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blues @ temperance | James Oliver band (ft. Norman Watt-Roy - Blockheads)

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The James Oliver band, featuring Norman Watt-Roy from the Blockheads, will perform at Temperance in Warwick on 19 May 2027. This music event will showcase Oliver's guitar skills alongside Watt-Roy's bass expertise. Tickets are priced at £16.20.

We are delighted to welcome back the crazy welsh wizard, James Oliver. Extraordinary guitarist, and joined by a true legend on bass.

We are delighted to welcome back the brilliant James Oliver, wielding his 1950's Telecaster. Always hugely entertaining evenings. this time with the added bonus of Norman Watt-Roy, original member of The Blockheads, on bass. This will be fun!

James Oliver has already rubbed shoulders with many of the greats of the guitar firmament Albert Lee..Bill Kirchen..Greg Koch to name a few Now, having recorded three vital, very contemporary albums with his old band, he is preparing to write a new chapter of not only his career but also Welsh music history.

His progress since forming Glas in early 2012 has been steady with nearly 2000 gigs since, playing every gig in the Valleys before expanding horizons beyond. See him on stage, though, and spectacular is very much the word. Little wonder the late, great Deke Leonard of Man/Iceberg fame was moved to say that ‘Speaking as a guitarist, James Oliver scares the hell out of me.’

Bill Kirchen says .James Oliver is the real deal, a passionate roots rocker loaded with guitar firepower.

As music business veterans will tell you, success is 10 per cent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration. As he enters the next stage of his career, James Oliver has a track record that shows he will not allow an ounce of his talents to be wasted. And with new musicians to interact with, chances are the music in store will exhibit hitherto unheard dimensions to delight his growing army of fans. With his new album of original material TWANG set for release in 2020. James plays

Blues, rockabilly, rock and country…it’s all here in one explosive pickin package’

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blues @ temperance | James Oliver band (ft. Norman Watt-Roy - Blockheads) takes place on Wednesday, 19 May 2027 at 19:00.

blues @ temperance | James Oliver band (ft. Norman Watt-Roy - Blockheads) is held at Temperance in Warwick (33 Bath Street, Leamington Spa, CV31 3AF).

Tickets for blues @ temperance | James Oliver band (ft. Norman Watt-Roy - Blockheads) are priced at £16.20. Live prices and availability are shown on Eventbrite.

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