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Dont forget the Tuesday Night Music Club's first anniversary party celebrations between midday and midnight this coming Saturday where they're raffling some incredible prizes amongst which is the star prize of The TNMC guitar! This beautiful item has been signed by every artist who has graced their stage including Dave Jackson who is today's Track Of The Day. Other prizes include a drumming lesson with Sam Kelly, a guitar lesson with WRC Award winner Robin Bibi and a harmonica lesson with Rossco Blues. There's also an annual membership of the club, CD's donated by artists who've played there, t-shirts and signed posters. Each £5 that you donate here will get you five tickets in this incredible raffle. The raffle will be drawn at midnight at The TNMC, c/o Hooley Village Club, St Margaret's Road, Hooley Village, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 3RB - following twelve hours of non-stop live music, the launch of the first Club CD, food and a bar with Club prices! The whole event will be in aid of their chosen charities, the main one being Music For All.

It's been a busy time recently for our friends Blacktop Deluxe, with most of their time dedicated to putting the finishing touches to their second album which we can reveal is entitled 'Presence & Gain'. Have a look our Vid Of The Day which gives you a taste of what's in store - but in the meantime, with the studio work mostly finished, August is an opportunity to see them on the road! In fact the guys have crammed in four gigs over the next three days namely: tonight - Fox & Hounds, Heacham, tomorrow - Walnut Tree Shades, Norwich, Sunday 9th August (afternoon) - Punch Bowl, Spalding and Sunday 9th August (evening) - Captains Table, Wells-Next-The-Sea Festival. Phew!

Times they are a-changing. In November last year, 2014 WRC Award winners Little Devils decided to re-group. Yoka and Ray left the band, whilst bassist and main songwriter Graeme Wheatley continued with Sara on drums and guitarist Chris Walker jumping in. Due to other commitments, Sara stepped down to be their deputy drummer and Dave Powell (Adele, Mumford & Sons etc.) joined on the hot seat plus Muzz (pictured) whose powerful voice brings a new range to Little Devils songs - her soulful feel defying her tender age. So, new line up = new band = new name - it's a sea change, ladies and gentlemen, so say hello to the ...... Deep Blue Sea (Vid Of The Day) - our latest addition to LastMinuteBandzhere.

"Time for a guitar intro from guest Oli Brown on 'Damn The Reason' - with no let up in Schorr's vocal nor subject matter - this time based on domestic violence. The contradiction is that it's beautifully crafted with Julian Maeso's keyboards, the introduction of backing vocals plus a trademark Brown guitar solo. The opening groovy rhythm guitar of Quique Bonal on 'Cat And Mouse' belies its underlying message of past emotional abuse in the music industry. "I ain't ready for a steady rollin' Tom and Jerry life!" - the moral of this story being that once the shackles are off you can write great groovy music like this with both Sibun and Maeso excelling. The first cover on the album is Lead Belly's classic 'Black Betty' - it's unique arrangement and in particular it's cajun guitar opening - lean heavily methinks on the influence of Sibun's time with Robert Plant in 1993. About slavery and rape - Sari originally performed this at Lead Belly Fest at Carnegie Hall - Ram Jam it certainly ain't - but it's powerful production, Innes' guitar and Sari's undeniable enthusiasm and attitude deliver a classic from within a classic." Read the rest of AJ's 'A Force Of Nature' review here plus check out our Vid Of The Day.

Three musicians with a mutual love and respect of the classics of Blues Rock music, big guitar riffs, soulful vocals and dynamic drumming. Yes our latest addition to LastMinuteBandz are Sidewinder (Vid Of The Day) - their influences stemming from the iconic players of the seventies through to present day in the Blues Rock genre as diverse as Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Gary Moore, BB King and Joe Bonamassa. Formed in 2009, the band is jointly fronted by Dave Gray and Stuart McMahon. They were later joined by Clive Edwards ex of UFO and Pat Travers Band on drums to complete this driving force of Rocking Blues​!

