Monkey Finger follows top roots and blues band
ROOTS blues band Giles Hedley and the Aviators are at The Wheatsheaf pub in North Street, Leighton, on Friday (May 2).
Giles has been singing and playing roots blues across the UK and Europe since the 60s, on harmonica and bottleneck and lap steel guitars, acoustic and electric.
A regular on blues festival and club circuits both solo and with The Aviators, featured repeatedly on national radio in England and France, Giles is “one of Britain’s foremost roots and country blues performers.”
His band The Aviators is a funky, danceable roots-blues trio steeped in early Chicago blues featuring Sam Kelly on drums and Richard Sadler on upright and guitar basses.
The music continues on Saturday with a gig by Monkey Finger.
This band has been around for years in many different incarnations. One form was as a band called U-Namit, which included Sean, Kerry and Scott Brewer.
Monkey Finger has shared a stage with Peter Frampton, Gary Wright and The Little River Band and played stage two at Sandstone (Bonner Springs, KS).
Wheaty gigs start at about 9.30pm and go on ‘til late.
The full article contains 195 words and appears in Leighton Buzzard Observer newspaper.
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Last Updated:
23 April 2008 11:13 AM
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Source:
Leighton Buzzard Observer
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Location:
Leighton Buzzard
