Your latest copy of Blues Matters! delivers!

Regulars Features

8 TOP TEN

Gregg Wright’s top 10

10 FEEDBACK

Find out news on the scene

12 HAPPENIN NEWS 78 CD REVIEWS

Over 70 reviews

104 GOT LIVE

Bill Sheffield & Dave Saunders, The Trevor Burton Band, Foghat, The Stumble, Buddy Whittington, The Bolaji Blues Band, Walter Trout/Danny Bryant, King King, The Producers, Southside Johnny & The Astbury Dukes, Doug Macleod, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Simon McBride, The Black Keys, Ian Siegal w/ Ben Prestage, The Fortunate Sons, Paul Cox and Charlie Fabert, The Hillbillies From Outer Space.

20 INTERVIEWS

James Hunter, Erja Lyytinen, Hokie Joint, Hill Country Revue Matt Andersen, Gregg Wright, Philip Sayce, Southside Johnny, The Spikedrivers, Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington, Barry Goldberg pt2.

66 FESTIVAL FEVER

Carlisle, Colne, Franqueville and Ponderosa Stomp

118 BOB DYLAN 120 SAVE THE 100 CLUB 122 WHAT and to WHAT EFFECT 124 CAJUN

78 CD REVIEWS

A Bit On The Side, Al Hughes, Barry Barnes, Big Chief, Bruce Mississippi Johnson, Buddy Guy, Cee Cee James, Claude Bourbon, Crosby Tyler, Deb Callaghan, Eddie Martin, Golden Gate Quartet, Jim Byrnes, Joanne Shaw Taylor, JP Blues, Jump 4 Joy, Kirsten Thien, Latvian Blues Band, Luke Lucet, Lewis Hamilton, Lynwood Slim, Mama Rosin, Miss Freddye, Memphis Slim, Mick Simpson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Paul Jones, Ronnie Wood, Slowman, Sophie Bancroft, Southside Johnny, Taj Mahal, The Pretty Things, The John O’Leary Band, Todd Sharpville, Todd Wolfe Band, Willie Nile, Woody Russell ..........

Blues Matters! 6 Cover feature

Hokie Joint:This is one of the fastest rising bands on the UK circuit. They are WOWING audiences all over the UK and Europe. If you haven’t caught them yet then please get along to see them if they are in your area. We are sure you wont be disappointed !!

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PhilipSayce

Walter‘Wolfman’Washington

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Erja Lyytinen

Spikedrivers

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