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29th June at 7pm - The BluTone Band Plays Oakington Village Day

 
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The Blutone Band performs their first gig at the White Horse in Oakington, Cambridgeshire


 On Friday 17th March 2023, The Blutone Band performed their first gig together...

Last Friday I did something successfully that I have dreamed about doing for about 30 years.  I fronted a Blues band with the first outing of The Blutone Band.

Consisting of myself (Vox/Guitar), Jon Hassell (Bass), Alice Marsh (Drums) and Jonathan Chaplin (Keys) we delivered our own mix of Blues and Rock n Roll. Songs that we love and so it would seem everyone in the White Horse in Oakington loved too.

As someone who has mostly been a bass player and rarely a vocalist, I decided about four years ago to work towards my dream of putting a band together that I would play lead guitar and sing with.  Having not had a lot of experience of being a vocalist along with about 15 years of playing lead guitar, this was always going to be a stretch and I know that I need to work on my vocal talent but what I learnt on Friday night is that it is more important to give the audience a good time, show them respect and love and you get all that back in heaps.

All I can say is that we had a lot of great feedback such as ...




Our buddy Paul Skelton took this video of us playing Guess Who by BB King, however the start of the video show a popularity contest whereby Alice totally nails it with her fanbase!!


Thanks to everyone who came down to the White Horse and supported us!  What a great night and an honour to entertain you all!

There are more gigs coming and so keep an eye on the gig listing on this website for the latest information.
  

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