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Stuart Hamilton

Stuart Hamilton

Rockin' The Blues: Thursdays 20:00, Saturdays 00:01 (repeat)

Stuart Hamilton Profiles, Sundays 20:00, Saturdays 18:00 (repeat)

Rock Byways The Eclectic Mix, Sundays 17:00 (fourth Sunday of the month)
Next show: Sunday, 24 February 2013

More about Rock Byways

Back when I was a boy, I didn't know what the blues were. I knew I liked to rock, but that was about it. At the time I was working after school and at weekends as an apprentice butcher and early closing on a Saturday meant that if I got a shift on I could rush across town to the finest record emporium around - Ezy Ryder. They had a rubbish bin full of cut out albums and records without sleeves which I pored through every chance I got.

This day I discovered a sleeveless compilation album for about thruppence ha'penny which had a Vanilla Fudge track on it. That was enough for the nascent rocker in me, so I bought it and rushed off home to play it on my second hand Elizabethan mono record deck.

The first two tracks from Delaney & Bonnie and the MC5 were good, but then it hit me. Track 3! I had never heard anything like this before. I yanked it off the deck to see who it was (sleeveless, remember), and the three magic words appeared before me. Allman Brothers Band.

I saved up my wages from then on, buying anything and everything I could with those magic words on it. Then I started looking more closely at the credits. Who was this "McTell" that wrote 'Statesboro' Blues'? It couldn't be Ralph? No, it was Blind Willie. And so began an ongoing quest into the Blues that still gets me excited a quarter of a century on. Granted, I still like my Blues to rock and if there's a touch of a Southern roadhouse about it, so much the better, but the Blues is definitely where it all began.

 

Stuart Hamilton Profiles: Saturdays 18:00 repeat, Sundays 20:00

2013

Sundays

6 January: The Zombies
 Colin Blunstone plays Rock & Blues Festival 25-27 January
13 January: Focus
 On tour 24-31 Jan  Rock & Blues Festival 25 January
20 January: Family
 Reunion dates 1-2 Feb
27 January: Fairport Convention
 On tour 31 Jan-9 Mar
3 February: Snakecharmer/related
 New album, showcase gig on 23 Feb
 

Saturdays

29 December: UFO
On tour 21 Feb-5 March 2013
5 January: Purple People
12 January: The Zombies
 Colin Blunstone plays Rock & Blues Festival 25-27 January
19 January: Focus
 On tour 24-31 Jan  Rock & Blues Festival 25 January
26 January: Family
 Reunion dates 1-2 Feb
2 February: Fairport Convention
 On tour 31 Jan-9 Mar
9 February: Snakecharmer/related
 New album, showcase gig on 23 Feb

All tour dates are in the UK (unless otherwise stated)

Previous shows

2012

2011

2010

Stuart Hamilton Rock Byways: last Sunday of month, 17:00 from May 30 2010

Sample playlist

Man - Ride And The View 4.56
Spencer Davis Band - Pockey Way 5.05
Savoy Brown - Got Love If You Want It 3.17
Caravan - The Show Of Our Lives 4.41
Gentle Giant - Proclamation 5.33
The Strawbs - Burning For Me 4.02
Slapp Happy - Just A Conversation 4.07
Renaissance - Prologue 6.20
Pierre Moerlens's Gong - Flyin' High 5.49
Russ Ballard - Your Time Is Gonna Come 4.39
The Amazing Blondel - Call It A Night 3.04

More about Rock Byways (and playlists)

 

Purple People Playlists

Contact Stuart

www.myspace.com/rockintheblooze (includes playlists)

 

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