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Details for The Smokie Blues Concert for Haiti

The lineup (not in this order) will feature the following:

WANG DANG DELTA [BAND] FIFE. Wang Dang Delta are a 6-piece band from Perthshire in Scotland who specialise in blues and beyond music. The band serve up a set featuring mainly original compositions with some classic blues and boogie thrown in for good measure.
http://www.myspace.com/wangdangdelta

THE FORTUNATE SONS [BAND] GLASGOW. Hailing from the southern suburbs of Glasgow, The Fortunate Sons have concieved a rich sound knee-deep in the blues, tinged with impressive harmonies. Hailing from the southern suburbs of Glasgow, The Fortunate Sons have been in their current line up for little over a year. The band plays music which brings to mind sixties bands like The Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival.
http://www.myspace.com/fsons

THE LITTLE WOLVES [BAND] LOCAL. With over 20 years on the road, Tayside’s Little Wolves are one of Scotland’s most unusual but enduring grass-roots bands. Drawing from a deep and varied well of experience, the Wolves have moved a long way from the blues/R&B roots on which they built their reputation. Having just recorded a new CD containing fifteen original, self-penned songs, they continue to grow as a band and as songwriters.
http://web.mac.com/littlewolves

THE LONELY SOULS [BAND] GLASGOW. Echoing the spirit of The Faces, The Band and The Rolling Stones the Lonely Souls play a heady brew of home-grown Rock, Blues, Soul and Americana. Band leader Mark Clinton has been playing, and writing songs for the past ten years and has in the past shared stages with Seasick Steve, Mansun, and The Inspiral Carpets.
http://thelonelysouls.co.uk/

WILLIE LOGAN [ACOUSTIC] EDINBURGH. Edinburgh born Willie Logan, started playing the piano at the age of three and by the time he went to school he was able to play, by ear, well enough to accompany the class at singing. Willie has worked with artists such as Keith Marshall (ex Hello) and John Payne (who later joined Asia) with whom he recorded under pseudonyms Quadrascope & Jupiter Red. Willie now has several albums under his belt, which feature timeless blues classics by the likes of Hendrix, Clapton and SRV with his original songs.
http://www.myspace.com/willielogan

STUART COLQUHOUN [ACOUSTIC] PAISLEY. This Paisley based guitarist and song writer was the runner up 'The Guitar Hero UK 2004' (Singer/Songwriter category) and the 'The Riffathon 2005', a guitar competition endorsed and judged by Brian May (Queen), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) and Dan Hawkins (The Darkness) Charley Patton, Robert Johnson http://www.stuartcolquhoun.com

PAPA MOJO [BAND] ABERDEEN. Papa Mojo are Scotland's senior Roots and Delta Blues Band, the three piece acoustic band play good old "Down Home" country blues.
http://www.the-blindman.com/papaweb/index.htm

SIMON CURRIE [Acoustic] DUNDEE – It was as a young teenager in Dundee that Simon first came across a steel guitar which was gracing the cover of the Dire Straits album ‘Brother in Arms’. Subsequently his fascination with the sound of this instrument lead him on a journey of musical discovery which took him back to the blues masters of Son House, Robert Johnson & Lightnin’ Hopkins. Simon is now recording and performing under the moniker of ‘Man Gone Missing’, a slide guitar alt-blues-based project.
http://www.myspace.com/mangonemissing

DICK WARDELL [ACOUSTIC] LAURENCEKIRK Also known as Kid Ledraw, Wardell has been playing blues for fifty years, playing with artists such as Long John Baldry, The Hoochie Coochie Men and Jo-Ann Kelly.  His intense, gravelly voice and guitar is original whilst sitting well within the tradition and meaning of the country blues – from the Mississippi styles to those of Georgia and Texas.
http://www.myspace.com/highsteppinpapas

WOLFTRAIN [BAND] PERTHSHIRE Wolftrain is a legendary six piece band from Tayside with a mixture of long hard experience and bright new talent. Their style ranges from authentic blues, rock and roll, swing to original material, but it`s their horns that give them their distinct and unique sound.

HOLLOWBODY [BAND] DUNDEE Well known on the local scene, Hollowbody are a Tayside based low powered boogie and blues quartet.
http://www.myspace.com/h0ll0wb0dy

THE RUNAWAY BOYS [BAND] LANARKSHIRE. Three piece featuring Stuart Colquhoun, who play a mix of electric and acoustic blues.
http://www.stuartcolquhoun.com

This event is sponsored by Mark Whittaker High Street, Arbroath (Optometrists), Diageo, Jiving Jim (PA systems) and Kent & Nevanda Mitchell (The Coast)
 

Thanks to the sponsors and all the bands for giving their time and talent free for this great cause

More details at the website:
http://www.smokieblues.com

This event is listed on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=295198233174&ref=ts