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ALL THE KING'S MEN

ALL THE KING'S MEN

5:00pm, Sun 19 February, 2017
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Featuring Ray Beadle, Darren Jack, Grant Cummerford & Rosscoe Clark

Four of Australia's leading blues players, Ray Beadle, Darren 'Jacko' Jack, Grant Cummerford and Rosscoe Clark, are joining forces in this very special show to salute four of the Blues' biggest and most influential artists, B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King and Earl King.

There are few blues fans and guitarists who haven't fallen under the spell of the playing and vocals of these blues icons. Now Ray, `Jacko', Grant and Rosscoe have put together a show to salute these blues greats, putting their own stamp on the best-known titles from the four icons. While B.B., Albert and Freddie were all masters of the intense single-line electric guitar lick, each is instantly recognisable, and Earl King, also a guitar boss, was one of the best and most original songwriters in the blues, and a major New Orleans figure.

Guitarists Darren Jack and Ray Beadle are worthy exponents of the highly charged emotional attack style of the Kings, and are widely recognised on the Australian blues circuit. In recent years both have been voted Performer of the Year by the Sydney Blues Society, and gone on to perform in The Memphis Blues Challenge. Another Memphis Blues Challenger is Rosscoe Clark, the go-to blues drummer in Sydney, and long-time member of the legendary Cyril B. Bunter Band and the Foreday Riders. Bassist Grant Cummerford, despite his tender years, has clocked up many years on the Australian blues scene, especially with Darren Jack and globetrotting guitar virtuoso Jeff Lang.

These experienced players have an abundance of credibility when it comes to the blues, and are ideally placed to serve up the best offerings of the four Blues Giants, B.B King, Albert King, Freddie King and Earl King.