BB'S RETURN TO ATLANTA

Mid August in Atlanta Georgia...hot, humid and nothin to do but hang and Jam...(And a little bit of shopping...!!!)
Six years on from my first....My second visit to the Lovely Lucy Piller's house in Roswell just North of Atlanta...I was figuring on havin a veeery chilled 8 days ...but little did I know there was a hectic schedule planned for me...!!.... I arrived on monday night tired but happy and Lucy took me straight down to O'Malleys Irish Bar to sit in with my dear friend the wonderful Andrew Black (www.andrewblackmusic.com ...) I've decided one of my missions is to spread the word in the UK re Andrew...his voice can turn anyones knees to jelly ...the man has soooo much soul.... I was lucky enough to do 4 more gigs with Andrew...

Tuesday night another duo gig at Paddy's......and on the Weds we went to Niks bar to attend the Mike Martin band's jam featuring the amazing voice of drummer John Mcknight and Mike Martin himself ..an awe inspiring fusion master guitar player who has now been picked up by Steve Vai..!!..... (www.mikemartinmusic.com). Thursday turned out to be the most hectic day of all.....In the afternoon Andrew and myself popped into a local studio (at one hours notice!!) to record our version of the Robert Johnson classic "If I Had Possession over Judgement Day" with yours truly on vocals and echoey guitar... And later in the afternoon on the same day another great connection was made with English Bassist Dave Hewitt (Ex Humble Pie and now back in the Reunited UK 70s Rock Band "Babe Ruth")...we went to visit him doing a gig in a rather upmarket restaurant and his Guitar Player had not turned up due to car problems....Dave asked me if i was carrying a guitar and I ended up doing an impromptue gig with his band...anything to help out a fellow muso!!! then it was straight onto a gig with Andrew on the Roof of a really Funky Mexican bar, Cino's rooftop bar in Alpharetta .....Phew!!!!

On the Friday night we retuned to Niks bar and sat in with the amazin Barry Richman band and there is some fab footage of this on youtube...Barry Richman is one of the most highly rated guitarists in the Atlanta area who is a Master of Blues, Fusion ,Rock, jazz and country and has great taste and feel in all of these styles......

On Saturday Andrew and I played a house party at Lucy's for invited guests..and there is more footage of this on my facebook page and Youtube....the first gig for me playing my lovely new Martin acousic guitar...!!!!!! Sunday another gig with Andrew in the afternoon...hot and sultry (but very cool..!!!!) and actually a rest in the evening..!!! Then on Monday 2 jam sessions...firstly at Bella's with John Mcknight and the remarkable Lefty Williams...and second at Lola's Jam at the Northside Tavern...all human life (and the lead guitarist from the Temptations) was at this one... .

What a week!! I wont forget this in a hurry and Huge Thanks to Lucy Piller for giving up her time working on www.allrightnow.com and making all this happen....and looking after me and hey...those ice creams dipped in chocolate...mmmmm!!! Also huge Thanks to Andrew Black for his help and inspiration... and all the other musicians and folk I met who made me feel so welcome ....it wont be too long before I'm back and spreading the word of the Robin Bibi Band music into Atlanta for real.....

2010 NEWS

The BB Band are continuing to bring their own special brand of unique music and entertainment all around the uk .....

ROBIN BIBI BAND WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PAUL COX PLUS VAL COWELL AND RICHARD HAYES ....GREY HORSE KINGSTON JULY 27TH
Robin's featured guests at the Grey Horse this month will be the acclaimed British Soul Singer PAUL COX, one of the most unique voices on the South of England music scene.... and also we are lucky to have the highly respected VAL COWELL and RICHARD HAYES from the highly respected BAD INFUENCE who will also be performing their own opening set and later jamming with the BB Band...this promises to be another unique evening....don't miss it !!! www.grey-horse.co.uk

STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN CELEBRATION CONCERTS
The Band will Continue to play these shows ..look out for them in the gig guide ...

ROBIN BIBI BAND AND FRIENDS AT THE GREY HORSE EVERY MONTH
Robin and the band are playing at the Grey Horse Kingston on the Last Tuesday of each month featuring some of the best specially selected Guest Artists from the UK live music circuit...expect to see established names rubbing shoulders with Up And Coming Artists....the next one of these gigs is on June 30th (Weds..due to the World Cup!!) featuring from Detroit USA the amazing Marcus Malone and also our own Mandy Bell....please check the gig guide for details of future guests....or visit www.grey-horse.co.uk

Watch out for the Bands appearance at the STRAWBERRY HILL MUSIC DAY on July18th www.strawberryhillmusicday.co.uk...

