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Blue Bishops

About Me

Blue Bishops have served a decade and a half of hard-hitting blues/rock numbers to a dedicated, faithful following.This band comprises a bunch of players who, between them, have worked with household names and global stars galore.The music is crafted, exciting, deep-rooted and ballsy, with enough early blues and enough late acid rock to turn on everyone at the gigs.The album DEEP has the highly rated 9/10 review from 'Blues in Britain' and was nominated as one of the best albums of 2002.A live album is in the final throes of mixdown, and will be ready in the next few weeks. Martin Turner has left to try his hand with the Wishbone Ash project that's been teasing him for so many years - best of luck from the band ! He is replaced by the legendary Jim Rodford - welcome, geezer ! Welcome, too, to Russ Rodford, who stands in for his much-in-demand dad - does a bloody good job 'n all !

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Member Since: 27/06/2006
Band Website: http://bluebishops.co.uk/
Band Members: Geoff Grange fronts the band with lead vocals and guitar. He worked with Bill Wyman on the albums "Struttin' our Stuff" and "Double Bill". (harp and vocals). Simon Burrett nearly fronts the band with (some lead) vocals and (slide, amongst 7 other) guitars. (has worked extensively with Martin Barre and John Noyce of Jethro Tull fame) Jim Rodford handles the bottom (also quite well-known as a bass guitarist - Kinks, Argent, Zombies etc) Justin Hildreth (his myspace) plays eclectic drums (worked with Roogalator, Lene Lovich, Joan Armatrading, Thomas Dolby, Blancmange, Nina Hagen etc)

Here's a review nicked from the Movinmusic site, which says a lot about the band's vibe: click

... and here's a word from the High Barn gig we did the other day: ..."Blue Bishops visited the High Barn on 19th January 2007 and delivered a very professional and powerful evening. They opened the night with Simon Burrett on guitar playing a very tasty riff and he was soon followed by Geoff Grange, the lead singer and harp player, back the riff on a second guitar to make 'The Blue Bishops sound'. The two guitars join together to produce this very hard blues guitar sound that sung out in the wonderful acoustics of the room. Their set then continued with the full back-line sound to support Geoff's stage antics that will keep any crowds attention! Geoff also has a really special rock 'n' roll voice that just sits beautifully in amongst the powerful guitars and solid back-line. Their set comprised mainly of their own material and a few covers. I felt that even though the covers were a good choice and gave the audience something to associate with, I actually much preferred many of their own very well written tracks. After we were into the second set it came apparent to me that the one thing that sets the Bishops apart from other R&B or R&R bands is down to the dynamics and tempo of their set. They don't thrash the guitars all night, there is plenty of diversity into other styles to make it an interesting concert for all great lovers of rocky blues music". Simon Allen Stage and Studio Manager @ High Barn :: their site


Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Wrong venue!

My fault. I put the Cancer Research gig down as Seaton. It's BEER FOOTBALL CLUB. Apologies for the confusion. We'll be onstage after 10pm but there are lots of good bands so come along, have fun and d...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:54:00 GMT

The sudden loss of Laureen Large

It is with shock and great sadness that I have to announce the sudden, unexpected death of Laureen Large. Laureen and Geoff Grange grew up together in Geoff's home town of Hartlepool in the Nort...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 20:30:00 GMT

It’s been a while since I wrote anything...but...

SEATON FOOTBALL CLUB, EAST DEVON, 19TH JULY With Jim Rodford's busy touring commitments with the Zombies, The Blue Bishops are delighted to welcome former Voyager bass player, Chris Hook to the stage ...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:07:00 GMT

Been ’Hacked’

Apologies to anyone who has received unwanted messages from us, it really wasn't us that sent them, it appears we have been hacked and some nasty person has been sending out naughty stuff to our frien...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:05:00 GMT

If You Want A Job Doing Properly????

Hope all is going well in the studio today Simon.  See, if you want a job doing properly, just give it to the women to do, we finally have music on this site.  Love Laureen
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:56:00 GMT

sell out

Well, just an aside as I look to the picture on my left, thanks Jus for choosing the pic that looks like my piles have just gone live. Come to think of it...The rooftop gig in Devon was an absolute ga...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:52:00 GMT

still at it...

John's got to grips with the backing tracks now and we're in the process of taking everything on a stage. I went to Stu's the other evening and put a couple of acoustic tracks down and we'll pick the ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:58:00 GMT

still at it...

John's got to grips with the backing tracks now and we're in the process of taking everything on a stage. I went to Stu's the other evening and put a couple of acoustic tracks down and we'll pick the ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:58:00 GMT

The new album

We're still at it. Not because we are painstakingly dubbing and overdubbing and having a creative outpouring. But because John's had to to do more stuff with the Doves and it's given us the ...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:32:00 GMT

The New Album

Well...Only a few days away from starting the new album.It's a bit fraught as there's lots of new material and Geoff and I in particular have been flat out tweaking, learning, polishing and generally ...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:50:00 GMT