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NEWS...
Blues Positive voted BEST BRITISH BLUES BAND on the Maryport Festival Trail 2008!
Latest album Test Results reviewed by Dave Scott in BluesWax magazine, read the review here...
King is a consummate professional who is multi-talented, playing amazing harp on "Leaving Trunk" and "My Babe," superb soprano saxophone on Allison's "Your Mind Is On Vacation," and mind-blowing tenor sax on "Key To The Highway." My favourite track is "I Wish I Knew," which I prefer to Derek Trucks' version on his seminal Songlines album.
Tim King served his apprenticeship at Ronnie Scott's in London and it is this Jazz influence that is setting Blues Positive apart from the crowd and contributing to their rising profile. Bassist Rick Jones and drummer Dave Hatfield lay down a steady groove, with guitarist Martin Hutchinson producing some innovative guitar riffs and gentle solos. "Positively Blue" was written by Hutchinson and the lyrics and arrangement augur well for future original material. Taking the Blues from Chicago to Shipley might have seemed too big a leap for a white band that includes a university professor and a doctor, but in the end it turned out to be a small step as the Test Results show
Dave Scott is a contributing editor at BluesWax. You may contact Dave at blueswax@visnat.com
Buy our latest album 'Test Results' at
Blues Positive are a four piece band based in Leeds/Bradford, UK
Their
blues style is mainly high-energy and up-tempo.
Their repertoire ranges from the
50’s and 60’s Chicago blues
of Sonny Boy Williamson and Little Walter
right up to the present day,
with influences from Willie Dixon,
Junior Wells, Muddy Waters, Taj Mahal, Cream,
Mose Allison, Nina Simone
Robert Cray, and many more.
Find us on MySpace at www.myspace.com/bluespositive