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John Peel OBE, 1939 - 2004
The Midlands
The Barrels,St Owen Street, Hereford
Saturday 12th February 2005
It was 9pm on Saturday 12th February 2005, The Barrels, St Owen
Street in Hereford was heaving with expectation as Ray opened the gig with
Howlin’ Wolf’s Forty–Four. As far as one man blues bands go even Dr Isaiah Ross
would have been impressed, God knows I certainly was. What followed was
exceptional:-
Ground Hog Blues - John Lee Hooker style.
Mississippi
Fred McDowell:
Diving Duck Blues
Highway 61
Shake ‘Em On Down
Crossroads – Robert Johnson
My Babe – Little Walter
All interspersed with work from Bo Carter, Leadbelly and Dr Isaiah Ross.
Packed like the proverbially sardines Ray seemed oblivious of the crowd as his feet worked like pistons producing a mix of sound consistent with a trio. Afterwards Pete Clinton (Hereford Blues Promoter) produced an L.P. of Sonny Boy Williamson with The Yardbirds which provoked Ray to admit he had played sonny’s harp – the one Perry Foster lent Him!
See Photo below, Pete, Ray and my good-self.Steve Wosket
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