And then the Band are off to Cumbria to perform at the Maryport Blues Festival again on the Trail... www.maryportblues.com ....

Over August Bank Holiday Robin is apperaring At the Crown Music Festival , Leyhill Common nr Chesham, Bucks as a solo artist..

And in Sept the Band are off to the Republic of Ireland to play at the Harvest Time Blues Festival in Monaghan, County Monaghan www.harvestblues.com ...and continuing with festival appearances at Swanage Blues in the first weekend of October www.swanage-blues.org and Beer in Devon a fortnight later......the 13th consecutive year....!!!

THE BAND ARE WRITING AND COLLECTING MATERIAL FOR THEIR NEW ORIGINAL ALBUM ....WATCH THIS SPACE...

WATCH OUT FOR THE BB BIG BAND!!!!...hoping to make its debut with new material next year....

2009 NEWS!

The Band will be launching their new LIVE album "FAST DREAMS COME ALIVE" at the STORMY MONDAY CLUB Bulls Head Barnes on Monday December 14th 2009....This is a Live Recording made at the Bulls Head of the "TRIBUTE TO FAST" show...featuring the unique and special songs of the late BRIAN HOLMES the enigmatic and bohemian artist/poet/ songwriter friend of Robin's who turned down a major record deal because he did not want to perform his songs himself...
The Album features Robin on Acoustic Guitar Tony Marten on Double Bass and David Innes on drums and captures a magic night of inspirational music brimming with energy, passion, spontainaity and dynamism..featuring the beautiful songs stripped down to the bone as the author played them himself with heart and soul....Great songs inspiring great playing... standing out as classics without needing any ornamentation..
Please come and join us on this special night..!
Doors open at 8pm band on stage at 8.45...
Tickets are £6 in advanc or £8 on the night..

The Band continue the never ending tour of duty to keep real music live in 2009... Following the release of "SWITCH ON THE LIVE" to excellent crical acclaim, Robin has had another article featured in "BLUES IN BRITAIN" magazine setting out the agenda for the next few months....There is another live album in the can..this is a live TRIBUTE TO FAST album featuring live versions of the songs of BRIAN HOLMES..this album is Acoustic and features Robin on acoustic Guitar, Tony on Double Bass and Dave Innes on drums....Plans are afoot to start work on a new studio album of totally new material possibly to be recorded in France on the Tosh record label and released worldwide.. Following an incredibly successful week in Waren Point, N.Ireland at the BLUES ON THE BAY FESTIVAL( www.bluesonthebay.com ) the band hope to visit the Emerald Isle again in the Autumn and in the Summer festival appearances are lined up at Blues& Booze on the Bury (www.odihamcommunity.org.uk ), the Strawberry Hill Music Day, Blues on the Meadow (www.bluesonthemeadow.co.uk), Abbeyfest, Clanx festival in Switzerland (www.clanx.ch), Weyfest and a return to the Roots n River Festival in Finland..in the autumn the band are playing once more at the Swanage Festival and the Beer Festival in Devon ....

SWITCH ON THE LIVE!!!!!!!

ALBUM LAUNCH 1ST FEBRUARY 2009 AT THE BOOM BOOM CLUB SUTTON!!!

A BIG BIG THANK YOU to all of you who battled through the snow to turn out for our launch Gig for "SWITCH ON THE LIVE"at the Boom Boom Club on 1st feb...we had a FANTASTIC night DESPITE the worst snow to hit S.E. England in 20 years...So thanks again everybody!! Hope you got home safely and lets hope For a positive and creative 2009...during hard times the music is still reaching out to everyone.. please keep supporting Live Music wherever and whenever you can....Without you we couldn.t keep it going....THANKS...!!!

3 DAY BLUES/ROCK ELECTRIC GUITAR WORKSHOP

The first workshops were a great success, and Robin hopes to follow up with further similar events. See Workshop page on left menu.

JAM NIGHT NEWS

There is now a regular jam every Wednesday at the Grey Horse...we are taking turns to run the night alternating with Andy Cortes.
So Wednesday night is Jam night at Kingstons premier Music Venue....please support us here....the successful format will be unchanged...if it ain't broke don't fix it...!!