DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES - THE BLACK GARDENIA GIG IS CANCELLED. OUR LAST UK GIG WILL BE FRIDAY 25TH MAY IN CARDIFF - CAFE JAZZ.

WOW!! The Channel Island of Jersey saw and heard some fantastic between the 8th and 11th of May. Flying straight in from Chicago to do four Exclusive UK dates with The Dirty Aces, Mud Morganfield wowed Jersey Audiences with four charismatic and powerful performances.

After 3 sold out shows - the free admission grande finale at The Royal Yacht attracted 350 audience members!! Many came back for a second dose of blues after seeing one of the previous shows.

Videos of the shows will be posted online very soon. For now, you can check our photos at these addresses:

http://www.jerseyphotos.je/cgi-bin/store/imageFolio.cgi?direct=SHOOTS/2008_05_08_Mud_Morganfield_and_The_Dirty_Aces

http://mnlg.com/art/giles_mud.php

Enjoy!!!

The DAs

Muddy Waters, the inventor of electric blues, the forefather of Rock and Roll and the performer of the song The Rolling Stones were to name their band after, came to Jersey and performed a year before his death. Friday July 4th 1982 saw him play at Fort Regent's Gloucester Hall.

After one sold out UK tour already under his belt, Mud Morganfield the eldest son of Muddy Waters, perhaps the most famous blues legend of them all, will be flying in to Jersey from Chicago for a series of four exclusive gigs at the beginning of May. A hugely charismatic performer, Mud's command of the stage and the audience alike have left blues clubs spellbound and have earned him rave reviews in all of the UK's top blues magazines. Fred Rothwell from Blues and Rhythm magazine witnessed one of those shows. "More than a pastiche ... a genuine artist who just happens to sound like the greatest bluesman in the world... Mud tore the place up ..... and had the whole crowd whoopin' and a hollerin' in all the right places. Mud Morganfield is a natural performer, at ease and full of fun".

The Hotel Revere, Kensington Place will be presenting Mud on Thursday 8th of May, with a specially constructed Cajun menu followed by Mud's set. On Friday 9th he will be playing a unique acoustic gig at Food In The Frame at the Harbour Gallery, St Aubin. Chef Danny Moisan will be preparing a selection of Mud's dad's favourite dishes. On the Saturday 10th Mud will play The Blue Note Bar, St Helier, which has been home to Jersey blues for so many years. The grande finale of this very exciting set of Blues gigs will take place at The Drift Bar at The Royal Yacht Hotel on Sunday the 11th who will be presenting a special themed evening.

Mud will perform many of his dad's most famous songs at the gigs, as well as a selection of his own original material. He will be backed at all gigs by Jersey's premier blues band The Dirty Aces, who themselves have been turning heads over last few months. Led by Harmonica player Giles Robson, of whom Blues in Britain magazine has called "Harmonica virtuoso....one of the finest harmonica players around" that same magazine has said of the band: "..high energy....dirty, rough and ready Chicago blues...the band have the style nailed...this is a band well worth catching."

Lead singer Giles Robson, who has organised the series of gigs says that he is very excited about the musical collaboration between The Dirty Aces and Mud Morganfield. "It's going to be a great musical experience. I've been listening to Muddy Waters from when I was about fourteen years old, as I am a big fan of Muddy Water's original harmonica player Little Walter. The Dirty Aces are going to provide great backup for Mud's powerful voice. Having spoken on the phone with him, we know that he is very excited at the prospect of playing with the band and visiting Jersey".

This will be another event in an ever increasingly busy schedule for Mud. April the 4th (His dad's birthday) see's him launching his new Album "Fall Waters Fall" at perhaps the world's most famous Blues Club, Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago. He will then be off on a tour of Italy taking in Naples, Turin, Rome and Milan.

Places for the Revere perfomance including the special Cajun menu will cost £27.50 each, and need to booked and paid for in advance of the night. Please phone The Revere on 01534 611111 to reserve your seats/tables. Friday at Food In The Frame is ticket only and priced at £30.00, to include both the meal and the performance. Tickets will be available to buy from Food in The Frame, call: 01534 483419. The Saturday show at the Blue Note will be ticket only at £10.00 each and limited to around fifty places. Tickets will be available from the bar. The "Grande Finale" on the Sunday at the Royal Yacht will be free admission to all. All tickets will be on sale from the 1st of April onwards.

To hear some of Mud's music, and watch live footage of him performing you can visit his website: www.mudmorganfield.com. To hear more of The Dirty Aces music and watch live footage of them performing you can visit: www.myspace.com/thedirtyaces

Hi everyone,

great news just in. The Dirty Aces have just been booked to record a session on the famous Raven ’ n’ The Blues blues show during their UK tour. They will record their session on the way to their Swansea gig, at the Salisbury Rock and Blues Club supporting Eddie Blue Lester and The Ravens on Tuesday 8th April.

