The August Bank Holiday is over, it’s September and it’s raining, so it must be time for the first Music Night of the autumn and winter season at Sunbury Cricket Club!
The Club is delighted to open that season on FRIDAY 18th SEPTEMBER by welcoming back the great British bluesman DAVE KELLY, who has not played at the Club for over 18 months, so is long overdue a return. Dave has been a leading figure on the UK and international blues scene for several decades, and is one of the country’s finest slide guitarists, who has attracted sell-out audiences on previous visits to the Club, both solo and with his band.
He was with The John Dummer Blues Band in the ‘60s blues boom alongside his late lamented sister Jo-Ann Kelly, and toured the UK with John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf before he and Jo Ann formed Tramp with Tony McPhee. In 1979 he founded The Blues Band with Paul Jones, Hughie Flint & Tom McGuinness, former members of Manfred Mann and McGuinness Flint, and for over 40 years until they called it a day in 2021, they were the UK’s top blues attraction. He is also a regular at festivals, club and concert dates across Europe and in the USA and Canada.
Dave won the British Blues Awards Top Acoustic Artist for five years running, until they stopped entering him! As a singer and guitarist steeped in the blues for a lifetime, his repertoire draws on classics from across the genre as well as his own material.
As at his last show at the club, Dave will be performing solo, and we can guarantee an evening of spell-binding and high-class entertainment from one of the greats of British blues.
Admission is £10.00 on the door, payable by cash or card. Hot food, prepared by Surplus To Supper, will be available from 6.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there. Dave will be on stage around 8.30 or soon after.
