Big Town Playboys

The Big Town Playboys are a six-piece rhythm and blues band English, which has the American rhythm and blues of the 1940s and 1950s ( such as Amos Milburn and Louis Jordan ) prescribed. It was founded in 1984 by Andy Silvester and Ricky Cool, heard of the original lineup today only Ian Jennings (bass ) of the group. Another founding member, Mike Sanchez (piano), left the band in 1999 to pursue his solo career. The band has a wide fan base throughout Europe, particularly in Scandinavia and Germany, where they are always in clubs and on tours as a guest.

General

Your song selection refers to the music of black America in the 1950s. Among the styles they incorporate into their music, including rockabilly and swing. The infectious Danc grooves, boogie piano, saxophone riffs and plaintive blues of the singers are the reasons for the obsession of the band for this style.

In addition to her band activity they also played as a backing band for many blues greats, such as Lowell Fulson, Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell, Little Willie Littlefield, Champion Jack Dupree, Rosco Gordon and Jimmy Nelson.

Highlights

In 1991, she played together with Jeff Beck the soundtrack for the film The Pope Must Die - A Pope for kissing of Robbie Coltrane / Peter Richardson, a. In 1996, the band played with Eric Clapton, who is an admirer of their music, on the European tour, including 21 appearances at the Royal Albert Hall. In the same year the band contributed to the soundtrack of the film The Color of Money with Tom Cruise and Paul Newman ( It's my life baby). Among the highlights also included three trips to the U.S., where they toured the west coast, occurred in Mick Fleetwood 's Club in Los Angeles and appeared in a TV show in New York City, which was broadcast from coast to coast. In 2004 she released the album Roll The Dice, to celebrate their 20th band anniversary. On the album her friends Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, Andy Fairweather are - Low and Jools Holland to hear as a guest musician. In May 2005 they played together with Gary Brooker and Andy Fairweather -Low two charity concerts in India whose income zugutekam the tsunami victims of December 2004, a place in Delhi and the other in Chennai (Madras ) statt.Auftritte the Playboys were also for Prince Charles and Lady Diana, they played on Jools Hoolands and Tommy Hilf Lingers birthday party and the wedding of Robert Cray and the daughter of Robert Plant.

Discography

• Playboy Boogie ( 1985)
• Champion Jack Dupree, live with The Big Town Playboys (1989 )
• Now Appearing (1990 )
• Crazy Legs with Jeff Beck ( 1993)
• Hip Joint ( 1994)
• Off The Clock ... Live! (1997)
• Six Pack (1998)
• Western World ( 2001)
• Now Appearing (2002)
• Roll The Dice ( 2004)