"For the good, the true and the beautiful, although in some cases the warning ‘message’ or ‘feel’ of a song or piece of music can be good and true but not necessarily beautiful."

Jeremy Spencer: The Pilgrim Music

Early Life: Born on 4 July 1948, in West Hartlepool, Northern…

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"Music has had a tremendous impact on social awareness and pop culture. Two cases in point when I was growing up: Bob Dylan had a huge impact on raising awareness during the turbulent 60s that still resonates today. The Beatles changed the way young men looked worldwide. I believe music should inspire, uplift, invoke depth of feelings, and at times bring joy to peoples' hearts."

Gregg Martinez: Bayou…

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"If you live long enough you will have the blues, that is the way it was then and the way it is now."

Tweed Funk: A Blues & Soul Blender

Formed in late 2010, Tweed Funk's national ascent has been driven by their horn-fueled,…

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"My hopes are that the blues will be played by more musicians in the future, especially acoustic stuff. My fears are none, there will always be a place for blues."

Homesick Mac: Global Blues Roots…

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"Learn to listen to yourself as you speak, most people don’t. Then learn to listen to others. Feel your feet mentally when in stressful situations, it can calm you, especially when you have stage freight."

Mac Gayden: The American…

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"When Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues hit the stage…now that’s happinest."

Mac Arnold : The real deal in blues…

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"People always need music that reaches their heart and empathises, especially in hard times."

Jeremy Spencer: Divine Blues

Jeremy Cedric Spencer, is a British musician, best…

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On February 3rd we (Terry, Scott Gifford, and Bob) mixed the final tracks for our new CD. Is the CD ready? Will it be out next week? Can I buy a copy at the next gig? What's the hold up? What is taking so long? I thought you prided yourself as being a simple blues band. There is stuff we can control in life and stuff we can't. Right now we are dealing with the latter. We can't skip or change the order in the process at this point. The next step we are… Continue

Saturday, January 24, 2009



Our Album Name and Cover

Current mood: hopeful



We have decided to name our new album VICTORY BAR all because of this great photo Terry found on Flickr. We were looking for dive type bars to go with a working title we had called "Dining with Swine". The VICTORY BAR picture really caught our collective eyes and made us re-think our title.Kathy Peterson, the great artist that designed our eye catching band logo has agreed to do the album design… Continue