Hard' album (which sums them up perfectly by the way) with classic tracks such as 'Hoochie Coochie Man', 'Crossroads' and the brilliant Led Zep classic 'When the Levee Breaks' - the set never left you with the feeling they are just filling in with certain numbers. Add in the heart wrenching tribute to guitarists who are no longer with us in 'Another Man Down' and you have the perfect mix - a quality set from a band that are very much on the up and deservedly so!! Next time these guys are in town do yourself a favour and go and see them. Last but not least AJ and myself would like to thank both bands for all the work they put in to the evening, not only on the night, but in their efforts to promote the gig. It's a pity that, considering how far the bands had travelled, that the locals couldn't be bothered to turn out :( Wrinkly

Yes with just one award to go, we're pleased to announce that 'Best Support' in our 2014 WRC Awards goes to Brighton trio Stark ('Track Of The Day') following their gig supporting Grainne Duffy and Laurence Jones at the 100 Club in June last year. Stark return to the 100 Club next Tuesday with WRC 'One's To Watch' winners Little Devils. Question is will headliner Aynsley Lister make it a clean sweep when our Best Blues Performance award is released tomorrow?

Their name belies the fact that the odds were actually stacked in their favour. Yes - Slim Chance are the worthy winners of our Best Acoustic performance in our 2014 WRC Awards. Well done guys!

Yes the big day has finally arrived! All roads lead to Mote Park, Maidstone, Kent for Ramblin' Man Fair weekend. Watch out for our coverage this weekend on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and of course - here on our website. As well as enjoying the music and the booze , we have a dedicated team of: Big Ian reviewing Saturday, Wrinkly The Silver reviewing Sunday and of course Mr. Rockrpix John Bull taking some awesome photos all over the weekend. Throw in a couple of planned back stage interviews with Inglorious (Vid Of The Day) and Illustr8ors - and it's going to be a rockin' weekend - even with good weather forecast!

Yesterdays tweet from one of our many WRC followers Suezan said it all "@WRINKLYCLUB @TRextasyBand congratulations on your sell out event tonight, a storming success @mickjaggercentr" Well it took a year to plan - but after last night's amazing Wrinklystock IV featuring T. Rextasy and The Replicants - we think it was our best one yet? Not only did we raise £1,000 for our nominated charities but the gig itself was awesome. A massive thank you to all of you that supported the evening and here's to Wrinklysock V! Watch out for a review and some pics over the coming days - but in the meantime check out our Vid Of The Day!

"Often when bands announce they’re about to play songs from their new album, you can almost hear the audience groaning. This definitely wasn’t the case last night: King King’s ‘Reaching for the Light’ has already won awards and is not only faster, louder and more energetic, it is also their most acclaimed and most exciting album to date. All the songs from the album were well received: the bustling riffs and tough vocals in ‘Hurricane’, the ballad ‘Lay with Me’, Lindsay’s pulsating bass on ‘Crazy’ and the slower, powerful Blues of ‘Stranger to Love’, well suited to Alan’s vocal range." Read the rest of Big Ian's excellent review here plus see our Vid Of The Day.

That's right! Our thanks to all of you that pre-ordered the official 2015 BluesRockFest DVD/CD here featuring both two video and two audio tracks from each of the six artists that appeared at the The Red Lion, Gravesend, Kent, on Saturday 4th July 2015. Anyway, they have now been shipped and just as a reminder, today's Vid Of The Day is taken from that fantastic day. And it's still not too late to order your copy for a bargain £10 + p&p to see what all the fuss is about! Don't forget that WRC Members can also get 10% off by simply entering their coupon code!