urban blues

'....Urban Blues, using electric amplification, emerged in the northern cities of the United States (chiefly Chicago) as exemplified by Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett), Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) and John Lee Hooker'.

'Urban Blues evolved to become Rhythm and Blues.'

- from: The Complete Reference Encylopaedia

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Colin ('the beloved leader') - bass and vocals

Colin stopped playing live regularly in 1980 at the request of an exasperated fan club, both of whom agreed that they could no longer keep up with the punishing schedule of early nights and gentle walks to gigs. Since then he has played a few times a year with various people but always in licensed premises so that his supply of Sanatogen is not interrupted.

He has been a lifelong blues fan since seeing Alexis Korner on television in the mid 1960's and has devoted his life to living the blues, dusting his broom regularly, shaking his money maker and, of course, going down to the crossroads at every available opportunity.

His ambitions are to grow up and to grow old gracefully but these targets are as far away from realisation today as ever and all the rest of us can hope for is that he continues to retain sufficient mental agility to remember when its his round.