Thanks also to all of you that tweeted/retweeted/favourited us yesterday following our daily WRC tweet including John Verity, The David Sinclair Four and Rock On The Ridge. Why not help us get to our next target of 400 Followers by following the WRC here! Cheers!

Just a couple of weeks after our WRC interview on the Award Winning Rock On The Ridge show - yet another you couldn't make it up moment. Our opening track on that very enjoyable night was Montrose's 'I Got The Fire' and lo and behold on a recent episode of DC Legends Of Tomorrow (don't ask) - when they go back in time to 1975 - they played the very same track! Anyway it's our Vid Of The Day and don't forget that the ROTR interview is still available here.

A truly international show tonight here at 7pm GMT on Blues on The Marsh with tracks from the runners and riders for the forthcoming European Blues Challenge plus a whole host of other goodies. You'll get the Blues from Austria, Belgium, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and good ole Blighty, to name just a few. Also playing will be Joe Rusi from Norway, Anthony Charles and the Blues Dolphins from USA, Norman Jackson Band, Matt Patershuk, Dori Freeman, The Gate City Divas, Too Slim and the Taildraggers, Brothers Brown, David Corley, Julie Rhodes, Giles Robson and maybe some Harper (an Englishman raised in Oz and now living in the States)!

Some of the finest Blues musicians in the UK will pay tribute to the music of Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner and the release in 1963 of 'Country Line Special/Chicago Calling' at Twickenham's famous Eel Pie Club, The Patch, 67 London Road TW1 3SZ tonight. This annual all-star event is one of the most popular in the Eel Pie calendar and providing this special Tribute are The Alan Glen/John O'Leary All-Stars - Alan Glen (Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero), John O'Leary (Downliners Sect, Savoy Brown), Tim Penn (Cadillac Kings), Nick Newall (Kinks, Zoot Money), Glynn Evans (Ray Davies, Martha & The Vandellas), Al Vincent (Daniel Smith Band) and Peter Miles (Jo Ann Kelly, Radical Sheiks). Special guests will include Ali Maas, Paul Cox, Don Craine, Dave Raphael, Delta Ladies, Bob Hokum, Nick Hyde, Robin Bibi, Laurie Garman plus more. Doors open at 8.30pm and WRC members are reminded that they can use their cards to get discounted £10 admission.

.... "thank you for a fantastic show. Loved every minute of it" ... "great show @RockontheRidge @WRINKLYCLUB keep rocking!!" ... "Great choice of Tea for the Wicked guys..I remember those Woodman days well !!!.Keep those WRC stories coming" ..... yes these were some of the kind messages we got after AJ and Col appeared on the WRC Award winning Rock On The Ridge show with Bob on Saturday night. And you can now listen to it all again - warts and all - as it today's Track Of The Day with a play list of Montrose, Rod Stewart, Argent, Nazareth, The Who, Thin Lizzy, Tea For The Wicked, Led Zeppelin, Focus, The Pineapple Thief, Porcupine Tree and Stevie Nimmo - interrupted of course by the guys ramblings!

Any supporter of 'Keeping Music Live' is a friend of ours so we were pleased to receive the following Facebook posting yesterday from Rockers Reunited organiser Lynn Fearn: "Well only 4 more sleeps guys.. If you havnt got your wristbands yet you can still get them on our website .. There are a few chalets left if you want to stay onsite.. A brilliant line up and amazing weekend .. See you there xxx". Well there you have it - bands performing this coming weekend at Southport Pontins (see poster) include Are You Experienced, ZZ Tops and Very Bad Company!

Today's Black On Blues Track Of The Day has a fantastic Blues Women special for you! This week's playlist includes Anni Piper, Ruby & The Revelators, Caddy Cooper, Slinky Williams, Rory Block, Divas On Fire and Audrey Turner. Enjoy!

Today's Track Of The Day is another bangin' Route 66 show for you featuring new music from the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Supersonic Blues Machine (pictured), Julian Sas, Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin, Tash Taylor, The Brew, Blues Engine, Long John Hunter, Gun and Jake Chisholm. Host Rory Auskerry also includes classic tracks from Steeley Dan, Van Halen, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. We're also delighted to report that Rory's brother Owen is now back in the UK following his brain aneurysm in Thailand and that Owen's gofundmepage - which has since closed - raised an amazing £29.5k!!

Shooter frontman Dom O'Riley completed his Fulham F.C. Craven Cottage 10k run on Sunday and consequently sent the WRC this very kind e-mail: "Dear All, as you can see I did actually finish it this morning ... have had a chest infection for the last three weeks but cleared up enough for me to wheeze my way around … Did it in 45 mins and 40 secs .. annoyed as I should have been quicker .. legs were fine lungs were not .. still main thing is due to your generosity we raised so far £830 for Royal Marsden Cancer Charity (plus I also raised a few quid for the Fulham FC Foundation which do a great job in the community). Special thanks to Dave Smith, Bob and Jules (Rock on the Ridge) and my good friends the Wrinkly Rockers for all the promotion!! Thanks so much to you all and if you want to share the links then here they are: Royal Marsden and Fulham Foundation Hope to see you at the farewell Shooter gig at the Half Moon, Putney, on Thursday 3rd March (get your tickets here!!!). Thanks again. Dom."

And talking of Leo's Red Lion - all rivers lead to Gravesend for tonight's 3G event featuring former Bad Company guitarist Dave 'Bucket' Colwell, supported by both Big River and Salvation Jayne! And if you are quick - there still might be time for you to take up Big River guitarist's Damo Fawsett's offer of discounted tickets to WRC members i.e. £6 tickets or two for £10 by directly e-mailing damey74@live.co.uk

Let's face it - it hasn't been a great start to 2016 Rock-wise with the deaths of Lemmy, Bowie, Frey plus also this week Mott The Hoople drummer Dale Griffin. So all of us at Wrinkly Towers were sad to hear that our mates Shooter were also splitting - going out with a bang at their farewell gig at The Half Moon, Putney, London, on Thursday 3rd March here. Every cloud has a silver lining though as Shooter frontman Dom O'Riley is running the Fulham F.C. Craven Cottage 10k run on Sunday 14th February in aid of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. So if you fancy supporting Dom then simply go here!

Independent Venue Week started yesterday and ends on Sunday 31st January and is a celebration of small music venues around the UK and a nod to the people that own, run and work in them, week in, week out. These venues give artists their first experience of playing live in front of an audience and for fans, somewhere to get up close to artists that one day, may well be playing stadiums and festival main stages. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England, Independent Venue Week brings together these venues along with breaking and established artists, promoters, labels, media, bloggers and tastemakers to create a nationwide series of gigs. These venues are the backbone of the live music scene in this country and Independent Venue Week wants to recognise all that they have done to create some of the most memorable nights of the past so they can continue to do the same in the future!