The shows previous guests read like a who’s who of major contemporary blues artists. Eric Bibb, Joe Bonamassa, Ian Siegal, Kelly Joe Phelps to name but a few.

To see photos and to listen to past sessions please visit: http://www. raven. dj/rnb/index. html

As soon as we are informed we’ll let you all know about the broadcast date.

Best wishes,

The Dirty Aces.

Hi Everyone

After rave reviews from the British and European blues press and some of the finest musicians out there, The Dirty Aces will commencing an 8 date UK tour this Saturday at The Black Gardenia, Soho London with Punk/Blues one man band D-66. Check out the dates dates below  to see what they’re like in action, and also some of the great reviews the CD has been getting.

Hope to see you at one of the shows,

best wishes - The DAs

 

Saturday April 5th The Black Gardenia,  London
(With Punk/Blues legend D-66)
93 Dean Street
Soho
W1D 3SZ

Sunday April 6th The Salisbury, Turnpike Lane
(With The Garuda Commute and The Hot Spring Healers)
1 Grand Parade, Green Lanes, N4 1JX

Monday April 7th
Sitting in at The Ain’t Nothin’ But Monday Jam
20 Kingly Street
Oxford Street
Soho
London
W1B 5PZ

Tuesday April 8th Salisbury Rock & Blues Club, Swansea
(Supporting Eddie "Blue" Lester and the Ravens)
Salisbury Conservative Club, 
128 Walter Road, 
Swansea, 
SA1 5RG


Wednesday April 9th 
(Supporting Eddie "Blue" Lester and the Ravens)
Langton’s Cafe Bar,
Charles Street,
Newport,
Wales

Thursday April 10th Blues Dragon, Cardiff
(Supporting Eddie "Blue" Lester and the Ravens)
The Gower (pub), 
Gwennyth Street, 
Cathays, 
Cardiff, 
4PH, 
Wales.

Friday April 11th
The Cwmann Tavern, Lampeter
Cwmann Tavern
Cwmann
Lampeter
Dyfed
SA48 8DR

Saturday April 12th Headlining the Red Cross Blues Night
The Queens Hall, 
Narbeth
The Queens Hall
High Street
Narberth
SA67 7AS

Praise For The Dirty Aces

I dig you and what you do!!! Great harp and guitar!!!
You cats play like you mean it!!
Sugar Blue (Grammy Award Winner)

superb no-nonsense, gritty R&B. Giles Robson has a great and urgent voice with an appealing cry at the end of certain words. Filip Kozlowski lays down choppy and
insistent guitar riffs, bringing to mind The Hoax at their brilliant best.
Blues Matters -
(UK’s award winning, most read blues magazine)

Hurrah for The Dirty Aces!
Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music

...high energy....dirty, rough and ready Chicago blues...the band have the style nailed...
this is a band well worth catching...
Blueprint Magazine

If you like blues, rock and plenty of originality, look no further than these aces......
Raw and dirty sounds, ace delivery.... Robson happens to sing like another blues hero of mine – the late, great Rory Gallagher.
Alan Candy - Luton Today

Definitely ones to watch!
Phil Jackson, Blues In The South

Blistering gob iron....scorching guitar...a band that
have found a solid groove. Time to get off the island
and set mainland towns alight.
Fatea Magazine

To all Channel Island blues fans, Jersey Blues Band The Dirty Aces will be backing up rising blues Star Dani Wilde (Just signed to Ruf Records) on a series of Channel Island Gigs. Fri Dec 14th, The White Hart Guernsey, Sat 15th Dec The Blue Note Jersey, Sunday 16th The Royal Yacht Jersey. To hear Dani's music please visit: www.myspace.com/daniwildemusic. To hear The Dirty Aces please visit: www.myspace.com/thedirtyaces

Hi everyone,

GTFM will be playing 'You Might Do Without Me' from our new EP "One Good Reason" on their blues show which airs from 10 to midnight GMT Monday 29th. You can listen to it at: www.gtfm.co.uk.

Enjoy!

All our best wishes,

The DAs

Hi Everyone,

Netherlands blues radio station Standing At The Crossroads will be playing The Dirty Aces EP-"One Good Reason".

Visit their website here: www.standingatthecrossroads.nl

Best wishes,

The Dirty Aces.

Hi everyone,

BBC6 music are going to playing a track from our forthcoming EP "One Good Reason" this Saturday night.

"Dollar and A Quarter" has been chosen to be played on the first ever episode of the new Tom Robinson show "Introducing" that promises to showcase the best unsigned music on the net.

The show goes out Saturday 27th (tomorrow) 0000-0200 GMT and will be available as a listen again option for 7 days after transmission.

Here is a link to the show's homepage:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinsons_introducing/

and a link to BBC6 Music:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music

Enjoy!

All our best wishes,

The DAs

After many requests, we have now enabled our songs to be added to other profiles.

All our best wishes,

The DAs.