Blues Americana guitarist, singer and songwriter BROOKS WILLIAMS delivers the deepest and most intense interpretations of everything from early blues songs to his recent original compositions on "Baby O!", his 17th CD, his first recorded in the UK. A 23-year veteran of the road and living the trans-Atlantic life between Cambridge (UK) and Boston (US), on "Baby O!" (released 5th April) Williams sings about a forgotten New Orleans guitarist, a Mississippi tragedy, the ache of long-distance love, staying true in the face of adversity, and not giving up on love. Williams' voice floats over foot-stomping grooves and rollicking guitar riffs supported by David Goodier's bass, PJ Wright's steel and dobro, and Keith Warmington's harmonica. Produced by Williams and engineered by Andy Bell (SEASICK STEVE), "Baby O!" is his most immediate and compelling roots record to date. The music that travelled across the ocean from the US to the UK on scratchy records and static-laden radio signals in the 1950s and early 1960s, then travelled back across to the US via records, singers and guitarists from the UK in the late 1960s and 1970s, continues its journey back and forth in the on-going singing of a timeless song.
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Brooks Williams on tour in the UK: April-July 2010
April
Friday 16 - The Ram Club @ The Old Cranleighan Club, Thames Ditton, Surrey
Saturday 17 - The Bear Hotel, Devizes, Wiltshire
Sunday 18 - Folk On The Moor @ The Westward Inn, Lee Mill, Ivybridge, Devon
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Thursday 22 - Rothbury Roots @ The Queens Head, Rothbury, Northumberland
Friday 23 - Carlisle Folk & Blues Club, Sunset Suite, Carlisle United FC, Carlisle
Saturday 24 - Belper Music & Arts, Top Bar @ The Queen's Head, Belper, Derbyshire
Friday 30 - Jazz @ Future Inns: Blues Night, Cabot Circus Hotel, Bristol (with band)
May
Saturday 8 - Folk On The Pier, Cromer, Norfolk (solo show)
Sunday 9 - Folk On The Pier, Cromer, Norfolk (Guitar Massif Blues Jam)
Tuesday 11 - British Wildlife Centre, Newchapel, Lingfield, Surrey
Saturday 15 - The King's Head, Battle, East Sussex
June
Thursday 17 - Steve Tilston's Trades Roots: Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire
Saturday 19 - Dorchester Blues Society at Dorchester Arts Centre, Dorchester, Dorset
Saturday 26 - Red Lion, Manningtree, Essex
July
Saturday 3 - Ashover Well Dressed Festival, Ashover, Derbyshire
Sunday 4 - Ashover Well Dressed Festival, Ashover, Derbyshire
Monday 5 - Monday Monday @ The Cross Kings, York Way, Islington, London
Thursday 8 - Otterton Mill, Otterton, Nr. Budleigh Salterton, Devon (with band)
Saturday 10 - Priddy Folk Festival, Priddy, Somerset (with band)
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