Hot Fingers ‘Acoustic blues’ explore the origins of the blues from camp meetings to railroad
songs, from jug bands to barrel houses. We take in the Country Blues of Robert
Johnson and Jimmie Rodgers; Urban Blues of Bessie Smithand Big Bill Broonzy;

Kansas City Blues of Count Basie and Lonnie Johnson. Travelling
through the Boogie-Woogie of Pinetop Smith we finish where
the Rolling Stones start! From W. C. Handy’s Saint Louis Blues to Lead Belly’s  In The Pines” be sure to expect a musically varied and revealing evening. From the deep and  mournful to the uplifting and cheerful, it’s a certain varied evening’s entertainment!

The band Tom ‘Spats’ Langham on banjo and guitar, Malcolm Sked on bass andTuba, Emily Campbell vocals and multi instrumentalist Danny Blyth

their set list runs from Fred Astaire to Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee with influences of Bob Kerrs Whoopee and Bonzo Dog bands which members have  played within.

Evergreen Hall Broadwell thurs 30 Jan 7-30pm

advance tickets £10 Coleford Tourist Office or online at Evenbrite or £12 on the door

All welcome next month Feb 27th  topical and outstanding talent of singer songwriter Robb Johnson

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Tom “Spats” Langham and his Hot Fingers Trio take tunes from all eras and of all sources and give them the treatment, but what is more important, vital even, is that they do not lose the essence and they do it with soul and respect.

The trio, consists of Spats himself, who hails from Gloucestershire’s own New Orleans, Stow-on-the-Wold, on banjo and guitar with Malcolm Sked on bass and tuba. Multi-instrumentalist Danny Blyth completes the line-up.

They play everything from Fred Astaire to Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee with a couple of numbers from Broadway musicals thrown in. All the tunes are played beautifully with wit and aplomb and are held together by their unique style which is similar to that of the Bonzos, the Temperance Seven, Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band and others, many of which Spats and other trio members have played with.

The three guys were joined for several songs by vocalist Emily Campbell who looked as good as she sounded.

m “Spats” Langham and his Hot Fingers Trio take tunes from all eras and of all sou

Tom “Spats” Langham and his Hot Fingers Trio take tunes from all eras and of all sources and give them the treatment, but what is more important, vital even, is that they do not lose the essence and they do it with soul and respect.

The trio, consists of Spats himself, who hails from Gloucestershire’s own New Orleans, Stow-on-the-Wold, on banjo and guitar with Malcolm Sked on bass and tuba. Multi-instrumentalist Danny Blyth completes the line-up.

They play everything from Fred Astaire to Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee with a couple of numbers from Broadway musicals thrown in. All the tunes are played beautifully with wit and aplomb and are held together by their unique style which is similar to that of the Bonzos, the Temperance Seven, Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band and others, many of which Spats and other trio members have played with.

The three guys were joined for several songs by vocalist Emily Campbell who looked as good as she sounded.

rces and give them the treatment, but what is more important, vital even, is that they do not lose the essence and they do it with soul and respect.

Tom “Spats” Langham and his Hot Fingers Trio take tunes from all eras and of all sources and give them the treatment, but what is more important, vital even, is that they do not lose the essence and they do it with soul and respect.

The trio, consists of Spats himself, who hails from Gloucestershire’s own New Orleans, Stow-on-the-Wold, on banjo and guitar with Malcolm Sked on bass and tuba. Multi-instrumentalist Danny Blyth completes the line-up.

They play everything from Fred Astaire to Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee with a couple of numbers from Broadway musicals thrown in. All the tunes are played beautifully with wit and aplomb and are held together by their unique style which is similar to that of the Bonzos, the Temperance Seven, Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band and others, many of which Spats and other trio members have played with.

The three guys were joined for several songs by vocalist Emily Campbell who looked as good as she sounded.

The trio, consists of Spats himself, who hails from Gloucestershire’s own New Orleans, Stow-on-the-Wold, on banjo and guitar with Malcolm Sked on bass and tuba. Multi-instrumentalist Danny Blyth completes the line-up.

They play everything from Fred Astaire to Sonny Terry and Brownie Magee with a couple of numbers from Broadway musicals thrown in. All the tunes are played beautifully with wit and aplomb and are held together by their unique style which is similar to that of the Bonzos, the Temperance Seven, Bob Kerr’s Whoopee Band and others, many of which Spats and other trio members have played with.

The three guys were joined for several songs by vocalist Emily Campbell who looked as good as she sounded.