The Bare Bones Boogie Band are a stripped-down, no nonsense blues band, closest in sound and attitude to the classic British blues boom of the 60s and 70s, when bands like Free, Fleetwood Mac and the Stones were inspired by BB King and Robert Johnson, and in America when Janis Joplin was re-inventing Etta James. Live, the BBBB give it their all, with no apologies for their rawness, nor for their tenderness – heavy, soulful blues! Formed in London from across the UK – from Glasgow and St. Andrews in Scotland, Birmingham and Manchester in England - the BBBB unites a wealth of experience with past releases on Locomoto, Bad Moon and Mad Dash Records and several hundred live performances from the 100 Club to the Great British R&B Festival. Together, since October 2008, the band played their first gig within three weeks and finished their first year together with an exclusive appearance at the O2 Dome in London. The BBBB's first, self-titled album, released in 2010, is receiving fantastic international reviews and airplay, at the BBC and across the world (hear some of the clips above). The Bare Bones Boogie Band will be touring throughout the UK in 2011. Catch them if you can . . . ! INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCES: Helen: Janis Joplin, Mavis Staples, Maggie Bell, Paul Rogers, and Robert Plant. Iain: Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young and Marc Ford & Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes. Trev: Current source of inspiration is Tal Wilkenfeld from Jeff Beck’s band. Andy: Art Blakey, Louis Belson, Philly Joe Jones, John Bonham and Pierre Moerlen.
