by god what a night every body of importance was there
the night went so fast it was over before it begain
all our regelar jammers seemed to turn up at once
thanks steve vera terry reg and everybody else that made an old rocker have a happy christmas, missed dan smith though

just like to add my thanks to every body for making the blues festival such a great day.
MADE AN OLD ROCKER VERY HAPPY !!

Thank you for making me so welcome at the Blues Legacy Festival. The house band was in fine fettle along with all the guests. I know you don't usually have a DJ at the C&H, but I hope it helped bring the afternoon together. And thank you to Terry, Vera, Tina, Peter and Wayne for all your assistance - you helped make it a fantastic event for me. Long may the British Blues Archive and the C&H keep the music alive...

well done paul great sound you made an old rocker very happy keeep it up

Just want to say a great, big, sticky "THANK YOU!!!" to Terry, Reg & Stevie for turning in such exemplary performances last night and making my guest spot one of the most enjoyable performances by Ricky Depot & The A60s for quite some time! Indeed, I enjoyed it so much, I might actually watch this one when it's posted up...... I couldn't have wished for a better band! Also, a huge lagoon of thanks to Mike McKeon for roadie services above and beyond the call of duty and to Vera for making the whole shebang run so smoothly! I must also say that the quality of music throughout the evening was of an exceptionally high standard which equated to a splendid time guaranteed for all! Big Love to all you C&H affiliates and associates: keep on bringing the blues to Leyton! Kind Regards, Ricky Depot and his Les Dawson Deluxe :-)

Hi there Jeff - good to hear from you again, and glad to see that the Blues is still drawing a crowd in your neck of the woods.

We are indeed lucky to have such a dedicated bunch of people keeping the gears turning, week in and week out, and such a wide community of jammers and listeners who just keep on turning up!

I've altered your old Swigwam listing on our Links page, so it now goes to your page for Dave's Aqua Lounge. If I hear that any of our mob are planning to be heading FL way on holiday, I'll point them in your direction...

Cheers,
Ken

Oh, by the way, my Wednesday Night jam is now 400meters from Tampa Bay - no longer on the beach, so no more sandy beach & dancing bikini babes for us. Sigh........

Drop in sometime, though, and give us a listen. We do blues covers but we'll often take a riff and run with it and actually jam, too.

http://www.blueartharts.com/davesaqualounge.htm

Greetings from Across the Pond!

I thought I'd check in with the C & H website. Haven't in a while.

We here in the Tampa Bay area have a plethora of jams currently available at the moment, probably due to the poor economy (cheaper for the bar/pub owner I suppose), though 'progress' has just killed the last of the two tiki bar literally-right-on-the-beach blues jams on our entire coast.

We have NOTHING like the C & H. I record and photo jams here, as well as play, but I get NO help. I want you jammers to know how LUCKY you are to have all these dedicated folks who run and document (photo, audio, web) the C & H blues jam. This kind of cooperation and dedication to a jam is very very rare.

wednesday night rocked
a great version of black magic woman
also of course dave GUITAR piggott and mike DR BLUE mkion
were loud and proud ,must have been daves radiogram .
well done vera curtains look great , they seemed to improve the sound to GREAT .

A pleasure to be back, Mr. K, and thanks to you for keeping your end up (ooer missus) on the dreaded myspace during our "potter's wheel" interlude. ;-)

Welcome back Ken! (Not before time!) I couldn't have stood one more MySpace upload! Glad to have you back online.

hooray website is back on!!
thanks steve glad you enjoyed yourself see next year.
well done reg you played a blinder
great nite

I'd like to thank everyone for the welcome I received on 02/11/11. Glasgow has a great blues scene but the C&H is something else again. It's teamwork that makes it good and everyone, both on and off stage plays a part in that. Take a bow.
See you sometime in March next year if the creek don't rise and the cold don't bite

THE C&H ROCKS AGAIN JIMMY C KNOWS HIS STUFF
KEN GOOD LUCK TO BOTH OF YOU IN YOUR NEW HOUSE

amen to that pete !!
the best night for a while
must be No 1

Thanks Peter, your comments are very much appreciated too !!

Another great night at the Coach and Horses. On behalf of everyone let me say thanks to Terry and Vera who were both exhausted last night but still set up, played bass, took photos, took videos, cleared glasses and worked out the set list so we could all have a great time. THANKS, YOU ARE MUCH APPRECIATED.

Portsmouth? Blimey. See you in an hour or so! ;-)

Hi I'm coming from Portsmouth tomorrow to your Jam...Excited!! see ya there!!

Welcome, Bob. A sharpened pencil? Oooer, I'm not sure the pub's Health and Safety policy will stand for that. We only play blunt instruments here. ;-)

Looking forward to seeing (and hearing) you,
Ken

Hi I'm another middle aged plank spanker from Ackney (the biggest spot in London), just spent an enjoyable couple of hours watching recent video archives and it looks like a nice friendly Blues Jam you have there. I've not played for years now but would like to get back into it again so I'll pop down next Wednesday with me Burt Weedon "Play in a Day" book and a sharpened pencil so I can make some notes, hopefully not a B sharp ;-)

HI JACK
WELCOME ABOARD
CANT WAIT TO LISTEN

Hi Jack, and welcome. I know I'm not the only one of us who'll be looking forward to sharing a stage with you when you get here.

Cheers,
Ken (bass player)

Just popping in to say hi.
I'm moving to Leyton soon and looking forward to coming down for a jam. I'm a 23 year old drummer, looking to improve on my blues grooves and play with new people.
See you soon,
Jack.

Just been listening to this week's batch of mp3s and all I can say is I'm sick as a parrot. Stone the crows, I missed some quality performances, didn't I? Bloody typical! That'll teach me to go haring off to Norwich and back on a Wednesday. ;-)

great plucking by tony myers and great sax by ronnie collins
re terry and vera's trip to bonnie scotland, will we see terry in a kilt next wed.
also rumour has it one of our regular plank spankers is building his own 335 cant wait to hear it.

get well soon ken and steve

Thanks, Ernie. All well now - just a case of "ate summat I shudna". Typical of me to miss one of the best jams of the year so far!

GREAT STONKING NITE
HAVE JUST UNWOUND BEST SO FAR

get well soon ken

I thought so Terry. What a great night that must have been. I only met Ray a couple of times but when I spoke to him he was such a lovely bloke and I only wish I could have asked him about that experience.

Yes Oisin, that is the first of the many bands Ray was in - still miss the big guy though !!
Terry.