Author Archives: martinmcneill

There’s a cool new club in Wivenhoe, the Music Mix, and it’s an honour to be booked there for this Sunday, Dec 4. The brilliant Tim Huskisson is on piano, JJ Zarbo on upright bass, Roy Webber on drums. We’ll be stretching out a bit for this gig, playing some jazz and soul classics alongsideContinue reading “Bottleneck Blues band gig in Wivenhoe”

Click on the link for a clip from my latest livestream: my version of ZZ Hill’s Down Home Blues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Ifs5ubtp8&list=PLghGMVM0uWj9QzFct6BXZvV2o347RipXT&index=1

Tickets are selling well for a blues double-header in aid of the DEC Ukraine Appeal so you might want to grab yours before they go. It’s at Witham Public Hall on Saturday June 11 and features veteran Essex band Automatic Slim plus the Bottleneck Blues Trio (Martin McNeill, JJ Zarbo and Roy Webber). https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/witham/the-public-hall/an-evening-of-essex-blues-a-concert-for-ukraine/e-yvvvoy

If you’d like a copy of my Sweet Soul Slide CD, please drop me an email and we can sort out getting it to you, best way to pay etc. In the UK, it’s £8 inc P&P. I can also mail abroad. Email martinmcneill2005@gmail.com

My sessions in the licensed cafe at Leigh Community Centre are now twice a month, on the first and third Wednesday. Special guest each session, 7.30pm start, £5 on the door.

My Sweet Soul Slide CD has been selected as one of three picks of the month by the Independent Blues Broadcasters’ Association. That’s ridiculously flattering as the other two albums are mighty productions by Joanne Shaw Taylor (featuring Joe Bonamassa and other blues luminaries) and the Altered Five Blues Band (No 3 on the BillboardContinue reading “Pick of the month”

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