JEREMIAH MARQUES AND THE BLUE ACES

Jeremiah Marques, vocal, percussion Big Joe Louis, vocal, guitar Peter Simpson, piano Steve eston, harmonica Matt Radford, bass Mike Thorne, drums www.blueaces.info

Born in Guyana, Jeremiah was one of the many immigrants that arrived in London during the sixties, where he soon started playing with various groups around town. One afternoon in 1968 when, walking by chance past the Marquee Club, he heard visiting Chicago bluesman Muddy Waters and his band rehearsing for their evening show. That was the moment, he now insists, when he understood which music was for him and since then he has dedicated his life to the blues and its many styles. However, thanks to insistence of the many artists who admire him and know him as a musician with a much wider range, he also performs songs in a roots reggae style that always turn out to be showstoppers. Accompanied by some of the best British bluesmen who have played with him for years, Jeremiah Marques will be one of the most talked about singers in this year’s edition of Blues to Bop.