"6pm was time for the Zombies, a band originally formed, as they kept reminding us, over 50 years ago. This puts the members well into their 70’s, though none of them actually mentioned that! Only two of the original Zombies remain, but they are the key two: Colin Blunstone (lead vocals) and Rod Argent (keyboard and vocals). Apart from the obligatory couple of songs from their latest album, the set consisted of well-known songs not only from the Zombie’s history but also from the solo spells of Colin (‘I Don’t Believe In Miracles’) and Rod (‘Hold Your Head Up’). At 71 Colin’s voice is inevitably past its best and occasionally faded, but it mattered not - the songs were so well known the singing crowd was often drowning out his vocals anyway. In any case, Rod’s keyboard playing, always critical to the Zombies’ success, has hardly faltered; it was particularly impressive on ‘Time of the Season’. Of all the bands playing on Saturday, I probably enjoyed the Zombies’ set most, possibly because I knew virtually all the songs - but that’s just giving my age away!!" Read the rest of Big Ian's excellent Ramblin' Man Fair review here from Saturday plus check out his own Vid Of The Day!

Teresa Masciana (Vid Of The Day) began her career as sound engineer in Italy and still manages her own recording studio and mobile sound company which has taken her on tour with artists and bands in Europe, Canada and USA! In March 2012 - the latest addition to our LastMinuteBandz - surprised everyone with her first album 'Don’t Love Me' (Top Records) an upbeat collection of songs with a positive, commercial indie sound. Halfway through 2015 Teresa decided to move to England to produce her new music and to live close to the British record industry which has always fascinated her. On April 2016 her new album 'I Need You' was released by the British label Long Tales Recording. The album contains four sparkling and visceral songs. British influences light up Teresa’s songs giving them an international taste. The original sounds, the new voice and her energy seem to have been renewed by the new country!

Was it exactly one week ago that Joe Bonamassa joined a host of named legends as he received his brick in The Cavern ‘Wall of Fame’ ahead of his intimate Cavern gig at Liverpool’s cellar club as a thank you to his British fans for the support they have shown him through his career? With a review waiting in the wings have a look at footage here plus check out some new additions to our Photo Gallery here.

This week's Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day has another two hours of non-stop Best in Blues with More Music and Less Chat. Mostly Blues with Rock, Acoustic, R&B/Soul, Jazz, Swing, UK IBBA Presenters' Picks, New Releases and favourite Classic Tracks - the play list this week features Buddy Guy, Stevie Nimmo, Little Boys Blue, ANA Popovic, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Catfish, Big Wolf Band, Tinsley Ellis, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Richard Townend & The Mighty Bosscats, RootBone, Bahama Soul Club, Matty T Wall, Wily Bo Walker, Kaz Hawkins Band, Brenda Boykin, Cry Baby and The Hoochie Coochie Boys, Kris Barras Band (pictured), Julie Rhodes, Allen Toussaint, Elam Mcknight, The BluesBones, The Blues Spiders, Two Blue Band, B. B. & The Blues Shacks and more.

Sorry but it's all down to the mud gremilins that today's update was only posted this afternoon! As they say, all good things come to an end - and who better to bring the curtain down on Download 2016 than Iron Maiden! Despite the apalling weather, Bruce & the boys signed off in style on a day when we also took in Saxon. Anyway, check out today's Vid Of The Day, watch out for pics tomorrow plus a brief review later this week.

What a great night we had on Tuesday at London's 100 Club with headliners Tommy Castro & The Painkillers plus acoustic support from Sari Schorr & Innes Sibun. Sari not only kindly allowed the WRC to interview here backstage before the gig (during Tommy's soundcheck) but she also posted yesterday the following tweet which we very much appreciated: "@WRINKLYCLUB thank you for your continued support and for coming to the show last night. We love you!" Anyway with that interview and a review to come, in the meantime check out our Photo Gallery here.

June usually heralds the Festival season - and 2016 is no exception - so watch out for today's June WRC e-mail bulletin that's going out with all the links you need re: the current goings on at Wrinkly Towers! Whether it's Merchandise, FREE Membership, CD Reviews or our latest Gig Calendar - it's all there. And if you are not currently on our e-mail circulation list then please send us your details in the contact box below!