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(05 Aug 2012) The Mick Ralphs Blues Band have a number of 2012 dates remaining:
27 Aug - Great British R&B; Festival, Colne UK
11 Oct - Square & Compass, Ilminster UK
12 Oct - Blues In The Bay Festival, Falmouth UK
01 Nov - Flower Pot, Derby UK
02 Nov - Musician, Leicester UK
10 Nov - Carlisle Blues Festival, Carlisle UK
(02 Jan 2012) The Mick Ralphs Blues Band have been busy for most of 2012. Past dates have included:
25 Feb: Met Theatre, Bury
02 Mar: Stables, Milton Keynes
03 Mar: Long Street Blues Club, Devizes
17 Mar: Green Hotel, Kinross
30 Jun: Maid's Head, Wicken near Ely, Cambridge UK
26 Jul: Bootleggers, Kendal UK
03 Aug: Bingley Arts Centre, Bingley UK
04 Aug: Cambridge Rock Festival, Cambridge UK
(24 Feb 2012) Verden Allen and Soft Ground *and* The Mick Ralphs Blues Band will both appear at the Spring Edition of the Cambridge Rock Festival on the weekend of 27-29 April 2012.
The Mick Ralphs Blues Band have announced the first of a slate of UK gigs for 2011
08 Nov 2011 - The Robin Hood 2, Bilston England
11 Nov 2011 - The Musician, Leicester England
17 Nov 2011 - The Old Vic, Swindon England
26 Nov 2011 - Jazz Cafe, London England
Pre-sale tickets for the Jazz Cafe gig will be on sale starting on 8 July 2011 at 10 AM GMT. Mick Ralphs fans must use this pre-order link in order to get early access to the best restaurant seats in the venue. After next Thursday, tickets will go on general sale. The club's capacity is small (350 or so) so be quick!
Mick Ralphs, a founder of two iconic rock bands and still touring with both, takes time out to explore his blues, soul and funk roots. The Bad Company and Mott The Hoople guitarist is joined by some of the best-known names on the current blues scene to play blues and R'n'B favourites - from B.B. King and Otis Rush to Robert Johnson and Sonny Boy Williamson - alongside fresh interpretations of some of Mick's own classic songs.
Sam Kelly drums
Sam Kelly has dominated the UK and European scene for the last 20 years. As well as his own band, Station House, he has featured on sessions with some of the biggest names from around the world - from Dr John and Ben E. King, to Chaka Khan, Eddie Floyd and Desmond Dekker.
Son Maxwell vocals and harmonica
Critically acclaimed vocalist and harmonica ace Son Maxwell broke onto the international scene with Storm Warning and now fronts his own Unruly Blues outfit. British R'n'B legend Chris Farlowe covered Son's "The Woman? Or The Blues?", co-written with Storm Warning, on his recent Hotel Eingang album.
Jim Maving guitar and vocals
Jim Maving has been playing blues, funk and Americana with his band The Kickback since 1995. His renowned slide guitar brings echoes of Duane Allman and Ry Cooder to complement Mick's classic British blues sound.
Dicky Baldwin bass
Dicky Baldwin has been working with Mick Ralphs for ten years and has also provided his solid, grooving bass lines for Albert Lee, Gordon Giltrap and country star George Hamilton 4th.
The Mick Ralphs Blues Band blayed its first gig at Jagz on 8 June 2011, and it looks there will be a lot more to come. You can check out the band's own site at http://www.unrulysun.net/mickralphs/. Plans are underway for a full slate of gigs, and more information will be posted soon.
Bad Company has announced North American dates in Summer 2010, as well as October 2010 dates in the USA and Japan. 16 July - Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio CA; 17 July - Pacific Amphitheater, Costa Mesa CA; 22 July - Jenkins Center, Lakeland FL; 23 July - St. Augustine Amphitheater, St. Augustine FL; 25 July - Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta GA; 27 July - Bank Of America Pavilion, Boston MA; 01 Aug - Outlaw Jam, Frederick County Fairgrounds, Frederick MD; 02 Aug - Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona CA; 04 Aug - Casino Rama Entertainment Center, Rama Toronto Ontario Canada; 14 Aug - Dog's Net at Grand Bend, Ontario Canada; 02 Oct - Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona CA; 04 Oct - Potawatomi Casino, Milwaukee WI; 05 Oct - Potawatomi Casino, Milwaukee WI; 07 Oct - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tulsa OK; 18 Oct - Zepp Fukuoka, Fukuoka Japan; 20 Oct - Zepp Nagoya, Nagoya Japan; 21 Oct - Namba Hatch, Osaka Japan; 25 Oct - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo Japan; 26 Oct - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo Japan. See The Bad Company Website fro details.
Bad Company played an eight-date UK tour in April 2010, with the Joe Perry Project playing support. The dates were April 1 - Birmingham LG Arena; April 2 - Manchester Arena; April 4 - Sheffield City Hall; April 5 - Cardiff CIA; April 7 - Newcastle Arena; April 8 - Glasgow Clyde; April 10 - Brighton Center; April 11 - Wembley Arena.
The original members of Bad Company reunited for a series of 10 exclusive concerts in the U.S. in the summer of 2009. The opening show took place at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, FL on June 17. Previously, founding members Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke (original member Boz Burrell passed away in 2006) performed a one-off concert at the very same venue on August 8, 2008, recording a live concert DVD before a sold-out crowd.
A new Bad Company DVD, Hard Rock Live, was scheduled for release on 8 Aug 2009. It features the band's performance from 8 Aug 2008 at the Hard Rock in Hollywood FL and was released via Image Entertainment.
A new Ian Hunter live DVD, Just Another Night, was issued in 2005 in the UK by Secret Records. The show was recorded live at the Astoria in London in 2004 with Mick Ralphs on guitar, and features a guest appearance by Brian May of Queen. The soundtrack to the live DVD was also issued as a 2CD set under the title The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothin' But The Truth.