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All roads lead to the Surya in London tonight as the WRC are again lucky enough to have been invited to a intimate Blues Rock performance from a New York Blues Hall Of Fame inductee! Yes Sari Schorr (pictured) and her band The Engine Room (Track Of The Day) hit London for one night only and we will be there joining in on the launch of this exciting new act along with Manhaton Records, Mike Vernon, Mike Hellier and Innes Sibun (Video Of The Day) - who we introduced you to here in February this year.

"Yet another from 'LLSTW' - the storming 'I'd Rather Die In Vain' - gave us a full house on the genre bingo card - Jimi's Blue Plaque just up the road in W1 was no doubt reverberating to this nod to his legend. It was then back to the Blues and to their 'Love Vol. 1' EP and 'What's On Your Mind' - a track that not only JD has performed before using Duanne Allman's Les Paul but also many would think is a Blues standard and a cover. Praise indeed. The 'Big Country' style opening riff of 'Long May You Sail' lead into another SIMO epic from 'LLSTW' and a bonus ball with Progressive rock overtones - the togetherness of this three-piece never being more apparent now than during their entire set. The prog flag continued to fly with 'Off at 11' again from 'Love Vol. 1' plus I suppose the obligatory but great drum solo from Abrashoff. There's no doubt that JD's voice has a certain 'Cocker' about it - so the opening guitar salvo to 'With a Little Help From My Friends' made the proverbial hairs on the back of the neck stand up. This necessitated banter later as to what was the better cover - Janis or Joe? One thing for sure was that SIMO nailed it! And there was room from one encore - 'Evil' from their first self-titled album - doffing their caps to Zep with its 'How Many More Times' type riff which - par for the course - proceeded into a jam - but rounded off a wonderful evening that transported us back in time - when bands and small venues rocked. Given the forthcoming release of "LLSTW' - you have to question whether we will ever be able to witness this intimacy again." Read the rest of AJ's SIMO review here or go to our photo gallery here.

Malaya Blue, one of the standout performers in British Blues this year, joined Richard Dunning on Blues On The Radio before her showcase performance at The Tuesday Night Music Club this week. As well as Malalaya, today's Track Of The Day also includes King King (pictured), Walter Trout and Half Deaf Clatch!

A few £5 tickets will still be available on the door tonight but make sure you get there early just in case with Loose Moorings due on stage at 8.30pm. Of course WRC members are already quids in having purchased their tickets for a discounted £3! The good news is that you can sign up for the WRC tonight at the gig and we'll subsequently give 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! See you there!

Our Track Of The Day features Richard Dunning's latest Croydon Radio Show and is dedicated to the 'Ladies Of The Blues' - from Sister Rosetta Tharpe through to a sneak peak exclusive track from Laura Holland's new album. Listen live to Richard's next show at 17.00UK on Tuesday 27th January. Enjoy!

Talking of 2014 WRC awards, we were delighted to hear from Robin Bibi who deservedly won our 'Best Guitar Solo' accolade! "Hey guys !!!! Huge thanks for the award !! Just found out! I'm all made up today !! Woooo !! Thanks so much ! Robin :-) :-)" .... and if you have not yet seen the reason why Robin literally walked off with this award for his performance at Bluesfest 2014 - then please go here!

