| 2010
NEWS During March,
we will be doing some shows with the
amazing soul/blues singer Andrew Black
from Atlanta Georgia. Andrew is a
stalwart of the Atlanta music scene and
this will be his first visit to the UK!
His soullful singing is totally unique
and these shows should not be missed! For
more info about Andrew and to sample for
yourself the treat that will follow,
visit www.myspace.com/andrewblack .
For info about the shows check out the
gig list.
NEW GREY HORSE
SHOW
LAST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH
After 10 years
of fronting the hugely Successful Grey
Horse Jam Sessions, We are now starting a
New project at the Grey Horse "ROBIN
BIBI BAND AND FRIENDS" on the LAST
TUESDAY of every month...this will be a
Robin Bibi band gig with special guest
artists opening the show and also jamming
with us to close the show....the First
concert on March 28th will feature 2
amazing artists..RACHEL RABIN (www.myspace.com/rachelrabin )
and the extraordinary entertainer ALIX
ANTHONY....this is going to be something
special and not to be missed... every
month we will feature different guest
artists of the highest calibre so watch
this space for more news....!!
BENEFIT FOR
HAITI
Robin will
appear at a Benefit Gig for the Haiti
Earthquake on March 10th at the Grey
Horse...(www.grey-horse.co.uk for
more details) please come and help by
being there...This will be a great night
with a host of top musicians appearing.
For more info see www.grey-horse.co.uk
OPENING FOR
GEORGIE FAME
On April 18th
the BB Band will be opening up for
Georgie Fame at THE LIVE ROOM, Twickenham
Stadium...expect a special
performance..!! For more info and tickets
go to www.eelpieclub.com.
Doors open 7pm We will be on stage at
7.30pm. Come early to catch us!
MORE 2010
NEWS!
We are
currently being booked for the Summer
Festivals. Watch this space and check the
gig list!
2009
NEWS!
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.
2008 News
The
end of 2007 marked the 10th anniversary
of our debut album BLUE THRASH THERAPY'S
release....to mark this, the album has at
last been re-released, for those of you
who have discovered the Band since this
album sold out last time.....
On
the Festival front, the Band played 8
gigs in just 5 days at the 9th
International Guinness Blues on the Bay
Festival in Northern Ireland during May.
We went down a storm. The band have also
received rave reviews from guest members
on the Boogaloo Promotions website for
their appearance at Farnham Maltings in
April.
2007 NEWS!
2007
was a busy year with appearances in
FINLAND in January, and mini tours of
Cumbria and Northumbria in March and May,
including the bands first
appearance at Blaydon RnB Club. On the
festival front, The band appeared at the
SWANAGE Festival, ROCKIN THE BLUES AT
TRING, BLUES AT THE MILLS, THE CROWN
MUSIC FESTIVAL and STAR BLUES FESTIVAL in
August, WEYFEST in September and BEER IN
OCTOBER and also Ireland in
September
Not to mention the never
ending tour of duty of the S.Eastern
music circuit.... Robins acoustic album
"FAST LIFE SONGS" has received
critical acclaim and is selling well.
PAST NEWS!
BIBI MEETS BB
Robin
played at the Albert Hall a while ago. He
appeared as guest guitarist in BB KING's
support band. It is reported that the
great men met backstage for a few
minutes. Robin (trying to act very cool
meeting one of his heroes) coyly asked
for an autograph. I'm told BB King said
he would comply only if he could have a
signed copy of Robin's own album 'Blue
Thrash Therapy'
The
Band completed their second Norwegian
Tour and also played at many festivals in
the UK such as the Maryport Blues
Festival, Blues at the Mills, Colne and
Burnley Festivals, the first Sugarhill
Blues Festival in Swindon and The
Boogaloo Blues Festival at Farnham
Maltings....not to mention headlining at
the Beer Festival in East Devon (The 7th
year running the Band performed there!).
In Europe, the band appeared at the
Harelbeke Festival in Belgium, the Roots
n River festival in Finland....as well as
the circuit in SE England... During this
time, Robin concentrated on developing
his acoustic side more and performing duo
gigs with Tony Marten who has recently
bought a double bass, as well as duo gigs
with other artists such as Nigel Bagge,
Dr Noel Brown, Tim Hain and soul diva
Maureen Anderson...Onwards and upwards!!
2005 was a great year for the
band.....they played more new festivals
as well as the ones already established
and played some new and prestigious
venues on a regular basis, such as the
EEL PIE CLUB and the BLUESSCENE CLUB in
Twickenham......Robin featured
prominently twice in the entertainments
pages in the local Guardian, complete
with 1/2 page photo, concerning the ever
popular Grey Horse Jam Sessions and also
the fantastically successful Tsunami
benefit concert, featuring Never The
Bride, Good Men in The Jungle, Bad
Influence, Andy Cortes, JP& The Wise
Guys, Gary Brewer and the GB's etc etc.
held at the same venue with Robin as the
M.C......Possibly the busiest night ever
at the Grey Horse in Living Memory(!!!)
with well over 200 packed in and £2,500
raised on the night! Thanks everyone for
that!!!
