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Tag Archives: Kim Simmonds
Gig review: SAVOY BROWN – 100 Club, London, 18 January 2020
The marketing for the now traditional January London Blues Month is a mocked up, retro-style handbill. Someone who can remember those days is Kim Simmonds. He may not have the high profile of other guitar contemporaries of the British blues … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 Club, 18 January 2020, blues rock, Garnet Grimm, gig, Keith Boyce, Kim Simmonds, London, London Blues Month, Pat DeSalvo, Savoy Brown
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Album review: SAVOY BROWN – Witchy Feelin’
Ruf [Release date 25.08.17] There’s a certain timeless appeal about Savoy Brown that extends beyond the familiar riff driven start of this album, through Kim Simmonds’ world weary vocals that bring years of experience to bear on familiar blues subject … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Garnet Grimm, guitar, J.J. Cale, John Fogerty, John Mayall, Kim Simmonds, Mark Knopfler, Pat DeSalvo, Peter Green, review, rock, Roy Buchanan, Savoy Brown, Witchy Feelin
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Album review: TOMMY CASTRO AND THE PAIN KILLERS – The Devil You Know
Alligator records [Release date 20.01.14] While this album is a slimmed down version of Tommy Castro And The Pain Killers, there’s actually some 14 guest musicians helping him out in the absence of his previous horn section. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonnie Hayes, Byron Cage, Chris Youlden, J.B. Lenoir, James Pace, Jimmy Pugh, Joe Bonamassa, Kim Simmonds, Magic Dick, Marcia Ball, Narada Michael Walden, Randy McDonald, review, Samantha Fish, Santana, Savoy Brown, Tab Benoit, Tasha Taylor, The J. Geils Band, The Pain Killers, The Yardbirds, Tommy Castro
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Album review: SAVOY BROWN – Goin’ To The Delta
Ruf Records [Release date 11.02.14] Having spent the best part of 48 years on the road as the personification of the pivotal and enduring Anglo American blues-rock band Savoy Brown, guitarist Kim Simmonds goes back to basics on ‘Goin’ To … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, boogie, Chicago Blues, Garnet Grimm, Goin' To The Delta, guitar, Kim Simmonds, Pat DeSalvo, review, rock, Savoy Brown
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