Saturday 26 September
Zoot Money (keyboards and vocals)
Paul McCallum (bass)
Steve Laffy (drums)
Gary Foote (sax)
Ronnie Johnson (guitar)
Quite simply the biggest character on the British rhythm and blues scene since the early 1960s, Zoot Money was born, George Bruno Money, in 1942 in Bournemouth to Italian immigrant parents.Zoot Money formed The Big Roll Band in 1961 and the band has had various reincanations since. The live sound created by the Big Roll Band defined much of the UK club scene of the mid-60s. Before long they became permanent fixtures at the Flamingo Club. Zoot's shows were famed far and wide for his combination of great music and outrageous antics.
During the 1980s he acted as musical director for "Tutti Frutti", the BBC TV drama, which catapulted Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane to fame, and continued to appear regularly worldwide.
In the early 90s he was music controller for Melody Radio, but was back on the road by the mid-90s. He has appeared as a featured artist with Georgie Fame, Chris Farlowe, Spencer Davis, Mick Taylor, Alan Price, Geno Washington and Humble Pie, in addition to working with a new line-up of the Big Roll Band and touring his one-man blues show. He also produced albums for Ruby Turner and Woodstock Taylor.
The Big Roll Band keeps on rolling out the good times to musiclovers of taste and distinction all over the UK.
Tickets: £22 (students £14) Including cold supper
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