Ted Crook's Blues Highway

Band Details

Genre : Blues

Gigall Rating : 5/10

Town : Ammanford

Contact : Tiny Phillips

Telephone : 01269 595265

Email Address : ammanfordfats@sky.com

Website Address
http://tedcrookandtheblueshighway.weebly.com

Introduction

Originally formed in 2000 (when they were voted “Best Local Band” by the South Wales’ Blues Dragon Blues Club), this current line up of Ted Crook and the Blues Highway has been together since 2007. They have gigged extensively across the country playing a mixture of Chicago and West Coast blues supporting bands like Otis Grand, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Big Joe Turner’s Memphis Blues Caravan and Todd Sharpville along the way.

They have also played regularly at the Tenby Blues Festival (where in 2008 “They went down better than the headliners!!”), the Castlebar Blues Festival and at the Mumbles Jazz and Blues Festival. They are also proud of the fact that they have been voted “Best Overall Band - 2008” by the Borough Blues Club and “Best Live Session - 2008” on Radio Pembrokeshire.


“Check them out…they’re an awesome live band”



The band have many influences and they try to capture the feel and attitude of their heroes in all their performances. Their influences include Little Walter, T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, Rod Piazza, Hollywood Fats Band, Junior Watson, Kim Wilson and Little Charlie and the Nightcats.


Some of the bands favourite recordings are:

Hollywood Fats Band...Rock This House.

Little Walter...The Chess Years '52-'63.

Kid Ramos...West Coast House Party.

Little Charlie and the Nightcats...Captured Live.

Sonny Boy Williamson...The Chess Years.

T-Bone Walker...The Imperial Recordings '50-'54.

Junior Watson...Long Overdue.

Rod Piazza...Live at BB Kings.



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