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NEWSLETTER
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You can now find me on Facebook at Bob Hall on Facebook
I'm still presenting The Keynote Club, a weekly show of blues, jazz and a few rarities on local radio. Especially of interest to record collectors, it can be heard on Sheffield Live 93.2FM on Wednesday mornings at 11.00 am and (occasional) Friday afternoons at 2 pm. It is podcast on the web at www.sheffieldlive.org.
There are now quite a few videos on YouTube in which I play a part, including The South Bank Show from 1978 and The North Sea Jazz Festival from 1979. For some more recent clips have a look at these four http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVAoLlG_LAA , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-Xf-V1v4g , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiyLBwAqVUY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIRLZHTkqKk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
September 2011 saw the most successful tour yet with US duo Chris Whiteley and Diana Lee Braithwaite which sadly had to be cut short due to the serious illness of Chris's brother back in Toronto. I'm pleased to say that he is recovering, however. Hopefully Chris and diana will be back next year.
Throughout 2012 I'm continuing to tour with the British blues legend, acoustic guitarist Dave Peabody in a show called "Meetings With Remarkable (Blues) Men". See the gig-list for details.
In February I will be rehearsing and recording with a great new band, Ric Lee's Blues Project, formed by the eminent drummer from Ten Years After. The band's Facebook page is Ric Lee Blues Project
DUO
We have another tour of Scotland booked for June 2012 and are looking forward to Marlborough International Jazz Festival in July.
RIC LEE BLUES PROJECT
We hope to have our first CD completed in the first half of the year and will be playing some German venues later on.
ALL STARS
The live CD from The All Stars featuring Long John Baldry, Peter Green, Kim Simmonds, Tom McGuinness and myself in performance at Notodden Festival 2004, on the
Blue Label SPV 49692 is still available. Titled "Live At Notodden" this has some epic performances and comes with a 12 page booklet. The first English language review described it thus: "Lovers of the British Blues sound, here is your "album of the year"".HISTORIC RECORDINGS
Two tapes featuring one of my boogie woogie big bands have recently been found in The Rolling Stones archives. These recordings, which were made at a live concert to celebrate fifty years of boogie woogie in 1978 feature Charlie Watts, Alexis Korner, an all-star horn section and vocals from Alexis, Chris Farlowe and myself. I am hoping to go into the studio shortly to mix these historic recordings for CD release later this year if we can sort out the contractual issues. Swindon Viewpoint have put up on the Net some clips of this band, see for example
http://www.swindonviewpoint.com/video/bob-halls-boogie-woogie
THEMED SHOWS
My music revue 'Good Liquor, Hard Times' with Hilary Blythe featuring music from the Prohibition era is still available for bookings by rural touring schemes and arts centres. The CD of 'Good Liquor, Hard Times' on Able Records can be obtained from Red Lick. Our latest show, 'The Folk Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll' , previewed at Broadstairs Folk Festival 2010 is also available for 2012.
