Welcome to Crawdaddy BLUES BAND's website !
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Next Gigs
Friday 29th Sept Poyntz Arms East Molesey
Saturday 25th Nov Barley Mow Shepperton
Friday 8th December Christmas Party
at the Crawdaddy Club Richmond
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 ...
John Writes:
Thanks to all our Crawdaddy friends who came to Barley Mow on Friday 22nd September, enjoyed by a packed house with lots of dancing!
LAST MINUTE STOP PRESS! Crawdaddy band have an extra September gig, stepping in for our friend Chris Teager's band who had to cancel at a new venue for us , The Poyntz Arms in East Molesey. It's a historic venue at 85, Walton Road (see poster). Cliff is on holiday so Chris will be drumming with us and reprising our set from Brentford in April. All Crawdaddy friends welcome and Strange Brew fans too , see you there, it'll be a great night!
Next up after the Poyntz gig is back at our "home",
The Barley Mow Shepperton on Saturday 25th November.
This site is constantly changing and having new content added ... any queries or comments are welcome - see contact page
LATEST NEWS ... Extra gig at Poyntz Arms in East Molesey on Friday 29th September
British R and B Club
sounds of the 60's
Since 1984
Some pictures from our previous gigs
Bookings for 2023
The British Legion Isleworth,
Saturday 25th February, Saturday 1st July
Sunday 7th May (1-3pm ) Coronation Garden Party fundraiser.
Hounslow Sports and Social Club,
Saturday 27th May
St Margaret's Tavern Twickenham,
Saturday 8th April
Magpie And Crown Brentford,,
Saturday 22nd April
Turk's Head Laleham,
Saturday 24th June, Saturday 19th August
Barley Mow, Shepperton,
Fridays, 13th January, 19th May, 22nd September
Saturdays 18th March, 22nd July, 25th November ....
Original Crawdaddy Club Richmond,
Sunday 9th July Phoenix Festival (with other bands)
Friday 8th December.... Crawdaddy Christmas Party
Gunnersbury Triangle Club, Acton,
Wednesday 16th August ..... NHS Welfare Charity night
The Poyntz Arms, East Molesey,
Friday 29th September
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Lemonrock
We are now on gig search website LEMONROCK. Full details on Contact Page (Press below)
Crawdaddy BLUES BAND
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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