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The Blues Band
The Blues Band September 2012
Background information
Origin
London, United Kingdom
Genres
Blues, blues rock
Years active
1979–1983, 1986–2022
Labels
Arista Records
Members
Paul Jones
Dave Kelly
Gary Fletcher
Tom McGuinness
Rob Townsend
Past members
Hughie Flint
Website
thebluesband.com
The Blues Band was a British blues band formed in 1979 by Paul Jones, former lead vocalist and harmonica player with Manfred Mann, and guitarist Tom McGuinness also of Manfred Mann and The Roosters. The band’s first line-up also included bassist Gary Fletcher, slide-guitarist Dave Kelly who had previously played with The John Dummer Band, Howling Wolf and John Lee Hooker and drummer Hughie Flint, of John Mayall's Blues Breakers and McGuinness Flint, the band he formed with Tom McGuinness. In 1982, Flint left and was replaced by former Family drummer Rob Townsend.[1] The group broke up in 2022.[2]
^Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 43. ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
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