Steve Williams & The Blues Deluxe

Steve Williams - Electric & Slide guitar.

Steve has toured Europe, the Middle East and Ireland and visited New York as both a hired gun and solo artist in his own right. Playing alongside some of the Blues legends such as Honey Boy Edwards, Skip James, Neal Pattman and supporting a host of international Blues artists such as Albert King, Albert Collins and Buddy Guy, Peter Green, Joe Louis Walker, Eddie Kirkland and many more. Along with numerous Blues Festival appearances Steve is now steeped in the Blues. More recently Steve has performed on the World Blues Stage with Elliott Randall, Sttely Dan’s premier guitarist – Mr. Reelin in the Years himself, and The New York All Stars as slide and second guitarist at Blues to Bop and The Great British Blues Festival.

Steve’s band have released two albums on Delta Records
“Full Moon on Broadway” and “Big Guitar” and have made many appearances at Blues Festivals all over England, Ireland and Europe.

Neil Harland - Bass Guitar

From the North East of England and living in Newcastle upon Tyne, has played in a wide range of styles and has toured both in the UK and Europe. Neil has worked as a session musician and has recorded for artists including: Revolver - "Eldorado"(Warner Spain), Joe Cocker - "No Ordinary World"(EMI), Reno -"Reno" (London) and The Lanterns -"Luminate Yer Heid" (Sony). He has recorded four albums and a live DVD with acclaimed blues/folk slide guitarist Johnny Dickinson.
Neil has also played on sessions for radio and TV and has performed at UK music festivals including, "T in the Park", "Teilhe V Festival" and has appeared on many TV shows including "Later with Jools Holland" and "Top of the Pops".

In 2007/8 he worked in Germany, opening on tours for Gary Moore, The Hooters and Saga. He also appeared on the Rockpalast TV show in Bonn and as a tutor at the Rock Legends Adventure in Cologne. Neil also plays double bass and can be heard on recent CDs’ by The Chris Stout Quintet, Rachel Unthank and The Winterset, The Unthanks, Kathryn Tickell and Indo- Jazz group Free Spirits.

Paul Smith Drums & Percussion

Noted as one of the most in demand session drummers in the UK today.

With a client list that includes Sting, The Bee Gees, Jimmy Nail, Prefab Sprout and blues legends such as Jimmy Witherspoon, Paul has one of the best reputations in the business. He has recorded a variety of albums with artists such as Alan Hull from Lindisfarne, Mickey Moody and Paddy Mcalune.

His ability to adapt to the demands of the music business has also led him to performing on many tours, festivals and theatre concerts with some of the greatest crooners such as Tony Christie, Joe Longthorne and Matt Monroe.

Paul is the master of groove - jazz - Blues – Rock and Swing….