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As you know the WRC celebrated its first birthday on Saturday - and just to re-emphasise the fact that our members are the lifeblood of our site - we were delighted to receive a 'New Act To Me' message from Marilyn Pascoe re: Mike Brookfield who supported Laurence Jones at The Beaverwood last Thursday. "He looks like a young Bryan Adams and his Blues/Rock music is better. If you haven't caught him yet, might be worth a look." Thanks for the tip-off Marilyn - consequently Mike has been added to our 'Introducing ...' page and is also today's Vid Of The Day!

Touring in support of their third album, ‘The Tree’, The Riotous Brothers are a Rock & Blues band which blends 60's style R&B with a soul influence. Their special mix produces its own unique, dynamic sound and live their primary aim is to entertain. Once you’ve seen them you won’t forget them! So head on down to The Tuesday Night Music Club tonight at the Hooley Village Club, St. Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB and don't forget to also to tune into Mein Host Richard Dunning's 2015 WRC Award nominated Blues On The Radio show here beforehand from 5pm!

With our photo gallery already here and a review to come on Sunday (Bloody Sunday) - today's Vid Of The Day was filmed at the special London show at The Borderline on Tuesday night where U2 2 were in concert with all money raised going to Mencap. Well done to all concerned.

With ‘The Book of Souls’, Iron Maiden has further cemented its iconic status among the rock and metal community. This record is but another grand and fulfilling chapter in a legendary career that is distinguished by deft musicianship, intelligent lyrics and masterful songwriting. Kevin Shirley‘s production is understated yet flawlessly brilliant. Whether ‘The Book of Souls’ is the final chapter in Iron Maiden‘s impressive and historic catalogue of music remains to be seen, but it is certainly among its most memorable offerings since the band’s seminal 80’s works such as ‘Number of the Beast’ and ‘Powerslave’. For the rest of Wrinkly The Silver's excellent Iron Maiden review go here plus see our Vid Of The Day!

And we're not talking about support band Southbound (our Vid Of The Day) either! Yes all rivers lead tonight to Shooter's album launch at The Half Moon, Putney by The Thames. If you like Classic Rock as it should be i.e. loud, dirty, fun and raunchy - then this is a no-brainer. From the ashes of 70's rock legends Straightshooter - a bit like the WRC - they are slightly older, slightly greyer, but still 'Recycled Teenagers ... hence the title of the album! The WRC also understand that ex-Bad Company and Samson guitarist Dave 'Bucket' Colwell will also be at the gig! Tickets are £10 on the door and you also get a FREE copy of the album on entry. See you there!

In support of Heavy Metal Truants Monster Rock Auction, progressive/rock supergroup Flying Colors (our Vid Of The Day) - comprised of guitarist Steve Morse (Deep Purple/Dixie Dregs), drummer Mike Portnoy (Transatlantic, Winery Dogs, ex-Dream Theater), keyboardist/singer Neal Morse (solo artist, Transatlantic, ex-Spock’s Beard), bass wizard Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai) and new pop singer/songwriter Casey McPherson - have offered a 'Create a Song' experience to record a song with the band and their team. The winner will write a song with creative guidance from the band, have studio time with their exec producer, and mix/master with their engineers. The auction closes here on Monday 7th September at 7pm BST and is in aid of Nordoff Robbins, ChildLine and Teenage Cancer Trust.

To put my WRC cards well and truly on the table - the Zeppelin part of Purple Zeppelin was the bit I was looking forward to the most - but hey after the Purple set, PZ had set the bar extremely high. A change of garb set the scene with Alex’s headscarf now the mandatory Bonham bowler hat and Mark in the trademark Page combination of Rose Jacket/Dragon Pants plus double-neck guitar. But as well being keen followers of fashion the guys also followed their Purple set with a mean opening rendition of ‘Celebration Day’ of off LZ3 - given more prominence in recent years as the film title of their last gig in 2007 just up the road at the O2 Arena. John’s wail and Mark’s repeating staccato riff kept us again in LZ3 territory with ‘Immigrant Song’ whilst regressing back to LZ2, the iconic aggressive opening riff of 'Heartbreaker' was more than complemented by Mike’s bass playing power chords. Most possibly the best side of an LP ever made (showing my age here) - yes the second track of side two of ‘Physical Graffiti’ - ‘Trampled Underfoot’ - followed, and hit the mark despite the absence of JPJ’s keys, as did another PG track ‘The Wanton Song’ although not one of that holy trinity." Read the rest of AJ's Purple Zeppelin review here

Well the tweets and pics were flying about yesterday on the first day of Ramblin' Man. Have a look at our embryonic Photo Gallery here and if you have any you would like to add then please e-mail them to us at wrinklyrockers11@aol.com With a review and more pics and vids to come - we finalise our Sunday countdown with two bands - Bernie Marsden (Blues Magazine Stage at 7.45pm - our Vid Of The Day) and Prog Stage headliners Marillion who are on at 9pm (see vid below).

Jukin' Jenn's Bucket of Blues Show # 30 is today's Track Of The Day. You can listen to Jenn here on Sundays at 7pm GMT, 1pm Central and 2pm Eastern - repeated at 1 am GMT, 7pm Central and 8pm Eastern. Jenn's latest podcast features tracks from Deb Seitz, Ruby Tiger and King Rollo, Eddie Floyd, Billy Branch tribute to Muddy Waters, Henry Gray and more!

A new batch of membership cards - as modelled above by Blacktop Deluxe frontman Keith Howe - will finally be despatched to new WRC members this week! For new WRC members - simply fill out the form here and become a WRC member for life for FREE and we'll consequently send you a WRC members card which you can use to benefit from all the current members offers which we also hope to add to in the future.

Not long after the brilliant Chantel McGregor's encore did the BluesRockfest accolades start rolling in. "What an epic day that was - loved it" was one Facebook posting, whilst the Little Devils' tweeted "great day down in Kent with lots of friends". Anyway, we've opened up our amazing BluesRockfest Photo Gallery here and if you have any pics or indeed vids you would like to contribute then please contact us below. And a take on the day is on its way from a plethora of guest reviewers - so watch this space.

With just a week to go now to ZZ Top and Thunder at Wembley Arena, the WRC gigs are coming thick and fast despite The Foo Fighters Wembley cancellation this Saturday. If you're going to ZZ next Wednesday or The Who at Hyde Park on Friday 26th then give us a shout as we might see you for a beer! In the meantime our thanks to Peter Phillips for the pic above which seems to encapsulate both all the gigs we have been to - or one's that are in the pipeline - although the likenesses are a bit harsh we think!