Tim Aves - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I sing, play harmonica and guitar. Until the beginning of April, 2008 I fronted a great funky Texas blues band called THE ROCKIN' ARMADILLOS- check them out on their myspace page at myspace.com/therockinarmadillos and their fabulous website at www.rockinarmadillos.com
My old band, AUTOMATIC SLIM still gigs occasionally, too. 'Slim also has a myspace page (myspace.com/autoslim) and a website www.automaticslim.com
I am now also hosting a two-hour weekly blues show every Sunday night on SAINT FM on 94.7FM (if you're within gobbing distance of Burnham) and online at www.saintfm.org.uk if you can't get it on the radio. Have a listen sometime - and don't be afraid to get in touch if to tell me what you think, or request a favourite blues tune...
Cheers!!!
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Check out the astonishing Mr Owen Barry in action with his band, Purplemelon... Could this man be the best guitar player in the UK today? Must be a close call!
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My Interests

Music mainly,but also broadcasting - check out my weekly Sunday night blues show on SaintFM.org.uk between 8pm and 10pm - Radio 4 crime fiction, walking, building guitars and tinkering with amps and other musical gear, photograhy, internet, eBay, Blindman's Blues Forum, The Gear Page, electronic toys.
...oh yeah and did I mention guitars pedals and tube amplifers?

I'd like to meet:

Sonny Landreth - incredible mind-blowing slide-player!
Check these out...

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...and finally...

I LOVE this song! Minor key slide... SPOOKY!!!
The Myspace video clip below is me playing at the Brentwood jam last Tuesday... interesting for its novelty value rather than any great musical merit.
Cool guitar, though - my trusty Mazeti Mosrite Ventures Model copy, for the record. Sounds more Albert than BB a lot of the time here, but that's no bad thing, I guess!
Basically, I'd been watching a BB King DVD before I went out and so was in that frame of mind... hence the choice of song.
However...
I'd never actually SUNG "Three O'Clock Blues" before and realised to my horror, about two lines in, that I'd picked entirely the wrong key and I couldn't sing the damned thing properly! Forgive me, please, BB!
Ho hum... that's the joy of jamming, I guess!

Music:

Blues: Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Sonny Landreth, Bonnie Raitt, Derek Trucks - that kind of stuff.
Rock: all kinds of shit - mainly 70s Zep, Purple, Rainbow (yes, really!) Free, Bad Co, Rodgers.
New/Alt Country: Steve Earle, Joe Ely, Reckless Kelly - anything with edge

Movies:

This is Spinal Tap;
Walk the Line;
Blues Brothers (yes, really - a great, fun, goodtime film before it became a cliche and it still is!);
1970s Carry On films;
Anything with Rodney Dangerfield or Kathleen Turner in - for entirely DIFFERENT reasons!!!

Television:

Not much - Mad Men, 24, CSU, Funland, 'Orrible, Peepshow, Partridge Radio's far better anyway - TURN OFF THE TV AND LISTEN TO RADIO 4!!!

Books:

Thrillers - crime, crime crime!
Favourite book:
James Ellroy - "American Tabloid".
Also all Ellroy's other stuff, plus anything by Sara Paretsky, Michael Connolly; Robert Crais; Val MacDermid; Ian Rankin; Laurence Block.
Having said that, I'll read anything in a similar vein, provided it's reasonably plausible well written and carries me along.

Heroes:

Howlin' Wolf; SRV; Lee Brilleaux; Sonny Landreth; Alistair Sim; Sid James

My Blog

Join me jamming with the Bishop at Stortford this Wednesday...

Hi!What a great night I had at High Barn on Saturday with Ash Grunwald. The man's a star - if you get the chance to see him, don't miss it!Just a quick note to remind all you musos (and anyone else w...
Posted by Tim Aves on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:02:00 PST

The latest news from Armadilloland...

Hi guys! Just a few lines to let you know what's been happening in Armadilloland since the demise of The Rockin' Armadillos at the beginning of April... and yes, there hav...
Posted by Tim Aves on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:24:00 PST

The Armadillos... one month on

It's now almost a month since the hammer fell on the entity which has been my singular obsession for the past 13-odd years - a certain funky Texas blues group of some repute (not all of it ill!) I've ...
Posted by Tim Aves on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:15:00 PST

Coming to Farnham Festival this weekend>

Just a quick reminder that this coming Sunday (March 9) is Farnham Maltings Blues Festival ...for my money probably the best day out on the Briish blues scene all year...For a ...
Posted by Tim Aves on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:17:00 PST

Check out my new radio show every Sunday!

Hello Friends... After a lengthy absence from the airwaves in Essex (and via the miracle of web streaming, the world's computers, too!) our local community radio station is now finally back o...
Posted by Tim Aves on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:08:00 PST

I'm kicking off the autumn with three great gigs!

New of THREE really interesting gigs to kick off the autumn (yes, it's almost September, folks) - with a bang! Please feel free to forwardthem on to all your friends and any e-mail lists you may have,...
Posted by Tim Aves on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:37:00 PST

'Dillos play a truly ground-breaking gig ( in a modest kind of way)

YES folks, The Rockin' Armadillos will be breaking some surprising new ground this weekend by finally playing a gig in Chelmsford! Not the most sensational gig in the world, you might think, but af...
Posted by Tim Aves on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:07:00 PST

Another busy week on the rock'n'roll hamster-wheel!

Greetings one and all!After my frantic weekend up in bonny Scotland at the brilliant Dundee Blues Bonanza - FIVE gigs in two days, no less! - us Armadillo folk have another action-packed week...
Posted by Tim Aves on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:30:00 PST

Back from magical Dundee

Wow! What can I say about the magnificent Dundee Blues Bonanza, except that it was, without a doubt, one of the most enjoyable weekends of my life! Five gigs in two days.... hard word, but unbeliev...
Posted by Tim Aves on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:59:00 PST

Off gigging in bonnie Scotland at the end of the month...

Greetings, amigos!Let you tell you about a little adventure I'm planning for the end of June... Yes, folks, I'm flying up to bonnie Scotland to play some gigs at the DUNDEE BLUES BONANZA!..>The bonanz...
Posted by Tim Aves on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:53:00 PST