Crawdaddy Blues Band
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Crawdaddy Blues Band try to recapture the sounds and atmosphere of the Briitish 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 R&B clubs like the Crawdaddy in Richmond, Jazz and Blues at Eel Pie Island in Twickenham and all 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 40 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 ...
Latest News ... 2026 New Gig Updates August 15th and 28th gigs cancelled.......
John Writes on 17th August 2026 :
Update .... John had his two operations (hernia in April and hip replacement in June, deferred from May) and is recovering well and looking forward to returning to gigs soon. Thanks to those who came to the "betwen his ops" gig at The Legion in Isleworth, a great night all round.
STOP PRESS ....
15th AUG Isleworth (moved from 8th ) and 28th August at Barlry Mow are BOTH CANCELLED So sorry to announce more cancellations for Crawdaddy Blues Band this month. Brothers-In-Law Mick and John have suffered family health problems and bereavement very recently which means the band can't rehearse or play gigs at the moment. Thanks to the Funatics for depping for us at Barley Mow and Cliff our drummer of course for organising it, and The Barley Mow for their understanding and help as always. Watch this space for news updates for Crawdaddy Blues Band . There is also a change of date for The Barley Mow Shepperton gig in September which has been moved due to another band's family commitment and we have swapped dates with the other band to help the venue. Sincere apologies to Crawdaddy friends for inconvenience, please amend your diaries accordingly !
Just a reminder for our friends that The Crawdaddy Club Christmas Party is now confirmed on 18th December for the same Chiswick venue as last year, and we also return to Walton Comrades Club by popular request for another New Years Eve Party this year. We are also pleased to announce a new venue for Crawdaddy Blues Band at the great live music pub The Nag's Head in Sunningdale in November.
NEXT UP ( unless emergencies occur) is THE BARLEY MOW SHEPPERTON (back at last!) ON SEPTEMBER 26th
We currently have no more officially vacant dates in 2026 but if you really would like to book us message John at johnhabes@hotmail.com ...... and we will try to squeeze in one more if we can space it out. We can also recommend several other excellent bands of friends of ours that we can contact for you . Thank you, and keep supporting live music in West London, Surrey and Middlesex !
Gig List 2026
Royal British Legion, Isleworth
Saturdays 24th January, 30th May, 28th November
Hounslow Sports and Social Club,
24th October
The George Inn, Walton-On -Thames
Friday 20th March
The Nag's Head, Sunningdale
Saturday 7th November
The Barley Mow, Shepperton,
Saturday 26th September, Friday 20th November
The Crawdaddy Club Richmond
Friday 18th December, Crawdaddy Club Christmas Party
at The Pavilion, "School Kitchen", Latymer Sports Ground by Polytechnic Stadium, Hartington Road in Chiswick.
The Walton Comrades Club
Thursday 31st December / Friday 1st January ... see in 2027 with the Comrades .... New Year's Eve Party
In Pictures: Crawdaddy Blues Band's journey through 60 years of the West London Music Scene
