Member Since: 8/18/2007
Band Website: www.the-rock-of-ages-radio-show.com
Band Members:
Influences: Alexis Korner as a Broadcaster and Doyen of British Blues was second to none.
Alan 'fluff' Freeman, John Peel, Tommy Vance, Johnny Walker, Roger Scott, Richard Skinner, Brian Mathews and all The Radio Caroline Jocks including Don Allen, Bob Stewart, Emporer Rosko and Tony Prince who I was fortunate to have met in the Queens Show Bar Cleveleys in 1966.As Songwriter and Guitarist I have been influenced by Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran, Marty Robbins, Buddy Holly, The Bobby Fuller Four, Link Wray, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Searchers, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, The Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Yorma Kaukonen, Jerry Garcia, Johnny Winter, Alvin Lee, Robbie Kreiger, John Cippolina, Gary Duncan, Johnny Echols, Arthur Lee, Dickie Betts, Rory Gallagher, Carlos Santana, Dino Valenti, Tony Iommi, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Walter Trout, Mark Knopfler, John Kay, Kent Henry, Jeff Beck, Danny Kirwin, Peter Green , Jimmy Page, Joe Walsh, Rickey Medlock, Gary Rossington, Allen Collins, Albert King, Duane Allman, Lowell George, Billy Gibbons, Frank Marino and Pat Travers.
Sounds Like: 'Rock of Ages' regulars are The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream,Yardbirds, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, Love, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Moby Grape, Electric Prunes, Johnny Winter, Hot Tuna, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Steppenwolf, Grateful Dead, Neil Young, Deep Purple, The Stones, Rory Gallagher, Blue Oyster Cult, Big Brother & The Holding Company, AC/DC, Rose Tatoo, Jeff Healy,Free, Budgie, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Ten Years After, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackfoot, Govt Mule, 38 Special, Doc Holliday, Little Feat, Frank Marino, Pink Floyd, Southern Rock Allstars, Canned Heat, ZZ Top, The Allman Brothers Band, The Outlaws, Molly Hatchet, Georgia Sats.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Robin Trower, Walter Trout..........and some great local bands who appear at BJ's Blues Club, The Hop Pocket in Chorley.
Record Label: various
Type of Label: Major