On the festival scene, Robin was booked
as a Solo Performer at the Swanage
Festival in March, Rocking the Blues at
Tring, and in April, the band played yet
again at the CELTIC WARRIORS BIRTHDAY
BASH, on a bill including SPACE RITUAL
(featuring nearly all the members of
HAWKWIND) SAXON and WISHBONE ASH!!! In
June, the band played a festival in
Belgium, and in July a festival in Norway
and also for the first time, the MARYPORT
BLUES FESTIVAL in Cumbria...
Robin
also flew out to ROVANIEMI, in the far
north of FINLAND (LAPLAND!) to play at
the ROOTS & RIVER FESTIVAL- their
first International Festival... other
artists booked included PHIL GUY( Buddy's
brother, our own PAPA GEORGE, ANDY CORTEZ
and some top local bands...
See pictures from the festival here
ROBINS POSTCARDS FROM AMERICA
What
a Blast I had in my week in Atlanta,
staying at the home of Lucy Piller (www.allrightnow.com ) and her
family........!
On the Monday of my arrival, I was taken
to one of the area's main Music Venues,
Darwin's to check out the New Yankee
All-Stars, the resident Rock-Fusion Band
led by the highly gifted Guitarist Mike
Martin......I was persuaded to jam with
them for a couple of numbers which was
great fun and gave temporary relief to
the jetlag....!!
Tuesday evening saw us again at Darwins
checking out the modern jazz session led
by Dustin Sergent. (ex Motor City Josh)
On
Wednesday we were again at Darwins
(Regulars by now..!!) attending the jam
session hosted by Mike Martin...I got up
and played 3 numbers, one of which was
the original song "Switch Off The
Night" from the "Tribute to
Fast" album which none of the other
players had heard before...and
didnt they do a great job...!! Also
on this evening I had the pleasure of
meeting Andrew Black, the great Blues
Singer/Guitarist who was in the audience
and who then asked me if I would like to
go to another Jam session at Feelay
Gumbo's. a short drive away.....so we
duly went there and I had a good time
jamming with Andrew, who has to have one
of the best Blues Voices I've ever worked
with...!!
On
Thursday we were back at Darwins yet
again to see the amazing Barry Richman
and his Band....Barry is probably the
most accomplished guitarist working in
the Atlanta area, his playing is truly
awesome...!!
On
Friday night we drove across town to
Motorheads to play for the band Bluescat
in McDonough, whose singer Jeff Robinson
was unfortunately recovering from throat
surgery...I sat in with the band and sang
several numbers including the original
"Jelly Out" which the guys
picked up brilliantly......
Saturday
night was a "night off" so we
went out to Feelay Gumbos to catch the
very talented Guitarist/vocalist Derek St
Holmes (ex Ted Nugent!)...and hey! we won
a Bass t-shirt in the Raffle...!!
On
our last day, Sunday, it was brunch at
Front Page with Andrew Black playing
modern jazz/funk and I was invited up to
jam for a couple of numbers.... was
invited to Barry Richmond's flat for
coffee and to look at his amazing guitar
collection, and of course we ended up
jamming around some blues and some Django
Rheinhart....and in the evening, one more
jam session, this time at the Firehouse
at Woodstock with Nick on Bass and The
Monkeyman on drums......amazing.....!!
The
BB Band have become truly international
artists, picking up Airplay on "LOS
AUTOBLUES" in Spain & also on
KXJZ Radio, broadcasting from Sacramento,
Northern California! This Station can
also be picked up on the web by visiting
www.capradio.org, selecting KXJZ and
checking the listings... the D.J.is MICK
MARTIN...
Photos from
America
WORLD
DOMINATION ONE STEP CLOSER!!
The BB Band have been generating
considerable interest in the USA!
Radio
station WRFG in ATLANTA, Georgia have
been playing tracks off LIVE THERAPY,
TRIBUTE TO FAST & LANGUAGE OF YOUR
SOUL on their morning Blues show which
goes out 5 days a week hosted by the
resident DJ UK BOB who loves to feature
music by contemporary British Blues
Bands....
see the websites
www.wrfg.org
www.ukbob.com
And following a live Phone-in interview
with Robin on UK Bob's morning show which
caused a terrific response from an
audience eager to find out more about the
band and where they could buy CDs, the
band have now signed a Distribution Deal
with DWM Music for the USA!! We are now
looking into the possibility of some Live
work in the US when the time is right...!
see
the website
www.DWMmusic.com
BLUES
IN BRITAIN volume 1 issue 21
FAME AT LAST!!
We have made the Front Cover of BLUES IN
BRITAIN September edition volume 1 issue
21!! Robin gave an interview to Bill
Smith and talked about his influences,
the London Blues Scene, his latest
recordings, Jam Sessions, musical
philosophy and plans for the future...!!
Please
see our Link to Blues In Britain's
website, www.bluesinbritain.org for details
of how to purchase or subscribe to the
Magazine which no genuine Blues Fan
should be without.....
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