Crawdaddy Blues Band
Welcome to Crawdaddy Blues Band's Website!
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 .......
John Writes on 17th June 2026 :
Stop Press .... 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 but a very late one after the football cup game on the big screen!
The header above has again been updated with a change of date in September for The Barley Mow Shepperton which has been moved from Friday 11th to Saturday 26th in a swap with another band at the venue.
SADLY, THE GEORGE IN WALTON HAVE ANNOUNCED CLOSURE AS A LIVE MUSIC VENUE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE as our friends in the management team have reluctantly decided it is no longer financially viable and they must move on, and there is no news of who will replace them and whether live music will be part of future plans for the building or the pub. Our remaining bookings there are now cancelled and their diary is now indefinitely closed pending future developments.
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 IS THE BARLEY MOW SHEPPERTON (back at last!) ON 3rd JULY.
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 a couple more if we can space them out or possiby swap if well in advance. We will also be happy to 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, 15th August, 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,
Fridays 3rd July, 20th November, Saturday 26th September
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