Lemmy, who has died aged 70 after being diagnosed with an extremely aggressive form of cancer last week, was the front man and only constant member of Motorhead, one of the loudest bands in rock music. He was also something of a rock legend, his mutton-chop whiskers, facial wart and high microphone position making him one of the most recognisable figures in the business. There was also his obsession with slot machines, and his collection of Nazi memorabilia, which endeared him to diehards and casual fans alike. He is credited with introducing punk sounds into the heavy metal mix, paving the way for a generation of thrash metal and speed metal followers. In 1972 he was recruited as bassist for the space-rock band Hawkwind, despite having played only rhythm guitar before. He also sang lead vocals on the band's biggest hit, ‘Silver Machine’ (Vid Of The Day), which reached No. 3 in the UK charts, after a previous effort by the band's usual vocalist was deemed too weak. Lemmy's tenure with Hawkwind ended abruptly when he was busted for drug possession on a tour of Canada. In 1975, Lemmy decided to form his own band, "so that no-one can fire me again", and adopted the name Bastard, until it was gently pointed out that he would be unlikely to get a gig on Top of the Pops. Instead he changed it to Motorhead, US slang for someone who takes speed and also the title of the last song he had penned for Hawkwind. Lemmy's guttural vocals appealed to the fans and the punk influences in their blistering music tapped into the fast-changing music scene in the UK. Indeed Motorhead collaborated with punk outfit The Damned on a few occasions. It marked the start of the band's most successful period, which peaked with the release of their fourth album, ‘Ace of Spades’, in 1980. The thunderous title track became the band's definitive anthem and appearances on Top of the Pops helped it stay in the UK charts for 12 weeks!! During the following three decades the band released no fewer than 17 further albums, the last one being ‘Bad Magic’ in August 2015. One of the band's last performances was a storming set at Glastonbury earlier this year. The WRC were fortunate to see them at British Summer Time in Hyde Park (pictured) last year... So glad we did now. Lemmy's appetite for drugs and alcohol remained a constant throughout most of his career. He famously once claimed he had drunken a bottle of Jack Daniel’s every day since turning 30, slept with over 1,000 women and he was also a proponent of amphetamines. Recently, he joked that he had switched from drinking whiskey and coke to vodka and orange for “health reasons” to combat his diabetes!! But even though he once thought he was indestructible, sadly that hasn't proved to be the case as death has proved to be the only thing keeping him from playing music... So in summary, for me, Lemmy's voice and the sound of the bass guitar was exactly the same. It was a fantastic bluff gruffness which is so attractive, so hypnotic that it's a really great sound... It's a mistake to say it's just a noise because he wrote really good songs. Rest In Noise Lemmy. You truly deserve your place in Rock and Roll's Hall of Fame.. And now everyone please play Motorhead loud and have a drink or few .......... It's farewell to one of the greats. Wrinkly the Silver

With Christmas virtually over and voting in our 2015 WRC Awards ending here in four days - we are now looking forward to 2016 with not only a number of gigs lined up here but also a number of WRC gig Promotions as well (see below)! Consequently our Vid Of The Day is Puddle Of Mudd (lead singer Wes Scantlin pictured with the WRC in Amsterdam in June 2012) who we are off to see at the Islington O2 Academy on Sunday 27th March. Watch out also shortly for our 2016 WRC 'On Tour' t-shirt - an addition to our 2016 WRC Calendar available here.

2015 WRC Award nominees - The Blues Club Podcast - hope to ease you gently into the seasonal spirit today with a few Christmas crackers, along with UK IBBA Presenters Picks for December 2015, new releases, Blues, Rock, Soul Jazz, Acoustic, some of their very favourite tracks and more. Therefore Our Track Of The Day includes music from Brian Setzer, Rory Gallagher, Ian Siegal Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Walter Trout, Eric Bibb, John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Dave Alvin, Buddy Guy, The Knickerbocker All-Stars, Half Deaf Clatch, Bondi Cigars, Brad Wilson, Tanya Piche Blues Band, Crooked Eye Tommy, Russell Morris, Robben Ford, Charlie Musselwhite, Mete's London Bluesion, Fran McGillivray Burke, Tommy Castro, Beige Fish, BluesCorp, Bob Bates, B. B. & The Blues Shacks, Jamie Williams & the Roots Collective, The Damned And Dirty, Connie Lush Band, Richard Townend & The Mighty Boss Cats, Fiona Boyes, Mike Zito and more!

Catfish band members Paul Long and Matt Long recently popped into the Croydon Radio studio for a chat and to introduce all five songs from their new EP 'When B. B. Sings The Blues' ahead of their Official Release Show at the Tuesday Night Music Club this week! Today's Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day also includes music from the Rebecca Downes Band, Wily Bo Walker, Jack J. Hutchinson and our old mucker Andy Twyman!

Just a year after running away with our 2014 WRC 'Best Blues Performance' award - Chantel McGregor (pictured on our 2016 WRC Calendar) has scooped this year's 'Best Acoustic' WRC award. Beating off strong competition from both Ryan Bingham (who we saw at The Borderline in February) and Ben Poole - Chantel's memorable acoustic intro at BluesRockFest in July in the end won the day. So our Vid Of The Day has to be part of that set - and you can still purchase the official 2015 BluesRockFest DVD/CD here for a bargain £10 + p&p featuring both two video and two audio tracks from each of the six artists that appeared on that Summer's day. Don't forget that WRC Members can also get 10% off by simply entering their coupon code!

Tonight is the final gig for this year at the Woodlands Art Centre, Gillingham ME6 2DU, 'home of the Medway Delta Blues' with Katie Bradley Blues featuring Chris Corcoran. It's bound to be a cracking festive night, so get your party gear on and make this a party to remember! Don't forget that WRC members get £2 off the normal admission on production of a valid WRC members card. For more information call 0300 065 8210 or e-mail r&abrother@aol.com