2008 BANDS : FRIDAY 10th OCTOBER
The Temperance Seven

Friday 10th October 2008

8.00pm  (Doors open 7.30pm) £20

Bar and food available

Sponsored by Pennine Helicopters Ltd. Saddleworth

These great jazz entertainers make a welcome return to Marsden The Temperance Seven topped the charts in 1961 with a 1920s song “You’re Driving me Crazy” and are still hugely popular, with their melodious tomfoolery and the sheer enjoyment they communicate to their audiences. Led by the “valiant” Chris Buckley, (sousaphone), the other chaps include: Colonel Alexander Hitchcock Galloway (Master of Ceremonies and vocals), Michael Grimsargh Dieghan ASBO, (banjo, guitar, ukulele), and the Right Honourable John Tucker WC STAIN (cornet)

Brick

Friday 10th October 2008

8.00pm

The venue is  2 miles from the village centre

Five-piece blues/R&B/soul band who play the field from T-Bone Walker through Robert Cray to Eric Clapton.

Leisa Grey & Peter Clare Duo

Friday 10th October 2008

8.00 pm  £25 (food included)

Enjoy Tapas to jazz and cocktail standards performed by a stylish keyboard and vocal duo in this intimate eatery. Ticket required.

Joshua Blue

Friday 10th October 2008

8.30pm

With a voice drenched in blues history, Joshua Blue is a rising blues star with a cutting edge band.

Dave O’Higgins

Friday 10th October 2008

8.30pm  £12

Saxophonist Dave O’Higgins, “one of Britain’s finest contemporary jazz musicians” (Observer), has worked with Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Nancy Wilson. In a stellar line up Dave, along with master guitarist Jim Mullen and trumpet maestro Steve Waterman, joins Ben Crosland's well-established Friday night festival band comprising Rod Mason, (saxophones), Dave Tyas, (drums) and Ben Crosland (bass). The band will feature some of Ben’s original compositions from his “A Dales Day” suite.

Backwater Blues

Friday 10th October 2008

8.30pm

Stonking blues from Festival favourites Bob, Arthur and Colin.

The Gents

Friday 10th October 2008

8.30pm

The Temperance Seven meet Django Reinhardt, with additional material by Fats Waller and Hank Williams, all delivered with impeccable style, not to mention aplomb.

Stuart McCallum

Friday 10th October 2008

8.30pm

Manchester jazz guitar hero who has played to critical acclaim with Kenny Wheeler, John Surman and Mike Gibb playing solo guitar, loops and effects.

The Dirty Boy Jazz Massive

Friday 10th October 2008

8.30pm (No Parking)

Featuring Miss Ruby Wood and her Dirty Boys: Jack Button, Thabo, Mark Cowley, Aidan Shepherd and John Arneson. Super-energetic repertoire from Bootsy Collins to Brand New Heavies. Party time!

James O’ Hara

Friday 10th October 2008

8.30pm

James O’Hara, the “nearest you’ll get to the pure undiluted spirit of the blues this side of Chicago” (Leeds Guide) and earning enormous respect on the blues scene.

Coldshot

Friday 10th October 2008

8.30pm

This venue is half a mile from village centre 

With numerous appearances at Northern festivals this blues/rock trio is a leading UK Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan tribute band.

Adrian Ingram’s Jazz Dawgs

Friday 10th October 2008

10.00pm

Who let the Dawgs out? Ace guitar dawg Adrian Ingram and co. take the biscuit for tunes to set tails wagging. You’d be barking to miss them !