🎸🔥 "Lee Bates & Billy Newton - Brampton Blues" 🔥🎸
Get ready for raw, rootsy acoustic blues at its finest! In this electrifying live session, powerhouse duo Lee Bates & Billy Newton deliver their original tune "Brampton Blues", channeling the gritty soul of legends like Cephas & Wiggins, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, and other acoustic blues masters.
🎶 Lee lays it down with gritty fingerpicked blues guitar, while Billy blows fire on the blues harp — a masterclass in Delta, Piedmont, and country blues traditions. This performance was filmed live at the Tyne Bar Beer Garden as part of the Gettin’ The Blues sessions — raw, unfiltered, and straight from the soul.
If you love real blues music, live acoustic sessions, and top-tier harmonica & guitar duos, this is your jam. Hit play, feel the groove, and don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more authentic blues content! 🎤🎵
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A classic guitar / harmonica duo, in the tradition of the great Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Lee and Billy have a wealth of experience behind them, playing festivals and venues all over the U.K and Europe. Lee and Billy cover a wide range of styles, from Delta Blues to Chicago Boogie. Lee and Billy couple these with their own authentic compositions and a healthy dose of irreverant humour that makes them crowd pleasers wherever they perform.
Lee Bates
Lee is one of the Northeast's finest slide guitarists. Playing the music of Son House, Bukka White, Fred McDowell and the like, Lee made his first on stage appearance aged eighteen with the legendary Brian Cookman. Since then Lee has gone on to appear with many of today's Blues greats, such as; Bob Brozman, Kent Du Chaine, Catfish Keith, Woody Mann as well as homegrown talent like; Ray Stubbs, The Hokum Hotshots and Steve Phillips. More recently Lee's signature slide-guitar featured on singer / songwriter Richard Dawson's debut album. From the Delta to Chicago, Ragtime and Shuffles Lee can play it all!
Billy Newton
Billy has a career spanning over 30 years. As a teenager he followed Sonny and Brownie around soaking up the sounds and learning from the master. Billy has lent his formidable harp playing skills to countless bands and duos over the years. Including: The Jellyroll Blues Band, the Acme Blues Band, Acme Blues Duo (with longtime musical partner Neil Dalton) and the hugely popular Scandalous Bachelors. Billy has played with and shared stages with many of the Blues world's finest... William Clarke, Little Charlie and the Nightcats, John Hammond, Steve Rye, Jo Anne Kelly and Steve Phillips to name a few.
Lee & Billy still play together today as a Duo and in the 5 piece Blues band "Struggle Buggy, (inculding Jim Murray from the Hokum Hotshots) you can find out more about them and book gigs on Facebook
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