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Not a lot of people know this ... but 2007 World Superbike Champion James Toseland will be playing with his band at Ramblin' Man and they are our 'Video Of The Day'. And it's still not too late to take advantage of our offer to save WRC members the cost of their booking fee e.g. £5.50 on a £60 ticket. Go here for ticket information then simply contact us below with your ticket requirements and we will get back to you. And it's also not too late to become a WRC member - simply fill out a form here and we'll subsequently send you a WRC members card.

Over 40 members of the UK Independent Blues Broadcasters Association will feature tracks from four albums as picks of the month during their shows in May. The albums are Poplar Jake & The Electric Delta Review - 'See What You Done', King King (pictured) Featuring Alan Nimmo - 'Reaching For The Light', The Pete Harris R’nB All Stars - 'Live At The Talking Heads' (our 'Track Of The Day') and Michelle D’Amour & The Love Dealers - 'Ante Up'. Well done to all concerned!

"The perfect foil for one another, Laurence all youthful effervescence and ebullience and Alan Nimmo, the seasoned campaigner and master of his craft." Our thanks to Nigel Foster for another of his atmospheric review's - this time KIng King and Laurence Jones's storming Borderline gig last Thursday. Read Nigel's review here and go here for John Bull's brill pics of Laurence's set!

Despite suffering from a chest infection, Joe Bonamassa stormed into the Hammersmith Apollo for the second of his four London gigs on Thursday night - so it was definitely a case of 'Live From Somewhere In Particular'. To be fair the jury has been out on Joe recently given the relentless JB juggernaut of new releases going hand in hand perhaps with the prohibitive cost to some of his Apollo tickets. Has Joe - and no pun intended - come to a 'Crossroads?'. We can always hark back to 2008 when we all walked out of the Shepherds Bush Empire with the biggest smiles on our faces for many a year after seeing Bonamassa for the first time - but hey things have to move on. Anyway, apologies that we told you we were meeting in The Trout. Yes it’s now called The Yardbird but we did manage to bump into ‘Dave’ and JB (not that JB) – thanks for the excellent pics John.

Nice to catch up yesterday with guitarist Mark Dawson of 2012 WRC Best Tribute Award Winners Purple Zeppelin. The guys were recently featured on BBC4's 'The Joy Of The Guitar Riff' - hence our 'Video Of The Day'. From Chuck Berry through to the White Stripes, the documentary traces the ebb and flow of the guitar riff over the last 60 years of popular music. With riffs and stories from an all-star cast including Brian May, Dave Davies, Hank Marvin, Joan Jett, Nile Rodgers, Tony Iommi, Robert Fripp, Johnny Marr, Nancy Wilson, Kevin Shields, Ryan Jarman, Tom Morello and many more including of course PZ! Go here for the guys 2015 tour dates - do not miss them!

There's a whole lotta new stuff in Kevin Beale's latest 'Blues On The Marsh' podcast! Our 'Track Of The Day' includes quality music from Lady A (Anita White), Dan Burnett, Bettye LaVette, Doc Bowling and His Blues Professors, Harmonicadave, Loose Moorings, 'BluesRockfest's' The Rainbreakers (pictured), Zac Harmon and Ritchie Lane Band featuring Katie Bradley. There's also a feature on the forthcoming Broadstairs Blues Bash with tracks from Big Joe Bone, Half Deaf Clatch, BabaJack, David Ferra, Giles Robson and The Dirty Aces, King Size Slim, Kit Curtis & the B3s, Kris Dollimore, Richard Townend, Robin Bibi and Tony Marten, Rosco Levee, The Sharpees and Tim Aves and Wolfpack! Phew!

Haha - another shameless plug - given it's now just 6 days tonight to the WRC Xmas Party where Albany Down (Track Of The Day) and Southbound will be getting ready to rock the iconic Horn in St Albans. So if you want to start your Xmas festivities off with a bang then this is the place to be! Advance tickets are available here for £7 (including admin fees) and WRC members are reminded that they can purchase tickets for just £5 here.

Our Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day returns today with another 2 hours of non-stop "Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat." Blues, Rock, Soul, Jazz, Acoustic, new releases and tracks from some of Jim and Malcolm's favourite artists and bands including Rosco Levee, Brad Wilson, The Jeremiah Johnson Band, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, The Bob Lanza Blues Band, Wily Bo Walker, The Andy Taylor Group, TBelly, Billy F Gibbons, Willie May, Tommy Castro, The California Honeydrops, Trudy Lynn, The Andy Layfield Sound, The Jackson Four, Walter Trout (Vid Of The Day), Mike Zito, Danny Bryant (pictured and Vid Of The Day), Will Wilde, Backbone Blues Band, Paul Cox, The Marcus King Band, Buddy Guy, Kareña K, Richard Townend & The Mighty Boss Cats, The Knickerbocker All-Stars, Blacktop Deluxe, Cecile Doo-Kingue, Omar Coleman and more.

It's good to have Bob and Jules back as our Track Of The Day following their Halloween holiday last week plus podcast gremlins the week before. Anyway Rock On The Ridge this week - originally broadcast on Saturday night - includes tracks from Deep Purple, King King, The Answer, The Rainbreakers (pictured), Jeff Healey, Guns N' Roses, Shooter plus music from the brand new Blacktop Deluxe CD ' Presence and Gain'.

Richard Dunning's recent Blues On The Radio guest - ahead of his solo show at The Tuesday Night Music Club - was Rosco Levee (pictured). As well as Rosco having a chat and playing some of his favourite music, our Track Of The Day includes tracks from Cream, Half Deaf Clatch, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones!

Don't forget our Chris Jagger Atcha! Competition! Yes Chris will be returning to the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford DA1 2JZ, on Saturday 26th September at 8pm with his five piece band including drummer Malcolm Mortimore (Gentle Giant, Ian Dury), our mate and multi-instrumentalist Charlie Hart (Slim Chance, Eric Clapton) plus also Jagger's ‘trio’ members Elliet Mackrell on the fiddle, bassist Dave Hatfield and of course Chris himself on guitar and vocals. To win a pair of tickets simply e-mail wrinklyrockers11@aol.com the name of Chris’ brother by Friday 18th September! Editor’s decision is final and alternatively tickets can be purchased for £17.50 (Concessions £15.50) from the MJC Box Office on 01322 291100.

The WRC were pleased to receive this photo and tweet from Wrinklystock 2 heroes Bon Giovi "Our gig tonight in Belgium... 6000+ people and rising!". Similar to our vist to The Oval yesterday it also looked like it was raining at The Park Pop Festival in Oostkamp! By the way the DVD/CD of that great night in October 2013 is still available for purchase from our merchandise page here!