Just arrived back from a busy week of travelling to play at two superb festivals – Burnley Blues and the Musician Blues Festival in Leicester. Having grown up in Burnley it’s always fun to head back there and see old friends. I even managed to pop to my favourite old guitar shop and pick up […]
Read more "Mini tour of north-west and midlands"It’s been another busy week, taking in recording, four gigs and a trip to Farnham in Surrey! The highlight was undoubtedly playing the Borderline last Friday. My last visit to this venue was to watch one of my heroes Rich Robinson of the Black Crowes with his band. It was great to play guitar for […]
Read more "Playing the Borderline"Just finished a great couple of days session work at Miloco Studios in Wood Green for singer/guitarist Kirsten McClure’s forthcoming album. It was a lot of hard work, laying down 8 initial tracks in just under two days but the results were fantastic. There were some superb session players involved including pianist Carl Hudson (Professor […]
Read more "Session at Miloco Studios"This week we’ve been back in the studio at Universal working on some more tracks. One of them is real pile driver called ‘Get It Back’, a brand new song that was written mainly on the spot during the session. We’ve been recording the band live in the room, so no click track or overdubs. […]
Read more "More recording and 100 Club gig"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMn5C2lEBvk After a busy week including a trip to York, some more recording and lots of writing, last night was time to let loose at Ain’t Nothin’ But. As usual it was a packed audience, with some familiar faces (including my parents!). I played a couple of sets with some pretty talented guys, including harmonica […]
Read more "Yorkshire puddings and blues… a winning combination!"This week saw the first recording sessions for my new album. My band are recording initially at Universal Studios in Fulham, with the plan to use a mobile recording rig to add some other elements further down the line. The first day went really well and we managed to get the bare bones of four […]
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Jack J Hutchinson 