Crawdaddy Blues Band try to recapture the sounds and atmosphere of British Blues and R and B clubs of the 1960's. They were formed in 1984 as a reunion of four Chiswick friends who first met in the 1960s, and witnessed those early gigs at clubs like the Crawdaddy in Richmond, Eel Pie Island in Twickenham and around the West London scene. They also played themselves in covers bands in West London's clubs and pubs right through the 1960's and 1970's,
A couple of personnel changes and more than 30 years on they are still true to the old British R and B sound, either as a straight Blues band or with their "party set " which mixes blues and R and B standards with pop covers of the bands that all started in the clubs. Bands like the early Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Kinks, Animals, Them, Spencer Davis, mid 60's Blues Boom sounds like Fleetwood Mac, Jon Mayall and Eric Clapton, and also just a taste of the late 60's Blues Rock of Cream, Free and Led Zeppelin ...
Welcome to Crawdaddy BLUES BAND's website !
Please visit and "like" our Facebook page "Crawdaddy Blues Band" which has the latest news first . You can access by clicking on the picture below.
Next Gigs
Friday 2nd March Isleworth British Legion
Saturday 30th March
Hounslow Sports & Social Club
Saturday 6th April Barley Mow Shepperton
Lemonrock
We are now on gig search website LEMONROCK. Full details on Contact Page (Press below)
This site is constantly changing and having new content added ... any queries or comments are welcome - see contact page
British R and B Club
sounds of the 60's
Since 1984
Bookings for 2024 ..... more to follow soon.
(Full addresses of venues can be found on the "Gigs/About Us" page)
The British Legion Isleworth,
Saturday 2nd March.
Hounslow Sports and Social Club,
Saturday 30th March, Saturday 21st September
Cross Lances Hounslow,
Saturday 22nd June, Friday 25th October
The George Inn, Walton On Thames
Friday 5th July, Saturday 24th August
Barley Mow, Shepperton,
Saturday 6th April
Fridays, 12th July, 6th September,
11th October, 29th November
Tuesday 31st December NEW YEARS EVE PARTY.
Original Crawdaddy Club Richmond,
We hope that dates will be announced later for the July Phoenix Festival (with other bands) and December.
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Crawdaddy BLUES BAND
Some pictures from our previous gigs
LATEST NEWS .... 2024 Crawdaddy gigs start on 2nd March , Happy New Year!
John Writes:
Thanks to all our Crawdaddy friends who came to Barley Mow in November and the Crawdaddy Club Christmas Party , both great packed houses with lots of dancing! We are taking a post- Christmas break from playing now until March when we start our 2024 with the Isleworth British Legion on the 2nd and a return to Hounslow Sports & Social Club on the 30th. Our first visit to Barley Mow Shepperton is on 6th April. More details to follow, watch this space.
BAND BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF CRAWDADDY In the "More About Us" section John has added a band biography and an article on the history of the word itself, the songs about it and the historic British Crawdaddy Club. These are the first two of three articles .... more to follow on the British Blues Scene.......
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