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UPDATED 29th August 2009 - see news page for latest & pics
To CONTACT - Les Wilson & the Mighty Houserockers email: houserocker@live.com telephone : Les Wilson UK 07948-513189 Ireland - 00 353 (0)23 8855307 address : Aultaghreagh , Dunmanway , County Cork , Ireland ( please note Ireland does not have any post/zip codes ! ) I'm also on www.myspace.com/leswilsonandthemightyhouserockers check out LIVE VIDEOS from my show at Bikes n Blues club , Amstelveen, Amsterdam , Holland 13 April 2008 ......................... The links for THE VIDEOS are most easily found on my MySpace page ................. www.myspace.com/leswilsonandthemightyhouserockers TO HEAR LIVE TRACKS FROM LATEST CD CLICK THE 'LISTEN' PAGE.
short biography/info': Les Wilson is without doubt one of the UK's best blues guitarists , and a fine singer too Having established the Houserockers in 1981 , the band is well known in the UK and Europe, and enjoyed a 3rd headline spot at the British Blues Festival at Colne 2004 . The Houserockers perform frequently in Holland and Belgium - for example headlining the Drijf-In blues festival - Giethoorn in Holland August 2005 & the Luxembourg Jazz & Blues festival 2004 and the t'Eiland Blues Festival at Oudenaarde/Belgium July 2006. 2007 saw the UK Banbury Blues festival in March . "2008 has 4 visits to Belgium/Holland with a blues festival at Zelzate, Belgium in August and the Koekelare Lettens Blues festival for October in Belgium .
Houserockers by name - Houserockers by nature ! There are 7 albums on the prestigious world wide blues label ' Red Lightnin ' and a new album ' BLUE HIGHWAY ' has been recorded and is due for release soon . - with several tracks being picked up by major label blues compilation albums. Walk into any store - you will surely find Les Wilson on at least one compilation album in the blues rack - go on , take a look ! www.redlightnin.com ( click here for more blues and soul albums on this great label ) Famous tracks - A masterful re-working of Albert King's ' I'll Play The Blues For You ' has made friends for Les Wilson right around the world ( see the reviews page ), an equal high spot in the set is Buddy Guys 'Damn Right I Got The Blues ' - and a Houserockers show just wouldn't be complete without a sweat drenched , nuclear powered ' Madison Blues ' . There is something about the way Les plays that slide !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Many a famous name has been completely blown away trying to follow the staggering energy and virtuosity of Les Wilson. You can hear all 3 of these tracks ( and others ) in by clicking on the 'LISTEN ' page . these links courtesy of Red Lightnin ( www.redlightnin.com) LATEST ALBUM - RECORDED 'LIVE' AT ALREWAS VILLAGE HALL - recorded as part of Les' 50th birthday celebrations .Now available - see CD's page to order.
' ROCK AWAY THOSE BLUES ' RLCD102 - over 70 mins and 14 tracks it features hot slide favourites 'New Boogie' & Just Can't Make It ' - alongside emotionally charged songs such as 'Feels Like Rain' and Norah Jones ' What Am I To You ' . BB King's ' When It All Comes Down ' is a standout track ( click ' LISTEN ' to hear this one in full ) , and an unusual one is Dylan's 'Don't Think Twice' which sounds a natural blues song . Plus many , many more ................................ PREVIOUS ALBUM RELEASED 5TH OCTOBER 2004 - ' Slide It On Over ' RLCD101 issued on the Red Lightnin label - over 75 minutes & 17 tracks - half are Les Wilson originals. This is the 6th Les Wilson album - and some features are :- two Fabulous Thunderbirds songs here - ' Why Get Up ' and ' Look at That ' ( live show favourites ) , hear also - a great version of Sonny Landreth's ' Bayou Teche ' , click ' LISTEN ' to hear this one too! - and check out a storming take of Hound Dog's ' Gimme Back My Wig ' , - along with one or two surprises such as ' San Diego Serenade ' from Tom Waits. REVIEW OF ' SLIDE IT ON OVER ' - in Blues Revue - USA's premier blues magazine - April/May 2005 issue ..................................... " The 6th album from a UK guitar veteran ....yields great listening. Les Wilson & the Mighty Houserockers are known for crashing , Hound Dog Taylor inspired raveups - and they don't disappoint here , with rowdy readings of Taylor's 'Gimme Back My Wig' and Hank Williams' 'Move it On Over' . Wilson's compositions expand the playing field , with Otis Redding - approved deep soul ballads ( 'We Still Got Time' ) , roots rock ( 'I Got It Made' ) , power blues anthems ( 'Iknow What I'm Doing' ) and funky blues ( 'Chicken Banana & 'Baby Please' ) . Cover choices - Fabulous Thunderbirds , Sonny Landreth , Tom Waits , further broaden the horizons. Even when Wilson plays hard , the Houserockers keep the music firmly rooted in blues. " ( Buy it at gigs - or contact Les as above. VISITORS TO THIS SITE SINCE JANUARY 2005 ................. |
Les Wilson is ENGLISH - born in Willenhall Staffordshire, England , now living in West Cork in Ireland.
YOU ARE NEVER TOO OLD !
OXFORD - FAMOUS MONDAY BLUES 9th FEB 2009 - A lovely gig despite the BBC terrorist weather centre trying to deter people from attending ! ( the worst blizzard for ten years ? I don't think so ) Thanks to Philip for a great evening , and for the pics also . 
XXL BLUES CLUB - WAGENINGEN - HOLLAND - SUNDAY 13 APRIL 2008 .
