The Great British R&B Festival 2024

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SATURDAY 24TH AUGUST

12:30pm - 1:30pm The Mel Outsider Reformation The Mel Outsider Reformation

present a classy Rock Soul Funk Blues set by a long -standing band with a shifting line-up but a resilient core membership’ according to critic Norman Darwen (in ‘RnR’ magazine), it snatches

2:00pm - 3:00pm The Keith Thompson Band British Blues Rock musician Keith Thompson, solo and with his band have been consistently performing in mainland Europe now for 30+ years. In 2019 Keith completed his 12th album, “Transcendence” to much critical acclaim in the music press. Keith and the band have repeatedly toured in Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, USA & UK and appeared at several major festivals in Croatia including Baska International Guitar Festival, Umag and Kastav Blues Festivals. Keith has also shared the stage with, The Groundhogs, “Ten Years After”, “Paul Lamb and the Kingsnakes”, Jeremy Spencer (Fleetwood Mac), Mike D’Abo, Steve Winwood, Ruby Turner, Larry Burton, Dave Markee and Henry Spinetti (Eric Clapton Band and Tina Turner), Greg Ridley of Humble Pie, Robbie Blunt, (Robert Plant) Luther Grosvenor of Mott The Hoople, Gino Washington, and countless others. dashboard confessionals in observational snapshots. They take songs from the Rock ‘n’ Roll wide-screen mythology, but place it in a very northern English setting, Mel returns to the main stage Colne 2024 with a stellar band and it’s the first appearance since The Outsiders UK completed a staggering 286 shows in 365 days at Colne Muni 1993.

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