Keith Thompson's Strange Brew

 

Keith Thompson's Strange Brew

in conjunction with DENSITY MUSIC aim to bring you MUSIC WITH DEPTH. No "Baby's gone and left me" lyrics! Music to challenge, provoke thought and inspire!

 

 

Keith Thompson and his band have been consistently performing in mainland Europe where they are well known to the large blues following as an exciting live band. This year Keith completed his 4th Blues/Rock album, “Independence” and has subsequently toured again in Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Poland. They also appeared in Slovenia at the prestigious “Postonja Blues Festival” with “Ten Years After” and “Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes”, Suwalki and Krosno Festivals in Poland alongside, Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac), Colne R&B festival in Lancashire, Swanage, Banbury Upton and Gloucester Blues Festivals in the UK. The album has been getting great reviews and Keith is starting to get long overdue recognition as a guitarist and songwriter.

Keith's many influences include, for electric guitar playing: Eric Clapton, Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher, Paul Kossoff & Free, Dave Gilmour, Jimmy Page, Robben Ford, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck. For acoustic guitar playing: John Martyn, Doyle Dykes, Stephan Grossman, Rory Gallagher. As a songwriter, The Beatles, The Stones, Free, Larry Norman, Bob Dylan, John Martyn, Rory Gallagher. Keith also enjoys Keith Urban, Brian Housten, Jeff Lang and Joe Bonamassa. Check 'em out!

Keith first started playing guitar aged 5! By the time he was 8 he won first prize at a Butlin’s holiday camp talent show playing Beatle tunes. The British blues boom of the 60's produced great guitarists like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green. It was this music alongside popular songwriters like The Beatles, The Stones, and John Martyn and later the British Blues/Rock pioneers Free, Led Zeppelin etc. that Keith grew up listening to. He was 14 when he first started working the pubs and clubs playing mostly covers of these great artists. Soaking in the experience and further influences like, Rory Gallagher & Gary Moore, Keith started to develop his own material. His band, “Poacher Brown” while still teenagers in pre punk 70’s toured Germany, playing 6 nights a week, playing 5, 45 minute sets a night! That was Keith’s first full-time professional stint and it changed his life. This was the same Hamburg culture on which the Beatles cut their musical teeth. He came back in 1978 and joined forces with another local guitarist Mick (Wurzel) Burston (later of Motorhead). This band, “Bunter” started receiving glowing reviews in the national music press. Keith carried on writing and recording., enjoying stints on stage with gospel rockers, "Third Day" and "Margaret Becker Band" and heavy metal band, "Lyadrive" along the way. Working as a session guitarist he has added his skills to various projects including, work on the soundtrack for the best selling computer games., "Grand Prix 2" and "Over The Hedge". As a songwriter and music composer he has also gained recognition. A lot of incidental music for television programs and soundtrack projects have been produced and he has sold over 100,000 albums. A few years ago he was voted “Songwriter Of The Year” in Six Counties. He has added his skills on stage or in recordings to projects by Spooky Tooth, Mike D’Abo, Steve Winwood, Ruby Turner, Larry Burton (Albert Collins, John Lee Hooker) Dave Markee and Henry Spinetti (Eric Clapton Band and Tina Turner) Greg Ridley of Humble Pie, Robbie Blunt (Robert Plant) Luther Grosvenor of Mott The Hoople, Gino Washington and many others. Between the members of the band they have played with Mick Jagger, Roy Wood, Steve Winwood, Ruby Turner, Peter Green and others.

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BAND MEMBERS: - RHYTHM SECTION

Neil Simpson. Neil is a highly accomplished bass player and a regular member of the legendary Climax Blues Band. Has also performed with John Mayall, Ruby Turner, Peter Green and Roy Wood.

 

Roy Adams. An exiting experienced drummer, also from Climax Blues Band. He was originally with Steve Gibbons Band and has played with Ruby Turner, Roy Wood and many others.

 

ON OCCASIONS THE BAND CAN BE AUGMENTED TO A 4 PIECE or 5 PIECE.

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Patsy Gamble on saxophone. Patsy is part of one of the UK's finest brass sections, The Little Big Horns. She currently has her own Jazz/funk fusion band and has performed with Mick Jagger on his solo album, "Goddess In The Doorway". She has also performed with Eddie Martin and Ruby Turner.

 
On Keyboards: John Broomhall. As well as being a highly accomplished keys-player, John is a music producer and the man behind many a videogame soundtrack!"

 

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